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Summit, Intermedia team for international sales super-company
The international businesswas transformed on Friday as two of its market leaders Intermedia and SummitEntertainment formed a sales, marketing and distribution joint venture calledIS Film Distribution which instantly becomes the biggest seller in the marketplace.As a result, Intermedia andSummit will transfer all their distribution and marketing staff into IS.Intermedia's distribution ...
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Rotterdam provokes 'parlaimentary' outcry
The decision by the Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR) to revive its Film Parliament format - first used 15 years ago - produced two of the sparkiest festival debates on film seen in recent years. By ditching the classical panel debates and opting instead for a confrontational set-up concluding in a ...
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Rotterdam provokes 'parliamentary' outcry
The decision by the Rotterdam Film Festival (IFFR) to revive its Film Parliament format - first used 15 years ago - produced two of the sparkiest festival debates on film seen in recent years. By ditching the classical panel debates and opting instead for a confrontational set-up concluding in a ...
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American Splendor wins top dramatic prize at Sundance
Films populated by socialoutcasts and misfits, both real and imagined, claimed the top honours at thisyear's Sundance Film Festival that ended over the weekend in Park City.The Grand Jury Prize forbest dramatic feature went to American Splendor, a docu-drama hybrid that used actors, real-lifevideo footage and animation sequences to tell ...
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Oscar favourites dominate UK's BAFTA nominations
Academy Award favourites Chicago, Gangs Of New York and The Hours dominated the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards.Chicago and Gangs secured 12 nods each, while The Hours came in with 11. The following pack was led by The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers with nine nominations, ...
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Darkness Falls a surprise hit for Columbia/Revolution
Columbia scored its first numberone of the year as Revolution Studios' $11m horror picture Darkness Falls opened at the top on $12.5m, according to studio estimatesreleased today (Jan 26). The story centres on a young man who is stalked by theTooth Fairy and stars Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield and Joshua ...
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Hungarian Film Week unveils competition line-up
The annual Hungarian Film Week in Budapest (Jan 28- Feb 4) will open with Miklos Jancso's latest film, Wake Up Mate, Don't You Sleep.The Film Week will close with a film from another Hungarian filmmaking legend, Karoly Makk's A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda. The feature film competition will ...
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Goats, Goddesses and AC/DC feature in Lolafilms slate
Spanish production company Lolafilms is readying several new films for production in 2003."I foresee making four or five films this year," says Lolafilms CEO Andres Vicente Gomez, co-producer on Aisling Walsh's Sundance title Song For A Raggy Boy and this season's biggest domestic hit in Italy, Christmas On The Nile ...
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Comerica Bank files lawsuit against Advanced Licencing
German license trader Advanced Medien's troubles seem to have no end with the news that US-based Comerica Bank has filed a lawsuit against subsidiary Advanced Licencing.The lawsuit is over payment of over $2m in loans granted by the bank to Unified Film Organization (UFO), a 51% subsidiary of Advanced Medien, ...
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Records fall as Australia celebrates bumper box office
Box office revenues in Australia rose 4% in 2002 to hit US$495.4m (A$844.8 million) and achieve another record-breaking year. Given that annual falls have only been registered once in the past 15 years, the positive result was not a surprise.While the country's nearly 19m people are visiting cinemas more than ...
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Specialist Hispanic distributor launches into US
Cinemateca, a new distribution company for Spanish-language arthouse and classic films, kicks off next month in a bid to tap the exploding DVD market in the U.S. where DVD player penetration currently stands at 46% of TV households. The move also comes just as census figures show that Hispanics have ...
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New Line has record $1bn domestic home entertainment year
New Line Home Entertainment announced today (Jan 23) its highest level of annual shipments since it formed 10 years ago, with more than $1bn in gross sales in North America, 74% of which was attributable to DVD. The achievement was driven chiefly by The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship ...
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United Artists clinches Pieces Of April for $3.5m
United Artists (UA) closed the biggest deal of the Sundance Film Festival yesterday, beating competitors including Fox Searchlight and Focus Features to worldwide rights to fest favourite Pieces Of April. The price paid was $3.5m.The film once again comes from the digital video production powerhouse InDigEnt and backer IFC Productions, ...
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Ozon's 8 Women leads French Cesar nominations
Francois Ozon's 8 Women leads the nominations for France's Cesar Awards, which were announced on Friday in Paris. Ozon's all star ensemble piece received 12 nominations, while Roman Polanski's The Pianist received 10 nods, Constantin Costa-Gavras' Amen got seven and Cedric Klapisch's Europudding (L'Auberge Espagnol) sixWhile it's no shock to ...
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IFM picks up The Turner Affair for AFM
Anthony I Ginnane and Ann Lyons' film and TV sales outfit IFM has picked up worldwide rights to the mystery thriller The Turner Affair, which is set to receive its world premiere at AFM next month. Filmed in Queensland, Australia, the picture centres on the aftermath of a scheming couple's ...
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Conrad Hall among ASC nominees for Road To Perdition
The late Conrad Hall is among five nominations announced today (Jan 23) by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) for its Outstanding Achievement Award. Hall is posthumously nominated for his work on Road To Perdition, while the rest of the line-up is Michael Ballhaus for Gangs of New York, Pawel ...
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Chris Aronson joins MGM Distribution as evp and general sales manager
MGM Distribution has appointed industry veteran Chris Aronson as executive vice president and general sales manager, it was announced today (Jan 23) by Erik Lomis, president of MGM Distribution. Aronson will be responsible for the sales and distribution of both MGM Pictures and United Artists theatrical releases within the US ...
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Berlin unveils full Panorama line-up
Over thirty feature films have been selected for the final Panorama section (Main Programme & Specials) of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-14), which will open with Emir Kusturica's production Jagoda In The Supermarket (Jagoda u Supermarketu) (pictured) by Dusan Milic.Some 26 of the full-length films are world premieres, ...