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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
No big news at the Serbian-Montenegrin market in the second weekend of 2004. Tuck is on top with Return Of The King which sold another 15,328 admissions to total of 138,459 and massive cumulative gross of $533,135 in only three weeks.The same distributor successfully opened with Mona Lisa Smile in ...
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15 films to compete for Max Ophuels Prize
Venice prize-winner Schultze Gets The Blues by Michael Schorr, Ruth Mader's Un Certain Regard entry Struggle and Damir Lukacevic's Heimkehr are among 15 films by the new generation of German-speaking filmmakers selected to compete for this year's Max Ophuels Prize in Saarbruecken (January 26 - February 1).This year's lineup sees ...
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Multiplex building continues apace across Europe
More than 1,000 multiplex screens a year are still being added to the European total, according to a report by industry analysts Screen Digest.25,306 multiplex screens were in operation across the EU in 2002 - up 4.6% year on year.The report predicts that within two to three years half of ...
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Hotel Rwanda checks in for South African shoot
United Artists' thriller Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George, began shooting in Johannesburg on Monday (Jan 12).Based on true events, the film is set in Kigali during Rwanda's genocidal civil war and tells the story of hotelier Paul Rusesabagina who saved the lives of thousands of helpless Rwandans.Don Cheadle plays ...
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Valentin leads Argentine Condor de Plata nods
Valentin, Argentina's official entry for the Oscars, swept the nominations for the country's own Academy awards, the Condor de Plata. Alejandro Agresti's semi-autobiographical comedy/drama grabbed 12 Condor de Plata nominations.Now in its 52nd year, the awards are bestowed by the Association of Film Critics of Argentina. The ceremony is scheduled ...
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Finnish Jussi awards favour Upswing
Johanna Vuoksenmaa's popular comedy drama Upswing (Nousukausi) topped the list of nominations for the Finnish film organisation Filmiaura's coveted Jussi awards.Upswing's ten nominations include best film, best director, best actor/actress, script and music. Last year's most popular film at the box-office, Aleksi Makela's Bad Boys - A True Story, (with ...
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Walking On Water to get world premiere at Berlin
Eytan Fox's new Israeli film, Walking On Water, will receive its world premiere at the Berlinale Panorama, the most natural place for it to open, since half of the picture was shot in the German capital last year.A Mossad agent befriends two German siblings, a brother and a sister, in ...
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Russia's Gorky Studios to be privatised
Russia's second largest film production facility, Gorky Studios in central Moscow, has taken the first step on the road to privatisation.The formerly state owned studios have been restructured as a joint-stock company with the state owning a blocking stake, 25% plus one of the shares, while the remaining shares will ...
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Italian video market posts strong gains in 2003
Italy's home entertainment market had a booming year in 2003 thanks partly to a successful battle against piracy and to the strength of DVDs, national home video organisation Univideo said on Wednesday.According to Univideo's latest figures, the Italian home entertainment sector registered a turnover of Euros 697m in 2003, as ...
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Japan's Asmik Ace teams up for new video label
Leading Japanese independent film distributor Asmik Ace Entertainment, publisher Kadokawa Shoten Publishing and Kadokawa Holdings and have jointly launched a video & DVD distribution unit.With capital of $83,000 (Yen 10m) funded entirely by Kadokawa Holdings, Kadokawa Entertainment will distribute video and DVDs of all the films and TV programmes produced ...
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Seabiscuit declared biggest selling drama DVD of all time
Seabiscuit has become the biggest selling drama DVD of all timeaccording to Universal Studios Home Video (USHV), recording combined sales ofmore than 6.5million DVD and VHS units totaling more than $135m in four weeks.The title got off to a greatstart when it went on release on Dec 16 last year, ...
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Seabiscuit declared biggest selling drama DVD of all time
Seabiscuit has become the biggest selling drama DVD of all timeaccording to Universal Studios Home Video (USHV), recording combined sales ofmore than 6.5million DVD and VHS units totaling more than $135m in four weeks.The title got off to a greatstart when it went on release on Dec 16 last year, ...
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Art directors to honour animation guru Lasseter
Oscar-winning animation wunderkindJohn Lasseter, whose directing credits include Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2, will receive the Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award at the 8thAnnual Art Directors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Feb 14.The honour is occasionallygranted to an individual 'whose body of work has richly ...
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Pathe to produce The Little Prince animation
Pathe Pictures has teamed up with French publishers, Gallimard, and the Saint-Exupery Estate to develop and produce an animated feature film based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince.Written and illustrated by Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince has been printed in more than 150 different languages and has sold more than ...
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Studio epics dominate ASC nominations
The AmericanSociety of Cinematographers (ASC) has thrown its weight behind theseason's epic studio releases with the announcement of nominees for the18th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards in Los Angeles on Feb8.The fivenominees are Russell Boyd for Master And Commander: The Far Side Of TheWorld, Andrew Lesnie forThe Lord Of The ...
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Verhoeven wins top Dutch film award
Director Paul Verhoeven is to receive the Holland's most prestigious national film award, the Bert Haanstra Oeuvre-prize.The award, to be given for the fourth time, comes with a 45,000 Euros purse.The award jury, presided over by former minister Hans van Mierlo, said that Verhoeven is a director who is able ...
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Scotland's New Found scheme to back two more features
The New Found Films scheme has announced that it will finance two further low-budget Scottish digital features.The scheme, run by Scottish Screen, Scottish Television and Grampian Television, offers production companies a budget of £300,000 to make a feature that has relevance to Scotland and is capable of international release.The first ...
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Mundorff joins Landmark Theatres as vp and head film buyer
Ted Mundorff hasbeen named vice president and head film buyer at Landmark Theatres, where hewill be responsible for all booking and buying in the chain's circuit.Mundorff waspreviously at Pacific Theatres for 26 years and served most recently as vice presidentof film.He is credited with developing and implementing thehighly successful Grove ...
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Indian film-makers eye Pakistani market
As India and Pakistan Governments make progress on peace talks, Indian filmmakers are showing renewed interest in the Pakistani film market.An Indian distributor told ScreenDaily.com 'Once the Pakistani theatrical circuit opens for Hindi cinema the market across the border will be as big as the Delhi and Mumbai territories'.Last week ...
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FINLAND
Very little changed at the Finnish box-office this weekend, as the new releases Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Down With Love failed to impress and opened fifth and eighth respectively.Land Of Love managed to hang on to its second spot, dropping just 14% and keeping a reasonable admissions screen average of ...