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9 Songs clears UK and Irish censors uncut
UK censorthe BBFC has passed Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs uncut and has awardedit an '18' certificate for cinema release.Meanwhile, sources in the Irish distribution trade havetold ScreenDaily.com that the Irish Film Censor, John Kelleher, has alsopassed 9 Songs uncut and given it an '18' certificate.The film,which includes images of explicit, ...
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Shochiku launches animation division
Shochiku, a major Japanesefilm company with interests in production, distribution and exhibition, hasannounced the launch of a new division to produce animated features and TVshows.Headed by General Manager ofFilmed Entertainment Ichiro Seki, the division plans to release its firstfeature in 2005. Director, budget and story have yet to be announced. ...
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Archbishop wins Eurimages funding
Zoltan Kamondi's TheArchbishop's Visit has received Euros 430,000 in funding from support bodyEurimages.The film is a Hungarian, Italian andRomanian co-production between Honeymood Films/Focus Film, Gam Film and MediaPro Pictures. Its full budget runs to $4.4m.Set construction is already underway inRomania with principal photography scheduled to start in November and tocontinue ...
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Curtis, Morgernstern set for Holocaust tale
Hollywood legendTony Curtis and Maia Morgenstern are to star in Atlantic Alliance Pictures andHeritage Pictures' Holocaust story Love Is A Survivor.Directed by byPhilip Saville, production is set to begin February 15, 2005 in Budapest,Hungary.Love Is ASurvivor is billed as amajor holocaust film with a love story as its central theme. ...
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Sheffield Documentary fest to open with Tiger King
TheSheffield International Documentary Festival (Nov 8 -14) is to open with DavidFlamholc's House Of The Tiger King.Thedocumentary follows explorer Tahir Shah and a group of mismatched companions asthey search for Paititi, the Inca's lost city of gold.Otherfilms in the festivals 75 strong line-up include Darwin's Nightmare,which investigates the link between ...
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Netflix postpones foreign expansion plans
Online DVD rental pioneerNetflix has postponed plans to launch in the UK and Canada to concentrateinstead on its US business.The move comes as Netflixfaces increasing competition on its home turf from Blockbuster's new onlinerental service and from the expected entry of Amazon.com into renting DVDs bymail.It is understood thatNetflix had ...
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Gong Li stars with Kidman in Wong Kar-wai's next film
NicoleKidman confirmed this weekend that she is teaming with Hong Kong auteurdirector Wong Kar-wai on his next project The Lady From Shanghai and that she will be joined in the film by Chinesestar Gong Li.Indeed,said Kidman, Gong has already shot her part in the film, and Wong took justfive weeks ...
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Nobody wins Grand Prize at Ghent
During the 31st edition of the Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent, the film Nobody Knows (Daremo Shiranai) by Japanese filmmaker Kore-EdaHirozaku, who has already achieved international recognition with After Life, was awarded the Grand Prizefor Best Film, which carries an award of Euros 25,000 towards distribution.The international jury announced ...
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Team America disappoints for Paramount while Shark Tale floats at the top
DreamWorks' Shark Tale remained the one to beat as it extended its rule to a thirdconsecutive weekend and passed $100m with ease, drowning the aspirations ofParamount's marionette satire Team America and Miramax's romantic comedy remake Shall We Dance'Shark Taleadded an estimated $22.1m for a $118.8m running total, whileUniversal/Imagine's Friday Night ...
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R-rated Team America fails to sink family favourite Shark Tale
DreamWorks' Shark Tale remained the one to beat as it extended its rule to a thirdconsecutive weekend and passed $100m with ease, drowning the aspirations ofParamount's marionette satire Team America and Miramax's romantic comedy remake Shall We Dance'Shark Taleadded an estimated $22.1m for a $118.8m running total, whileUniversal/Imagine's Friday Night ...
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Charming Girl wins top Pusan prize
Korean feature This Charming Girl took home the top prize in the PusanInternational Film Festival's New Currents section for first and second-timeAsian directors.The film by LeeYun-ki is a restrained portrait of a socially isolated woman who works in asmall post office. Probably the most well-received among a small handful ofKorean ...
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Shochiku launches fund for ninja action feature
Shochiku, one of Japan's leading film producers anddistributors, is to launch a film fund to underwrite the production of Shinobi,a ninja action film starring Joe Odagiri (Bright Future) and YukieNakama (Game, Trick).The film, which is directed by Ten Shimoyama (Muscle Heat),will begin principal photography on October 18, with release in ...
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Rai Trade racks up sales on Argento's Hitchcock
Rai Trade has made a raft of sales at MIFED on cult directorDario Argento's upcoming film, Do You Like Hitchcock'.Argento's thriller, which is currently in post-production,has been made specifically for the TV, DVD and video markets. Under a projectmasterminded by Argento himself, Do You Like Hitchcock will be part of ...
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Soda Pictures buys UK for Head-On, Brothers
Soda Pictures has acquired the UK/Eire distribution rightsto Fatih Akin's Berlin winner Head-On and Susanne Bier's San Sebastianprize winner Brothers. Both films will premiere in the UK at the LondonFilm Festival later this month.Soda Pictures plans to release Head-On in the UK on 18 February 2005 andBrothers in early spring.Soda ...
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Ealing moves closer to buying Bulgarian studio
Britain's Ealing Studios hastaken a step towards buying leading Bulgarian film studio Boyana Film.The home of the EalingComedies has become the first candidate to be approved by the country'sprivatization agency to enter the preliminary round of bidding. Up for grabs isa 95 per cent stake in the state-owned company.Crucially, the ...
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Vanity Fair to open India film festival
The 35th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) (Nov29-Dec 9) will open with Vanity Fair, directed by Indian born film-makerMira Nair. The government backed film festival is being held in Goa for thefirst time.Neelam Kapur, director of the film festival told ScreenDaily.com,"IFFI will reflect India's identity in the world of ...
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Irish production sector gears up for revival
It certainly felt like the slowest year on record. Only oneor two films went into production in Ireland between January and the last daysof August.Everyone seems to have a different explanation - thefaltering dollar; a hiatus brought about by last year's uncertainty about thefuture of the Section 481 tax break ...
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IDA names nominees in 20th annual documentary achievement awards
Joe Sinofsky and JoeBerlinger's Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Jehane Nujaim's Control Room are among nominees for the International DocumentaryAssociation's 20th Annual IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Other contenders in thefeature category include Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer, BeingDorothy, Born Into Brothels, The ...
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Damon exits Media 8, sets up new production outfit
Industry veteran Mark Damonhas officially left Media 8 Entertainment as chairman and chief executiveofficer and is assembling a Los Angeles-based production company to focus onindependent projects.Damon, whose production anddistribution outfit MDP joined Canada-based Behavior Communications in 1998 toform MDP Worldwide and changed its name this year to Media 8, parts ...
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Jeunet, Rappeneau, Besson among French directors on US university tour
Olivier Assayas, Luc Besson,Claire Denis, Benoit Jacquot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Jean-Paul Rappeneau willtake part in the second edition of On Set With French Cinema, organised byleading universities in association with Unifrance and the French Ministry ofForeign Affairs.From Oct 18-Nov 22 thefilmmakers will present and discuss their features with fine art ...