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Danish broadcasters sign production funding deal
Denmark's two major broadcasters DR-TV and TV2/Danmark have reached an agreement with the Association of Danish Film Producers on how to spend the $8.7m (DKR60m) they are obliged to invest annually in local film production. It was last year's media agreement which dictated the amount, but it is the first ...
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Madrid Film Commission launched
Spain's capital city will finally boast a film commission thanks to the creation this week of the Madrid Film Commission.Backers include the Audiovisual Producers' Rights' Management Entity (EGEDA), the Spanish Producers' Federation (FAPAE) and the national umbrella org Spain Film Commission. The new commission also has the support of the ...
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International festival selectors could undermine new German Film Law
Festival selectors for Cannes, Venice and Berlin could exert an unacceptable influence on future German film funding decisions under the proposed new German Film Law (FFG), according to Klaus Schaefer, managing director of the Bavarian Film & Television Fund FFF Bayern.The new Film Law proposes that producers could gather "reference ...
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Film Source acquires dark comedy Santa Smokes
Alex Massis' NewYork-based marketing and licensing company The Film Source has acquiredworldwide rights, excluding the US, to Til Terror and Chris Valentien'sdark comedy Santa Smokes.Featuring Terror, KristyJean Hulslander and Richard Glover and written, produced and directed by Terrorand Valentien, Santa Smokescentres on a disillusioned actor who tries to make a ...
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Lisa Gregorian promoted to senior vp, TV, at Warner Bros
Lisa Gregorian has beenappointed to the new position of senior vice president of television at WarnerBros marketing services, it was announced today (Apr 11) by Bruce Rosenblum,executive vice president of Warner Bros Television Group.Gregorian, who since 1998has served as senior vice president of marketing and research at Warner BrosInternational Television ...
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Palm takes US rights to La Fleur Du Mal
Palm Pictureshas acquired all US rights to Claude Chabrol's Flower Of Evil (La FleurDu Mal), the acclaimeddirector's latest film that premiered at this year's Berlin FilmFestival.Palm plans a theatrical release in the autumn followed bya DVD and video roll-out next year.The Flower OfEvil is set in theBordeaux region of France ...
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Local films help buck doward admissions trend
With cinema attendance down in the three leading European territories for the first quarter of 2003 (Screendaily.com April 7) and figures showing that Belgium and Switzerland have followed suit, some of the smaller European territories are defiantly bucking the trend.Where local product like Chouchou and Good Bye, Lenin! has been ...
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Babenco's prison drama gets high-profile release in Brazil
Hector Babenco's much anticipated prison drama, Carandiru, opens wide in Brazil on up to 250 prints today, according to Columbia TriStar, Brazil. Co-producer Globo Filmes, the film arm of leading broadcaster Globo TV, has invested nearly $1m in a massive advertising and marketing campaign which will include plugs on some ...
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Hong Kong gets film financing and production guide
The Hong Kong film industry has taken another step towards building a professional film financing infrastructure with the release of a legal documentation guide, sponsored by the Hong Kong government's Film Development Fund.The "Legal Documentation Guide on Film Financing and Production" was drawn up a Hong Kong law firm, Fong ...
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Maynard, Kelly team for Australian/UK co-production
Film producer John Maynard, who has just been presented with an honorary degree from the Australian Film, Television & Radio School, is working with UK producer David Kelly on the financing of an adaptation of Randolph Stow's novel The Merry-Go-Round In The Sea. The co-production has been scripted by Peter ...
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Facing Windows shines at Italy's Oscar awards
Facing Windows by Ferzan Ozpetek was the big winner at this year's Donatello Awards, Italy's Oscars, scooping five awards including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.The film, sold by Celluloid Dreams and produced by Tilde Corsi and Gianni Romoli's R&C Produzioni, is currently a major hit at the Italian ...
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Hope & Glory Pictures opens UK base
Berlin production house Hope & Glory Pictures International (HGPI) has opened a London-based outpost."We have set up the office in London since 95% of our projects are in the English language. The move is also a reflection of the company's development over the last three years through our work with ...
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Hong Kong box office suffers from SARS
The Hong Kong box office has been so badly hit by the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that exhibitors are starting to cut shows and distributors are pulling films from Easter release schedules.Hong Kong's leading exhibitors reported that box office receipts plummeted between 30% and 55% in the ...
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European Cinema Exhibition conference to expand
The Danish Cinema Exhibitors' Association (Danske Biografer) is to host its third European Cinema Exhibition at the European Film College in Ebeltoft (Demark) from June 4-8 - and for the first time follow it up with another in Rome from Sep 24-28. The conference, European Cinema Exhibition - A New ...
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MGM posts $142.2m loss in 2002, extends Yemenidjian contract
MGM posted a net loss of $142.2m or 57 cents per share in 2002,compared with a net loss of $438.1m or $1.89 per share in 2001, according tothe studio's annual shareholder report.The company also declined to pay annual bonuses to its topofficers for 2002, "due to the failure of the ...
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Fox mounts 'global online chat' in advance of X2 mega-release
X-Men 2 director Bryan Singer and stars from the picture aredue to take part in a global online chat on Apr 15, two weeks before the Foxsequel goes out in what the studio is calling the largest day-and-date releasein industry.The picture is scheduled toopen in 93 international territories, including North ...
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News Corp seals DirecTV in $6.6bn deal
Two years after an unsuccessful bid by News Corp for US satelliteleader DirecTV, Rupert Murdoch awoke today (Apr 10) secure in the knowledgethat at last the cat appears to be in the bag.Yesterday the media mogul announced News Corp had signed a dealworth approximately $6.6bn to take control of DirecTV ...
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Scorsese among new board members for Short Shorts Fest
Organisers atthe 2003 Short Shorts Film Festival today (Apr 10) announced the board ofdirectors for the second annual event, which runs in Los Angeles from Apr 29 toMay 1.The boardcomprises Martin Scorsese, Roger Donaldson, Edward Burns, Colin Farrell andLions Gate CEO Tom Ortenberg, as well as Toni Howard, Naomi Foner, ...
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Media Financial, Cascante team for Man Of The Year
Ari Newman'sdistribution and foreign sales outfit Media Financial International and salesveteran Gregory Cascante today (Apr 10) announced the acquisition of worldwiderights to Straw Weisman's Man Of The Year, with a platform theatrical US release scheduledfor this summer in Los Angeles.The improvisedensemble picture was shot in 12 hours with 25 actors ...
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Pflug joins, Hiltzik promoted at Miramax
In two big changesin the publicity department at Miramax Films, Paul Pflug has joined the companyas executive vice president of media relations and corporate communications,while Matthew Hiltzik has been promoted to senior vice president of corporatecommunications and government relations.Effective today,Pflug is based in Miramax's Los Angeles office, where his responsibilitiesinclude ...