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Steve Smith leaves Intertainer for Encore
Encore International (EI),the international television programming affiliate of Starz Encore Group, hasnamed former Intertainer Asia chief operating officer Steve Smith as its chiefoperating officer and executive vice president.Smith assumes overallresponsibility for EI's channel development plans in Asia and the US andwill oversee the company's unique daily programming block on ChinaCentral ...
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Cannes' Un Certain Regard to add lustre
The Cannes Festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar is taking on the allure and scale of a fully-fledged festival to rival discovery events like Locarno or Rotterdam.The Cannes selectors today completed their selection with the addition of Argentinian director Pablo Reyero's La Cruz Del Sur (sold by F For Film). Previously ...
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Un Certain Regard takes on added lustre
The Cannes Festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar is taking on the allure and scale of a fully-fledged festival to rival discovery events like Locarno or Rotterdam.The Cannes selectors today completed their selection with the addition of Argentinian director Pablo Reyero's La Cruz Del Sur (sold by F For Film). Previously ...
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SARS shuts Beijing's cinemas
Beijing authorities have closed the city's cinemas for an indefinite period in an attempt to stop the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a move which executives fear may be followed in other cities and provinces.The Beijing government decided Saturday to suspend all entertainment businesses involving mass public gatherings ...
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Palm takes domestic rights to Venice hit Springtime
Palm Pictures has acquired North American and Caribbean rights to the award-winning drama Springtime In A Small Town, the first film from acclaimed director Tian Zhuangzhuang since 1993's The Blue Kite, from Fortissimo Film Sales.A theatrical release is planned through Palm's Arthouse Films this autumn, followed by a DVD and ...
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Filmart falls victim to SARS
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) is expected to announce tomorrow that its annual film and TV market, Filmart, will be postponed to September 24-26 as a result of the ongoing SARS crisis.The widely expected postponement comes after a recent survey by the TDC which found around 60% of ...
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First digital features announced for Scotland's New Found Films
Peter Mullan, Shirley Henderson and Kevin McKidd are among the Scottish stars to appear in the first two digital features produced under the country's New Found Films scheme. Financed by Scottish Television, Grampian Television and Scottish Screen, the three year New Found Land scheme was previously responsible for producing six ...
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El Bonaerense director unveils Argentinian slate
Pablo Trapero, the Argentinian director of acclaimed police drama El Bonaerense, unveiled the new slate of his fledgling production house Matanza Films at the Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival.Leading the slate is his third film Familia Rodante which he hopes to shoot in August and September. " This was ...
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One to be most expensive Bollywood production ever
Bollywood's Varma Corp is developing the most expensive Indian film ever made, EK (One), an international action adventure for the global market. EK will not have any songs or other Bollywood ingredients. The estimated budget of this feature is $20m making it the most expensive Indian film ever to be ...
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Italy's Revolver to unveil international division at Cannes
Just over a year old, Italian arthouse production and distribution company Revolver is set to debut its international distribution arm with a slate of seven Italian films at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The films include Il Resto Di Niente by Antonietta De Lillo, Premio Solinas winner Lontano In Fondo ...
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WorldWide Pictures gears up for English-language productions
Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures (WWP) is planning to produce and fully finance five to six English-language films in the $5m-$20m budget range this year after receiving a placement guarantee from its capital market partners. WWP, the international production arm of Studio Hamburg and the first German media fund to be ...
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Four Asian Anger openings hit by SARS epidemic
Anger Management raised its international total to an estimated $5.1m in a secondweekend that was marked by a decent Australian follow-up and two numberfinishes from four openings in SARS-hit Asia, where theatre attendances weredown.The Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson comedy grossed $1.4m inAustralia, dropping 29% after last weekend's strong opening ...
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UIP to distribute Sony films in Poland
United International Pictures (UIP) and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) have unveiled a long-term agreement that will see UIP release CFTDI pictures in Poland. UIP will distribute CFTDI films in Poland such as Maid In Manhattan (June 13), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (July 4), Anger Management (July 25), and ...
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GreeneStreet says Yes to Sally Potter
New York-based GreeneStreet Films has acquired worldwide rights towriter-director Sally Potter's romantic drama Yes, which stars Joan Allen and will beavailable for pre-sales at Cannes next month. The film is already in productionin London.The film is being co-financed by the UK Film Council's New CinemaFund as part of its $15m ...
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Identity finds itself top in North America with $17m
Identity, Columbia's thriller about a mystery killer whopreys on a group of stranded travellers, opened top of the charts on $17maccording to studio estimates released today.The film stars John Cusack,Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet and drew decent reviews, averaging $6,220 from 2,733theatres. It was directed by James Mangold (Kate & ...
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Algerian 1975 Palme d'Or winner to return to Cannes
Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire (Chronique Des Annes De Braise), an account of the period between 1939 and the Algerian War of Independence that won the Palme d'Or in 1975, will screen in Cannes again this year.Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the film will be high point of an Algerian ...
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1975 Palme d'Or winner Lakhdar-Hamina to return to Cannes
Chronicle Of The Years Of Fire (Chronique Des Annes De Braise), an account of the period between 1939 and the Algerian War of Independence that won the Palme d'Or in 1975, will screen in Cannes again this year.Directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the film will be high point of an Algerian ...
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On-line swap tech ruling angers studios
Companies providing software that allows on-line swapping of film and music files were given permission to stay in business by a Los Angeles federal judge on Friday. The ruling is seen by studio groups as a greenlight to piracy.In a case brought by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) ...
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Vivendi begins US asset disposal process
Vivendi Universal looks increasingly like selling its US media assets which includes Universal Studios, various cable channels and the Universal theme parks. According to the Financial Times, the group which also owns the Canal Plus pay-TV operations and film production and distribution outlet StudioCanal, has asked its US executives to ...
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Suddenly takes top award at Istanbul film festival
Two feminist-themed pictures have grabbed the top prizes at the 22nd International Istanbul Film Festival. The jury, headed by Irish director Jim Sheridan, handed the top award, the Golden Tulip, to the Argentine Tan De Repente (Suddenly) (pictured) by Diego Lerman, while Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity was given the Special ...