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Italian arthouse distributor Teodora picks up Contronatura
Rome-based arthouse distributor Teodora Film is to release itsfirst-ever local picture, a film entitled Contronatura starring MayaSansa.Produced by Tilde Corsi and writer-producer Gianni Romoli, the duobehind Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows and Sacred Heart, Contronaturais a thriller set in Tuscany and directed by Alessandro Tofanelli.'It's a story of passion between a ...
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Woods quits as Irish Film Board chief
MarkWoods has resigned as chief executive of the Irish Film Board after 18 monthsin the job. Woodsis moving back to Sydney, Australia, to head a significantly smallerorganisation, the national locations office Ausfilm. Woods lived in Sydney for 12 years before returning toIreland, where he was born, to join the Irish ...
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LA PR co MPRM rehires Carpenter, Lopez
Former mPRm staff membersAriel Carpenter and Jennifer Lopez have returned to the Los Angeles-basedpublic relations company as vice president of the emerging media and technology(EMT) practice and senior account executive of the film practice respectively. Carpenter will beresponsible for new business development for the EMT practice as well asdeveloping and ...
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Ring Two holds onto international chart lead
Horrorsequel The Ring Two hung on to the lead on the international table atthe weekend. A number one $3m launch in Italy led the way among the eight newterritories which received it, which also included Russia with $1.8m.Frenchcomedy Brice De Nice was the best new opener taking the fourth place.Leading ...
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Universal's production chiefs ready for in-house producer role
Universal Pictures vicechairmen of worldwide productionMary Parent and Scott Stuber will segue into producer roles at the end of 2005as part of their seven-year deal with the studio.Under the terms of their contracts Parent and Stuber agreed to serve the firsttwo years as vice chairmen of worldwide production and the ...
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RiverRun Fest to honour Cliff Robertson
CliffRobertson, who won the Oscar in 1969 for his portrayal of a mentally challengedman in Charley, will receive the 2005Master of Cinema Award at the 7th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, which runs from Apr21-24 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Among theline-up of 52 features and more than 80 shorts are world ...
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Kuhn to deliver Pact's inaugural film lecture
MichaelKuhn, chairman of UK production company Qwerty Films and former head ofPolyGram Filmed Entertainment, will deliver the inaugural film lectureorganised by producer's body PACT.Kuhnwill talk about the state of the British film industry in the lecture, whichtakes place in London on May 9. The Bank of Ireland are sponsoring the ...
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Loverboy
Dir: Kevin Bacon. US.2005. 87minsAn old psychiatric joke declares that 'neurotics build castles in thesky; psychotics live in them.' Loverboy focuses on a smart,creative, unusually intense woman whose natural, if somewhat alarminglypossessive, love for her young son careers into total obsession.But while Loverboyboasts some stellar performances, it is unlikely that ...
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Infernal Affairs' Lau to direct major pan-Asian feature
South Koreanproduction company iFilm, which scored a hit with the Korean-HK co-production Windstrucklast year, has unveiled a major new pan-Asian feature that brings together HongKong director Andrew Lau of Infernal Affairs and Jeon Ji-hyun, the lead actressfrom Windstruck and My Sassy Girl.Titled Daisy, thefilm is billed as a "romantic noir" ...
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Dying Gaul, Adam & Steve bookend Miami Gay Film Fest
Craig Lucas’ Hollywood drama The Dying Gaul starring Peter Sarsgaard, Campbell Scottand Patricia Clarkson will open the 7th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian FilmFestival, which runs from Apr 22-May 1.Marco Kreuzpaintner’s sports comedy Summer Storm starring Robert Stadlober and KostjaUllmann is the centerpiece gala screening, while Craig Chester’srelationship drama Adam ...
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Melancholia spreads around the world
Three Rooms Of Melancholia, the latest documentary byveteran Finnish filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo (Flame, Cannes 1980, TheFire-Eater, AFI Grand Prix 1998) emerged as the hottest title at theThessaloniki Documentary Festival and the Doc Film Market that wrapped hereyesterday.The film looks set to join the growing number of full-lengthdocumentaries that secure extensive ...
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Film Sales Co to handle Tribeca premiere Aurora Borealis
Andrew Herwitz's New York-based Film Sales Company has picked upworldwide rights to James Burke's directorial debut and drama AuroraBorealis, which starsDonald Sutherland and Juliette Lewis and will premiere at this month's TribecaFilm Festival.Produced by Entitled Entertainment, the picture is a coming-of-agedrama about an irresponsible slacker who is challenged to reconsider ...
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HanWay beefs up back catalogue
UK-based sales agency HanWayFilms has beefed up its back catalogue by acquiring rights to two libraries.The director-driven companyhas taken on the Wim Wenders films in the Reverse Angle Library and selectedpictures from HanWay's sister production company, Recorded Picture Company.The Wenders films include Paris,Texas, Wings Of Desire and Buena Vista Social ...
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UK exhibitors call for cinema rentals rethink
Thevexed issue of UK cinema rentals - the sums paid to distributors by exhibitors- has come into sharp focus following remarks by John Wilkinson, chiefexecutive of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association.UKrentals are reputed to be among the lowest in Europe, but Wilkinson has told ScreenInternational that in some cases they should ...
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Myriad to handle worldwide sales on Liotta-starrer Comeback Season
Myriad Pictures has come on board family comedy Comeback Season starring Ray Liotta, Shaun Sipos, RachelBlanchard and Glenne Headly and is handling worldwide rights excluding Canada.Set to begin principalphotography in Canada on May 9, the film is directed by Bruce McCulloch andtells of an unfaithful husband who moves in with ...
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Heart, Amore share 12 Donatello nods
Ferzan Ozpetek'sdrama Sacred Heart and Giovanni Veronesi's romantic comedy Manualed'Amore have earned the lion's share of nominations for the Donatellos,Italy's top film awards.Sacred Heart, about a successful ruthlessbusinesswoman who comes face-to-face with poverty on the streets of Naples, andManuale d'Amore both scored 12 nominations. It is the secondyear running that ...
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Hutton signs on for Filmax's The Kovak Box
Timothy Hutton has signed on for the lead in Spanishproduction The Kovak Box, the latest English-language thriller fromFilmax.Hutton plays a best-selling science fictionauthor invited to an apparently idyllic island for a conference only to findhimself wrapped up in a nightmarish plot where people are mysteriously drivento commit suicide.Daniel Monzon (The ...
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Limited releases chalk up success at UK box office
Adventurestory Sahara might have claimed the lead at the UK box officeover the weekend, but a string of titles on limited release chalked up notablesuccesses. MomentumPictures had a second powerful weekend for Downfall (Der Untergang). TheGerman film slipped a mere 1% week-on-week ahead of an aggressive expansionfrom Friday (Apr 15) ...
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Mitchell wins Buena Vista International promotion
Robert Mitchell has beenpromoted to senior vice president, marketing/sales and deputy managing directorat Buena Vista International (UK).Mitchell, previously vicepresident, marketing/sales and deputy managing director, has worked alongsideBVI UK chief Daniel Battsek almost since the division's birth in 1992. 'I not only respect andadmire Robert's expertise in the field of marketing, ...
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Snow Cake cranks up in Canada
Snow Cake, the long-gestating drama starring Alan Rickman,Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss, has finally started shooting in Canada.The UK-Canada co-productionbegan shooting in Ontario this week and relocates to Toronto at the end of themonth, wrapping on May 19th. Marc Evans, whose creditsinclude Trauma and My Little Eye, is directing, with ...