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Bunch goes Wild at AFM
Wild Bunch rounded off theautumn AFM with a sales spree for its new American titles and for RegisWargnier's Cannes-tipped Man To Man.On Outlander, its$40m monster film from Ascendant Pictures, it sold Korean rights to J-Net, EastEurope to Monolith and Russian rights to Central Partnership. It had multipleoffers at or above ...
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Berlinale World Cinema Fund jury named
French independent distributor Isabelle Dubar of IDDistribution and Zimbabwe-born festival programme consultant and curator KeithM. Shiri will sit on the four-member international jury which will choose theprojects to be supported by the World Cinema Fund (WCF).The other jury members are the Berlinale's festival directorDieter Kosslick, who set up the Fund ...
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Magimel tipped to star as career criminal Mesrine
Hot French star BenoitMagimel (The Piano Teacher) has beentipped to star as Jacques Mesrine in Barbet Schroeder's upcoming two-partadaptation of books written by the career criminal.The first instalment of thefilm, The Death Instinct, is based onMesrine's autobiography L'Instinct DeMort, written during one of the prison terms of France's Public EnemyNumber ...
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Swiss producers welcome new Film Foundation
Swissproducers have received a welcome boost with the creation of a Film Foundationin Zurich which aims to have an annual funding budget of at least $7.4m(CHF8.8m).The launchmakes the Foundation one of the leading Swiss film funding institutions afterthe Federal Office for Culture and broadcaster SRG SSR idee suisse.The city of ...
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IFC takes US rights to Turtles Can Fly
IFC Films has acquired USrights in all media to Bahman Ghobadi's award-winning Iranian best foreignlanguage Oscar entry Turtles Can Fly.Set in Ghobadi's nativeKurdistan on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq, Turtles Can Fly follows the fortunes of a 13-year-old satellite dishinstaller who falls for an orphan girl.The picture, ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 10 November
After last week'sCinemania which offered previews of titles to be released in November andDecember, Serbian-Montenegrin audiences demonstrated once again their taste forboth local product and Hollywood fare.With two moreprints in its fourth weekend, the local Oscar submission Goose Feather remained on top position, selling 10,405 admissionsfor the weekend to cross ...
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HUNGARY 10 November
With yet anotherseven new releases hitting the cinemas last week in Hungary, a decentperformance is becoming more and more of a challenge for any production.While the newlyreleased thriller Forgotten was ableto grab the box office second spot with nearly 20,000 admissions on twentyprints and comedy Dodgeball alsoperformed decently with over ...
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UIP on top as Shark Tale, 7 Dwarfs lead pack
Itproved another great weekend for UIP at the international box office as thecompany's animated hit, Shark Tale, held the top spot narrowly ahead ofGerman comedy smash 7 Dwarfs, a UIP pick-up.Thedistributor also claimed the highest new entry for the week from a filmtechnically yet to open anywhere in the world. ...
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Trade groups act to boost Mexican industry
Moving to galvanise whatdelegates described as a desperate Mexican film industry yesterday (9), leadingfilmmakers and trade groups from the US and Mexico signed the Declaration ofSanta Monica.The declaration was issuedat the 10th meeting of the US-Mexico Bilateral Film Industry Committee andresolved to pull the Mexican industry out of crisis by ...
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Project Greenlight comes to Australia
The Movie Network pay TV channel yesterday launched anAustralian version of Project Greenlight, which will result in a 12-partdocumentary series chronicling the making of a A$1m (US$762,000) feature by afirst-time filmmaker.The movie channel's production partner for both theseries and the feature is Screentime, one of Australia's most successfultelevision production companies.Ben ...
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Douglas, Lewis win honor for supporting Blacklist victim
Kirk Douglas and producer Edward Lewis received the Freedom ofExpression Medal last night (8) for their support of blacklisted writer DaltonTrumbo during McCarthy-era America in the 1950s.The pair defied Senator Joseph McCarthy and his Communistwitch-hunt by crediting "Hollywood Ten" writer Dalton Trumbo as one of the writerson the 1960 epic ...
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Somersault continues winning streak
Cate Shortland's Somersaulthas continued its winning streak, picking up the Australian film of theyear at the IF Awards on Wednesday (Nov 10) and the Film Critics Circle ofAustralia Awards on Sunday (Nov 7).It also won best directionfor Shortland, best actress for Abbie Cornish, and best cinematography for BobHumphreys at both ...
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Teague's Last Drop wraps in Romania
Principal photography is now complete in Romania on ColinTeague's The Last Drop, a heistmovie set against the backdropof World War II, starring Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Karel Roden and footballstar David Ginola in his first feature film role.The film is the story of British military operationduring World War II to ...
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New York Critics sets announcement date for Dec 13
The New York Film CriticsCircle will announce its 70th annual awards winners at New York's Muse Hotel onDec 13.Results will be postedonline immediately. On Jan 9 2005 the group will host its awards dinner at theRoosevelt Hotel in Manhattan."2004 has been a solid ifnot spectacular year,' newly elected vice chair ...
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BVI's King Arthur crosses $150m international mark
King Arthur became the seventh Jerry Bruckheimerpicture released by the Walt Disney Company to pass $200m at the worldwide boxoffice at the weekend.The epic actionadventure added $795,000 through Buena Vista International (BVI) for a $149.7minternational running total, and has grossed $51.9m in domestic ticket sales.Miramax'sromantic comedy remake Shall We Dance ...
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Shrek 2 DVD and video sales gross $185m since Friday
DreamWorks Animation reported yesterday (8) that domestic homevideo sales of Shrek 2grossed approximately $185m from 12.1m sales on DVD and VHS.Of the 12.1m units sold sincethe title was released on Nov 5, a record 11m were DVDs.The results dwarf those of the original, which sold more than 7min the first ...
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2% increase in buyers at AFM from Feb event, says IFTA
The number of buyers attending the 25th AFM climbed 2% against theprevious market in February, AFM organising body the Independent Film &Television Alliance (IFTA) reported.The final tally released yesterday (8) put the number of buyers at1,459 compared to 1,434 in February 2004. Buyers came from 637 companies.Several countries showed significant ...
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Travolta to be 20th honouree at MOMI
John Travolta will be the 20th honoree to receive theMuseum of the Moving Image salute in New York City on Dec 5."John's stardomis based not only upon his enormous talent, but an irresistible combination ofunpretentious appeal, innate skill, intensity, humor and grace," museumdirector Rochelle Slovin said in a statement.The museum ...
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AVP takes another $8.7m for Fox International
Fuelled by a respectabledebut in Germany and several smaller markets, Fox International's Alien VsPredator added $8.7m on 2,249 screensat the weekend to pass $50m at the international box office.The action horror opened on$3.1m on 561 in Germany, while Austria yielded $447,000 on 65 and Belgiumproduced $582,000 on 50.All three results ...
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French protest at 9 Songs 'pornographic' rating
Michael Winterbottom'scontroversial 9 Songs has been given an 18 rating from France'sclassification board, essentially qualifying it as pornographic.Two filmindustry representative groups, the writers', directors', producers'association (ARP) and the Societe des Realisateurs de Films (SRF), which headsup Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, have both protested the decision.In a statement, the two groupssaid, ...