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Zentropa pulls plug on internet outfit Tvropa
The dotcom ambitions of the low-budget mavericks at Denmark's Zentropa have finally hit the rocks.Internet outfit Tvropa filed for insolvency over Christmas after Zentropa and other investors had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on the company, which launched in 2000 with plans to webcast 3-4 minute programmes about movies, ...
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Sarasota Film Festival kicks off Jan 24 with Kiss The Bride
The fifthSarasota Film Festival (SFF), which runs from Jan 24-Feb 2 with a programme ofinternational and US independent features, shorts, documentaries, student filmsand educational events, will open with Vanessa Parise's romance-drama KissThe Bride, starringAmanda Detmer, Sean Patrick Flanery and Talia Shire. Announcing the line-uptoday (Jan 9), event organisers said they ...
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Verhoeven, Mamet enter Franchise fold for AFM
ElieSamaha's Franchise Pictures may be busying itself for its Aug 5 trialdate in its ongoing legal battle with Germany's Intertainment AG, but itcontinues to board new projects and has three new ones available for pre-saleat AFM -Paul Verhoeven's next picture Void Moon, the next from David Mamet entitled Spartan with ...
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Antwone Fisher wins PGA Stanley Kramer Award
The ProducersGuild of America (PGA) will present Antwone Fisher producers Todd Black and DenzelWashington with the second Stanley Kramer Award at the 14th Annual PGAwards onMar 2 in Los Angeles. The accolade was established to honour a producer whose work'illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevatingfashion'. The picture, ...
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Gold Circle to establish UK presence, pre-buy US rights
Gold CircleFilms - the LA-based production/financing outfit run by Paul Brooks whichscored the runaway hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding last year, is to establish a presence inthe UK with the imminent hiring of an acquisitions executive. The new executivewill likely be joined by one or two further Gold Circle ...
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Fogelson, Hampe join US indie MAC Releasing
Andrew Fogelson and CarlHampe have joined the new US independent distributor MAC Releasing, it wasannounced today (Jan 9) by partners Craig Baumgarten, Andy Gruenberg and MikeMarcus. Fogelson, who arrives from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, joins as apartner after serving as a consultant to MAC since its inception in May 2002.Hampe, who ...
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UK video/DVD sales surge in 2002
Tim Dams IN LONDONVideo retail sales surged to an estimated 154 million units in 2002, helped by 111% increase in DVD sales, which contributed to overall video market growth of 26%.The figures were released by the British Video Association, which added that the figures do not include mail order, which ...
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Universal scores powerful 8 Mile opening in Germany
Universal began theinternational roll-out of rap drama 8 Mile in emphatic style over the weekend, grossing $7.3m from 597 theatres inGermany, Austria, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In Germany the Eminem starrer took amighty $6.1m from 455 venues. It was Universal's fifth biggest opening ever inthe territory behind American Pie 2, ...
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Ex-Granada boss Morrison appointed chair of North West Vision
Steve Morrison, the former chief executive of UK television broadcaster Granada, has been appointed as chair of North West Vision - the body responsible for developing film and television in the north west of England.With an annual budget of £1.3m, North West Vision is primarily funded by the Film Council. ...
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Berlin confirms bulk of competition line-up
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has officially unveiled 19 films from Europe Asia, USA and Africa which will feature in its main competition program.In total 26 films - including the opening and closing films and special out of competition screenings - are expected to be selected.The list includes ...
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Berlin confirms bulk of competition programme
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has officially unveiled 19 films from Europe Asia, USA and Africa which will feature in its main competition programme.In total 26 films - including the opening and closing films and special out of competition screenings - are expected to be selected.The list includes ...
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Minghella takes over as British Film Institute chief
Anthony Minghella has been appointed chair of UK cinema cultural body the British Film Institute (BFI).The Academy Award-winning director replaces Joan Bakewell for a three-year term. Minghella, who has just finished shooting Cold Mountain, said he aimed to promote the BFI's accessibility to the public."The BFI exists to celebrate the ...
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Chereau named as Cannes competition jury president
Top French director Patrice Chereau has been named as president of the competition jury for the forthcoming Cannes Festival (May 14-25).Noted initially as a theatre director, Chereau first made the transition to film in 1974 with La Chair De L'Orchidee and became a Cannes regular with La Reine Margot and ...
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Lilja 4-Ever leads Swedish Oscar race
Academy Award-hopeful Lukas Moodysson dominated the nominations for Sweden's equivalent of the Oscars, the Guldbaggen.Moodysson's dark drama Lilja 4-Ever earned six nods, including best film and best director, when the Swedish Film Institute unveiled its nominations on Wednesday. The film's two young Russian actors, Oksana Akinsjina and Artiom Bogutjarskij, were ...
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Korea's A-Line to re-launch as independent
A-Line, an informal distribution network formed last year between five South Korean companies, has announced it is parting ways with KangJeGyu Films and re-launching itself as a separate entity. Renamed Entertainment A-Line, the distributor expects to release a total of 18 local and imported titles per year.The move follows ...
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Berlin selections give clue to Cannes contenders
While Dieter Kosslick and his fellow Berlin selectors have yet to finalise their various sections, there are a number of films by top art-house directors that look like hot contenders for a Cannes slot. The following should be read as no more than a list of titles that are likely ...
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Comic books inspire French production frenzy
It's not just in Hollywood - French producers are also working on a string of mega-budget, high-profile comic book adaptations.Back in 1999, the French language comic book adaptation Asterix And Obelix Take On Caesar stormed the local box office, and was swiftly followed up by chart-topping sequel Mission Cleopatra last ...
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...while Okay and Open Hearts dominate Danish Oscar nominations
Susanne Bier's Dogme hit Open Hearts and Jesper W. Nielsen's Okay both scooped nine nominations for the Danish Oscars, the 20th Robert Film AwardsThe Danish Film Academy's nominations for Open Hearts include best film, best director, best actor (Mads Mikkelsen), best actress (Sonja Richter) as well as three best supporting ...
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Goteborg international film festival unveils full line-up
The 26th edition of the Goteborg International Film Festival, to be held January 14-24, has unveiled its full line-up. In total 388 films, of which 181 are features or documentaries, will be screened during the event. As reported earlier, Swedish hit director Josef Fares's new action comedy Kops will open ...
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Jude Law resigns from Natural Nylon
UK actor Jude law is resigning his directorship of Natural Nylon, the talent-led production company he set up with fellow actors such as Ewan McGregor.Law is said to be stepping down due to the amount of time he spends abroad now that his career has taken off with films such ...