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BVI's Pirates sails past $100m
BVI'sPirates Of The Caribbeanenjoyed another dominant weekend in the international marketplace, where amighty Russian opening and strong holdovers accounted for a $20.5m weekendsession that raised the international running total to $106.2m.The adventurefilm scored the third biggest industry opening ever in Russia, where it openednumber one on $3m from 171 screens.In ...
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Leonard Schrader takes teacher residency at AFI
LeonardSchrader, who wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Kiss Of The SpiderWoman, has been namedhead of the graduate screenwriting programme at the American Film Institute(AFI) Conservatory. In his newposition as senior film-maker-in-residence: screenwriting, Schrader willoversee the AFI Conservatory's screenwriting faculty and tuition of firstand second year fellows. "We are thrilled to ...
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David Thomson gets Bessy prize at Montreal
The celebratedBritish film critic and biographer David Thomson will receive the Prix MauriceBessy at the 27th Montreal World Film Festival, which runs from Aug 27-Sept 7.Named after thelate French film writer and former Cannes Film Festival director, the awardcelebrates excellence in film writing and is handed out on an alternatingannual ...
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Fox opens Lisbela at number one in Brazil
FoxInternational opened local language romance Lisbela And The Prisoner at number one in Brazil over the weekendon $658,000 from 245 screens.The film, forwhich Fox has Latin American rights, wasthe second biggest Brazilian film opening ever in the territory.Meanwhile Fox'sThe League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG)followed last weekend's impressive Asian bows with ...
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Global, MOMA team for developing countries film programme
US-based charitablefoundation The Global Film Initiative and New York's Museum of Modern Art(MoMA) have joined forces on an educational programme to showcase cinema fromdeveloping countries.Global Lens: New Cinema FromThe Developing World will run at MoMA Film at The Gramercy Theatre from Nov13-30 before expanding to a series of as yet ...
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Eagle scores with New Line pictures in Italy
New Line'sFinal Destination 2remained in pole position in its second weekend in Italy, dropping a mere 16%and adding $453,317 from 278 screens for a $1.9m total after 11 days.Released through Eagle Pictures, the horror sequel will bechasing down its predecessor's finishing total of $3.2m following asix-week run in autumn 2000.Meanwhile ...
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Pie sequel top in Germany, UK
Universal'sAmerican Pie: The Wedding enjoyed a strong weekend at the box office, grossing $12.3m from1,672 sites in five countries through UIP to raise its international runningtotal to $29.2m.In a mighty number one opening in Germany the gross-outcomedy sequel took $5.2m from 636 for 45% market share.It wasUniversal's ninth biggest ever ...
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EASTERN EUROPE Production Listings - April 11 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalEASTERN EUROPE - April 11ESTONIAPRE-PRODUCTIONAND THERE IS HELL IN YOUR HAND (sinu kates on pogutuli)(F-Setse) Tragi-comedy. A man comes to Estonia, gets rich and loses in love. Prod: Reet Sokmann. Dir/scr: Valentin KuikContact: Reet Sokmann, F-Setse, (372) 601 5983DOMINOES (doomino)(Kairiin Studio) David Lynch-style thriller. A Western businessman who ...
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SOUTH KOREA Production Listings - June 13 2003
South Korea - June 13PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE GOD HAND(Dream Search Entertainment) Budget: $3m. Int'l sales/dist: Showbox. Drama. Based on the story of a legendary martial arts fighter who left Korea for Japan in the early 20th century. Exec prod: Victor Hwang. Prod: Jung Yong-il. Dir/scr: Yang Yun-ho. Ed: Park Soon-duk. Music: Park ...
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MEXICO Production Listings - May 2 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalMEXICO - May 2PRE-PRODUCTIONANIMA SOLITARIA (working title)(Media Pro) Budget: $1.5m. Backer: Melodrama. Drama. The 1913 Mexican revolution: a heroine fights against her destiny in search of her true love. Prod: Jorge Castillo. Dir: Ernesto Medina. Scr: Carmen Limon. Ed: Castillo, Medina.Contact: Media Pro, (52) 55 5662 1624AMAPOLA(Altavista Films) ...
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CANADA Production Listings - June 20 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalCanada - June 20PRE-PRODUCTIONCAMPING SAUVAGE(Lyla Film, Cine-Roman) Budget: $3.7m. Int'l sales/dist: Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (Can). Backers: Telefilm, Sodec, Radio Canada. Comedy. Prods: Lyse Lafontaine, Tony Roman. Dir: Guy A Lepage. Scr: Luc Dery, Andre Ducharme, Luc Lapierre. Main cast: Sylvie Moreau, Lepage. Shooting from July 3 to Aug ...
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HONG KONG Production Listings - June 27 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalHong Kong - June 27 PRE-PRODUCTIONANNA AND SHAOLIN (working title)(People's Production) Budget: $3.2m. Backer: Universe Entertainment. Int'l sales: Universe Films Distribution. Action comedy. Prods: Chan Hing Kai, Jimmy Law. Dir: Raymond Yip. Scr: Chan. Main cast: Ekin Cheng, Miriam Yeung. Shooting from July 2003 in Zhengzhou, Guangzhou and ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC Production Listings - June 6 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalCzech Republic - June 6PRE-PRODUCTIONADVERSE WINDS (protipoly)(Simply Sirena) Co-prod: Non Stop (Russ). Budget: e3m-e3.5m. Int’l sales: Fortissimo. Melodrama. Exec prods: Mathieu Bonpoint, Blanche Neumann. Co-prod: Yelena Yantsura. Dir: Artemio Benki. Scr: Benki, Armelle Verenka, Gilles Taurant. DoP: Igor Luther. Shooting from January to April 2004.Contact: Blanche Neumann, Simply ...
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IRELAND Production Listings - May 30 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalIreland - May 30PRE-PRODUCTIONAURORA ISLAND(Magma Films [Ire], Art Oko Film [Ger]) Co-prods: Future Films Ltd [UK]. Budget: e5m. Backers: Buena Vista Germany (Ger), First Look Media (US). Dist: First look Media (RoW exc North Am, Canada); Buena Vista (Ger). Thriller. Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Stephen Margolis, Michele Berk. ...
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SPAIN Production Listings - May 23 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalSpain - May 23PRE-PRODUCTIONBOHEMIAN SOUL (alma de bohemio)(Tesela Films) Drama. An Argentinian man living in Spain returns to Buenos Aires for his mother's funeral. Dir: Adolfo Aristarain. Scr: Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra. Main cast: Juan Diego Botto. Shooting from Aug 4 to Oct 10 in Spain and Argentina. Contact: ...
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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Prod Lists - May 9 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalAustralia & New Zealand - May 9AustraliaPRE-PRODUCTIONDECK DOGZ(b:j Films) Backers: Australian Film Finance Corporation, The Movie Network. Int'l sales: Arclight. Dist: UIP (Aust/NZ), Universal International (UK, Japan, Lat Am). Teen. The one big aim of a trio of skateboard riders is to meet their hero. Exec prod: Richard ...
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Kitchen Stories takes top prize at Norway's Amandas
Bent Hamer's Kitchen Stories picked up the best film award at this weekend's 19th Norwegian film and TV awards, the Amandas.Hamer's Cannes title was the clear favourite for the prize, and was up against Jonny Vang (Jens Lien) and Dark Woods (Paal Oie).Swedish actress Lena Endre's won the best actress ...
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Hong Kong pair benefit from bank loan guarantees
The Hong Kong government has approved the first two projects under its Film Guarantee Fund (FGF) initiative, designed to help local production companies secure bank loans for film production. The first project, Shaolin Vs Evil Dead (working title), produced by My Way Film Company, has secured a loan of US$320,000 ...
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Fortissimo takes on Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes
Fortissimo Film Sales has acquired world rights to Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes. Written and directed by Jarmusch, Coffee & Cigarettes will screen in Official Selection out-of-competition in Venice and as a Special Presentation in Toronto next month. Sales have already been completed for France (BAC Films), Italy (BIM) and ...
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Fortissimo hooked on Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes
Fortissimo Film Sales has acquired world rights to Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes. Written and directed by Jarmusch, Coffee & Cigarettes will screen in Official Selection out-of-competition in Venice and as a Special Presentation in Toronto next month. Sales have already been completed for France (BAC Films), Italy (BIM) and ...