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France's Rencontres announces first four titles
The Rencontres Internationales de Cinema has announced four titles out of an eventual twenty which will screen during its upcoming 9th edition July 3-13.The first four films to be signed are Bus 174 from Brazil's Jose Padilha, Extrano from Argentinian Santiago Loza, Ether from India's Velu Viswanadhan and Toutes Ces ...
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Veteran producer appointed to stimulate Oz industry
Producer Ross Dimsey has been appointed general manager of industry development and investment at Film Victoria, one of Australia's biggest State Government film assistance agencies. He is a past president of the Screen Production Association of Australia and is a former director of Queensland's version of Film Victoria. His credits ...
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Dendy, Rialto empty their wallets at Cannes
Australia's Dendy Films picked up six titles while at Cannes including two from Renaissance, director John Curran's We Don't Live Here Anymore, starring the homegrown Naomi Watts alongside Laura Dern, and The Mother, another collaboration between Notting Hill director Roger Michell and controversial writer Hanif Kureshi. Curran's first film, Praise, ...
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Sony plans pay-TV channel in Germany
Sony Pictures is planning to launch its own pay TV channel in Germany and is also interested in collaborating with T-Online on providing content for its video on demand service.Speaking to the German business daily newspaper Handelsblatt, Michael Grindon, president of Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), stated that he was ...
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UK Film Council renews slate funding deals
The UK Film Council has renewed its slate funding deals with Fragile Films, Ruby Films and Tall Stories.All three production outfits are now into the second year in their three-year deals, which are reviewed annually.The council's development fund also unveiled slate deals with Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges' Bend ...
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Gaga to produce feature version of Devil May Cry game
In the latest of a string of game-to-film adaptations, arcade game maker Capcom and distributor Gaga Communications have concluded a film option deal for Devil May Cry, a Capcom game series that has sold 4.37 million units internationally. According the terms of the deal Gaga, will have exclusive rights to ...
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Local debuts dominate Galway festival line-up
New Irish films from directors Shimmy Marcus, Karl Golden and Sean Walsh dominate Galway Film Fleadh's initial line-up for its fifteenth edition on July 8-13. These comprise the debut features, Headrush, with Wuzza Conlon, Laura Pyper, Steven Berkoff, and Huey Morgan directed by Shimmy Marcus; The Honeymooners with Jonathan Byrne ...
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Film Movement takes Shum's Long Life
New York-based Film Movement has taken all US rights to Mina Shum's Long Life, Happiness And Prosperity. The film is set for limited theatrical release in the autumn and through Film Movement's subscription-based DVD film club.Produced by Christina Jennings and Scott Garvie of Toronto's Shaftesbury Films and Raymond Massey's Vancouver-based ...
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Margaret Menegoz named president of Unifrance
Following a meeting of the directors' board yesterday, French producer Margaret Menegoz has been elected president of French export body Unifrance. The nomination comes after months of speculation and an interim presidency-by-committee that was set up following the sudden death of Unifrance's former president Daniel Toscan du Plantier at the ...
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Universal's 8 Mile stays on top in Japan
Even a typhoonwas not enough to dislodge Universal's 8 Mile from its number one berth in Japan,where in its second week the film grossed $1.7m from 235 venues.The drama slipped a mere 23% and has taken $6m in theterritory. Overall the film's international running total is $116.3m.The spy-spoof JohnnyEnglish grossed ...
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Bruce has almighty international openings for BVI
In its first wave ofinternational openings Bruce Almighty grossed $5m over the weekend, scoring three number one bows andbreaking several records along the way.Distributed through BuenaVista International the comedy opened in Italy on a terrific $3.8m from 353screens, scoring the biggest ever bow for star Jim Carrey.In Singapore the film ...
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X2 takes another $5.5m for Fox
X2: X-men United grossed just over $5.5m on 4,670 international screens over theweekend to raise its running total to $177.1m.Fifth week highlights include $600,000 from 430 screens in France(38% drop) for a $16.8m cumulative score and $289,000 from 297 in Spain for$10m (also a 38% drop).In Mexico the sci-fi sequel ...
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Wellspring acquires US rights to two Cannes titles
US distributor Wellspring has acquired US rights to two filmswhich played at this year's Cannes Film Festival - Alexander Sokurov's FIPRESCIprizewinner Father And Son and Jafar Panahi's Crimson Gold, winner of the Jury Prize in the UnCertain Regard section.Both acquisitions continue Wellspring's association with thefilm-makers, following its US release of ...
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Carandiru is Brazil's all-time top grossing local film
Hector Babenco's prisondrama Carandiru has become thehighest grossing Brazilian film of all time in its home territory according tolocal distributor Columbia TriStar. In terms of admissions, it hasjust overtaken 1989's family smash Princesa Xuxa E Os Trapalhoes which attracted 4.018m moviegoers.As of June 1, 2003, Carandiru has raked in $9,053,066 ...
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Bardem to star in Amenabar's Out To Sea
In what will surely be one of the biggest buzz titles out of Spain next year, auteur Alejandro Amenabar will team with star Javier Bardem in new film Out To Sea (Mar Adentro), the director's first feature foray since international hit The Others.Sogecine will co-produce with Amenabar's own Himenoptero and ...
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Bergman receives film preservation award
Swedish cinema legend Ingmar Bergman might have snubbed both Cannes and Oscar galas, but on Monday he personally showed up to receive the FIAF's Film Preservation Award at Filmhuset in Stockholm. "I'm deeply honoured and very happy," Bergman said, "by receiving this award I feel like I really belong in ...
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Buena Vista's comedy can't bring down The Matrix
In a lacklustre weekend, affected by good weather, Buena Vista International's comedy release Bringing Down The House was unable to unseat Warner Bros' The Matrix Reloaded from its lead position.The Steve Martin-Queen Latifah comedy was the only new release able to make much impression on the box office over the ...
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Cougar, Film Council, Ingenious strike three-way deal
Lynda La Plante and Sophie Balhetchet's Cougar Films has struck a three-way development deal with the UK Film Council and tax financier Ingenious Media, it was announced today. The deal will cover development on an initial slate of projects, including a new horror film from My Little Eye writer David ...
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US FCC relaxes media ownership rules
Deregulation opponents saw their concerns swept aside today (Jun2) as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to relax mediaownership rules.In a three-to-two ruling the FCC allowed the US networks to extendtheir ownership of television stations anywhere in the United States to reach amaximum 45% of the national audience.Previous rules had ...
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Huesca gets 1,400 submissions for shorts competition
Reflecting the importance of the short film format as a calling card for young talents, the Huesca Film Festival of Spain (June 5-14) said it received more than 1,400 submissions for its parallel international and iberoamerican short film competitive sections.Of those presented, 53 were chosen from 27 countries for the ...