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Spanish scriptwriting consultancy to launch in May
Four Spanish partners are preparing a May launch for their new consulting company abc guionistas (abc scriptwriters) which will offer a range of services related to film and television scripts.If successful, the company could help streamline practices in Spain for scriptwriters and those who hire them. "Agents for scriptwriters are ...
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Italian producer seals landmark international co-production deals
Veteran Italian producer Leo Pescarolo has sealed two landmark multi-million dollar international co-production deals with China and Canada.Fred Wang of Hong Kong's Salon Media Films has taken a 50% stake in the $18m English-language fantasy tale She, which Pescarolo developed through his Rome-based development outfit Imago Film.Salon Media Films, ...
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Koch to distribute Passport Video catalogue in North America
US independent music andhome entertainment distributor Koch Entertainment Distribution is stepping upits DVD operation with the announcement that it has signed an exclusive deal todistribute Passport Video's entire catalogue in the US and Canada.Passport Video'slibrary comprises mostly documentaries and entertainment specials and includesnew releases and reissues of the five-DVD Collectors ...
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Toronto Film Festival announces 'Festival Centre' complex
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival Group (TIFFG) today (Tues) launched its new initiative to createFestival Centre, a film complex in Toronto located on the corner of King andJohn Streets which will consist of a five-storey podium building and aresidential condominium development.Announced withmuch fanfare, the new facility will be housed on property ...
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Downtown New York to get new film and arts centre
IFP/New York andFilm/Video Arts (F/VA) have received a $100,000 grant to conduct a feasibilitystudy for a media arts centre in Lower Manhattan.The award ispart of a federal $1m emergency aid package set up to help rebuild New Yorkafter 9/11.The announcementwas made today (Apr 1) by Empire State Development's (ESD) chairmanCharles ...
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Momentum, Bac lead charge for The Statement
Summit Entertainment hasconcluded a host of sales deals on Norman Jewison's The Statement which started principal photography on Monday inParis and Marseilles. Momentum Pictures acquiredUK rights, Bac Films took France, Gussi bought the film for Latin America,Filmax for Spain, Nordisk for Scandinavia, Columbia TriStar for Australia,Video Vision for South Africa, ...
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THINKFilm buys domestic rights to Brazilian documentary
THINKFilm haspicked up North American rights to Jose Padilha's award-winningdocumentary, Bus 174.A theatrical release in New York has been scheduled for Oct 8.Since its worldpremiere at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival last autumn Bus 174 has drawn considerable attention afterfestival selections at Sundance, Rotterdam and Miami.It was named best ...
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Alliance Atlantis renews pact with Miramax till 2006
Toronto-based AllianceAtlantis and has renewed its long-standing sub-distribution pact with MiramaxFilms. The all-rights, all-media deal encompasses all Miramax and Dimensionproduct through December 2006.Since AAC's precursorAlliance Communications first signed the deal in 1994, the arrangement hasproven lucrative to the Canadian company, which enjoys an overwhelmingmarketshare amongst indigenous distributors and more than ...
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Murdoch gets greenlight for Italian job
The European Commission (EC) watchdog has approved the long-awaited merger of Italian pay-TV companies Telepiu and Stream, paving the way for Rupert Murdoch's single pay-TV platform, Sky Italia.The antitrust authority's thumbs-up comes after an arduous two-and-a-half year battle led by News Corp's own Italian pay-TV company, Stream, and Vivendi Universal's ...
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Forsyth, Beaufoy to help finesse four Aurora projects
A second film from Soft Fruit creative team Christina Andreef and Helen Bowden, and yet another from one of the country's most experienced producers, Matt Carroll, are two of the four projects chosen for the second intensive Aurora script development workshop.Bill Forsyth, who wrote and directed Scottish film Local Hero, ...
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Australia's Film Finance Corp backs Deck Dogz, Scarlett
Writer/director Steve Pasvolsky's short film Inja failed to win an Oscar in the live action category for which it was nominated, but yesterday he got a very significant consolation prize: the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) agreed to invest in his debut feature Deck Dogz. Pay-TV outfit The Movie Network is ...
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Madragoa Filmes awarded Portugese production support
Paulo Branco's Lisbon-based production company Madragoa Filmes has received two of the three latest feature film subsidies granted by the Portuguese Film Institute ICAM.The ICAM (Instituto do Cinema, Audiovisual e Multimedia) announced the three winners of the newest bid for direct financial support to fiction feature films out of 13 ...
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BVI recruits four top slots for CIA thriller
Buena Vista International scored a strong weekend for its CIA thriller The Recruit over the weekend with number one openings recorded in four European territories. The UK, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands all awarded the film, which stars Al Pacino and Colin Farrell, with a lead position.The UK and Ireland ...
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Celluloid Dreams takes world rights on Facing Windows
Paris-based sales house Celluloid Dreams has picked up worldwide rights to Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows. The film, produced by Tilde Corsi and Gianii Romoli's R&C Produzioni, is currently at number two at the Italian box office with more than 1 million tickets sold for a take of Euros 6.4m.Facing Windows ...
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Plans unveiled for Scottish facilities centre
Scottish producer Gillian Berrie of Sigma Films has revealed plans to develop Film City Glasgow in the city's Govan Town Hall. Backed by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, Glasgow City Council and the European Regional Development Fund, the £3m project was inspired by Zentropa's facilities in Denmark - Film City Copenhagen. A ...
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Encuentros Iberoamerican market feels the effects of war
As expected, the war in Iraq had an impact on Encuentros, the first Iberoamerican market (March 21-25) held during Mexico's Guadalajara Film Festival. However, despite several last minute cancellations, the market reported 180 attendees. With a shoestring budget of $120,000, Encuentros had to overcome several problems. Gripes ranged from scarce ...
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UK's Metrodome picks up The Hard Word, Spellbound
Fresh from the UK theatrical success of Donnie Darko, indie distributor Metrodome has picked up The Hard Word from Beyond Films and Academy Award-nominated documentary Spellbound.Metrodome is planning a late-summer release for Hard Word, a story of three fraternal bank robbers which stars Guy Pearce and Rachel Griffiths. The film ...
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Mango Yellow wins top prize in Toulouse
Brazilian Claudio Assis picked up the grand prize at the 15th annual Latin American Film Screenings of Toulouse, France (March 21-30) for his film Mango Yellow (Amarelo Manga).The prize comes with Euros 3,000 for the film's subtitling and distribution in France. Yellow, which is sold internationally by Brazil's Grupo Novo, ...
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Ned takes $1.5m in Australian opening weekend for Universal
Ned Kelly followed up its powerful opening day(Screendaily Mar 28) with a $1.5m opening weekend.Buoyed by anintense publicity campaign featuring Heath Ledger and most of the cast, theUniversal Pictures/Endymion Films production opened in 252 theatres and went onto claim a 30% market share over the weekend.It was the thirdhighest opening ...
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Former Catch 23 president Barber joins UTA
Jeremy Barber,the former president of Catch 23 Entertainment, has joined United Talent Agencyas an agent in the motion picture department.Barber, awell-known face on the international festival circuit, will focus onrepresenting film-makers as well as packaging and financing in the independentfilm area. He will work with Howard Cohen, head of UTA's ...