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HONG KONG 28 June
Warner Bros' sword-and-sandals epic Troy beat local comedy SuperModel to the top of the Hong Kong box office chart grossing US$1.15m from45 screens.Super Model,directed by Vincent Kok, took second place with a respectable US$858,586 from42 screens. Produced by Abba Movies and Gold Label Entertainment, the film isthe first to star ...
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NEW ZEALAND 28 June
UIP's Mean Girlsclaimed third place in the chart this week with a gross of NZ$207,859 from 44screens for its opening weekend. But neither it nor second placed Harry Potter, came close to the mostpopular film of the four days, UIP's Shrek2, which was also a very long way ahead in ...
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Amenabar's Sea tipped for Venice slot
Out to Sea (Mar Adentro), Alejandro Amenabar's eagerly-anticipated follow-up to TheOthers looks set for a Venice festival slot with the news that it will openin Spain on September 3.Producer Sogecine has confirmedthat it will go to an un-named "early fall festival". The Venice InternationalFilm Festival runs from September 1-11.Out to ...
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Moscow awards Us raft of prizes
If any more proofwas needed of the healthy state of Russian film, last night's awards ceremonyat the 26th Moscow International Film Festival should convince anysceptics.Dmitry Meskhiyevswept the festival's top prizes winning the Golden St George for best film aswell as best director for his WWII war drama Us (Svoi) which ...
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Wax fire destroys Oz soundstage
A so-called controlled fire sequence on the set of HouseOf Wax went badly wrong on Saturday evening (June 27), sparking a blazethat destroyed one of the eight soundstages at Queensland's Warner RoadshowStudios.Aspokesperson for the film's publicist, Denis Davidson Associates, said thatthree sets and all the camera and sound equipment were ...
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Unknown Soldier, Tarnation win top prizes at LAFF
Ferenc Toth's Unknown Soldier won the Target Filmmaker Award for bestnarrative feature and Jonathan Caouette's Cannes hit Tarnation won the Target Documentary Award at theweekend as the tenth Los Angeles Film Festival came to a close.JoshuaMarston's Maria Full Of Grace wonthe audience award for narrative feature and Mike Wranovic's Up ...
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Asian CGI producer unveils US production deals
GDC Entertainment, the content development arm of Hong Kongand Singapore-based GDC Holdings, announced three collaborative ventures atFilMart on Friday.The company, which produces CGI content at its studio inShenzhen, China, has signed an agreement with LA-based producer, EnteraktionStudios, to co-produce three original CGI features with a combined budget ofUS$60m.The three features ...
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Allied Irish Banks hires Duffield in film finance move
Allied Irish Banks (AIB), the Republic of Ireland's largest bank, is entering film finance under former Dexia-BIL media head Gillian Duffield.Duffield is taking up thepost as head of media finance, based in London. She will focus on developing a new film financingdivision for the bank.Her appointment comes asrival Bank of ...
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Critics' Week names new artistic director
The Critics' Week sidebar has announced the appointment of a new artistic director.Jean-Christophe Berion will replace outgoing chief Claire Clouzot following his election by the French Cinema Critics' Union this week.Clouzot, a film director with two credits under her belt, held the post of artistic director for the past three ...
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Cinema Expo underlines importance of European market
Cinema Expo ended on a high note last night (June 24)with a gala dinner hosted by Walden Media, and organisers claiming successdespite a slight drop in numbers.The annualexhibition conference in Amsterdam saw 1,011 registrations, down about 80 fromlast year. Booths on the trade show floor were down about four or ...
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Shrek 2 set for massive French weekend
Two wide releases have ashot at passing $300m this weekend as Warner Bros' Harry Potter And ThePrisoner Of Azkaban and FoxInternational's The Day After Tomorrow both approach the milestone.Studio executives will behoping that Prisoner Of Azkabancan boost its $282.2m international running total with a strong Japanese bow onSaturday (26).The signs ...
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Greenpoint Media steps in to finance African American family saga Cherrys
Greenpoint Media is to produceand finance the family drama Cherrys,which is being directed by Harry Knapp and will star Eartha Kitt, LynnWhitfield and Jurnee Smollett.The multi-generational story is based on a screenplay by DeborahGoodwin about the coming of age of an African-American teenager and the familysecrets she uncovers in the ...
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Winslet drops out of Woody Allen project
Kate Winslet has dropped out of the new Woody Allen projectwhich is shooting in London, it was confirmed today (June 25).Winslet, who has had a busy schedule recently, reportedlywanted to spend more time with her family.A new female lead is expected to be announced on Monday.Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Emily ...
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Databases merge: Hollywood Media Corp buys Studio Systems
Entertainment news outlet Hollywood Media Corp has agreed to buyLos Angeles-based database and information services Studio Systems.The new company will be called Baseline StudioSystems, integratingHollywood Media Corp's Baseline/Filmtracker subsidiary with the new acquisitionto create a database of worldwide film and televisiondata.Subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition includes HollywoodMedia Corp's aggregate ...
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FilMart news: Arclight wraps up fresh Beautiful Boxer sales
Beautiful Boxer, the Thai sex change film which plays at next week's Outfest Lesbian and Gay festival, has wrapped up a string of new sales for sales agent Arclight Films.Announced at Hong Kong's FilMart, new sales include a deal with Regent Entertainment's Regent Releasing for US and Canada, with Mikado ...
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FilMart News: Three...Extremes unites top Asian talent
Hong Kong's ApplausePictures unveiled its mouthwatering contribution to the second instalment ofhorror omnibus Three at Filmart on Thursday. Entitled Dumplings,the horror-thriller brings together some of the territory's top creative talentincluding director Fruit Chan, producer Peter Ho-sun Chan and award-winningcinematographer Christopher Doyle.Scripted by Lilian Lee (FarewellMy Concubine), the film is a ...
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FilMart news: FilMart opens with optimistic bounce
Hong Kong's FilMart (23-25June) got off to a brisk start yesterday with organisers claiming a rise invisitor numbers matched by local industry spirits similarly on the up.At an opening ceremony attended by Asian superstar Tony Leung, FilMart'sexecutive director Fred Lam said that there was a 10% rise in visitor numbers,with ...
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Thai distributor Nontanund to double acquisitions
Thailand's largestexhibitor Major Cineplex is moving into distribution with the acquisition ofindependent Thai distributor Nontanund Entertainment.Thelong-expected move, which Major Cineplex announced to the Thai stock exchangeon Wednesday, follows the recent announcement that the cinema chain is mergingwith Thailand'ssecond largest exhibitor EGV Entertainment.Major Cineplex plans to invest up to $2m (80m ...
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Galway unveils broad Irish film programme
The GalwayFilm Fleadh (July 6-11) will premiere Lenny Abrahamson's day in the life of two junkies, Adam & Paul, and close with Paddy Breathnach's dog racing comedy Man About Dog in a broad programme of recently made Irish features, documentaries and shorts.Abrahamsonis one of three Irish directors debuting with new ...
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Levinsohn is now president of digital media and worldwide pay TV at Fox
Peter Levinsohn has beenpromoted to president of digital media and worldwide pay television at FoxFilmed Entertainment.Levinsohn will lead effortsto set up robust content protection measures and assumes responsibility foridentifying distribution opportunities, pursuing partnerships with technologymanufacturers and maximising opportunities in emerging digital platforms.He will work closely withthe company's strategic planning unit ...