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Malaga festival kicks off with Ants
Beginningtoday, the Mediterranean city of Malaga transforms itself into the capital ofSpanish cinema for the nine days of the Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April22-30).The event kicks off its eighth annual edition Friday withinaugural film Ants In The Mouth by Mariano Barroso. There are fewertitles in this year's official competition ...
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France's Memento launches sales arm with Cannes title
France's Memento Films haslaunched a new sales and acquisitions arm which will debut with Hiner Saleem'sCannes competition title Kilometre Zero.Memento Films International (MFI) joins production companies Memento Films Production and La Cinefacture along with Memento Films Distribution (MFD) in a group of companies founded by former Pan Europeenne employees Emilie ...
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Mandate boards Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Los Angeles-based productionand distribution outfit Mandate Pictures has greenlit Mr Magorium's WonderEmporium, its second project bywriter Zach Helm following Stranger Than Fiction, with Natalie Portman in talks to star.Mandate will fully finance and handle worldwide sales on the picture, whichmarks Helm's directorial debut and centres on a magical toy shop, ...
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Branagh cranks up As You Like It
Principalphotography begins today on the feature film adaptation of WilliamShakespeare's As You Like It, directed by Kenneth Branagh.As You Like It, which isBranagh's fifth Shakespearean screen adaptation, features a cast that includesKevin Kline, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrian Lester, David Oyelowo, Alfred Molina,Janet McTeer and Romola Garai. With a setting inspired ...
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Donald De Line headed to Warner Bros
Donald De Line, the formerParamount president whose position was recently filled by outgoing FoxEntertainment chief Gail Berman, is rumoured to be signing a production dealwith Warner Bros.De Line resurfaces following weeks of speculation over his next move afterParamount chairman Brad Grey selected Berman to be his number two at therapidly ...
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Cannes set for Nightmares
When the Cannes film festival unveiled itsofficial selection this week, media coverage focused on the many big nameauteurs who made the cut - and the move away from political documentaries likelast year's Palme d'Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11.But one of the most intriguing titles to make it throughto official selection is ...
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Swipe Films takes on sales for Figgis' COMA
London-based Swipe Filmswill handle world sales on Mike Figgis' feature documentary COMA.The film follows Figgis anda group of aspiring film-makers - the COMA group - as they attempt to make afeature film from scratch in seven days with some unexpected consequences. Thefilm will have its market premiere at Cannes on ...
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UIP's The Interpreter hits 15 new territories this weekend
Universal's The Interpreter opens in 15 markets through UIP this weekend as executivesexpect to build on last weekend's strong launch that earned the bulk of the$12.5m international running total.The UN-set thriller was due to open in Germany on Apr 21 on 400prints, followed a day later by Mexico on 210, ...
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Imagine, Universal to produce Will Arnett comedy
Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled comedy pitch fromChuck Martin that his Arrested Development collaborator Brian Grazer will producethrough Imagine Entertainment.The picture will star Will Arnett, who will be seen in New Line'supcoming comedy Monster-In-Law and appears in Arrested Development. Imagine is one of the producers on theFox Network show ...
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Bardem, Hayek, Woo join Kusturica on Cannes jury
After an extended wait, theCannes Film Festival has announced the composition of the juries overseeing themain competition as well as various sidebars. As previouslyannounced, the official competition jury will be presided over by director EmirKusturica. Joining him will be actors Javier Bardem, Salma Hayek and NanditaDas, directors Agnes Varda, John ...
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Smith's Intandem debuts on London stock-market
Gary Smith's UK-basedsales company Intandem raised £1.15m on Friday (April 22) when it floated onLondon's AIM stock-market.Smith said that the listingwould provide working capital for the group and development funds. His formercompany, Winchester Entertainment, was one of the first UK film companies tofloat on AIM. It was taken over in ...
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Oguri's Forest uproots to Directors' Fortnight
Japanese film-maker Kohei Oguri, whose The ForgottenForest (Umoregi)was originally announced to run in the Un Certain Regard section of the CannesFilm Festival, has chosen to move the film to the Directors' Fortnightsidebar. The festival's Marie-Pierre Hauville confirmed thechange telling ScreenDaily.com,'This is the precise nature of things. Information is constantlyexchanged - ...
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Platinum seals deal with France's Hexagon Comics
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's Los Angeles-based PlatinumStudios has acquired a 20% stake in French comic book syndicate Hexagon Comicsand picked up exclusive rights to develop worldwide film and televisionproperties from Hexagon's library.Platinum Studiosis seeking production partners and plans a roster of live-action and animatedprojects, both as bigger budget US features and ...
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Hong Kong looks to summer after poor first quarter
HongKong's production and distribution companies are looking to the summer seasonto claw back market share after a disappointing first quarter of the year. Thefirst quarter of 2005 saw only 14 local films released grossing $7m (HK$54.69m)between them, around 26% of total box office during this period. In comparison,over the last ...
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Tirard's Story Of My Life wins audience prize at COLCOA
Paris-basedwriter-director Laurent Tirard's The Story Of My Life (Mensonges Et Trahisons Et Plus SiAffinites) won theaudience award at the ninth annual City of Lights, City of Angels Film Festival(COLCOA), which ran in Los Angeles from Apr 11-17.The picturestars Edouard Baer, Clovis Cornillac and Alice Taglioni and tells the story ofa ...
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Copying Beethoven tunes up in Hungary
Director AgnieszkaHolland's Copying Beethoven is shooting this month in Hungary - thelatest in a string of productions attracted to the country because of its lowcosts and film tax breaks.Copying Beethoven tells the story of the last few months inthe life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven and stars Ed Harris as ...
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Universal, Wild Bunch board Southland Tales
Financing anddistribution for Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's sci-fi follow-up to Donnie Darko, is beginning to take shape in advanceof the scheduled start date of Aug 1 in Los Angeles.UniversalPictures International, Inferno Distribution and Wild Bunch will co-finance thefilm, with Universal distributing in most international markets through UIP andWild Bunch taking ...
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Maxwell Bright wins top prize at Florida Film Festival
David Beaird's TheCivilization Of Maxwell Bright won the grand jury award for best narrative feature and DavidRedmon's Mardi Gras: Made In China won documentary honours at the 2005 Florida Film Festival, whichran from Apr 8-17.Audience awardswent to Tim Kirkman's Loggerheads for best narrative feature, Kate Davis and David Heilbroner's PuckerUp: ...
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Myriad promotes Rappaport, Chiu, Sanchez
Santa Monica-basedfinancing, production and sales house Myriad Pictures has announced three promotionsgoing into Cannes.JC Rappaport is promotedfrom director of acquisitions and development to vice president of productionand acquisitions; he will report to company president and chief executiveofficer Kirk D'Amico.Linda Chiu has been promotedto director of development and production and will ...
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IFP launches mentoring programme at Sept market
IFP/New Yorkwill be introducing the mentorship programme IFP Rough Cuts Lab to its IFPmarket and conference, which runs from Sept 18-23.The Lab willfeature a series of structured meetings and seminars designed to helpfilmmakers complete works-in-progress before they enter the marketplace.A team ofmentors comprising producers, directors, editors and the like will ...