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Indian film industry on course for rapid growth
The Indian film industry is projected to be worth $3.3bn(R143bn by 2010, up from R$1.35bn according to a new industry report.India is the world's largest producer of films by volume,producing almost 1,000 movies a year but accounts for only 1% of global filmindustry revenues, the report by consultant KPMG India ...
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Katapult takes on Fessenden's Winter
LA-basedKatapult Film Sales has taken on international rights to Larry Fessenden's $7msupernatural thriller The Last Winter, which stars Ron Perlman and is currently shooting inIceland.The story is setin Northern Alaska, where an oil crew succumbs to a mysterious fear after oneof their team is found dead. James LeGros, Connie Britton ...
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Italian Amore powers into international chart
GiovanniVeronesi's comedy-drama Manuale d'Amore powered its way onto theinternational chart last weekend thanks to a strong opening in Italy.Thefilm, which tells four stories about different stages in relationships from afirst kiss to abandonment, took the country's lead spot with a superb $3.8m off482 screens - both a high figure and ...
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Australia's FFC gets involved in Hell
Australia's Film Finance Corporation (FFC) isto invest in Richard Frankland's To Hell And Bourke, only the thirdfeature ever to be made by an indigenous Australian writer/director.Following a board meeting yesterday, the FFC said itintended to finance the film if producer Ross Hutchens can raise the rest ofthe finance and meet ...
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French, Chinese film-makers eye closer co-operation
Searching for a new sort of entente cordiale betweenfilmmakers from France and China was at the heart of "French Day" at HongKong's Entertainment Expo.The day kicked off with a seminar on the common groundbetween the two industries. Interestingly, the lingua franca was English, withall six panellists from France, Hong Kong ...
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Darclight Films picks up kung-fu drama SPL
Darclight Films, the genre division of Australian-US saleshouse Arclight, has picked up international sales rights outside Asia to WilsonYip's forthcoming SPL.The$3.8m police kung-fu action drama is recently completed and was picked up byDarclight's Gary Hamilton on the eve of Hong Kong Entertainment Expo, the newevent which encompasses FilMart and the ...
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Quinta names Alatan as head of development
Tarak Ben Ammar's rapidlyexpanding group Quinta Communications has appointed Faruk Alatan as its head ofdevelopment. Industry veteran Alatan, who isbased in Rome, will continue in his present roles as head of film acquisitionfor Medusa and senior advisor to Mediaset's Film trade arm.The move underlines thebusiness development and film distribution ambitions ...
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April Snow set to engulf Asia
South Korean distributor Show East is enjoying anunprecedented media blitz from across Asia for its upcoming title April Snow- which is being marketed as Korea's first Asia-wide blockbuster ahead of itsSeptember release.On March 17, a visit to the film's setattracted over 350 local and international press members, including 100reporters who ...
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Lions Gate Family Entertainment joins Foodfight!
The fledgling Lions GateFamily Entertainment has announced its first feature project Foodfight!, a 3D animated story about the after-hours antics ofa supermarket that features the voices of Hilary and Haylie Duff.Lions Gate is co-producing with Larry Kasanoff's Threshold Animation Studiosand has acquired North American rights for an autumn 2006 release.Kasanoff ...
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AUSTRALIA 22 March
The Australian teen picture Hating Alison Ashleygrossed A$531,144 from 180 screens in its first four days in cinemas, enablingit to claim the fourth spot in the chart. The Hoyts film, which is adapted fromthe well-known book of the same name, attracted additional publicity because ofthe first-time film presence of pop ...
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FRANCE 22 March
The star of 2004's highestgrossing film Les Choristes, Gerard Jugnot, opened strongly with hislatest director/star turn Boudu. Boudu ranked number one and generated just over half amillion admissions in its first week. Ray fell to number two with a cumulative$7,281,905 in its third week. Jennifer Garner vehicle Elektrawas number three ...
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NORWAY 22 March
Amongstthe smaller European territories to receive The Ring Two day-and-datewith the US, Norway saw the horror sequel gain the lead position ahead of Robotsat the box office.Admissions favoured Robots but the lower ticketprices for children saw The Ring Two the champion in grosses. This wasalso reflected in screen averages as ...
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NEW ZEALAND 22 March
The Ring Two scaredits UIP stablemate, Meet The Fockers, off the top of the chart on theweekend. In its opening weekend The Ring Two grossed NZ$298,535 from 43screens. This equated to a screen average of NZ$6,943, the biggest in thechart. The other strongopener on the weekend was Be Cool, the ...
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DENMARK 22 March
While it took leadposition in several major territories over the weekend CGI-animated film Robotswas unable to take the lead in Denmark despite a superior screen count to everyother film on release in the country.However, the filmthat kept Robots off the top spot was not last weekend's leader Hitchenjoying strong holdovers ...
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UK/IRELAND 22 March
The first warmweekend of weather this year in the UK resulted in a soft weekend at the boxoffice. Many titles saw massive drop offs and, despite the launch of four widereleases, box office for the weekend only managed a 4% week-on-weekimprovement.Both 20th Century Fox and Sony can lay claim to ...
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Triad thriller Ah Sou unveiled at Hong Kong's Filmart
Hong Kongproduction outfit Filmko Films announced its first 2005 project at this week'sFilmart: Ah Sou, a US$3m Hong Kong-China co-production by risingdirector Wong Ching Po.Ah Sou, which literally means the big gangster'swife, centres around a 16-year-old girl who gets involved in gang wars andpower struggles. Taiwanese newcomer Annie Liu is ...
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Animated Triplets wins top prize at Canada's Genie Awards
French animated feature TheTriplets Of Belleville won the BestMotion Picture Genie at the 25th annual Genie Awards in Toronto lastnight. As anticipated Quebecoispictures dominated the evening, particularly Memoires Affectives (Looking For Alexander) which won prizes for Direction for Francis Leclerc,Best Actor for Roy Dupuis and Best Original Screenplay for Leclerc ...
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Blue Eyelids wins Guadalajara project market
Mexican project Blue Eyelids (Parpados Azules) byErnesto Contreras, a former Berlinale Talent Campus participant, was named thewinner of the first Ibero-American Co-production Meeting at last week'sGuadalajara International Film Festival.Blue Eyelids beat nineteen other projects to takethe prize. All of the projects were presented by their respective directors toa jury during ...
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Triplets wins Canada's Genie for top film
As anticipated Quebecois picturesdominated the 25th Annual Genie Awards in Toronto [20],particularly Memoires Affectives (LookingFor Alexander) which won prizes forDirection for Francis Leclerc, Best Actor for Roy Dupuis and Best Original Screenplayfor Leclerc and Marcel Beaulieu. The picture won four prizes at Quebec's JutraAwards last month.Pascale Bussieres won the Best ...
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Candy cranks up in Sydney
Principal photography has begun in Sydney on Candy,the big screen debut of theatre director Neil Armfield which stars HeathLedger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush.Based on Luke Davies' best seller of the same name, Candyis described by director and co-writerArmfield as "a convention-defying romantic tragedy that is at once inspiringand heartbreaking."Candy ...