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Fantasporto shares out top honours
Korean title A Tale Of Two Sisters and Spain's Killing Words shared the top prizes of the official Fantasy Film competition at the 24th annual edition of Portugal's leading film festival, the Oporto International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1), better known as Fantasporto.Kim Jee-Woon's Sisters took the best film, director ...
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HONG KONG
Thai martial arts movie Ong-Bak, starring rising action hero Tony Jaa, tops the Hong Kong box office this week with US$732,775 from 30 screens which distributor Edko says is 'within expectations'. The film is already the second highest-grossing Thai movie ever in Hong Kong although it has a long way ...
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AFM: TF1 picks up Penn and Bardem's Face
TF1 International has picked up The Last Face, a romantic drama starring Oscar-nominee Sean Penn,Javier Bardem and Robin Wright Penn.The $20m film is to be directed by Erin Dignam, director of Loved, which also featured both the Penns, and Denial (aka Loon).It is being produced by Michael Humphrey.The story features ...
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AFM: Fortissimo backs rising art-house stars
Fortissimo Films hasgreenlit investments in upcoming productions by rising art-house directorsPierre Paul Renders and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.Belgium's Renders,who previously made Venice 2001 film Thomas In Love, is to direct Mr Average, a French-language satirical romantic comedy thatshoots later this year.The producers are innegotiation with a major French star for the role ...
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AFM: Sales veterans bash US filmmaking costs
Echoing many of the samegrievances that emerged from last year's AFMA financing conferences, apanel of sales veterans at this year's AFM bemoaned the high-risk natureof film funding and warned that production costs in the US need to drop sharplyif the industry is to thrive on diversity.Nu Image/Millennium Filmsco-chairman Avi Lerner ...
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AFM: Latido enjoys Two Tough sellers
New Spanish-basedsales house Latido has closed deals on its Berlin competition title YourNext Life (La Vida Que Te Espera) andwhat has proved to be surprise sales hit at AFM, Two Tough Guys (Dos TiposMuy Duros).La Vida was sold to Seville for Canada, Polyfilm forAustria, Denubius for the Czech Republic, TVR ...
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AFM: Strange Crime pays for Vision International
French seller VisionInternational has struck a number of deals on Strange Crime.The Roberto Andopicture was licensed to Gussi for Mexico, Soyuz for Russia, Victory forBenelux, Kinema Space for Korea, Camro for Scandinavia, PCV for Greece andEcuador, Bolivia and Peru to Venus.Vision sold LidiaBobrova's Baboussiato Starlight for Sweden, TVR for Romania, ...
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AFM: Pickering spearheads EBG sales
Veteran sales agentPamela Pickering has joined Entertainment Business Group (EBG) as managingdirector, international sales.EBG, based inCamarillo, north of Los Angeles, has recently set about making large-scale $20mto $80m studio-released movies in alliance with Story Island Entertainment andCanyonlight Entertainment.Pickering, who mostrecently was president of international sales and distribution for InitialEntertainment Group ...
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AFM: Eurocine picks up Czech Poets
French sales houseEurocine has picked up Czech picture The Poets Never Lose Hope, a comedy about middle age.Directed by DusanKlein, the film is the fifth in a series of bittersweet titles and stars PavelKriz, Michaela Badinkova, David Matasek. It is produced by Bio Illusion andPluto Film & Video.
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Mirovision explores Antarctic
Korean indieproduction and sales house Mirovision has put together a varied slate for2004-5, headed by a big-budget mountaineering chiller that will shot at PeterJackson's facilities in New Zealand.Described as TheShining meets VerticalLimit, Antarctic Journalfeatures an expedition to the polar ice-cap that comes across the ghostlyremains of previous explorers.The film is ...
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Lost In Translation in healthy Spirits
FocusFeatures' Lost In Translation emerged as the key winner at the IFP Independent Spirit Awardson Saturday, winning awards for best feature, best director, best male lead forBill Murray and best original screenplay.A jubilant SofiaCoppola accepted three of those awards.Oscar favouriteCharlize Theron took home the female lead prize for Monster and ...
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Highpoint adds Advanced Warriors
UK sales house High Films& TV has picked up Advanced Warriors, a DVD movie directed by AndrewDymond of Bristol-based Lightworx Media.Inspired by the novels ofIan Livingstone, the picture adopts the tree format where every decision-makingopportunity is accompanied by a menu of options with different outcomes.Audiences are required to participate and ...
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Bay's Platinum Dunes signs international agreement with Focus
Platinum Dunes, MichaelBay's production outfit designed to make modestly budgeted films fromfirst-time directors, has signed an exclusive sales arrangement with FocusFeatures. Focus had previously handled Platinum Dunes' debut project TheTexas Chainsaw Massacre, whichgrossed more than $100m worldwide.The new deal will encompassall upcoming Platinum Dunes projects for which Focus will sell ...
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Black Tiger wins First Light prize
UK Film Council chair Alan Parker and actors Dougray Scott and Olivia Williams were amongst the attendees at the First Light awards, the Film Council's National Lottery-funded programme for seven to 18 year olds.Jury members including Pierce Brosnan, Kenneth Branagh, Ray Winstone, Christopher Eccleston and Samantha Morton awarded the prize ...
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New Line makes Mexican pact with brand new distributor
New Line International hasallied with Districine in Mexico for the distribution of all New Line's filmsin Mexico. New Line's films were previously handled by sister company WarnerBros Pictures International in all Latin America, but the studio is currentlyreassessing its distribution plans in the subcontinent.Districine is a newlyfounded company run by ...
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Catholics called on to denounce Gibson's Passion
Following a viewing on Monday of Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ, the Chief Rabbi of Ireland, Dr Yaakov Pearlman, has asked the majority Catholic Church to denounce the film as anti-Semitic.He is reported in the Irish press today as urging the Catholic Church to clarify its official position, ...
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AFM: Renaissance sells Asmik Ace, Dendy, Bim and others on Curran drama
Renaissance Films has sealeda handful of deals on its acclaimed ensemble drama We Don't Live HereAnymore following the sale of thefilm for North America and the UK to Warner Independent Pictures at Sundance inJan.Asmik Ace has bought it forJapan, Dendy for Australia and New Zealand, Bim for Italy, Scanbox forScandinavia, ...
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AFM: Irvin sharpens Knife for Vine International Pictures
Dogs Of War and Hamburger Hill director John Irvin is to direct Knife Edge, a psychological drama about control of a familyfortune.The $15m picture is writtenby Robin Squire and Fiona Combe and executive produced by Combe and TharsiVanhuysse. Marie Vine of Vine International Pictures produces and handles worldsales.Vine also comes ...
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AFM: RS takes US theatrical rights to Hopper-starrer Unspeakable
RS Entertainment, RandySlaughter's Los Angeles-based distributor that released Luther in the US, has taken domestic theatrical rights toPav Films' debut feature Unspeakable, a psycho-thriller starring Dennis Hopper.MGM has domestic televisionand DVD/home video rights while 20th Century Fox International Television willhandle foreign/worldwide pay TV rights and Artist View Entertainment ishandling all ...
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AFM: E Pictures executive to run Korea Pictures' brand new sales outfit
Korea Pictures, the indieproduction and distribution house behind many of Korea's most commerciallysuccessful pictures, is to strike out alone with its own sales venture.The new sales company, whichwill officially launch at Cannes, is to be headed by Cho Eun-jung, who mostrecently was a sales executive with E Pictures.The diversification intosales ...