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While everyone's money was on local low-budget digital feature Buddy, Buena Vista's blockbuster Pirates Of The Caribbean raced past Morten Tyldum's romantic feature over the weekend at the Norwegian box-office. Buddy received rave reviews when it had its premiere at the Norwegian International Film Festival and local media have hyped ...
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The successful run of Daniel Lind Lagerloef's romantic comedy Miffo was halted after two weeks in the top spot by Buena Vista's Pirates Of The Caribbean, which blasted its way to the top with an impressive screen average of $12,162 from its high 87 prints. However, Reza Bagher's Capricciosa proved ...
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The Return, Zatoichi score Venice sales on eve of premieres
Two films in the Venice competitionhave been logging strong buyer interest and notching sales evenbefore their world premieres later this week. Russian first film The Returnby directed by Andrey Zvyagantsev, has added deals with France'sOcean Films and The Netherlands' Contact Films to previous licenceagreeements signed with Switzerland's Frenetic ...
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Shorts from Wong Kar-Wai, Apted, Linklater at Palm Springs festival
Films from Wong Kar-Wai, Richard Linklater and Michael Apted areamong 265 titles that will screen at this year's 2003 Palm SpringsInternational Festival of Short Films, which runs in its new late slot of Sept16-22.The opening night will feature six award-winning shorts includingEric Armstrong's best animated Oscar winner The ChubbChubbs! (US), ...
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Pusan evolves into full Asian film market
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP), a rapidly-expanding project market held concurrent to the Pusan International Film Festival, has unveiled 28 official projects for its upcoming edition including works by Wong Kar Wai, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Murali Nair. The event will also be following up on its plan announced last ...
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Gaumont lines up Reno for big-budget Empire
France's Jean Reno is to star in The Empire Of The Wolves (L'Empire Des Loups), a big budget crime thriller in the vein of Crimson Rivers that should be one of the standout French pictures of next year. The story, which focuses on issues of identity and lost memories, involves ...
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UK production on course for bumper year
This year's overall volume of UK production could smash the previous record of over $1.1 billion.This year's tally looks certain to hit 2000's record level if all the productions in the offing end up shooting. Even if it comes up short, 2003 is set for a remarkable recovery for a ...
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Rai Trade takes on sales for competition pair
Rome-based sales agent Rai Trade has taken world-wide distribution rights to two highly anticipated Italian Venice competition titles, and has also sold North American rights to Pupi Avati's Heart Elsewhere to Northern Art Entertainment.The sales offshoot of state broadcaster Rai has picked up international rights to The Miracle, Edoardo Winspeare's ...
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Hulk looks to cross international milestone
After a summer-long campaign Universal's The Hulk will be looking to break through the $100m barrier this weekend when it opens through UIP in its final major territory of Italy.The comic book adaptation has amassed $96.3m at the international box office to date and Aug 29's Italian job is a ...
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Demme doc goes to THINKFilm
THINKFilm has acquired all North American rights to JonathanDemme's The Agronomist,a documentary profile of the assassinated Haitian journalist and national heroJean Dominique that receives its world premiere in Venice and North Americanpremiere in Toronto.The film will open in the US in 2004 and charts Dominique's careeras operator of the country's ...
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Demonlover opens LA's Silverlake Film Festival
The Silver Lake Film Festival will kick off its fourth annualfestival on Sept 10 with the West Coast premiere of Olivier Assayas' internetthriller Demonlover.Connie Nielsen stars as acorporate mole who uncovers an online torture club. Chloe Sevigny, Gina Gershonand Charles Berling also star.The screening will also mark the launch of ...
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Partington joins UK's Tartan Video
Alan Partington has been appointed as the new managing director of the UK's Tartan Video. Previously managing director of Metrodome Distribution and head of theatrical and video sales for Pathe, he will take up his position from Sept 1.Hamish McAlpine, owner of the Tartan Group, commented: "I am absolutely thrilled ...
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Rai Trade takes on sales for Venice pair
Rome-based sales agent Rai Trade has taken world-wide distribution rights to two highly anticipated Italian Venice competition titles, and has also sold North American rights to Pupi Avati's Heart Elsewhere to Northern Art Entertainment.The sales offshoot of state broadcaster Rai has picked up international rights to The Miracle, Edoardo Winspeare's ...
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ARGENTINA - box office 29/08/2003
Buena Vista International continues to dominate the top three spots in Argentina's box office ratings this week. With kids back in school after the winter break, animated Disney juggernaut Finding Nemo has been displaced by Vin Diesel vehicle A Man Apart, a new release from local indie, ...
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HONG KONG Production Listings - August 29 2003
HONG KONG - August 29 PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE EYE II(Applause Pictures) Budget: US$4m. Int'l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Genre: Horror. Prods: Peter Ho Sun Chan, Lawrence Cheng. Dirs: Danny and Oxide Pang. Scr: Jojo Hui. Shooting in Hong Kong and Thailand from September 2003. Release date: Spring 2004.Contact: Fortissimo Film Sales (852) ...
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EU acts to protect national film support schemes
Europe's film many national subsidy and support schemes for local film-making this week were given new protection following a joint initiative by the European Union's Culture and Monopolies Commissions. Speaking at the Venice film festival on 29 Aug, culture and education commissioner Viviane Reding said that she and anti-monopolies chief ...
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EU acts to protect national film aid schemes
Europe's film many national subsidy and support schemes for local film-making this week were given new protection following a joint initiative by the European Union's Culture and Monopolies Commissions. Speaking at the Venice film festival on 29 Aug, culture and education commissioner Viviane Reding said that she and anti-monopolies chief ...
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Joggers Park director dies just ahead of film's release
Anant Balani, the director of Hindi film Joggers Park, died of a cardiac arrest in Mumbai on Aug 28 - 17 days ahead of the film's release. Balani made his directorial debut with Gawahi (1989). His latest films Joggers' Park and Mumbai Matinee are to be released in September. He ...
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Berney teams up with P&F in New York to form new outfit
Publicity veteran JeanneBerney, most recently executive vice president at Rogers & Cowan, isteaming up with P&F Communications to form P&F Communications/TheBerney Group, a PR, promotions and marketing agency headquartered in New YorkCity.The one-stop full-serviceagency is now run by Berney with P&F's Barbara Pflughaupt and Raymond LForsythe who co-founded promotions business ...
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Woods confirmed as Irish Film Board chief
The Irish Film Board has confirmed the appointment of Mark Woods as its new CEO, as predicted on ScreenDaily.com (July 25). According to a statement from the agency, Woods will take up the position at the beginning of October, succeeding Rod Stoneman who departs today after ten years at the ...