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Controversy sparked at Diagonale festival director appointment
The Diagonale festival of Austrian cinema and Austria's Secretary of State for the Arts Franz Morak have once more hit the headlines - this time with the appointment of Miroljub Vuckovic as the festival's Artistic Director and Tilmann Fuchs as Business Affairs Manager to succeed Christine Dollhofer and Constantin Wulff.Speaking ...
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Autumn Springs in Germany
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has closed a deal in Germany on Czech festival favourite Autumn Spring with MFA. The film, directed by Vladimir Michalek, will open in New York City in the US through First Look Pictures at the end of July.Menemsha has also closed deals on the film with ...
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Autumn Springs in Germany
Neil Friedman's Menemsha Entertainment has closed a deal in Germany on Czech festival favourite Autumn Spring with MFA. The film, directed by Vladimir Michalek, will open in New York City in the US through First Look Pictures at the end of July.Menemsha has also closed deals on the film with ...
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Hong Kong to construct 'Avenue of Stars'
A long-awaited project to create a Hollywood-style Avenue of Stars has finally taken off in Hong Kong. A 440 m long walkway featuring some 100 floor plaques will be built at the Waterfront Promenade in Tsim Sha Tsui to showcase Hong Kong's film industry. Cheung Tung Joe, chairman of the ...
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Japan, UK welcome Barbarian Invasions
Denys Arcand's double prize-winning Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions Barbares) was sold to Comstock for Japan and to Artificial Eye for the UK by French sales house Flach Pyramide International. Earlier in the festival FPI sold Barbarian Invasions to Bim for Italy Filmcopie of Switzerland, Films de l'Elysee for Belgium, Shapira ...
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Japan, UK welcome Barbarian Invasions
Denys Arcand's double prize-winning Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions Barbares) was sold to Comstock for Japan and to Artificial Eye for the UK by French sales house Flach Pyramide International. Earlier in the festival FPI sold Barbarian Invasions to Bim for Italy Filmcopie of Switzerland, Films de l'Elysee for Belgium, Shapira ...
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Japan, UK welcome Barbarian Invasions
Denys Arcand's double prize-winning Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions Barbares) was sold to Comstock for Japan and to Artificial Eye for the UK by French sales house Flach Pyramide International. Earlier in the festival FPI sold Barbarian Invasions to Bim for Italy Filmcopie of Switzerland, Films de l'Elysee for Belgium, Shapira ...
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German DVD boom gathers pace
Germany's DVD boom continues at the expense of the VHS video market, according to figures released by video trade body BVV for the first quarter of 2003.The number of DVDs sold increased year-on-year by 57% from 7.4m units to 11.6m, while that for sell-through VHS cassettes dropped by 37% from ...
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Spain's City of Light studio options Mario Puzo's Borgia novel
Spain's City of Light studio complex has optioned the rights to Mario Puzo's last novel, The Family, with plans to film the Euros 25m feature on-site in 2005. US scriptwriter David Giler (Aliens 3) will adapt the epic tale about the powerful 15th century Borgia family whose influence under Rodrigo ...
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Sweden's NonStop is ceaseless buyer
Sweden's NonStop Entertainment had a busy time in Cannes acquiring the Palme d'Or winner Elephant by Gus van Sant and a further seven other films. From Elephant sales house, HBO Films London, it also bought Sundance winner American Splendor. From Pandora, NonStop took John Sayles latest film Casa De Los ...
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Sweden's NonStop is ceaseless buyer
Sweden's NonStop Entertainment had a busy time in Cannes acquiring the Palme d'Or winner Elephant by Gus van Sant and a further seven other films. From Elephant sales house, HBO Films London, it also bought Sundance winner American Splendor. From Pandora, NonStop took John Sayles latest film Casa De Los ...
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Buyers pick up Whore
Spanish production and sales outfit Dolores Pictures has closed five all-rights deals on its English-language title Whore.Sales include to Italy (DNC), Hong Kong (Intercontinental Film Distribution), South Korea (Jon Cinema Co Ltd), Indonesia (Rapi Films) and Israel (Shoval Films).The film, which stars Denise Richards and Daryl Hannah in a tale ...
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Buyers pick up Whore
Spanish production and sales outfit Dolores Pictures has closed five all-rights deals on its English-language title Whore.Sales include to Italy (DNC), Hong Kong (Intercontinental Film Distribution), South Korea (Jon Cinema Co Ltd), Indonesia (Rapi Films) and Israel (Shoval Films).The film, which stars Denise Richards and Daryl Hannah in a tale ...
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Camera d'Or win paves way for sales and new film
Danish writer-director Christoffer Boe might be a newcomer, but after the success of his Cannes Critics' Week entry Reconstruction, which took both the Camera d'Or and the Label Regards Jeunes this weekend, buyers are eager to close further deals on the film. Germany, France, Italy and Australia have joined the ...
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Latest Cannes sales
Turkish competition film Distant (Uzak) secured itself a US release with a sale to New Yorker, the specialist releasing operation that is now under new management.Korean sales house Mirovision secured a big deal on its hugely ambitious animated film Wonderful Days, selling the $13m-budget picture to Pathe for France and ...
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Latest Cannes sales
Turkish competition film Distant (Uzak) secured itself a US release with a sale to New Yorker, the specialist releasing operation that is now under new management.Korean sales house Mirovision secured a big deal on its hugely ambitious animated film Wonderful Days, selling the $13m-budget picture to Pathe for France and ...
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Sweden's Film I Vast gears up for more films
Swedish regional fund Film I Vast is expanding its already considerable studios with another 4500 square meters of fully equipped sound stage. "We're not doing this because of Manderlay, but we are in talks about that film," said CEO Tomas Eskilsson referring to the second film of Lars von ...
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Spanish producers focus on foreign finance
Spanish producers have avidly begun turning to foreign partners in a bid to finance their films. In fact, co-production talk has dominated recent Spanish events - such as first-ever Italian-Spanish co-production market in Madrid; the Spanish Film Screenings of Malaga which saw meetings between the UK's Film Council and Spanish ...
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Wanda Vision sells Suite Havana to Trigon
Spanish producer-distributor-sales house Wanda Vision has sold Cuba-set co-production Suite Havana to Trigon Films for all Swiss and Austrian rights.Havana director Fernando Perez's prior film, Life Is To Whistle (La Vida Es Silbar), drew more than 100,000 admissions in Switzerland, Wanda chief Jose Maria Morales said.Suite is one of several ...
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Rai Trade sells its Heart out
Rai Trade did good business with Pupi Avati's competition film A Heart Elsewhere (Il Cuore Altrove), selling it in over 20 territories.Deals included ones struck with Axiom Films for the UK, Ocean Film for France, Palace for Australia, Art Film for Brazil, Cine Video Y TV for Mexico, Alliance Atlantis ...