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And the 11 most influential cinematographers of all time are...
The names of the 11 mostinfluential cinematographers of all time as voted by members of theInternational Cinematographers Guild (ICG) will be unveiled on a 'wall offame' at the opening of the ICG's new national headquarters inHollywood on Nov 8.Billy Bitzer, JordanCronenweth, Conrad L Hall, James Wong Howe, Sven Nykvist, Vittorio ...
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UK Film Council outlines 'son of Section 48' proposals
UK Film Council chief executive officer John Woodward yesterday outlined the proposals for a replacement to the Section 48 tax break that the support body has presented to the government.Woodward was speaking at the Screen International UK Film Finance Summit, where he gave the keynote address. It came on the ...
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...as Council diverts Funds cash to training, BFI
The UK Film Council plans to reduce the amount of money allocated to two of its three main production funds, and instead invest the cash on training and extra money for the British Film Institute.The Premiere Fund, which has backed commercially orientated films such as Gosford Park and Sylvia, will ...
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Chrysler Film Festival winner starts shooting in US
Filming began in Virginiathis week on Jeff Wadlow's directorial debut Living The Lie, the winner of the first Chrysler Million DollarFilm Festival in 2002.Doug Liman'sentertainment company Hypnotic is producing in association with Chrysler, withUniversal set to release in spring 2004.The thriller centres on agroup of older boarding school children caught ...
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Moneo to spearhead Euro co-productions for Fox
Inspired by the resurgenceof local-language films in Europe, Fox International has hired former Miramaxexecutive Teresa Moneo to head up European co-productions.In the new post Moneo, whowas previously senior vice president of European co-productions at Miramax,will be expected to source and evaluate material and oversee production on twoto three local-language titles ...
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Latest screener meeting proves inconclusive
A telephone conference callbetween MPPA chief Jack Valenti and top brass from the US majors and other MPAAsignatories to discuss the screener ban ended inconclusively yesterday (16) asall parties agreed to resume talks at a later date.Sources said the partiesagreed to disagree following a lengthy discussion in which the ramifications ...
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FRANCE
It's a rare, thing when there are relatively no changes in the French box-office from one week to the next. Especially considering the fact that the number one film had a pretty un-extraordinary showing in the US. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen continues at number one followed by the same ...
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HONG KONG
While Edko Films' Korean title The Classic continues to hold a top ten position in Hong Kong after 10 weeks on release and a cumulative gross of $686,689 (HK$5.4m), a new Korean title performed less well upon opening last week.Distributed by Golden Scene The Uninvited opened fourth during the week ...
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Mifed unveils 2003 market premieres
Milan's Mifed market has announced its market premieres for its 70th edition (Nov 9-13), as well as unveiling a new strand designed to showcase young European filmmakers to buyers.Mifed's new titles include Wild Bunch's Janis And John, Samuel Benchetrit's film about Janis Joplin which stars Marie Trintignant in one of ...
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Stander's South African debut disappoints
Bronwen Hughes's Stander had a disappointing world premiere in South Africa over the weekend for distributor Nu Metro. The $15m film, starring Thomas Jane and Deborah Unger, is one of the first South African-content films that is neither driven by politics nor candid-camera type farce. It is based on the ...
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New Brazilian cinema initiative aims to double country's screen count
Plans are afoot to doublethe current screen count of Brazil, currently estimated at 1,700. An outreachproject dubbed Cinema For All (Cine Para Todos), spearheaded by leadingnational exhibitor Cinemas Severiano Ribeiro and top veteran producer LuizCarlos Barreto (Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands, Middle Of The World), has unveiled plans to ...
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Comfortable premiere anticipated at Bergen
Norway's Bergen International Film Festival (Oct16-21) will see the world premiere of highly anticipated local documentary, Gunnar Hall Jensen's Gunnar Goes Comfortable.The Bergen-based filmmaker's highly autobiographical documentary has been much talked about since an incomplete version won the Swedish Film Institute's Documentary Award back in 2002. It follows Jensen who ...
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Rialto buys Bresson, Godard classics for US theatrical re-release
New York-based RialtoPictures has acquired theatrical rights to four classic titles from Paris-basedArgos Films and will kick off with the release of Robert Bresson's acclaimed1966 drama Au Hasard Balthazar atNew York's Film Forum on Oct 17.Au Hasard Balthazar, an allegorical musing on saintliness, willsubsequently go out on national release and ...
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Panahi dedicates Chicago Gold Hugo to Shirin Ebadi
Jafar Panahi, whose drama CrimsonGold won top honours at the ChicagoFilm Festival last week, has dedicated his award to the Iranian Nobel PeacePrize winner Shirin Ebadi.In an open letter publishedin Iranian newspapers, Panahi, whose previous credits include The Circle,The White Balloon and Mirror, wrote: "The news of your winning the ...
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Jonjo Mickybo cranks up in Northern Ireland
Filming began in Northern Ireland yesterday (Oct 15) on Jonjo Mickybo, designer Terry Loane's feature film debut as writer and director.Loane previously worked as a designer in theatre and on many short films, including the Oscar-nominated short Dance Lexie Dance, before turning to film writing and direction with the short ...
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Luna lined up to star in romantic road movie Solo Dios Sabe
Diego Luna, who seizedglobal attention after his star turn opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Y TuMama Tambien, has been lined up tostar in Mexican-Brazilian co-production Solo Dios Sabe.Theromantic drama/ road movie, co-written and to be directed by Luna's long-timefriend Carlos Bolado (Bajo California: El Limite Del Tiempo) of Mexico, will ...
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Scotland to don Maybury's Jacket
Scotland is to host the shoot of John Maybury's $32m The Jacket, starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley.The Jacket will be produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's Section Eight, with Peter Gruber's Mandalay Pictures in association with German fund VIP Medienfonds. Warner Bros has US rights and it is ...
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Spain's FAPAE names Perez as new president
The Spanish Producers' Federation FAPAE has elected former Via Digital president Pedro Perez as its new president, replacing Eduardo Campoy.Perez previously held the FAPAE post from 1993 to 1997. His new candidacy, which went uncontested and was voted in by a majority, will last for a minimum of two years.Campoy ...
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Rotterdam focuses on US politics
The Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR), to be held from Jan 21 - Feb 1, 2004, has lined up an edgy thematic sidebar focusing on the current US political climate.Called Homefront USA, it presents works by American filmmakers and other artists reflecting on the climate of neo-conservatism and the global ...