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...as Clarkson calls for increased per-province funding
Wayne Clarkson,the newly appointed executive director of Telefilm Canada, has called forincreased provincial funding for development and production of domesticfilmmaking instead of relying so heavily on US-financed production to supportthe nation's production infrastructure. Addressing theannual meeting of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association(CFTPA) in Ottawa, Clarkson said it has ...
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Hoffman joins star-studded cast of Forster's Fiction
Dustin Hoffman has joinedthe cast of Marc Forster's upcoming comedy Stranger Than Fiction, which will also star Will Ferrell, MaggieGyllenhaal, Emma Thompson and Queen Latifah.Written by Zach Helm, StrangerThan Fiction centres on a taxauditor who hears an inner voice that foretells his death. Hoffman will playProfessor Jules Hilbert, who helps ...
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MediaCorp Raintree embarks on Leap Of Love
MediaCorpRaintree Pictures started production this week on its long-gestating Leap Of Love, a romantic comedy that CEODaniel Yun has been developing for years with the aim of raising the profile ofSingapore film on the international stage. TheEnglish-language picture - which has a high $1.5m (S$2.5m) budget by localstandards - is ...
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George Michael to attend Berlinale documentary screening
Pop star George Michael isto attend the Berlin International Film Festival to support A DifferentStory, a documentary about his life and career.The film will have its worldpremiere at the German event on Feb 16. Contributors include Sting, MariahCarey, Elton John, Noel Gallagher, Boy George and Andrew Ridgeley.Rainer Grupe at UK-basedGorilla ...
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Bond producers confirm Campbell as Casino Royale director
Martin Campbell has been named as the director of the 21stfilm in the James Bond series - which will be called Casino Royale. It is Campbell's second outing as director of a James Bondfilm. In 1995 he directed Goldeneye, thefirst 007 film to star Pierce Brosnan.However,no decision has yet been ...
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Chinese film giant moves towards Hong Kong listing
China's Asian Union Film and Media has sold a 50%stake to Hong Kong's Universal Holdings, in a move that leads toward aback-door listing in Hong Kong.The Beijing-based company sold half its equity for $70m(HK$550m) to Universal (not to be confused with Universe InternationalHoldings), a digital broadcasting equipment distributor which is ...
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Hong Kong pay-TV leader moves into film production
Hong Kong's leading pay-TV operator, i-CABLECommunications, has unveiled plans to move into film production by investing upto $38.5m (HK$300m) in 10-20 features over the next two years. The company is in talks with several Hong Kong productionhouses about providing funding for a slate of productions to be selected on aproject-by-project ...
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Chen Kaige's Chinese epic enters 10 months of post
Chen Kaige's Wuji - ThePromise has completed principalphotography in its multitude of Chinese locations and the China Film Group setin Beijing.The epic fantasy romance, aco-production between China Film Group, Shengkai Films and worldwide salesagent Moonstone Entertainment, now enters approximately 10 months ofpost-production as the visual effects are created.Touted in the ...
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Czech box office stabilises in 2004
Cinema-goers in the CzechRepublic spent $48m (CSK1.1bn) at the box office in 2004, a small increase on2003 figures of $47m (CZK1.08bn).However, the number ofvisits to the cinema fell slightly - 2004 saw 12 million admissions, down from12.1 million in 2003. Average ticket prices rose from $3.9 to $4.The figures indicate ...
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Palm acquires US rights to du Welz's Ordeal
Palm Pictures has acquired North American rights to FabriceDu Welz's The Ordeal (Calvaire). The film recently took three prizes at the GerardmerFantastic Film Festival including the jury and critics' prizes. Sales have alsobeen concluded in the UK with Tartan Films, Germany's I-On New Media andBenelux's Lumiere. Laurent Lucas stars in ...
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Focus to launch Jet Li actioner at Berlin
Focus Features has acquiredinternational sales rights excluding Asia to Jet Li's upcoming martial artsproject and will launch it to buyers at Berlin.The latest producing venturefrom veteran producer Bill Kong, the as yet untitled film will be directed byRonny Yu and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon choreographer Yuen Wo Ping will orchestrate ...
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IMAX teams with Pathe for screen in Amsterdam - just in time for Cinema Expo
IMAX Corp. and PatheNetherlands have signed an agreement to install an IMAX MPX theatre system inthe nation's largest multiplex, Amsterdam's Pathe Arena.It will be the firstlarge-format screen in city, and the first in the nation capable of handling thecompany's DMR conversions of Hollywood films. The new cinema is expectedto open ...
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Runaway business helps Australian production
Becker Film Internationalhas taken world sales rights on Feed, a psychological thriller thatBrett Leonard is now shooting in Australia.Runaway US films play a keyrole supporting service companies and building skills in host countries but Feedis a rare example of how runaway production has directly helped a localfeature. Producer Melissa Beaufordmet ...
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Bac takes on sales for Gitai's Free Zone
Frenchdistributor Bac Films has acquired the latest work from Israeli director AmosGitai, Free Zone, which stars Oscar nominee Natalie Portman.BacInternational, the company's newly-launched sales arm will handle world saleson the film.Currentlyshooting in Israel and Jordan, Free Zone also stars Hanna Lazlo, HiamAbbas and Carmen Maura. Aco-production from France, Israel, Spain ...
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Roissy Films to broker L'Entente Cordiale
Paris based sales outfitRoissy Films has acquired rights to comedy L'Entente Cordiale as itheads into the European Film Market.The film is a $20m productionfrom Les Films Christian Fechner with a heavyweight cast that includes DanielAuteuil, Christian Clavier, Jennifer Sanders, Francois Morel and FrancoisLevanthal.Vincent De Brus will direct L'EntenteCordiale for a ...
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Canal Plus extends DreamWorks deal
The Canal Plus Group hasextended its exclusive agreement with DreamWorks to cover the next forty titlesfrom the Hollywood studio.The agreement gives Canal Plusexclusive first window pay-per-view and Pay TV rights as well as exclusivesecond window airings on Canal Plus' thematic channels.Films included in the dealinclude upcoming releases such as animated ...
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Worldwide rights to Sex, Politics & Cocktails go to here!
Los Angeles-based productionand distribution company here! Films, has picked up worldwide rights from KUBAPictures to Sex, Politics & Cocktails and scheduled the US release for Apr 1.Written, directed, producedby and starring Julien Hernandez, the picture chronicles the sexual odyssey ofa Cuban filmmaker.Other key cast includesMarisa Perturb, Paul Lekakis, Don Max, ...
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Dealer wins Hungarian critics' prize
Benedek Fliegauf's Dealerwas named the best Hungarian film at this week's Hungarian Film Critic'sawards.The critics gave a specialprize to Szabolcs Hajdu's Tamara while Ferenc Torok was named bestdirector for his second feature Eastern Sugar. Both films receivedfurther honours: Eastern Sugar received the best soundtrack award forBalazs Zsager while Istvan Szaladjak ...
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Dougray Scott joins powerhouse female trio in Mermaids Singing
Dougray Scott has joined thecast of The Mermaids Singing,Robin Swicord's adaptation of Lisa Carey's family epic that already stars thepowerhouse female trio of Jessica Lange, Neve Campbell and Evan Rachel Wood.Scott will play an estrangedfather who is forced to come to terms with his past or lose his teenagedaughter. He ...
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When and Where
FulhamFootball Club is hosting the event at the recently refurbished riverside CravenCottage ground, Stevenage Road, Fulham, London SW6 6HH. Click the link below for a map.www.fulhamfc.com/corporate/viewlocation.aspFIFEtakes place on Sunday 5th June 2005. First Kick off at 9.30 am andpresentation to the winners at 5.45pm.