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UK secures largest share of MEDIA development funding
UK filmmakers benefited from over Euros 2.8m (£1.9m) of MEDIA programme investment into their companies this year.The UK MEDIA desk recorded that 18.6% of the total Euros15m of development funding went to UK film projects.2003 is the first year that the UK has received the largest share of funding - ...
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Wellspring teams with Gilula for US video distribution
US-basedWellspring Media has moved to bolster its video distribution and originalprogramming operations through a deal with Mark Gilula's Stanford Media Group.Gilula will headup Wellspring's home video operation and work with the company's team toservice sales to current key accounts, open additional distribution channels,acquire new programming and arrange strategic marketing partnerships.Wellspring'shome ...
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Dublin fest to expand for second edition
The Dublin International Film Festival has announced a significant expansion of its programme for its second edition which takes place from 12-22 February next year.Supplementing principal sponsorship from local distiller Jameson are home entertainment chain XtraVision, ice-cream manufacturer HB and media partner The Irish Times. The Arts Council, which provided ...
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Russian Train rides off with Thessaloniki prizes
Russian feature The Last Train (Posledniy Poezd) by Alexei German, Jr swept the floor at the 44th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 21-30).The son of the celebrated director of Twenty Days Without War and My Friend Ivan Lapschitz, German's film tells the story of a German military doctor stranded in ...
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Specialty division chiefs subpoenaed to appear in Indies V MPAA case
Studiospecialty division chiefs Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films, Michael Barker andTom Bernard of Sony Pictures Classics, David Linde and James Schamus of FocusFeatures and Bingham Ray of United Artists may get their say after all in thebattle over the screener ban, since all have been subpoenaed to appear in USdistrict ...
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Cine International sells Belgian Children to the US
German sales house Cine International has licensed Belgian first film Children Of Love (Les Enfants De L'Amour) to specialist exhibitor-distributor Film Forum for a US release.The film by Geoffrey Enthoven is a documentary-style drama about a family torn apart by disputes, disappointments and separation. It was produced by Flemish producer ...
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Blockbuster goes on the block
Blockbuster Inc, the world's number one video rentals chain, may be sold in a leveraged buyout or through a share swap as early as next week.On Monday this week (Dec 1, 2003) Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, the media conglomerate that owns Paramount, CBS and Blockbuster, told a New York ...
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BSkyB strikes MGM movie deal
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB has struck a movie and entertainment programming deal with MGM, which will supply Sky Movies with a slate of classic titles, including all five Rocky films and 40 other features such as Twelve Angry Men to Moonstruck. The deal also allows Artsworld - a niche channel ...
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Ferch named EFA master of ceremonies
German actor Heino Ferch (Wintersleepers, Comedian Harmonists), has been named as master of ceremonies at this weekend's European Film Awards (Dec 6).Meanwhile, directors Jeanne Moreau, Istvan Szabo and Pedro Almodovar will act as patrons for the nominated films. Twenty-four hours later, on Dec 7, the French-German cultural channel Arte will ...
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Von Trier close to finding Grace with Howard
Newcomer Bryce Dallas Howard - the daughter of director Ron Howard - is close to taking on the role of Grace in Lars von Trier's Manderlay, the director's follow-up to this year's controversial Dogville."I can confirm that we are negotiating with her, and that we believe she would be a ...
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Ong-Bak scores on Singapore debut
Thai action title Ong-Bak - Muay Thai Warrior has become the highest-grossing Thai movie ever in Singapore, the first territory in which it's been released outside its home market. As of November 30, the film had grossed S$518,000 (US$300,500) at the Singapore box office placing it ahead of other Thai ...
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Jackson feted as Return Of The King premieres in NZ
Peter Jackson was asked whether he would consider running for Prime Minister of New Zealand during a press conference yesterday, just hours before the world premiere of The Return Of The King in his hometown of Wellington. For the record, he said he was "very happy" with his current job.The ...
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Swiss Film Prize unveils nominees, major overhaul
In an extensive reorganisation in its seventh year, the 2004 Swiss Film Prize will include new prize categories, distribute Euros 32,000 (CHF 50,000) more in prize-money and award Euros 180,000 (CHF 280,000) in newly created nomination premiums.The existing categories of Best Feature Film, Best Documentary and Best Short Film will ...
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Incense wins top Tokyo FILMeX prize
Ning Hao's Incense has won the Grand Prize "Kodak Vision Award, at the fourth edition of the FILMeX festival in Tokyo. The award comes with a cash prize of $9,174 (Y1m).Set in a rural town in Shanxi Province, the comic drama about a young monk's attempt to raise money to ...
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GERMANY
BVI's Finding Nemo may be available on pirate DVD, but it hasn't stopped cinema-goers rushing to see "the fish film", as some in the German industry have rather disparagingly called the blockbuster. Nemo's 1.3 m-plus admissions in the second weekend must seem like manna from heaven for the beleaguered ...
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JAPAN
There was little change in the Japanese box office top ten, with only one new film, Phone Booth, breaking in. Benefiting from heavy rotation of a 'making-of' promo on the local Fox channel, the film debuted at number three, with a screen average of $29,769. Meanwhile number one The Matrix ...
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UK/IRELAND
With two major wide releases following West End platforms and five new entries in the top 25 it was no great surprise that weekend takings jumped 13% week-on-week in the UK and Ireland last weekend. However, total box office was still 6% down on the same weekend last year when ...
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Hubert Bals Fund distributes Euros 467,000 to 28 projects
Twenty-eight projects from non-Western filmmakers are to receive a total of Euros 467,000 in grants from the International Film Festival Rotterdam's (IFFR) Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), as was decided during the fund's autumn selection round. The HBF provides individual grants to support either script development, post-production or distribution in the ...
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Stephen Fry awards£10,000 Oscar Moore screen-writing prize
The £10,000 Oscar Moore Screen-writing prize for 2003 has been awarded to Ben Gooder and Philip Greenacre for: A Fine Line - the gripping true story of the rise and fall of Eric Hebborn and his career as an expert art forgerThe Oscar Moore Foundation was set up in 1996, ...