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here! gets domestic rights to Dutch camp classic Yes Nurse, No Nurse!
here! Films hasacquired North American rights to Peter Kramer's Dutch musical comedy Yes,Nurse No Nurse!Executive vice president of distribution and acquisitionsMark Reinhart acquired the rights from Fortissimo Films.Based on a Dutch1960s television show, the story centres on a group of eccentric residents atan Amsterdam rest home and the miserly landlord ...
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Oz cinemagoing habits revealed by new research
New research indicates that 70% of all Australians aged 18 years and over, or about 12.8m people, go to the cinema at least once a year. Over a half (56%) go more than five times and almost a quarter (23%) go more than 10 times.The research is part of a ...
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France, Germany mull closer co-operation
Closer co-operation between Germany and France in the fields of film financing, production and distribution will be on the agenda of the first German-French Film Rendezvous to be held in France's Lyons from November 3-4.Among key players from the two countries set to speak in a series of roundtable discussions ...
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International rights to Prey go to Dream
LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainmenthas acquired all international rights to Alex Steyermark's directorial debut PreyFor Rock N Roll and willpremiere the drama at MIFED.Nadine de Barros, Dream's vice president of sales andacquisitions, negotiated the rights deal with Cinetic Media's Matt Littinrepresenting the film's producers Donovan Mannato, Gina ...
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International rights to Prey go to Dream Entertainment
LosAngeles-based production and international sales company Dream Entertainmenthas acquired all international rights to Alex Steyermark's directorial debut PreyFor Rock N Roll and willpremiere the drama at MIFED.Nadine de Barros, Dream's vice president of sales andacquisitions, negotiated the rights deal with Cinetic Media's Matt Littinrepresenting the film's producers Donovan Mannato, Gina ...
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here! gets US rights to Fortissimo's Yes Nurse, No Nurse!
here! Films hasacquired North American rights to Peter Kramer's Dutch musical comedy Yes,Nurse No Nurse!Executive vice president of distribution and acquisitionsMark Reinhart acquired the rights from Fortissimo Films.Based on a Dutch1960s television show, the story centres on a group of eccentric residents atan Amsterdam rest home and the miserly landlord ...
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Paramount renews German fund ties
US studio Paramount Pictures is once again set to tap into German private equity to bankroll its films.German fund specialist Alcas has launched the MMDP Munich Movie Development & Production fund - which is expected to raise at least Euros 75m - to back two Paramount films.Alcas has worked with ...
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Moviehouse takes on ivans xtc sales
London-based sales company Moviehouse Entertainment has picked up international rights to ivans xtc, the edgy tale of a fast-rising Hollywood agent from Candyman director Bernard Rose.Moviehouse will launch the film at MIFED, where it will also screen recently completed Blind Flight following its world premiere at the London Film Festival. ...
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SOUTH KOREA Production Listings - November 3 2003
SOUTH KOREA - November 3PRE-PRODUCTIONCHEONG-YEON(Cineline II) Backer/Dist: Korea Pictures. Drama about Korea's first female aviator, who lived in the 1920s. Prod: Seok Myung-hong. Dir: Yoon Jong-chan. Scr: Lee In-hwa, Yoon Jong-chan. Main cast: Jang Jin-young, Kim Ju-hyuk. Shooting in China, Korea, and U.S.A from ...
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Lolafilms names new sales chiefs ahead of Mifed
Spanish production, distribution and sales house Lolafilms has named Tania Pinto Da Cunha and Eva Sklar its new co-directors of international sales.Sklar has been with Lolafilms for eight years, most recently as head of press. Pinto Da Cunha comes to Lola from London's HanWay, the sales arm of Jeremy Thomas' ...
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Lolafilms names international sales chiefs
Spanish production, distribution and sales house Lolafilms has named Tania Pinto Da Cunha and Eva Sklar its new co-directors of international sales.Sklar has been with Lolafilms for eight years, most recently as head of press. Pinto Da Cunha comes to Lola from London's HanWay, the sales arm of Jeremy Thomas' ...
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Osama, Crimson Gold take top Valladolid honours
Siddiq Barmak's Afghan tragedy Osama and Iranian Jafar Panahi's Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorgh) shared the top Golden Spike award at the 48th annual edition of the Valladolid International Film Week (Oct 24-Nov 1).Bent Hamer's Norway's foreign-language Oscar contender Kitchen Stories went home with the Silver Spike prize and best photography, ...
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Kill Bill Vol.1 stayed on top for another week despite its 34% drop from its opening weekend, and it kept newcomer Oliver Ussing's low-budget romantic comedy Rule Nr.1 from the top spot. The new local film didn't quite perform as distributor Sandrew Metronome had hoped based on their high 52 ...
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South Korean production update
For the latest South Korean production details - see International Production ListingsThe South Korean production sector's push towards dramas and romantic comedies appears to be intensifying, following the box-office failure of big-budget genre pictures in recent years. This trend peaked in September with the box-office crash of Natural ...
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Scary Movie 3 takes crown for second weekend
Dimension's ScaryMovie 3 used theHalloween weekend to shore up some more good business as it added an estimated$21.1m in its second weekend to raise its running total to $78.6m.The horror spoofwas too much for the competition, although Buena Vista's Brother Bear came close on $18.5m after expandingfrom two to 3,030 ...
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Sony passes $1bn mark in domestic grosses for second year in a row
Sony Pictures Entertainmentpassed $1bn in North American ticket sales yesterday (Oct 30), marking thefirst time in the studio's 79-year history that it has reached the milestone intwo consecutive years. Powered by eight number onefilms this year and five that have grossed more than $100m, executives will behoping to make it ...
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Animation veteran Hirsh buys Cinar in $144m deal
Canadian animation veteranMichael Hirsh is buying Cinar, the troubled Montreal-based animation house. TheUS$144m sale puts Hirsh, co-founder and former CEO of Toronto-based Nelvana Limited,back in the centre of the Canadian animation scene he helped establish. Backed by a Canadian equitycapital fund, TD Capital Canadian Private Equity Partners, Hirsh and partnerToper ...
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Infernal Affairs leads Golden Horse race
Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs leads the race for this year's Golden Horse Awards - Taiwan's equivalent of the Oscars - with 12 nominations, while another Hong Kong cop thriller, Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai's PTU, is hot on its heels with 11 nods. Both films picked up ...
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US showcase of Italian cinema opens with Avati, closes with Cervi
The 13th N.I.C.E. FestivalUSA will open in San Francisco on Nov 16 with a screening of Pupi Avati's Enchanted and closes on Nov 23 with the late Tonino Cervi's Antonia'sRecipes. The Italian cinema showcasewas organised in association with the Italian Institute of Culture and RAIInternational, among others, and takes place ...
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Beta Cinema takes on sales for X-Filme trio
Ahead of this year's MIFED film market, Germany's Beta Cinema has picked up the international rights to three films from Berlin production powerhouse X-Filme creative pool.The films are: Hendrik Handloegten's Learning To Lie (Liegen Lernen), Achim von Borries' Love In Thoughts (Was Nuetzt Die Liebe In Gedanken) and Mennan Yapo's ...