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Besson brings short film to the masses
Having jump started the careers of several of France's most important young filmmakers , Luc Besson is at it again. Via his mini-studio Europa Corp., Besson has packaged 10 short films together into one feature length movie which will open in France on June 18. Called Zero Un, ...
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Buffalo Soldiers finally gets UK release
Pathe Distribution has scheduled a UK release date of July 18 for Buffalo Soldiers, the long-delayed GIs and drugs feature which Miramax Films held back in North America after September 11.The UK distributor said it is going out on a hefty 250 prints on the film, which it acquired when ...
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Belgrade launches short film fund
The Belgrade City government has formed a Commission for awarding funds for documentary and short films, presided over by the renowned Serbian director Goran Markovic. Directors of documentary, short, animated and experimental films should apply by July 31 and the Commission will announce the its awards by October 1. The ...
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Transylvania fest debates Romanian funding
While the shoot of Anthony Minghella's Cold Mountain shows that Romania is becoming an increasingly favoured location for Western crews, local productions are still struggling to raise money to get off the groundState financing is almost the sole form of production money available to producers, a subject which proved the ...
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Serbian debut wins Karlovy Vary selection
The debut feature film by the young Serbian director Milos Petricic Almost Totally Ordinary Story has been selected for 'East of the West' section of the 38th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary. The urban romantic comedy, written by Dusan Ristic and produced by Premax Group, features a young cast of ...
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Producer tells Toronto 'to get a lid' on SARS
Toronto's production industry is reaching a crisis point as the beleaguered city contemplates an ongoing battle against SARS. Producer Don Carmody, who is scheduled to begin production of Resident Evil: Apocalypse on Aug. 11, told Screen International that if the city can't "get a lid on" its SARS situation, "they ...
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Reiner sets out for space on self-discovery mission
Veteran director Rob Reiner, whose romantic comedy Alex & Emma kicked off the fourth Maui Film Festival this week, has hinted that his next film may be a parable of self-discovery set in space.The embryonic project, which is tentatively titled Imagine, would centre on an astronaut who undergoes a life-changing ...
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Pablo Escobar story attracts tax finance
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is to be the subject of a new UK-Spanish-German co-production titled Public Enemy.The project, to be directed by Polly Steele, marks the second title, unveiled in as many weeks, being funded by UK tax financier UKFS, which is the main UK backer on London-set comedy ...
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UK Film Council launches British film distribution fund
The UK Film Council has called for applications for its UK Film Distribution Programme, a $1.7m (£1m) fund for supporting British films at UK cinemas.Films selected trigger the award by grossing at least $1.25m (£750,000) at the box-office. The maximum award will be $500,000 (£300,000), although the sum paid out ...
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Dogville feels the Danish heat
The Danish release of local director Lars Von Trier's Dogville hit tough competition from unusually good weather and a keenly anticipated soccer-match between Denmark and Norway this weekend.With temperatures hitting 27 degrees across the country, and two bank holidays either side of the weekend (Thursday and Monday), Dogville opened on ...
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France maps the future of its exhibition sector
The cultural affairs commission of France's senate, responsible for studying the evolution of the exhibition sector, has outlined its priorities for the coming year.Senator Marcel Vidal announced the committee's intentions for exhibition on Wednesday, which will be studied by the culture ministry. The vision includes modernising the exhibition system throughout ...
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Fantastic line-up for Korea's Puchon festival
The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) has unveiled an expanded lineup for its 7th edition, which will be held from July 10-19 in the Korean city of Bucheon, near Seoul. With three more screening venues added and a total of 190 films, the festival now claims to be ...
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United scores Haugesund opening
First-time director Magnus Martens has had his romantic football comedy United chosen as the opening film for the 31st edition of the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. The film will kick off the event on Aug 17, three days before its domestic release through Columbia Tristar. Even if it ...
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Mikkelsen, Skarsgaard do battle in Disney's King Arthur
Denmark's most popular star Mads Mikkelsen and Swedish veteran Stellan Skarsgaard have joined the cast of Antoine Fuqua's upcoming epic King Arthur which is being produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Disney.Mikkelsen has already gone off to bootcamp in Ireland to prepare for his role as one of the knights of ...
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Idle, Assayas are cool for Katz's Prospero outfit
Soft-money specialist Martin Katz is leaving Grosvenor Parkto found a new Toronto-based production entity, Prospero Pictures. The fledgling operation will act as Canadian co-producer onEric Idle's upcoming The Remains Of The Piano, a spoof of Merchant Ivory costume dramas that is being made byLA-based Stratus Film Co, theindependent production outfit ...
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Idle, Assayas are cool for Katz's Prospero outfit
Soft-money specialist Martin Katz is leaving Grosvenor Parkto found a new Toronto-based production entity, Prospero Pictures. The fledgling operation will act as Canadian co-producer onEric Idle's upcoming The Remains Of The Piano, a spoof of Merchant Ivory costume dramas that is being made byLA-based Stratus Film Co, theindependent production outfit ...
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Italian Job original rides shotgun with remake on DVD
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE)will release the DVD version of the original 1969 production of The ItalianJob simultaneously with the October releaseof its hit Hollywood remake in the format. The DVD of the original wasreleased through Paramount Home Entertainment International for Region 2 (theUK and Europe) in August 2002. Paramount Home ...
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The Hulk
Dir: Ang Lee. US. 2003. 137 mins.Ever since he signed on to direct a film of Marvel Comics' The Hulk, it was a puzzle for many to imagine how a film-maker as artistically autonomous as Ang Lee could possibly enhance the rigid formula of summer comic-book blockbuster. But enhance it ...
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Finland's Lumifilm takes Pelicanman to the big screen
Finnish production outfit Lumifilm, best known for its animated TV productions including the long running Urpo & Turpo series, this week starts shooting its first live-action feature film, Pelicanman, in Helsinki. The children's adventure film tells of a pelican, who becomes so fascinated by humans that he tries to be ...
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The Tenth Muse to get world premiere at first Copenhagen fest
Writer-director Torben Skjoedt Jensen's The Tenth Muse about one of the world's greatest silent film stars, Denmark's Asta Nielsen (pictured), will have its world premiere at the first Copenhagen International Film Festival. Asta Nielsen (1883-1972) was already one of the highest-paid and most popular stage actresses of her time, when ...