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Motovun film fest maintains youth appeal
The sixth editionof the Motovun Film Festival took place from July 26-30 in the town of Istria,Croatia. Unlike most world festivals that are more market-oriented, what setsthis festival apart is its focus on presenting films to film-lovers as well as toprofessionals, as well as featuring a large number of side ...
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Tartan USA to launch with Bush's Brain
Nearly threemonths after announcing US distribution plans, Hamish McAlpine's Tartan Filmsis gearing up to make Joseph Mealey and Michael Shoob's Bush's Brain its first theatrical release later thismonth.McAlpine negotiated US rights to the picture with CassianElwes of the William Morris Agency and plans a home entertainment release onOct 12. Mealey ...
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Robot invasion spreads to UK, Germany, Brazil
FoxInternational's I, Robot looks set to continue its international dominance this weekendthrough major debuts in Germany, the UK, Brazil and Russia.The sci-fi thriller, which has amassed $35.2m to date,opens in Germany and Russia on Aug 5 on 925 and 302 prints respectively, the UKon Aug 6 on 750, and Brazil ...
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Malaysia clears Passion - for Christians only
Mel Gibson's The Passion OfThe Christ has been cleared by Malaysia's Film Censorship Board for anuncensored release for all ages, albeit with one condition that is restrictedfor Christian eyes only.The approval came after theNational Evangelical Christian Fellowship lobbied the prime minister's officefor the release of the film. Screening will start ...
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New production company launches in Finland
Finland's biggest film and video distributor, FS Film Oy, has set up a newproduction outfit, Juonifilmi Oy, with 33-year old producer Jarkko Hentula (Pearls And Pigs).FS Film, which is fully owned by Nordic major AB Svensk Filmindustri, holdsthe majority stake in the company, while Hentula, who has been appointedmanaging director, ...
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Grant wraps shoot on directorial debut
Wah Wah, the directorialdebut of Richard E Grant, has wrapped principal photography after a seven-weekshoot in Swaziland.The semi-autobiographical film, which Grant also scripted, is acoming-of-age story set against the tail end of British Colonial rule in thelate 1960s. Told from a 14-year-old boy's point of view, Wah Wah focuseson a ...
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Summit, Serendipity Point reteam on Egoyan's Truth
Los Angeles-based sales, financingand production outfit Summit Entertainment has signed on as international salesagent for Atom Egoyan's latest picture Where The Truth Lies.The film is produced byRobert Lantos and his Serendipity Point Films which has already teamed withSummit on Norman Jewison's The Statement and Istvan Szabo's Being Julia.Based on the ...
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Generation to open new Hungarian festival
Generation, theomnibus film currently in production by six Central and Eastern Europeanfilmmakers (ScreenDaily.com, April2004), will be the opening film at the new Alba Regia International FilmFestival (ARIFF) which is going to be launched in the Hungarian spa town ofSzekesfehervar from June 6-12 2005.The six shorts are being made by Stefan ...
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...as Gavin Film takes international sales on Yasmin
SimonBeaufoy drama Yasmin has been pickedup for international sales by industry veteran Bill Gavin's Gavin Film ahead ofits screenings at the Locarno and Edinburgh festivals.Thestory of a westernised Asian woman in a white society was written by The Full Monty writer Beaufoy anddirected by Kenny Glenaan, who won the Michael ...
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Glenaan readies football project
Scottish director Kenny Glenaan (whose new feature Yasmin premieres in competition inLocarno today, prior to its screeningat the Edinburgh Film Festival) is shortly to go into pre-production on a filmabout the exploitative, cut-throat world of football agents.Ducain's Boys, asthe film is titled, will tell the story of agents who scour ...
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Shoreline takes on sales for The Limb Salesman
Shoreline Entertainment hassecured worldwide sales rights to The Limb Salesman from production outfits punk Films and Darius Filmsand will be representing the film in Toronto, where the film is playing in thefestival.pUNK Films andDarius Films have announced a deal making Shoreline Entertainment theirworldwide sales agent, beginning with The Limb Salesman ...
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SWITZERLAND 6 August
Hot weather had a detrimental effect on Swiss cinemas lastweekend as the overall market saw week-on-week figures down 35% despite thelaunch of Fox's I, Robot in theGerman and French-speaking regions.However, the country's open air cinemas benefitted from theweather. This resulted in films such as LesChoristes, The Last Samurai and TheReturn ...
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San Sebastian unveils main competition titles
The Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival hasunveiled 15 of the titles set to compete for the official competition's GoldenShell prize at this year's 52nd edition (Sept 17-25) - showing off ahigh-profile and geographically balanced international line-up.Following the inauguration by Woody Allen'sout-of-competition comedy Melinda AndMelinda are new films from well-known international ...
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Italian producers denounce funding crisis
Italian state funding for local films has stalled for oversix months, while the government has recently made new and drastic cuts to itsentertainment fund.Now, a group of top Italian producers, including Rai Cinemaand Fininvest-owned Medusa, have taken a full-page advertisement in a nationalnewspaper asking prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to take ...
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German cinema admissions set to rise
Cinema attendancein Germany is set to increase between 5%-10%this year, over 2003's 149m, according to Johannes Klingsporn, managingdirector of the German distributors' association Verband der Filmverleiher (VdF).Speaking toScreendaily.com, Klingsporn said that he regarded this forecast as"realistic" in the light of recent blockbusters like Harry Potter 3, Shrek 2 and Spider-Man ...
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Polish art house festival breaks attendance record
This year's fourth edition of Era New Horizons festival,eastern Europe's leading art house film festival, broke all previous recordsfor ticket sales with 93,602 tickets sold comparied to 56,179 last year.The festival held in Cieszyn, southern Poland, from 22 Julyto 1 August screened 166 features and 166 short films from 36 ...
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International box office has a new champion
As predicted by ScreenDaily.comlast week a new international chart champion was crowned this week.20th Century Fox's I,Robot opened in multiple territories in Latin America, Asia and Europe,including Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong, France and Spain, to take the leadwith a $20.8m weekend.The film should be able to retain the lead ...
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Private equity fund invests in Russian exhibition
Russian exhibitorand entertainment complex developer, Investkinoproyekt, has announced plans toexpand in the Russian regions after attracting the single largest equityinvestment in the Russian industry $40m from international private equity groupCube Private Equity Fund."Russia'sexhibition and entertainment industry is one of the few businesses where theopportunities to create nation-wide projects still abounds," ...
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Oz production slumps as foreign investment soars
New research confirms that service work on US films issoaring while Australian features remain in the doldrums in terms of numbersmade and budget levels, while co-productions have practically disappeared.Only 15 homegrown films worth A$134m were made in the 12months to June 30, according to the Australian Film Commission's latest annualsurvey, ...
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INTERNATIONAL 5 August
As predicted by ScreenDaily.comlast week a new international chart champion was crowned this week.20th Century Fox's I,Robot opened in multiple territories in Latin America, Asia and Europe,including Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong, France and Spain, to take the leadwith a $20.8m weekend.The film should be able to retain the lead ...