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China centennial takes Centre Stage at HK Fest
Thisyear's Hong Kong International Film Festival (March 22 - April 6) plans tocelebrate the 100th anniversary of Chinese cinema by screening a digitallyremastered version of Stanley Kwan's 1992 period drama Centre Stage.Theaward-winning film, one of a series of special digital presentations at thefestival, stars Maggie Cheung as 1930s Chinese actress ...
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Payne presides over Un Certain Regard jury
Oscarcontender Alexander Payne will preside over the jury for the Un Certain Regardsection of the 58th Cannes Film Festival (May 11-22), organizers said Thursday.TheUS filmmaker, whose Sideways, isup for five Academy Awards this weekend including picture, director and adaptedscreenplay, has traveled to Cannes in an official capacity once before: In2002, ...
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Warner ventures into Chinese DVD distribution
Warner Bros has becomethe first US studio to establish an in-country DVD/VCD distribution andmarketing operation in China.Warner Home Videoannounced yesterday the formation of CAV Warner Home Entertainment Co., a jointventure with China Audio Video that is based in Shanghai and is nowoperational.The announcement followsextensive analysis by Warner Home Video of ...
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German-Turkish culture clash comedy makes Connection
Hamburg-basedproduction house Wueste Film has signed the first deals with distributors fromAustria, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Turkey for Anno Saul's KebabConnectionTheculture clash comedy, starringDenis Moschitto and Norah Tschirner, had its internationalmarket premiere in the Berlinale's German Cinema section last week.Buyers includedSwitzerland's Cineworx and Turkey's R Films - both of whom released ...
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MGM fourth quarter figures hit by merger costs
Merger costs, an$8.3m non-cash charge and falling revenue led to lower year-on-year fourthquarter income at MGM, which is in the process of being taken over by aconsortium of buyers led by Sony.The studioreported $38.5m net income or $0.16 per share for the fourth quarter of 2004,compared to $60.3m or $0.25 ...
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FRANCE 25 February
French comedy Iznogoud is pretty good after all. Staying in the topspot in its second week, the film beat Meet The Fockers which debuted atnumber two with 751,304 admissions. Iznogoud has now taken a cumulative$13,649,422. Keanu Reeves supernatural thriller Constantine opened in third placewith just over half a million tickets ...
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Constantine to wreak havoc in Italy, Spain
Warner Bros PicturesInternational's supernatural thriller Constantine opens in Italy and Mexico today (Feb 25) on the backof a smattering of smaller European debuts earlier in the week.The picture has grossed$33.7m after two weekends and executives will look for solid debuts and strongholds in Asia as well as Spain, France and ...
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MPAA launches third wave of lawsuits at online pirates
The MPAA haslaunched a third wave of lawsuits targeting online pirates of such currentOscar contenders as Spider-Man 2, Sideways and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind.Officers havefiled an unspecified number of 'John Doe' civil suits with federal courtsacross the US in the latest round of legal action since November. It ...
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Rai Cinema, Ben Ammar to finance De Laurentiis's Decameron
Italy's Rai Cinema isteaming up with Tarak Ben Ammar to finance Dino De Laurentiis's upcoming $38mproduction, Decameron.Written and directed byDavid Leland, the English-language movie will start shooting in Italy inmid-July with Hayden Christensen and Mischa Barton (The O.C) in the leadroles."One year ago, I wokeup in the morning and thought ...
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Nine titles to compete at Deauville Festival of Asian Film
The jury for the DeauvilleFestival of Asian Film will be presided over by French director Regis Wargnier,organisers announced Wednesday. The seventh edition of theevent will run from March 9-13 in the seaside Normandy town where nine filmswill screen in the major competition and tributes will be paid to Indonesianactress-producer Christine ...
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Korea's LJ Film aspires to international market
LJ Film, the productionhouse behind Sundance and Forum title This Charming Girl, is positioningitself as the gateway between the Korean and international production sectors. Korean films have undergonea massive turnaround in the last five years, achieving a more than 50% share oftheir local market and seeing exports rise exponentially. But, ...
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Bavaria Film closes deals on Berlinale prize-winner Sophie Scholl
Bavaria Film International(BFI) has closed further deals for Marc Rothemund's prize-winning Berlincompetition film Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. Deals were closed in Italywith Istituto Luce, Benelux with Cinemien, Hungary with Best Hollywood, Poland withKino Swiat, and Brazil with Imovision.Earlier, during the EFMitself Bavaria closed Japan (Kinetique), Spain (Lola Films), ...
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REAL D buys StereoGraphics in a bid to set new projection standard
LosAngeles-based visual technology company REAL D has acquired stereoscopichardware and software manufacturer StereoGraphics Corporation in a bid toestablish an industry standard for next generation projection.REAL Dexecutives plan to use StereoGraphics' 25-year history of working with thelikes of NASA and Boeing to service the entertainment industry and provide analternative to in-home ...
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Spain's Filmanova to co-finance flamenco biopic Camaron.
Galician investment fundFilmanova Invest has signed on to co-finance Spanish veteran Jaime Chavarri'slatest film, flamenco biopic Camaron.Camaron will star up-and-comer Oscar Jaenada (November)in the life story of well-known flamenco musician Jose Monge Cruz, better knownas "Camaron de la Isla.""We were attracted to thisproject because we believe it has huge international ...
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Bruehl, Mullan board Cargo for Wild Bunch
TheUK's Peter Mullan, Germany's Daniel Bruehl and Spain's Luis Tosar will star in Cargo, a UK-Spanish thriller starting shooting next week for French salesand financing company Wild Bunch.Documentary film-maker CliveGordon will make his feature debut with a script by Ken Loach's longtimescreenwriter Paul Laverty. Set on a cargo ship travelling ...
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THINKFilm buys Eddie Izzard profile doc
THINKFilm hasacquired all North American rights to the upcoming untitled documentary profileof the much-loved British comedian Eddie Izzard, and hopes to unveil thepicture at the Toronto Film Festival in September accompanied by a live Izzardshow.The project, firstannounced at Cannes 2004, combines performance footage and interviews anddocuments Izzard's life onstage and ...
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De Macedo gets top Sony production job in Europe
Iona de Macedo has been promoted to senior vice-presidentof European production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, where she will overseeEuropean local production in France, Spain and the rest of continental Europe,while the UK will remain an independent entity.Sony currentlyhas stand-alone local production units in Spain and the UK, and operates ajoint ...
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UK film pirate gets three-year prison sentence
In a landmark case in thefight against film piracy, a UK court has given a Cambridge-based DVD pirate,a three-year prison sentence.Jayanti Amarishi Buhecha,who was estimated to make more than £25,000 per month from piracy, was found guilty of two offences under theTrade Marks Act 1994, at Harrow crown court, in ...
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UK Production Listings - January 24
UK - February 22 PRE-PRODUCTION ANASTEZSI(Sintra S.R.L. [It], Film & Music Entertainment, Mate Productions [Sp])Supernatural drama. Young violin prodigy Valerio is summoned to study at anexclusive musical academy. During his stay he learns that the academy'sworld-famous virtuoso, Baltzer, has sinister plans for him. Prods: Mike Downey,Sam Taylor, Rosanna Seregni, Mate ...
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ITALY 24 February
Meet The Fockers, FindingNeverland and The Merchant OfVenice held tightly on to the top three positions at the Italian box officefor the second week running, despite four new films opening nationwide.With a huge screen averageof $8,877 on its second week, Fockers shows no signs of running out ofsteam, and has ...