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Stars travel to San Sebastian for career prizes
Sean Penn, Robert Duvall and Isabelle Huppert will each receive the career achievement Donostia Award at Spain's upcoming Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-27).Huppert, who will receive her prize on Saturday the 20th, has starred in over 80 films. She won the best actress prize at Cannes in 2001 ...
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Italy's Eagle embarks on Lazarus Child shoot
Shooting is currently underway on Rome distributor Eagle Pictures' first major production, the English-language picture The Lazarus Child starring Andy Garcia and Angela Bassett.The Lazarus Child focuses on a girl who falls into a coma after being hit by a bus. Her only hope for recovery hinges on an eccentric ...
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High Point takes on Godforsaken sales
The producers of Dutch hit and Oscar candidate Twin Sisters, IdtV, have appointed High Point Films to handle international sales - excluding Benelux - on their thriller Godforsaken.Also produced by Reiner Selen of Rinkel Film, Godforsaken is directed by first time director Peter Kuijpers and has been chosen for the ...
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Invasions, Zatoichi take top Toronto prizes
Denys Arcand's TheBarbarian Invasions won theToronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi won the AGF People's Choice Award as the 28thToronto International Film Festival wrapped after ten trouble-free days. The Discovery Award,selected by the press corps, went to Rhinoceros Eyes, a US-financed effort directed by Toronto ...
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Invasions, Zatoichi take top TIFF prizes
Denys Arcand's TheBarbarian Invasions won theToronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi won the AGF People's Choice Award as the 28thToronto International Film Festival wrapped after ten trouble-free days. The Discovery Award,selected by the press corps, went to Rhinoceros Eyes, a US-financed effort directed by Toronto ...
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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Prod Lists - Sep 15 2003
AUSTRALIA - September 15PRE-PRODUCTIONThe Human Touch(Illumination Films, Go Patterson Films Productions) Backers: Film Finance Corporation Australia. Int'l sales: Cinemavault Releasing. Dist: Dendy (Aust/NZ). Drama. Anna and David's relationship is tested when a wealthy, charming, worldly gentleman enters Anna's life, causing her to lose some of her sexual inhibitions. Exec prods: ...
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Jackson set for Rio appearance
Samuel Jackson will bring some Hollywood star wattage to the Festival do Rio (Sept 25 - Oct 9) when he rolls into the coastal city to promote John McTiernan's Basic. Recent budget cutbacks have not affected the festival's plans to bring some 300 films from across the world. A new ...
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AUSTRALIA
Pirates Of The Carribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl proved as big a draw in Australia this weekend as it has around the world. The adventure film sailed into the lead for BVI scoring an impressive screen average of A$13,732 from its whopping 377 screen count.James Cameron's 3-D ...
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Sitges unveils first competition titles
Spain's International Film Festival of Catalonia, better known as Sitges, has unveiled the first of its competition titles for the upcoming 36th edition, which this year has moved dates from early October to late November (Nov 27-Dec 7).The date change is meant to bypass late summer tourism in the coastal ...
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FINLAND
Buena Vista continued to compete with itself at the top of the Finnish box-office, with Pirates Of The Caribbean holding on to the top just ahead of BVI's new release of Timo Koivusalo's Sibelius, Koivusalo's biographical film about the famous Finnish composer was given a wide 50 print release, and ...
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NEW ZEALAND
Finding Nemo showed good resilience in its second weekend against the launch of BVI stable-mate Pirates Of The Carribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl. The swashbuckler stole the top spot but there was little between them. Speaking of resilience, local picture Whale Rider (also handled by BVI) is still ...
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US audiences have a taste for Mexico
The box office bounced back at the weekend as Johnny Depp scoredhis second consecutive number one bow when Columbia's Once Upon A Time InMexico swaggered its way to the top on an estimated $24m.The third and final instalment in Robert Rodriguez' El Mariachi trilogy garnered very good reviews andstars ...
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Pirates eyes $200m weekend haul
A wide Australian opening and strong holdovers elsewhere should propel Pirates Of The Caribbean past the $200m international mark for Buena Vista International (BVI) this upcoming weekend.The number one international title has exploded on to the scene as a late summer juggernaut and distinguished itself with a superb $38.5m haul ...
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UK Film Council boards New Zealand's Father's Den
Writer/director Brad McGann's debut film In My Father's Den has become the first New Zealand film to receive funding from the UK Film Council, which is financing the mystery alongside the New Zealand Film Commission and the UK's Visionview.New Zealand producer Trevor Haysom (Crush), from T.H.E. Film, teamed with UK ...
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Boomer explodes at Russian box office
While Renfilm's The Return has been racking up awards at Venice for its director Andrei Zvyagintsev, another Russian film has been making news at home. Boomer, directed by 27 year old Peter Buslov and produced by Moscow's Pygmalion Productions has taken more than $600,000 at the Russian box office since ...
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Egyptian Oscar nominee courts controversy
Egypt has chosen a controversial relationship film as its first ever contender for the foreign-language Oscar nomination.Sahar El Layaly which has alternative English titles of Sleepless Nights and Night Out, was selected by a specially formed committee of Egyptian film industry elders. Directed by Hani Khalifa, the film, a drama ...
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France set to unveil fresh incentives for film-makers
Moves to introduce a sale and leaseback scheme in France have been scrapped, with the government planning to introduce a tax credit system specifically to benefit the French production sector. The tax credit measure should go into effect in January 2004, but is currently being worked on to clarify certain ...
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Universal's 2 Fast 2 Furious crosses the $100m line in international
2 Fast 2 Furious has become Universal's third international summerrelease to pass $100m through UIP, following The Hulk ($104.3m) and Johnny English ($118.8m).The adrenaline-pumped actionsequel passed the mark on Sept 10 and has grossed $100.3m from 45 territoriesto date.2 Fast 2 Furious began its international release on Jun 5 with ...
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ARGENTINA
James Mangold's thriller Identity was unable to shake Bruce Almighty from its top spot last weekend despite a strong launch at 26 screens that saw it score the best screen average of the weekend.Also seeing a stunning launch in eighth place was Dutch foreign language Oscar-nominee Zus & Zo. The ...
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Ejiofor, Okenodo triumph at UK's 'Black Oscars'
Dubbed the UK's Black Oscars, the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2003 (formerly the bfm Awards) - the UK's only awards ceremony to celebrate and reward the achievements of Black professionals in film - took place on Sept 10 at The Empire, Leicester Square. The winners were:Honorary and major ...