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BAFTA launches broadside against screener ban
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has issued a strongly worded statement condemning the MPAA's decision to send out screener tapes to AMPAS members only.The statement says the move is potentially "catastrophic" for the BAFTA film awards and its members. It adds that the ruling is "discriminatory", ...
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Israel hosts major Amos Gitai retrospective
The first full scale retrospective programme of Amos Gitai's work in his own country was launched at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque this week with the national premiere of his latest feature film, Alila. An emotional Gitai thanked the local film industry players who congratulated him on stage. For many years, ...
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UIP rolls out Coen's Cruelty in key territories
Universal's black comedy Intolerable Cruelty goes out in its second wave of international releases this upcoming weekend with medium-sized bows in four major territories.The Coen Brothers film opens through UIP in Australia on 200 prints on Oct 23, Germany on 350 on Oct 23, Spain on 239 on Oct 24 ...
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Euro film industry savages screener compromise
Brussels-based lobby group, the European Film Companies Alliance (EFCA) has torn into the Oscars' screening tapes ban, describing it as a "blow to cultural diversity", "evidence of arrogance" and a threat to the Oscars themselves.EFCA, which represents many of the most muscular European film companies, including Svensk Filmindustri, CLT-Ufa, Intermedia, ...
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UK box office edges close to record year in 2003
Despite a slow start to the year, the UK could once again see its annual box office record broken in 2003.With a host of high profile titles including the final instalments of The Matrix and The Lord Of The Rings franchises still to debut this year, 2003 could become the ...
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Europe's film sector to grow at 7%
Growth of the market forfilmed entertainment in Europe is set to more than double the average for thewider entertainment and media sectors over the next five years. According to management consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers in its annual Entertainment and Media Outlook:Europe report, compound annual growth for the entertainment sector willaverage 3.4% to ...
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Saban 'bullish' about German market
The expectations were high when it was revealed that Haim Saban was to give the keynote speech at the opening of this year's Munich Media Days on Oct 22. Would he spill the beans on the future strategy for ProSiebenSat.1 Media'As it was, he neatly manoeuvred himself out of revealing ...
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MPAA launches second anti-piracy trailer
The embattledMPAA will launch the second theatrical trailer of its anti-piracy campaigntomorrow (24), buoyed by claims that July's opening spot raised awarenessamong one in five 13 to 24-year-olds.Three monthsafter launching the Respect Copyrights campaign, a new trailer called'Movies. They're Worth It.' is going out in approximately5,000 theatres nationwide.The trailer isproduced ...
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Pathe UK to send out screeners to BAFTA members
Pathe UK has become the first major UK independent to say that it will send out screener tapes to BAFTA members this year.Pathe UK is distributing two highly fancied awards contenders: The Girl With A Pearl Earring and In The Cut. The company will send out screener tapes for both ...
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Berlinale reveals co-production market details
Further details of the first Berlinale Co-Production Market (BCM), which will be held during next year's festival from Feb 8-9, emerged this week.Producers have until Dec 12 to submit feature film projects for consideration for the market, which will be held at the Talent Campus venue Haus der Kulturen der ...
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KWA takes over Comandante sales
Spain's Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has picked up international rights on Oliver Stone's Fidel Castro documentary Comandante.Sales were previously handled by MediaPro, one of the film's co-producers alongside Spain's Pentagrama Films and Morena Films. The controversial title, which paints an amicable, grandfatherly portrait of the Cuban leader, premiered at last ...
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Stockholm unveils festival line-up
With three weeks to go until the 14th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival, festival director Git Scheynius and her team have unveiled the full line-up for this year's event (Nov 13-23).The festival will present around 140 films divided into ten different categories.Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill will open the ...
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Gary Smith resigns from Winchester
Gary Smith, who foundedWinchester Entertainment in 1996, has resigned from the company to pursue otherinterests following the purchase earlier this year of Cobalt Media Capital fromAlton Irby and John Muse.Smith told Screendailyyesterday that he was glad to have the flexibility to pursue interests in andout of the film business and ...
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DPS teams with Germany's BAF on 3-D animated Happily
Digital Production Studios (DPS), the New Jersey-based 3Danimation subsidiary of IDT Media, has signed a services agreement with Germanproduction company BAF Berlin Animation Film.Under the terms of the deal DPS will act as the single sourceanimation company for Happily N'Ever After, a 3-D animated revisiting of classic Brothers Grimm fairytales.Work ...
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Asian films take top prizes at Norway's Bergen fest
The fourth edition of Norway's Bergen International Film Festival, which wrapped on Wednesday (Oct 22), saw Asian cinema secure the top honours.Yang Li's Chinese Blind Shaft took the main prize, while Sangsoo Im's South Korean A Good Lawyer's Wife won the critics' award. Sixteen films screened in competition.The main prize ...
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Mayor boosts London Film Festival funding
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has announced an increase of funding for the London Film Festival (LFF), held this year between Oct 22 and Nov 6. Working with the London Development Agency, the mayor's funding will begin next year, and will be channelled through Film London, which provides dedicated support, ...
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Framestore CFC opens New York office
London based visual effects, animation and post production house Framestore CFC is to open a New York office devoted to its advertising clients. The new venture will be led by Framestore CFC Board member and advertising head, Jon Collins as its managing director. Framestore CFC are currently in production on ...
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Hong Kong industry embarks on mainland China visit
A delegation of the Hong Kong film industry today (Oct 23) begins a three-day visit to Beijing to explore possibilities for closer co-operation with mainland China. Led by Ma Fung-Kwok, vice chairman of Hong Kong's Motion Picture Industry Association and deputy to the National People's Congress, the group consists of ...
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London kicks off with In The Cut gala
The Times BFI London Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night (Oct 22) with the Gala Premiere of In The Cut, with director Jane Campion and stars Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo in attendance.The film opened a 16-day long festival which, under artistic director Sandra Hebron, looks to have become ...