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Cohen, Hernandez promoted in delivery dept at IS
Danielle Cohen has beenpromoted to senior vice president of delivery and George Hernandez to directorof delivery at IS Film Distribution, the sales and distribution joint venturebetween Summit Entertainment and Intermedia Films.Cohen has worked with Summitsince 1988 and is now heading up the delivery department; she was previously atLIVE Entertainment as ...
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Limited releases keep their cool as temperature soars
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Bruce Almighty may have held fast in the top two UK/Ireland chart positions but as temperatures soared across the country so did two limited releases.Launched in the Republic of Ireland Buena Vista International's (BVI) Veronica Guerin triumphed with a $443,713 (£271,996) weekend - including $57,532 ...
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Schumacher's Veronica Guerin takes pole position
Joel Schumacher's Veronica Guerin began its worldwide roll out in Ireland over the weekend - and opened to exceptionally strong business.After a world premiere in Dublin on Tuesday night and a special preview screening at the Galway Film Fleadh, the story of the Irish investigative journalist took the number one ...
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Sony launches local production initiative in Mexico
Spurred by theglobal success of Oscar nominated El Crimen Del Padre Amaro, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)has launched a production office in Mexico City and has appointed GabrielRipstein, formerly of Mexican production company Altavista Films and itsdistribution company NuVision, as director of creative affairs. Dubbed ColumbiaPictures Producciones Mexico, the new local ...
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Germany benefits as kids stay in the picture
Although the German box office is significantly down for the first six months of this year, there is one bright spot: German market share has climbed up to 14.3% from an overall 11.9% for 2002 (Screen Daily, July 11).Part of this upswing is being driven by an unlikely source: German ...
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Wenders wrests back control of back catalogue
Wim Wenders is understood to have successfully taken back control of the copyright to his own back catalogue of some 20 films, such as The American Friend and Paris, Texas.Earlier this year, it looked as if Wenders may lose the copyrights to the films, after Das Werk - parent company ...
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Berlin signs up with European Film Festival network
The Berlin International Film Festival has become the first A-list festival to sign up as a member of the European Coordination of Film Festivals (ECFF), a network of over 200 festivals across Europe dedicated to the promotion and circulation of European cinema.ECFF President Thom Palmen told Screen Daily said that ...
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Lyons replaces Williamson as production chief at Focus
Following the announcementon Friday that Glenn Williamson is leaving his post as president of production,producer John Lyons is joining Focus Features as its next president ofproduction.Lyons will report directlyto co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus and, unlike Williamson, will bebased in New York City at Focus headquarters where he will ...
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Czech distribs pounce on Karlovy Vary titles
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival came to a close over the weekend with several deals in place or close to completion for Czech distribution of foreign titles. Czech art house ArtCam is in negotiations for local distribution of three films, according to ArtCam's Eliska Fuchsova. The films are Buddy, ...
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Specialist distributor launches in Ireland
Tribal Films, a new US-Irish specialist distributor of art house and indie titles was launched by former Shooting Gallery exec Will Silke at the Galway Film Fleadh last week. Its first acquisition for the territory, the dialogue free Hungarian film Hukkle, was shown at the festival on Thursday. Hukkle is ...
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German exhibitor files for bankruptcy
North Rhine-Westphalian exhibitor Gerd Politt has become the latest prominent figure in the German media scene to file for insolvency proceedings. The insolvency affects his screens in Soest and Recklinghausen and the five-screen Cineworld complex in Luenen, which only opened its doors in 2001 and has served since then as ...
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Mirovision picks up Klockworx' Battlefield Baseball
In a rare deal signed at Korea's Puchon International Film Festival (PiFan) Japanese sales and production house Klockworx marked its first licence agreement for Battlefield Baseball. The film was sold to Korean indie distributor Mirovision.Battlefield Baseball, which features in PiFan's World fantastic Cinema and Industry Screenings sections, is a live ...
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Chadha's Bride And Prejudice begins Ealing shoot
Filming begins today (July 14) on Bride And Prejudice - The Bollywood Musical, the Bollywood style re-telling of the Jane Austen classic by the team behind Bend It Like Beckham - director/producer Gurinder Chadha and producer Deepak Nayar.The film stays faithful to Jane Austen's central story of a mother and ...
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Warner Bros' long China march pays off with Shanghai gala
Warner Bros. marked its latest push into the fast growing Chinese film market at the weekend with a gala opening of its newly approved joint venture multiplex in Shanghai. The company also expressed confidence that regulatory reform in the industry was on track. Millard Ochs, President of Warner Bros. International ...
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Intertainment results hit by Franchise dispute
German licence trader and producer Intertainment has blamed its failure to return to profit in the 2002 financial year on the "ongoing negative effects" of its dispute with US producer Franchise Pictures.Intertainment's spat with Franchise has been dragging on since 2000, when the company alleged that Franchise and its principals ...
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Pirates conquer the box office
Buena Vista plundered thebox office and scored one of the few well-reviewed movies of the summer with PiratesOf The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl which took $46.4m over the weekend and $70.4m intotal since its Wednesday opening.The expensive pirateadventure "inspired by" the theme park ride at Disneyland is ...
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Ozpetek's Facing Windows scoops top Karlovy Vary prizes
Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows won the top prize, the Grand Prix Crystal Globe, at the 38th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night (July 12).The Turkish-Italian director, who was carried to the stage by muscular dancers to pick up his award at the closing ceremony, also took the ...
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Ireland backs upcoming production outfits
The production outfit behind Spin The Bottle - the highly anticipated closing film of this months's Galway Film Fleadh (July 8-13) - has been named as one of four companies to receive backing from the Irish Film Board.Grand Pictures is one of the participant companies in the Film Board's second ...
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Singapore government backs Raintree's international slate
As part of an attempt to drive growth in the Singaporean film industry, the country's Media Development Authority (MDA) is planning to invest an estimated US$5.7m (S$10m) in a slate of 10 international features from local production house Raintree Pictures.The government agency plans to co-invest in the slate with Raintree ...
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Dutch films secure Toronto, San Sebastian berths
Grimm, the new movie by Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam (The Northerners), has been selected for the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 4-13). The film will be shown in the Contemporary World Cinema section. Grimm is produced by Graniet Film and sales are handled by Fortissimo Film Sales.Another Dutch movie, ...