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Irish relief as Section 481 wins extension
Irish Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy confirmed in his Budget Speech today (Nov 3) that the film Section 481 tax incentive will be extended to the end of 2008 and that the cap on total investment in any one film will be increased from Euros 10.48m to Euros15m from 2005. The ...
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Beazoglou joins business and legal affairs at Warner Independent
In the latest executive appointment to the fledglingspecialty division Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Despina Beazoglou hasjoined as vice president of business and legal affairs.Effectiveimmediately, Beazoglou will report to executive vice president of businessaffairs and operations Andrew Kramer and will be involved in handling thebusiness and legal affairs for WIP and ...
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Albanian capital hosts inaugural International festival
Albania's capital city, Tirana, is currently hosting the first ever edition of the Tirana International Film Festival (Dec 1-7), with a short film competition in fiction, documentary, animation and experimental categories. The festival was initiated by its two directors, Agron Domi and Ilir Butka, and it is organised under the ...
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Italian senate approves controversial TV reform bill
The Italian Senate has approved a controversial bill for the reform of Italy's TV system, which is set to consolidate Silvio Berlusconi's sprawling media empire.The Gasparri Law was approved in a 155-126 vote despite fierce opposition from the centre-left coalition and some opposition from within Berlusconi's own centre-right party.It must ...
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Kinowelt sales arm picks up Mondlandung
Kinowelt's world sales arm Filmverlag der Autoren has picked up international distribution rights for film school graduate Till Endemann's debut feature Mondlandung, which received its world premiere at the International Hof Film Days at the end of October.Produced by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy with V-Max Media, Mondlandung (Moon Landing) follows ...
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AUSTRALIA
Columbia TriStar's S.W.A.T has topped the Australian chart on its opening weekend with a A$2,741,337 gross from 246 screens. It managed to more than double the ticket sales of UIP's School Of Rock, and pushed the comedy down into second position for what was its second weekend on release. Putting ...
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Balseros, Revolution win top honours at IDA Awards
Carlos Bosch and Josep MDomenech's account of Cuban castaways in Balseros and Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain's first-handchronicle of the 2002 Venezuelan coup in The Revolution Will Not BeTelevised have shared top featurecompetition honours in the International Documentary Association's 19th annualIDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards.Both titles were presentedby HBO/Cinemax Documentary ...
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China decentralises film censorship process
In a further sign that China is speeding up reform of its film industry, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has announced that its film censorship process has been decentralised. Under new rules, which came into effect December 1, filmmakers no longer need apply to the Beijing-based ...
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ITALY
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre opened at number one at the Italian box office, grossing a solid $1.4m for local powerhouse Eagle Pictures, scoring a strong screen average of $4,828.Another Hollywood movie, police action thriller S.W.A.T. also opened on a high, grossing $956,570 for Columbia Tristar from 245 screens. New opener ...
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NEW ZEALAND
UIP's Love Actually lived up to the promise shown in the previous weekend's previews and easily secured the top spot with a gross of NZ$415,176 from 51 screens. Despite the screen count being second only to The Matrix Revolutions in number, the film's screen average of NZ$8,141 was miles ahead ...
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A world of premieres at Sundance 2004
The Sundance Film Festivalunveiled the remaining sections for its 2004 event (Jan 15 to 25) thisafternoon (see full list below) including the high profile world premieres ofnew films by Walter Salles, Brad Anderson, Marc Evans, Katja Von Garnier, ErnestDickerson and Vondie Curtis-Hall.Meanwhile the World Cinemasection reads like a checklist of ...
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A world of premieres at Sundance 2004
The Sundance Film Festivalunveiled the remaining sections for its 2004 event (Jan 15 to 25) thisafternoon (see full list below) including the high profile world premieres ofnew films by Walter Salles, Brad Anderson, Marc Evans, Katja Von Garnier, ErnestDickerson and Vondie Curtis-Hall.Meanwhile the World Cinemasection reads like a checklist of ...
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A world of premieres at Sundance
The Sundance Film Festivalunveiled the remaining sections for its 2004 event (Jan 15 to 25) thisafternoon (see full list below) including the high profile world premieres ofnew films by Walter Salles, Brad Anderson, Marc Evans, Katja Von Garnier, ErnestDickerson and Vondie Curtis-Hall.Meanwhile the World Cinemasection reads like a checklist of ...
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Master And Commander scores $15m maiden wide weekend for Fox
FoxInternational's Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World stirred up the international waters overthe weekend as it grossed $15m haul from 2,944 screens in 31 territories.The naval epic's high spot was a $1.1m number one openingon 152 screens in Russia for Fox's fourth biggest bow of all time ...
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Revolutions passes $250m in international for Warner
The Matrix Revolutions continued to decelerate in its fourth weekend in theinternational arena as it added an estimated $11.9m from all territories toraise the running total to $253.5m.Figures released by WarnerBros reveal the final episode in the sci-fi trilogy drew 1.9m admissions from6,081 screens. Reloaded grossed$454m at the international theatrical ...
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Nemo submerges competition with $37m weekend
Buena Vista International(BVI) executives are predicting Finding Nemo will pass $300m in international ticket sales bynext Monday (Dec 8) after a stunning $37m weekend haul raised the animated hit'srunning total to $230.8m.The acclaimed title andleading contender for next year's best animated picture Oscar has become Disney's11th animated title to pass ...
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Morgan Creek wins in lawsuit against Franchise
Morgan Creek Productions haswon its lawsuit against Franchise Pictures and has been awarded close to $2m.Morgan Creek had loaned Franchise $2m and in return Franchise had guaranteedthat it would replay that amount out of revenue corridors of other films.The jury found thatFranchise had "breached the implied covenant of good faith ...
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France's Cesars moves date to avoid Oscar clash
France's equivalent to the Oscars, the Cesars, is to hold its ceremony a week early to avoid a clash with the Academy Awards on Feb 29.The Cesars will now be held on Feb 21. Nominations are due on Jan 23. The 29th edition will, as usual, be aired unencrypted on ...
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Celluloid seals deals for Bellocchio's Buongiorno
French sales house Celluloid Dreams has notched up a raft of sales on Italian kidnap drama Buongiorno Notte by Marco Bellocchio.Celluloid only picked up the film after its premiere at the Venice festival but took it to Mifed where deals were completed with Les Films de l'Elysee (Belgium), Contact ...
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Rai Trade strikes Caterina sales
Rome-based sales agent Rai Trade has closed a host of sales on current Italian box office hit Caterina Goes To Town (Caterina Va in Citta).Sales chief Sesto Cifola has sold the comedy to France's Pretty Pictures and Cinemien who picked up the film for Benelux. Additional sales have been sealed ...