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April strikes major Oz film financing deal
Sydney outfit April Films has struck an deal with investment bank Babcock & Brown to finance around two films a year for the next five to seven years. The films are likely to be in the US$5.7m-21.4m (A$8m-30m) budget range. The deal is highly significant for the cash strapped Australian ...
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Michael Douglas to receive HFPA's Cecil B DeMille award during Globes show
Michael Douglas has beennamed recipient of the 2003 Cecil B DeMille Award from The Hollywood ForeignPress Association, to be presented at the 2004 Golden Globe Awards ceremony onJan 25 next year.Announced at a pressconference yesterday morning by actress Brittany Murphy, the honour was givento Douglas for his "outstanding contribution to ...
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Bac sees revenues fall as fewer films released
French group Bac Majestic released third quarter results this week reporting revenues of Euros 49.2m - a 28.6% drop from the same period last year.In a statement the company noted that the decrease in earnings was down to the "new strategic orientation" of the group with fewer films being released. ...
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Shoreline swims with Bay Of Love
LA-based Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to the Canadian feature, The Bay Of Love And Sorrows. Starring Peter Outerbridge, Jonathan Scarfe, and Elaine Cassidy, directed by Tim Southam and produced by Toronto-based Triptych Media, the film is an adaptation of leading native novelist David Adams Richards, who co-wrote the ...
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Rebic's Donau to open Mannheim-Heidelberg
Goran Rebic's 'river movie' Donau, Dunaj, Duna, Dunav, Dunarea will open this year's Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (Nov 20-29).The festival's 23-title International Competition includes the Oscar entries from Uruguay (El Viaje Hacia El Mar by Guillermo Casanova) and Luxembourg (J'ai Toujours Voulu Etre Une Sanite by Genevieve Mersch). Over a ...
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Spirit Horse plans new studio facility south of LA
LA-based Spirit HorseEntertainment, run by Michelle Hartly and Shari Hamrick, has announced plans tobuild a new film, TV and commercial production studio facility south of LosAngeles in San Marcos.The studio, designed to havea fully operational backlot and six sound stages, is being developed byAlliance Holdings, a group consisting Spirit Horse, ...
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Franchise, RPC settle over Scheherazade; Franchise gets rights
The dispute between RecordedPicture Company and Franchise Pictures which erupted at MIFED over MichaelApted's Scheherazade project hasbeen settled, and the film is now in Franchise's domain. Recorded issued a statementtoday saying that "Recorded Picture Company and Hanway Films are pleased toconfirm that they have reached a mutually acceptable understanding with ...
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GERMANY
Matrix Revolutions may have held on to the top spot for a second weekend, but the Warner Bros release saw admissions slide by 60% compared to the opening four days and the chances of matching the performances of the first two Matrix films fading into the distance. The German-US co-production ...
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ITALY
UIP's Love Actually stormed to number one at the Italian box office, grossing $2,221,520 from 357 screens on its first international opening as it posted an impressive screen average of $6,223.The Hugh Grant vehicle took the crown from Warner Bros's The Matrix Revolutions, whose earnings tumbled a depressing 51% ...
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Years joins marketing & publicity team at WBITV
Chandra Years has been nameddirector, publicity and marketing services, at Warner Bros InternationalTelevision Distribution (WBITV). She will work closely withWBITV's marketing, publicity and servicing operations on campaigns, frominitial concept to delivery. She will also be part of the team responsible for organizingWBITV's activities at MIP, MIPCOM and NATPE as well ...
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UK/IRELAND
Roger Michell's British drama The Mother saw a good start in the UK this week, which saw few openers in the wake of last weekend's Matrix release.With a screen average of $4,744 (£2,813) the film, about an older woman's belated revolt against a life of quiet desperation achieved through a ...
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Danish comedy wins top jury prize at LA's AFI FEST
Natasha Arthy's Danishcomedy Old, New, Borrowed And Bluewon the grand jury prize in the international feature competition section atthis year's AFI FEST in Los Angeles. The festival closedwith the world premiere screening of Patty Jenkins' Monster last night, although the jury awards wereannounced on Friday night.Old,New, Borrowed And Blue, whichreceived ...
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Canada to increase labour-based tax credit for local production
The Canadian government ismoving to increase the labour-based tax credit available to local film andtelevision producers, a long awaited balancing move following the February 2003increase to the tax credit available to off-shore producers. The changes are expected toaffect Canadian content production and thereby increase Canada's attractivenessas an international co-production partner. ...
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First ever Brazilian Film Market to start on November 19
The 36th Brasilia Film Festival is to host to the first ever Brazilian Film Market from November 19th to 24th this year. Organised by Brazilian sales and promotion company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV, the market has already confirmed the attendance of buyers from Europe, North America, Latin America ...
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Lanzarote gears up for 5th annual screenings
The Spanish Film Screenings of Lanzarote are gearing up for their upcoming fifth annual edition November 27-29.The three features to be premiered in the now traditional evening gala ceremonies are Santi Amodeo's Astronautas (pictured), Ramon Barea's El Coche De Pedales and Ramon de Espana's Haz Conmigo Lo Que Quieras.Others of ...
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Oz financing forum aims to usher in a new era
An Australian Film Financing Forum is to be held in Sydney on November 27. The forum is designed to arm potential film financiers with the knowledge they need to make more informed decisions - and to hook them up with key film industry players. Actor, producer and forum patron Bryan ...
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Alex de la Iglesia unveils his new film, Ferpect Crime
Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia has unveiled details of his new film, Ferpect Crime (Crimen Ferpecto), prior to a ten-week shoot to roll in Madrid and Seville next Monday, November 17.The director of such cult hits as Day Of The Beast and Common Wealth called the new film, about ...