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CAA signs South Korean director
SouthKorean director Kang Je-gyu has signed on with Creative Artists Agency (CAA),making him one of the first Korean filmmakers to work through one of the majorHollywood talent agencies.Accordingto production/sales company MKB, Kang is also fielding multiple offers frommajor Hollywood studios regarding his as-yet unannounced next project.Kanghas become a box-office legend ...
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German funder calls for change in French co-prod rules
At a time when co-productionregulations across Europe are coming under close scrutiny, it was suggestedthis weekend that France should loosen its requirements on shooting in theFrench language,The proposal, made only daysafter Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement was disbarred fromqualifying for French subsidies and French prizes, was made at the ...
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Freccero to leave Sundance Channel
Paola Freccero, SundanceChannel's senior vice president of film programming, is leaving the network tobecome an independent consultant specialising in business development projectsin the entertainment industry.She will remain at SundanceChannel until the end of the year and following her departure Christian Vesper,vice president of acquisitions at Sundance Channel Entertainment, will fill ...
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...as French culture minister seeks to clarify support system
Culture minister RenaudDonnedieu de Vabres has asked France's Film Office, the CNC, to open a dialoguewith film industry professionals in order to better define the rulessurrounding the local support system.The demand comes on theheels of a court ruling which last week cancelled the French status ofJean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long ...
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Tropical Malady scoops Grand Prize at fifth FILMeX festival in Tokyo
TropicalMalady - this year's Cannes special jury prize winner, has won the Grand Prizeat the fifth edition of the FILMeX festival in Tokyo.Director Apichatpong Weerasethakulwon a $9,000 cash prize (Y1m) for the second time, after winning the prize withBlissfully Yours in 2002.The Special Jury Prize'Kodak Vision Award (with a purse ...
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Tropical Malady scoops Grand Prize at fifth FILMeX festival in Tokyo
TropicalMalady - this year's Cannes special jury prize winner, has won the Grand Prizeat the fifth edition of the FILMeX festival in Tokyo.Director Apichatpong Weerasethakulwon a $9,000 cash prize (Y1m) for the second time, after winning the prize withBlissfully Yours in 2002.The Special Jury Prize"Kodak Vision Award (with a purse ...
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Sideways leads Independent Spirits nominations
Fox Searchlight's Sideways cast its shadow over the competition yesterday (30)when it was nominated for six 2005 IFP Independent Spirit Awards.Alexander Payne's film wasfollowed by Fine Line Features' Maria Full Of Grace on five and Wolfe Releasing's Brother To Brother, THINKFilm's Primer, Robbing Peter (no distributor) and Fox Searchlight's Kinsey ...
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GERMANY 1 December
After four weeks at the top,the German comedy 7 Dwarfs was knocked off its perch by BVI's NationalTreasure which opened with over $ 4.3m from 765 screens.Adding another $ 2.3m lastweekend to its overall gross of $ 44m, 7 Dwarfs is the second most successfullocal film after (T)Raumschiff Surprise - ...
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ITALY 1 December
BVI's The Incrediblesstormed into the Italian box office at number one last weekend, taking amassive $4,962,920 from 524 screens for an excellent average of $9,471 perscreen.Eagle Pictures's thriller Twistedcame in second, grossing $1,305,865 from 253 screens. However, hot on its heelswas 2001's Donnie Darko, which was released for the first ...
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INTERNATIONAL 1 December
With openings in 10territories blanketing much of Europe including key territories France, Italyand Spain, as well as a nationwide release in the UK following a single-weekLondon platform, The Incredibles shot to the top of the internationaltable with a stunning $44.3m gross last weekend. The film took top positions inmost territories ...
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Germany, Austria, Switz Prod Lists - Dec 1
NOVEMBER 2004AUSTRIAPREPRODUCTIONLAPISLAZULI(Dor Film) Backer: OFI. Children's film. Dir: Wolfgang Murnberger.Contact: Dor Film, (43) 1 427 10 11.VON PARIS NACH DAKAR(Nikolaus Geyrhalter Film) Backer: OFI. Documentary . Prod/dir:Nikolaus Geyrhalter.Contact: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, (43) 1 891 3700IN PRODUCTIONDIE LETZTEN ZOEGLINGE(DOR Film) Backers: Filmfonds Wien, ORF, Cine Tirol. Documentary aboutreminiscences by former pupils ...
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HUNGARY 1 December
While worldwidesuccess The Incredibles easily grabbed the top spot at the Hungarian boxoffice with nearly 30,000 admissions on an impressive thirty-seven prints, lastweek's real success story belonged to the French title Les Gaous, thefeature debut of director Igor Sekulic.The comedy wasreleased on fourteen prints by distributor Best Hollywood and has ...
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Neverland wins best film prize from NBR
Marc Forster's JM Barriedrama Finding Neverland fromMiramax Films claimed the first major honour of the awards season today (Wed)when it was named film of the year by the National Board of Review (NBR).Alejandro Amenabar'seuthanasia drama The Sea Inside,which Fine Line is due to release on Dec 17, was declared top ...
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Incredibles shoots to top of international chart
The Incredibles shot to the top of the international table with astunning $44.3m gross last weekend on the back of openings in 10 territoriesincluding France, Italy and Spain, as well as a nationwide release in the UKfollowing a single-week London platform. The film took top positions in mostterritories for Buena ...
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Lions Gate, 2929 team on spelling bee heartwarmer
Lions Gate Films and ToddWagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment are teaming up to finance anddistribute the Spelling Bee drama Akeelah And The Bee.An early 2005 start has beenset for the project, which concerns a precocious 11-year-old girl from LosAngeles' South Central district whose journey to compete in the NationalSpelling ...
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Grupo Novo hatches South American release plan
Brazilianproducer-distributor Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV has entered into a joint venturewith Argentina's Artikino Pictures to release Brazilian films throughout SouthAmerica.The joint venture, to benamed Group Novo Latinoamerica, will be based in Buenos Aires and plans todistribute between six and 10 Brazilian films in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguayand Chile in ...
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New York Critics swap chairs on the eve of annual awards
Jonathan Foremanhas stepped down as chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle due to ajournalistic assignment in Asia and has been replaced by US Weekly criticThelma Adams."We would like to thank Jonathan Foreman for hiscontribution to the Circle to date," Adams said in a statement."I'm honoured tostep in and ...
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United Nations wins film documentary preservation award
The UnitedNations Department of Public Information/News and Media Division will receivethe 2004 International Documentary Association's (IDA) Preservation &Scholarship Award.The award ispresented annually to an individual or organisation that has made unique andimportant contributions to preserving significant documentaries for futuregenerations, or for educating the public and industry about the rolenon-fiction filmmaking ...
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Moore to receive film-maker award at IFP Gotham Awards
Michael Moorewill receive the Filmmaker Award at the 14th Annual Gothams on Dec 1 in NewYork City.Moore's awardmarks the last and final tribute of this year's show, which include theFilmmaker Award for Lifetime Achievement to Mike Leigh, Gotham Actor Award toDon Cheadle, Industry Lifetime Achievement Award to Dan Talbot, and ...
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Reflections shine at Bucharest festival
Young Swedishdirector Stina Bergman's Reflections of the Sun won the DaKINO Trophy(including a purse of $5000) at the first edition of the BucharestInternational Film Festival (BiFest).The Romaniancapital's first international film festival , launched under the presidency ofLucian Georgescu and Dan Chisu, also played host to the 14th edition of theDaKINO ...