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Gun-Shy shoots down opposition at San Sebastian
Georgian director DitoTsintsadze's German film Gun-Shy wasthe controversial top winner on Saturday night of the Donostia-San SebastianInternational Film Festival's Golden Shell prize, while local favourite Take My Eyes was recognised with bestactor and best actress Silver Shells for stars Luis Tosar and Laia Marull. As has become customary in San ...
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Gun-Shy shoots down opposition at San Sebastian
Georgian director DitoTsintsadze's German film Gun-Shy wasthe controversial top winner on Saturday night of the Donostia-San SebastianInternational Film Festival's Golden Shell prize, while local favourite Take My Eyes was recognised with bestactor and best actress Silver Shells for stars Luis Tosar and Laia Marull. As has become customary in San ...
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Han, Arclight to fly with $15m Silver Hawk
Hong Kong's Han Entertainment has completed finance on its $15m martial arts action film Silver Hawk through a gap finance deal and the appointment of Arclight Films as sales agent.Han principal Thomas Chung and Jarred Underwood of specialist bank Comerica yesterday closed a loan of undisclosed size. The advance is ...
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Mexico targets UK, Pirates eyes $300m haul
Sheer momentum should ensure another strong international box office haul for Pirates Of The Caribbean this upcoming weekend as it closes in on $300m.The swashbuckling blockbuster has no major bows but will look to more impressive holdovers to boost its $275m international running total for Buena Vista International (BVI).BVI opens ...
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Kieft & Kieft acts to fend off insolvency
The shareholders of Germany's leading cinema chain Kieft & Kieft have undertaken a Euros 9m cash injection to keep the company afloat and continue its programme of restructuring measures.A cost cutting programme has seen 49 jobs go and six regional offices close, according to the German daily newspaper Die Welt. ...
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Avati pulls out of Italian Oscar race
Italian director and Cinecitta president Pupi Avati has withdrawn his latest film, The Heart Elsewhere from consideration as Italy's Oscar candiate, as a sign of protest against a "lack of transparency" at the country's Donatello Academy.Avati's decision came after he learned that an extra 112 members had just been appointed ...
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Colombian project wins Latin cash prize at San Sebastian
Columbian title The Wandering Shadows won the Films In Progress cash and post-production services prize on Sept 25 at the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-28).From director Ciro Guerra, The Wandering Shadows (La Sombra Del Caminante) was chosen from the seven, mostly-Argentinean titles participating in this year's initiative. The ...
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Italy unveils major new film promotion outfit
After weeks of rumour, Cinecitta Holding has officially announced that it is establishing a new company with Fiera Milano International (FMI) and the Venice Biennale, in the hope of boosting the sales of Italian films abroad, as well as the stature of Mifed and of the Venice Screenings. The new ...
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Foreign language Oscar race hots up
With just days to go before the deadline for submissions to the foreign language Oscar category, four countries have named their heavyweight contenders. Argentina has selected Alejandro Agresti's bittersweet comedy Valentin, while Brazil has submitted Hector Babenco's prison drama blockbuster Carandiru. Korean has chosen Kim Ki-duk's Locarno favourite Spring, Summer, ...
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Spun, Shottas get UK premieres through ICA, Amnesty
Spun and Shottas have their first UK showings in October as part of DJ Saved MY Life - a series of nights from Amnesty International and the ICA to highlight their International Arms Campaign. The movie programme includes an exclusive preview screening of the speed-freak story Spun, the first ...
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2 Fast 2 Furious shook The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen off the top slot this weekend. The Sean Connery-led ensemble drama dropped 44% after just one week. Spanish adventure comedy 800 Bullets by Alex de la Iglesia came in at number 10. Two local films remain among the top ten, ...
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FilMart wraps up with date change plan
The Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (FilMart) ended in high spirits on Friday night (Sept 26) with a screening of Media Asia's eagerly-awaited Infernal Affairs 2 and the welcome news that the market will take place in March from 2005. FilMart organiser, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council ...
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Four UK writers scoop funding for high concept pitches
The UK Film Council has unveiled the winners of its latest '25 Words Or Less' film initiative - which called on writers to pitch their concept for a romantic comedy, science fiction or teen movie in not more than 25 words. The four winners will each be awarded £10,000 in ...
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Optimum snares Van Sant's Elephant for UK
UK distributor Optimum Releasing has acquired the UK rights to 2003 Palme D'Or winner Elephant.The Gus Van Sant film was sold by HBO Films London.Elephant also collected the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival.Other recent Optimum acquisitions include Julie Bertucelli's Since Otar Left and Faouzi Bensaidi's A Thousand ...
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Sony launches Japanese animation unit
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan has announced plans to make two full-length animated features annually for the local and international markets.The company has set up a new unit to produce the films and distribute them in 67 countries worldwide. The unit will also recruit and train animators for their productions. The ...
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Fuse named as Bosnian Oscar contender
Pjer Zalica's Silver Leopard-winning Fuse (Gori Vatra) has been selected by the Association of the Film Workers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a secret vote to compete for a nomination to the Academy Award's Best Foreign Language Film category. Screenings of three Bosnian features - Fuse, Dino Mustafic's Remake and ...
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Iranian war movie looks to break mould
Iran is lining up its biggest ever movie, a war film budgeted at $4m - more than twenty times the cost of a regular Iranian film. Directed and produced by Mohammad Reza Darvish, the film is set during the Iran-Iraq war. It focuses on a group of Iranians ...
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Canadian producers prepare for European Immersion
A wide range of Canadian and international producers are set to participate in Immersion Europe: 2003, the ninth annual Canada-Europe feature film financing forum to be held in Paris November 17-20. The line-up of 36 Canadian and 38 European producers will be looking for partners to get their projects financed ...
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Jackie Chan vehicle revs up in Hong Kong
Distant echoes of a successful franchise rang around Hong Kong this week as production got underway on a new Jackie Chan vehicle, currently titled New Police Story."Strictly speaking it is not a sequel and we won't call it Police Story anything as we don't have the rights," said Albert Lee, ...
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Dinard films express 'an England in conflict', says fest director
Films at 14th annual Dinard Festival of British Film (Oct 2-5) express "an England in conflict", according to Hussam Hindi, artistic director of the three-day event.The festival opens with Nigel Cole's comedy Calendar Girls before taking a turn towards more serious issues.Hussam Hindi, artistic director of the three-day event noted ...