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Seven sign on for Berlinale jury duty
The Berlin International Film Festival has named the seven members of its main competition jury, which will be chaired by Oscar winning actress Frances McDormand.The jury will comprise:Maji-da Abdi (Ethiopia)Maji-da Abdi's directing credits includeThe River that Divides (2001), which tells of the war experiences of Ethiopian women. Her producer credits ...
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Grams weighs in with powerful $1.1m opening in Italy
Focus Features' 21 Grams got its European campaign off to a flying start at theweekend with a $1.1m third place bow in Italy through Bim Film on 185 screens.Theacclaimed drama was the biggest opener of the weekend and its $6,126 per-screenaverage was the second biggest in the top 20 behind ...
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AUSTRALIA
Tom Cruise led the samurai charge that finally toppled The Return Of The King from its Christmas holiday number one position, but not before the Rings finale had scooped a few thousand dollars short of A$38m from its Australian showings. The Last Samurai had a big opening weekend -- A$3,401,421 ...
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Women In Film, UIP launch second year of Directing Change
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) and United International Pictures (UIP) are launching the second year of their UK scheme Directing Change.Directing Change gives women directors the opportunity to work alongside an experienced and internationally established director during a forthcoming feature film production.Directing Change is part of WFTV's campaign to ...
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ITALY
E Gia Ieri, Columbia TriStar's Italian-language remake of the Bill Murray vehicle GroundHog Day, opened at number four at the Italian box office last weekend, grossing a strong $566,200 from 148 screens.Directed by Giulio Manfredonia with Italian comic Antonio Albanese in the lead role, the Italian-Spanish production registered a healthy ...
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Berlinale unveils Talent Campus 2004
520 young film talents from 84 countries have been selected for this year's Berlinale Talent Campus 2004, where they will be tutored by guest professional filmmakers such as Eleanor Bergstein, Anthony Minghella, Walter Murch, Nicolas Philibert, Zbigniew Preisner, Alan Parker and Wim Wenders.Compared to last year the total number of ...
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Italian government approves new cinema law
The Italian government has approved culture minister Giuliano Urbani's new cinema law.Under the new law, state funding for Italian films will now only cover up to 50% of a project's budget, compared to 70-80% under the current system.The new system, which has received widespread backing from the local film industry, ...
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UK based steel billionaire to invest in Indian film
UK based Indian billionaire Lord Swraj Paul has announced that his steel and engineering conglomerate Caparo Group plans to invest more in India in areas such as films, fashion and tourism.Lord Paul's son Angad Paul was the executive producer of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.Lord Paul told Indian press ...
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German exhibitors call on court to examine Film Law
Germany's exhibitors' association HDF decided at an extraordinary AGM on Jan 15 to call on the Federal Constitutional Court to examine whether the new Film Funding Law (FFG) is in accordance with the German Constitution.The exhibitors are particularly unhappy about the different ways in which the ticket levy was decided ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to documentary trio
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired UK rights to three new documentaries - Bus 174, The Corporation and The Last Victory.Constructed from footage transmitted live on Brazilian TV, Jose Padilha's Bus 174 recounts an infamous 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro. The film has been shortlisted for the 2004 Academy ...
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The Last Samurai passes $150m at international box office
The Last Samurairaised its international running total to an estimated $156.1m at the weekendfollowing a superb $38.7m haul from 31 territories.The Warner BrosPictures International drama opened number one in all five of its new Europeanmarkets and scored several strong results in Latin America and Asia.In a mightysequence of table-topping bows, ...
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The Last Samurai passes $150m at international box office
The Last Samurai raised its international running total to anestimated $156.1m at the weekend following a superb $38.7m haul from 31territories.The Warner Bros PicturesInternational drama opened number one in all five of its new European marketsand scored several strong results in Latin America and Asia.In a mighty sequence oftable-topping bows, ...
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Love Actually nears $150m for UIP
Universal's romantic comedy Love Actually grossed an estimated $3.2m from 19UIP territories to raise its cumulative UIP score to $145m. Including $6.2m fromFrance and $2m from Russia - both non-UIP territories - the film has amassed$153.2m so far.It added $1.1m in the UK for $58.6m in its sixth week and ...
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NORDIC Production Listings - January 19 2004
DENMARK - January 19IN PRE-PRODUCTIONEUROTRASH(Wise Guy Productions) Co-prod: Zentropa Productions. Budget: Euros 1.1m. Dist: Sandrew Metronome (Den). Youth drama about two friends' attempt to get out of their miserable life in the concrete ghetto by robbing the local superDenmarket. Exec prod: Peter Aalbaek Jensen. Prod: Thomas Stegler. Dir/scr: Stefano Gonzalez. ...
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Return Of The King named PGA champ for 2004
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The Kingproducers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M Osborne won the Darryl FZanuck Producer of the Year Award at the 15th Annual PGA Awards inLos Angeles on Saturday (17).The New Line fantasy beat strong competition from Miramax's ColdMountain, Warner Bros' Mystic ...
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Along Came Polly dethrones Return Of The King with $27.6m bow
Universal's romantic comedy AlongCame Polly ended the four-week rule of The Return Of The King as itopened top on an estimated $27.6m - the highest opener over the Martin LutherKing Day holiday weekend since Save The Last Dance in 2001.The poorly reviewed filmstars Jennifer Aniston as a woman who spices ...
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Along Came Polly dethrones Return Of The King with $27.6m bow
Universal's romantic comedy AlongCame Polly ended the four-week rule of The Return Of The King as itopened top on an estimated $27.6m - the highest opener over the Martin LutherKing Day holiday weekend since Save The Last Dance in 2001.The poorly reviewed filmstars Jennifer Aniston as a woman who spices ...
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Along Came Polly dethrones Return Of The King with $27.6m bow
Universal's romantic comedy AlongCame Polly ended the four-week rule of The Return Of The King as itopened top on an estimated $27.6m - the highest opener over the Martin LutherKing Day holiday weekend since Save The Last Dance in 2001.The poorly reviewed filmstars Jennifer Aniston as a woman who spices ...