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MPAA launches first lawsuits against individual online pirates
The MPAAannounced yesterday (16) that the first wave of lawsuits targeting individualonline traders of illegally copied films have been filed in US courts.The civil suitsagainst individual offenders cover copyright violations on major P2P networksand the MPAA is seeking damages and injunctive relief.MPAA presidentand chief executive officer Dan Glickman announced the ...
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Working Title buys Alex Garland script Time Keepers
Working Title Films hasacquired a spec script by Alex Garland (pictured) called Time Keepers. The script is an original story about two youngboys who discover that magic is not a myth but a reality and that they have astrange position within a secret and alternative history of the world.Described as ...
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Palm Pictures gets Clean for North America
Palm Pictureshas acquired US and Caribbean rights to Olivier Assayas' drug addiction drama Cleanstarring Maggie Cheung.Palm, whichdistributed Assayas' Demonlover last year, plans an autumn 2005 US release with DVD to follow in2006.TVA Films holds Canadian rights and released the picture in Quebec in October, with select cities in English-speaking Canada ...
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Katzenberg to receive PGA's Milestone Award
DreamWorksprincipal and Shrek 2executive producer Jeffrey Katzenberg will receive the Producers Guild ofAmerica's (PGA) most prestigious honorary award, the Milestone Award, at the16th annual PGA Awards in Los Angeles on Jan 22 2005.Other honorary awardrecipients include Spider-Man 2 producer Laura Ziskin for the David O Selznick Achievement Awardand the Vanguard ...
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Balaban, Mitchell to host Gotham Awards in NYC
Film and stageveteran Bob Balaban was announced yesterday as host for the 14th Annual GothamAwards on Dec 1 in New York City.Balaban'snumerous feature credits include Gosford Park, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind,Midnight Cowboy, Close Encounters and the upcoming Marie And Bruce."We are thrilledto have Bob Balaban hosting the awards ...
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Bergman's Saraband to get theatrical premiere in France
France's Rezo Films will be the first distributor to give IngmarBergman's Saraband a theatrical outing when it releases the film nextmonth (Dec 15). The release is hedged with conditions and marks the end of adance of seduction for the film which was once tipped to appear in Cannes orVenice 2003.In ...
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Buyers court Warner Bros' Spanish Queens
Spanish film Queens(Reinas), Warner Bros' Pictures first 100% Spanish production, has sold toa raft of European territories while the film is still in post-production.International sales handler Fortissimo Films has closeddeals to France (ARP), Portugal (Lusomundo), Greece (Prooptiki), Israel(Orlando Films) and Hungary (Mas Kepp Foundation).An offer is on the table for ...
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Eastern European film industry enjoying bumper year
With a production boom in progress in Russia, commitmentsfor increased government funding in Poland and a major new player in theBaltics entering the field the film industry in the east is seeing its bestyear in a decade.While Latvia produces only one or two feature films a yearproducer Andrejs Ekis who ...
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Hong Kong group to invest in Chinese production company
Hong Kong's TomGroup is in talks to acquire a 20% stake in Beijing-based production companyHuayi Brothers - currently the largest private film producer in mainland China- according to local press reports.The move followsthe introduction of new regulations, issued by China's State Administration ofRadio, Film and Television (SARFT), which allow foreign ...
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More foreign productions choosing to shoot in India
Hollywood-based production company 8X Entertainment has begun shooting historical epic One NightWith The King, in the Indian city of Jodhpur.The cast includes Peter O'Toole (the Prophet Samuel), OmarSharif (Prince Memucan), John Rhys-Davies as Mordecai and John Noble as PrinceAdmanthaOne Night With TheKing is a multi-million dollar epic which chronicles the ...
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DEJ, First Look combine US sales, marketing efforts
Independentdistributor DEJ Productions has signed a deal with First Look Media whereby thecompanies will combine their sales teams for home entertainment releases."We're extremelyexcited about the opportunity to work more closely with First Look Media," DEJpresident Andrew Reimer said in a statement."Our combinedsales and marketing effort will shepherd a terrific line-up ...
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Consortium develops tool to predict financing models
Some of the millions of dollars spent developing films thatnever go into production could be saved if a group of researchers succeed indesigning a tool that can reliably assess the value of what have previouslybeen regarded as intangible assets.The Securities Industry Research Centre Asia-Pacific, theUniversity of New South Wales and ...
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Wellspring takes world on Yu's Oscar-shortlisted doc
Wellspring hasacquired worldwide rights to Jessica Yu's Oscar shortlisted documentary InThe Realms Of The Unreal: The Mystery Of Henry Darger.The picture, which premiered at Sundance earlier thisyear, will open at New York City's Film Forum and San Francisco's CastroTheatre on Dec 22. It centres on the renowned artist who is ...
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Global Peace Film Festival kicks off on Friday in Orlando
Nobel PeacePrize Laureate Betty Williams will take part in a panel discussion about peacewhen the second annual Global Peace Film Festival runs in Orlando, Florida,from Nov 19-24.Paneldiscussions are one of the highlights of the festival, which includes 18 features,documentaries and shorts.Titles includeMarkus Imhoof's 1981 Swiss drama The Boat Is Full, ...
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Academy names 12 documentaries on Oscar shortlist
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has formally unveiled its 12-strong documentary shortlist for next year's Oscars.The titles are: Born IntoBrothels, Home Of The Brave, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral On A MovingTrain, In The Realms Of The Unreal, Riding Giants, The Ritchie Boys, The StoryOf The Weeping ...
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INTERNATIONAL 17 November
Having already enjoyed a week on the chart through previewsalone Bridget Jones sequel The Edge OfReason topped the international chart in its official opening week withease. A record opening for the UK's Working Title in its home territory ($13.2mexcluding previews) was complimented by number one launches in all of theromantic ...
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Nordic Council to award annual film prize
Two years afterawarding a film prize for the first time at its 50th anniversary gala, theNordic Council has decided to make the Nordic Film Prize an annual event.The $61,000(DKK350,000) prize will be awarded to a film which is 'embedded in Nordic culture,and stands out artistically as a single rounded work', ...
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Bridget Jones catapults to top of international box office
Havingalready enjoyed a week on the chart through previews alone Bridget Jonessequel The Edge Of Reason topped the international chart in its officialopening week with ease.Arecord opening for the UK's Working Title in its home territory ($13.2m excludingpreviews) was complimented by number one launches in all of the romanticcomedy's other ...
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Eight documentaries so far make Oscar shortlist
At least eight film-makers were notified yesterday that theirdocumentary features had been shortlisted for the 2004 Best Documentary FeatureOscar. Although there is no fixed number of films which make the semi-finalshortlist, last year's tally of 12 is thought to be standard.ScreenDaily.com established the identity of eight films which have been ...
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01 Distribution roars for Benigni's Tiger
RaiCinema label 01 Distribution has taken Italian distribution rights to Tuscancomic Roberto Benigni's upcoming film, The Tiger And The Snow. As aresult it can be expected to see asignificant jump in its 2005revenues.Theannouncement yesterday by Benigni's production outfit Melampo Cinematograficaand Rai Cinema marks the end of a protracted battle among ...