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Romand-Monnier joins France's Cinematheque
Michel Romand-Monnier has been named deputy managing director of Cinematheque, France's national film archives. The move follows the nomination of Claude Berri to the presidency of Cinematheque earlier this month.Romand-Monnier will take up his duties on November 3.With a long career encompassing communications and the film industry, the 49 year ...
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Dutch Film Fund names de Vries as film supervisor
Actor, director and writer Edwin de Vries has been appointed by the Dutch Film Fund as its new film supervisor, playing a major role in advising and developing commercial film projects. He succeeds director Jean van de Velde and producer Burny Bos.De Vries is best known in the Dutch film ...
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Mouth To Mouth rolls with Egoyan as exec producer
Atom Egoyan is acting as executive producer on Mouth To Mouth, the feature film directorial debut of Alison Murray.A turbulent story about a young girl's search for a place to belong, Mouth To Mouth marks the first co-production between producers M2M Films and Egoli Tossell. Producer Anne Beresford is behind ...
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WBITD restructures Euro sales operation
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has restructured some of its European sales operations.Mickie Steinmann, who currently serves as sales director for Scandinavia, Benelux, Finland, Greece and Cyprus, is being promoted to vice president, sales, and will continue to handle Scandinavia, Benelux and Finland while adding Israel and pan regional ...
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ITALY
New 01 Distribution title Caterina Va In Citta was the highest grossing Italian film of the weekend at the local box office, where it beat stiff competition from Ermanno Olmi's highly anticipated pirate epic Singing Behind The Screens.Paolo Virzi's comedy, about a 13-year-old girl who moves to a big city ...
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NEW ZEALAND
New openers had a boost in New Zealand last weekend as Monday (Oct 27) was a public holiday providing an extra day for films to tally figures (the chart covers the normal four-day Thurs-Sun period). After a strong performance on previews the weekend before, Columbia TriStar's S.W.A.T. recorded a mighty ...
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SPAIN
The Coen brothers' Intolerable Cruelty had a strong but far from record-breaking opening in Spain, earning Euros 1.6m off 235 copies through UIP, enough to place it in top spot. Columbia's Hollywood Homicide placed second, with just shy of Euros 1m off 275 prints.Other first-weekend openers included: Clint Eastwood's Mystic ...
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Mason joins Channel 4's commercial arm
Graeme Mason, former UK-based president of acquisitions at Universal Studios, has been appointed to the newly-created role of head of media projects for 4 Ventures, the commercial arm of UK broadcaster Channel 4.Mason, who has been working as a consultant for Channel 4, is focusing on identifying programming ideas that ...
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USA comes under scrutiny at Amsterdam
25 documentaries on the state of the USA - tackling topics such as the aftermath of September 11, the impact of US led globalisation and militant American organisations - will form the backbone of a USA Today programme at this year's International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam.The documentaries include: New Americans ...
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Polish broadcaster beefs up film spend
Polish public broadcaster TVP has vowed to increase its funding for the beleaguered Polish film industry amid signs that the crisis faced by producers over the last two years is beginning wane. TVP has been one of the major backers of Polish films throughout the 1990's, investing in nearly 90 ...
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Odyssey pacts with Polone in two title deal
US agent-turned-producer Gavin Polone, whose credits include Panic Room, has struck a two title deal with Ralph Kamp and Louise Goodsill's sales agent Odyssey Entertainment.The UK-based seller has taken international rights to upcoming production Old Man Johnson and completed film Seeing Other People, both from Polone's production company, Pariah. "We ...
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US films dominate French video market
The French video market is more heavily dominated by US films than France's theatrical market. A new study published by the Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC) shows that Hollywood films accounted for 74% of gross receipts between 1996-2001 in the video sector, compared with a 57% market share of ...
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Dreyfuss gets on Kumar's Road To Ladakh
Actor Richard Dreyfuss production outfit Dreyfuss/James Prods. has pacted with Indian born writer-director Ashvin Kumar to turn his short film Road To Ladakh into a feature film. Judith James of Dreyfuss/James Prods, who discovered the film at the Cannes Film Festival this year, will now co-produce the film with Ashvin ...
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Universal taps into Hannover Leasing fund
Hannover Leasing, financier of two parts of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, is set to board The Bourne Supremacy, Universal Studios' sequel to its box-office success The Bourne Identity.Backing for the film is earmarked to come from Hannover's new media fund, Montranus Beteiligungs GmbH & Co Verwaltungs KG, worth ...
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Cruelty leads international pack with $13.1m
Final weekend figuresreleased by Universal have confirmed Intolerable Cruelty as the weekend's number one international filmon $13.1m from 2,405 sites in 22 countries.Helping the black comedy onits way to an $18.9m international running total was a table-topping bow inAustralia on $1.7m from 228 sites including previews. It took 23% market ...
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LXG nears $100m for Fox
Fox International's TheLeague Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG) is poised to cross $100m later this week after a $6.8m weekend haulraised its international running total to $96.3m.The fantasy-adventure openedto modest success in its final five territories, including a $16,000 number onebow on six screens in Bolivia, and enjoyed a good second ...
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Cinema People's Academy takes shape in India
Hindi film producer Smita Thackeray has announced the launch of a new Indian film-industry body called Cinema People's Academy. Modelled on the US Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), it will also be create a new Awards ceremony for Hindi Film industry. The other major objective of the ...
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Lions Gate finally swallows Artisan to create indie giant
Lions GateEntertainment has agreed to buy Artisan Entertainment for $160m plus assumptionof Artisan debt believed to be up to $85m, bringing to an end an auctionprocess that has lasted five months.The deal - whichis subject to anti-trust regulatory approval and is expected to be completed bythe end of the year ...
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Lions Gate swallows Artisan to create indie giant
Lions GateEntertainment has agreed to buy Artisan Entertainment for $160m plus assumptionof Artisan debt believed to be up to $85m, bringing to an end an auctionprocess that has lasted five months.The deal - whichis subject to anti-trust regulatory approval and is expected to be completed bythe end of the year ...
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Telecinco turns back on Hollywood output deals
Spanish broadcaster Telecinco has confirmed a significant shift inits film acquisitions and production policy, turning its back on lengthy Hollywoodcontracts in favour of more selective pacts with both US indies and local suppliers.Opting for cost-cutting multi-title package deals with leading US producersand mini-studios rather than long-term output agreements with the ...