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Wild Bunch pair win Serbian funding
The SerbianMinistry of Culture has announced the winners of this year's film fundingcompetition, with two films backed by France's Wild Bunch receiving state aid.In total, fourprojects were awarded funding. They are:Mamarosh, by writer/director Momcilo Mrdakovic and a co-production with Cinears(Serbia), Yalla Productions and Wild Bunch (France);Charleston And Vendetta (Carlston Za ...
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Fonda to star in Leduc's El Cobrador
A string of internationalproduction outfits have come together to finance the next film by Mexicandirector Paul Leduc (Frida, Naturaleza Viva)ElCobrador - In God We Trust, which stars Peter Fonda, isproduced by veteran Mexican producer Berta Navarro (Cronos, The Devil'sBackbone, Cronicas) through her Salamandra Productions outfit.It is backed by Pedro andAgustin ...
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Congeniality 2, Robots lead family prospects for Easter
Family and lighthearted faredominate the international weekend as Hollywood's international distributiondivisions try to maximise the global opportunity presented by Easter weekend.Warner Bros PicturesInternational opens the comedy sequel Miss Congeniality 2: Armed AndFabulous day-and-date inapproximately 13 markets this weekend, including Germany on Mar 24, and the UKand Spain a day later.Strong ...
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300 features, tributes to Buscemi, McDowell at Philadelphia
More than 300 features andshorts from 42 countries will screen at the 2005 Philadelphia Film Festivalwhen it runs from Apr 7-20, including eight world premieres, 10 North Americanpremieres and 13 US premieres.Titles include Gregg Araki'sMysterious Skin, Todd Solondz's Palindromes, and the late Theo Van Gogh's final picture, Cool!Festival strands includeWorld ...
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Maysles to get lifetime award at Chicago doc festival
Veteran documentarian AlbertMaysles will collect the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award at the ChicagoInternational Documentary Film Festival (CIDF), which runs from Apr 1-10.More than 100 documentariesincluding 15 world premieres, will screen at the event, including JoeBerlinger's profile of Nazi doctor Heinrich Gross in Gray Matter, and Mark Wexler's portrait of his ...
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Fox names Glotzer vp of digital media
Matthew Glotzer has beenappointed to the new post of vice president of digital media at Fox FilmedEntertainment (FFE).Glotzer, who most recentlyserved as vice president of VOD and business development, will be responsiblefor developing content distribution channels across new and emerging technologyplatforms, and will also pursue long-term initiatives with major IT, ...
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New Line, HBO team to buy Newmarket Films
Seeking a strong handle onthe specialty films sector, Time Warner sister companies New Line Cinemaand HBO have jointly acquired Newmarket Theatrical Distribution for anundisclosed sum and formed a new jointly owned theatrical distributor of independentfilms headed up by former Newmarket Films chief Bob Berney.Company name, staffingdetails and the initial slate ...
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Spring sun dents France's Printemps cinema promotion
France's annual reducedticket-price scheme, Printemps Du Cinema, drew 12% fewer moviegoers than lastyear, according to the National Cinema Federation (FNCF).The scheme, which ran from Sundaythrough to Tuesday, brought in 2.2 million admissions at 5,300 participatingtheaters across the country. That is double the number of admissions in thesame period during the ...
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FilMart wraps on a high
Moving to a pre-Cannes slot has proved successful for HongKong's FilMart as this year's market, which wrapped Thursday (March 24), was byfar the biggest and busiest yet.Combining the market with Hong Kong's other film-relatedevents also gave it more of a buzz. FilMart organiser, the Hong Kong TradeDevelopment Council (TDC), reported ...
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Sundream launches with $38.5m production war chest
Sundream Motion Pictures, the new film venture of Hong Kong's pay TVoperator i-CABLE Communication, officially launched today at Filmart.Sundream plans to finance 15-20 feature films with a total investment of$38.5m (HK$300m) over two years.Tsui Siu Ming, executive director, programming services ofi-CABLE subsidiary Hong Kong Cable TV, will head the new ...
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Lau turns Focus onto Asian film-making talent
Hong Kong starAndy Lau's Focus Films plans to finance a series of six high definition (HD)features from up-and-coming Asian filmmakers, as part of a drive to bring newtalent into the Chinese-language film industry. The regionalproject, "Focus: First Cuts", was unveiled today at Hong Kong's FilMart. Focuswill oversee production and international ...
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Au cranks up Nana in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Daniel Wu and Chinese actress Zhou Xun are set tostar in Nana, the feature debut of acclaimed music video director SusieAu which starts shooting tomorrow (March 24) in Hong Kong. Producedby Philip Lee's October Pictures and Au's Handmade Films, the film will be shotin Hong Kong, Shanghai and ...
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First timer Bousman gets Saw 2 directing gig
First-time writer-director Darren Lynn Bousman will directSaw 2, the sequel to Twisted Pictures'2004 horror hit that grossed close to $100m worldwide through Lions Gate.Principalphotography is set to begin on May 2 in Toronto in time for a Halloween releasein North America.TwistedPictures' Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg are producing, ...
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SPC finally completes deal to buy 2046
Sony PicturesClassics (SPC) has finally completed its acquisition of US and English Canadianrights to Wong Kar-wai's epic romance 2046, which first played in competition at Cannes last year.The film, whichhas already opened in the UK, France, Japan, Germany and most otherinternational markets, was recut after its Cannes screening by the ...
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Perrin issues statement about Chorus controversy
Producer JacquesPerrin has responded to threats of legal action by the father of one of thesingers in Christophe Barratier's Oscar nominated The Chorus by saying he will only answer to thecourts.FrancisHartmann, whose daughter sang on the award winning soundtrack, has alleged thather participation has not been properly remunerated. It was ...
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When Do We Eat' to open Palm Beach festival in April
The worldpremiere of Salvador Litvak's comedy When Do We Eat' and the US premiere of Jeff Hare's dramaChecking Out bookendthe 10th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, which runs in Floridafrom Apr 14-21.Festivalorganisers unveiled a line-up yesterday [22] of 150 US and international titlesincluding 11 world premieres and six US ...
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Atmosphere, Relativity team up for new Chiller
Mark Canton's production companyAtmosphere Entertainment and financing outfit Relativity Media have formedChiller Films, a joint venture to produce several films a year budgeted at upto $20m each. Canton andRelativity principal Ryan Kavanaugh will produce with Atmosphere's SteveBarnett and Relativity's Lynwood Spinks serving as executive producers. The partners arein talks with ...
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Atrix, Sola take on Toronto, Sundance hit Forest
Beatrix Wesle'sAtrix Films and Solveig Langeland's Sola Media, which has a sales partnershipthat has handled Austria's Antares and German thriller Silentium, has taken onworldwide sales rights excluding Germany and France to Sundance award-winner ForestFor The TreesDirected by Maren Ade, Forest For The Trees played at the Toronto International FilmFestival ...
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Paramount confirms talks with Berman
Brad Grey'santicipated revolution at Paramount Pictures appeared to be underway yesterday[22] as it emerged that the studio was holding talks with Fox Entertainmentpresident Gail Berman.While a NewsCorp spokesman declined to comment on the development, Paramount confirmed thattalks had begun, throwing into uncertainty the current status of the leadingtelevision executive, who ...
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US broadcaster, critic Mitchell brought on to guest curate LAFF
Broadcaster andcritic Elvis Mitchell has been named guest curator of the 2005 Los Angeles FilmFestival, which runs from Jun 16-26.Mitchell, alongtime unofficial supporter of the festival, will select a number of specialscreenings and moderate panel discussions. He joins festival director RichardRaddon and director of programming Rachel Rosen.The festivalincludes competitive strands ...