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Global appetite wanes for French film
Some 330 French films werereleased in at least one territory around the world in the first eleven monthsof 2004, according to French film export body Unifrance. The films achieved 33 million admissionsaround the world, down 11% on the same period in 2003.Several factors explain thedownturn, including the fact that local ...
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TLA picks up domestic rights to gay festival hit Dorian Blues
TLA Releasinghas picked up US theatrical and home entertainment rights to TennysonBardwell's award-winning gay coming-of-age tale Dorian Blues.TLA partner and director of acquisitions Richard A Wolffnegotiated the deal with attorney Steven C Beer on behalf of Day Dreamer Films.The distributorplans a September 2005 release for Dorian Blues, which stars Michael ...
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Harper promoted to vice chairman at Fox
Robert Harperhas been promoted to vice chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE), where hewill assume new global strategic, creative and managerial responsibilities withparticular focus on interdivisional synergy.Harper joinedthe Fox marketing department in 1985, rising to president four years later. Hewent on to become an independent producer based on the lot ...
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Ghobadi to consult on the rebuilding of cinema in Iraq
Bahman Ghobadi's Iranianforeign language Academy Award entry Turtles Can Fly yesterday (15) became the first picture to open inan Iraqi theatre since the end of the war.Ghobadi was due to attendthe screening at the Crystal Theatre in Arbil City and has also been invited bythe interim Iraqi government to conduct ...
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Toronto critics vote for Sideways
AlexanderPayne's Sideways addedToronto to its growing quiver of awards season kudos. The Toronto Film CriticsAssociation named Payne's bittersweet comedy Best Picture of 2004 andperformers Paul Giamatti and Virginia Madsen Best Actor and Best SupportingActress.The othermultiple award winners were Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, with Michel Gondry named Best Directorand ...
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Refn's Pusher II dominates Danish Oscar nods
Nicolas Winding Refn's drama PusherII (With Blood on my Hands - Pusher II) bagged the most nominations forthe Danish Film Academy's ROBERT awards with 12 nods including best film,director, script and actor Mads Mikkelsen.However, Pusher II, which doesn't open locally until Dec 25, faces competition from other films including PaprikaSteen's ...
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INTERNATIONAL 16 December
The Incredibles currently seems unstoppable at the top of theinternational chart with its latest weekend gross nearly double that of thesecond placed title. Last weekend saw a number one debut in Germany gross $5.7m(Euro 4.3m) from 751,000 admissions adding to holdover territories and takingthe animated film passed $150m internationally.In German-speakingSwitzerland ...
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VIP backs three more Hollywood projects
Leading German private mediafund VIP Medienfonds is to invest in new features by Steven Zaillian, BruceBeresford and Paul McGuigan - in addition to its joint venture with RolandEmmerich.The VIP 3 and VIP 4 fundswill be partnering Columbia Pictures for Zaillian's $74m All The King's Menwhich is being produced by Mike ...
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BBC should invest more in UK films, say MPs
The BBC should invest more inBritish film production and in showcasing UK films on its television channels,says an influential report drafted by Members of Parliament.The House of Commons CultureCommittee investigation into the BBC is published today as part of the processleading up to the corporation's Charter renewal at the end ...
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Packer sells - and jointly buys - Hoyts
Australian media mogul Kerry Packer's private company Consolidated Press Holdings (CPH) is selling Hoyts, but the Australian and New Zealand cinema chain is staying in the family.Two publicly-listed companies, West Australian Newspapers Holdings and Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (PBL) - nearly 40% of which is owned by CPH - ...
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Leading French producer Rene Cleitman dies
Leading French producer ReneCleitman, who founded the Hachette Premiere empire, died yesterday aged 64.Specialising in large-budgetand event pictures, Cleitman produced over 20 features including the five-timesOscar nominee Cyrano De Bergerac, Tenue De Soiree, The Horseman On The Roof,Tango, Monsieur Hire and Urga.He also became the inadvertentvillain of Lost In La ...
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Miami unveils 118 film-heavy lineup in Feb
The MiamiInternational Film Festival (MIFF) presented by Miami Dade College will open onFeb 4 with Modiglianistarring Andy Garcia and closes on Feb 13 with Joaquin Oristrell's Spanishfarce Unconscious (Inconscientes).All in all 118 pictures, including seven world and 15international, North American and US premieres, will screen at the festival,which will run ...
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Italian industry commits to 12-month box-office season
Italy has finally fullycommitted to a 12-month box office season, and next summer's releases will beon a par with other European territories, an industry conference heard onTuesday (Dec 14).As a sign of theircommitment, national exhibitors' association ANEC and distributors union UNIDIMhave published a catalogue detailing the names and approximate release ...
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Chris Weitz steps away from His Dark Materials
Chris Weitz hasquit as director on New Line Cinema's upcoming Philip Pullman adaptation HisDark Materials due tothe "technical challenges of making such an epic".In a statementWeitz, whose credits include About A Boy, stressed that his departure was not tied to any creativedifferences regarding the fantasy project, and expressed satisfaction that ...
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Film Commissions to launch European network in Berlin
Plans for a new"European Film Commissions Network" (EFCN) are to be unveiled at aone-day symposium of film commissions from all over Europe on the eve of theforthcoming Berlinale on February 9.Hosted by the German FilmCommissions, the "2nd European Encounter of Film Commissions"symposium will be opened by Berlin's Governing Mayor Klaus ...
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TIFFG names ten best Canadian films of the year
The Toronto International FilmFestival Group has unveiled its annual listing of the best in Canadian cinema.Titles making the fourth annual list include acclaimed short title Ryan, by Chris Landreth, Michael Dowse's TIFF prize winner It's All GonePete Tong, Daniel Roby's Peau Blanche, which won the first film prize at TIFF ...
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Vajna, Eszterhas team for Olympic bloodbath
Prolific producerAndy Vajna and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas are developing an as-yet untitleddrama about the historic encounter between the Hungarian and Soviet water poloteams at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.The olympicsemifinal is considered to have been one of the bloodiest ever sport eventswhere the players' blood coloured the water red. The Hungarian ...
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CNC calls for debate on French subsidy system
Heeding a request madeearlier this month by new culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, theFrench film board (CNC) has called a meeting of professionals for thisWednesday to discuss the possible opening of the local subsidy system tonon-European companies.The minister's request cameon the heels of a Paris court's decision to reject ...
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Revolution/Rhombus co-production wins Telefilm Canada funds
Marc Evans' Snowcake, a coproduction between Canada's Rhombus Media andthe UK's Revolution Films, is one of four films approved for funding over C$1min the latest subsidy round of Telefilm Canada. Other tittles include newfeatures from Clement Virgo (Lie With Me, Rude) and Vic Sarin (Cold Comfort). The total potential financial ...
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Chris Cooper joins powerhouse cast of Universal's Jarhead
Chris Cooper hasjoined the cast of Universal's dark coming-of-age story Jarhead, which began shooting earlier this monthand is being directed by Sam Mendes.Based on Marine AnthonySwofford's memoirs of the first Gulf War, Jarhead follows a group of fightersas they sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy in acountry they ...