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Colin Callender to receive inaugural Ray-Ban award at Sundance
Colin Callender,the award-winning producer and president of HBO Films, is to receive theinaugural 2003 Ray-Ban Visionary Award in Park City on Jan 21. The accolade,which is being presented by Ray-Ban, US film magazine Movieline and non-profitpublic advocacy body The Creative Coalition, was established to recognise 'thework and dedication of an ...
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Slamdance opens with Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Two world premieres bookendthis year's ninth annual Slamdance Film Festival, which opens on Jan 18with Ken Bowser's documentary Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, based on Peter Biskind's provocative accountof film-making in the 1960s and 70s, and closes on Jan 24 with AllanMindel's Milwaukee, Minnesota.Easy Riders, Raging Bulls chronicles one of the ...
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James Cardwell takes over top video job at Warner
In the wake ofthe recent departure of outspoken DVD pioneer Warren Lieberfarb, James Cardwellwas today (Jan 8) named president of Warner Home Video by Barry Meyer, WarnerBros chairman and chief executive officer. Caldwell, a widely respected 20-yearveteran of the division, leaves his post as executive vice president for NorthAmerica and ...
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Kahli Small joins Focus as vice president of production
Kahli Small hasjoined Universal's specialty film unit Focus Features as vice presidentof production, co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus announced today (Jan8). Small, who most recently worked as an independent producer, will be basedat the company's West Coast offices and will report directly to Focuspresident of production Glenn Williamson.In a ...
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Soft Money - The Netherlands
The NetherlandsThere is still money to be had by canny international producers, but new government restrictions have taken the sheen off The Netherlands as a hub for tax-sheltered productions. Patrick Frater reportsThe Netherlands has been one of the world's hot locations for film producers. In the space of just a ...
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French cinema admissions slide in 2002
French admissions dipped last year but the country still recorded its second biggest box-office tally in 20 years, according to the latest figures from French exhibition body the National Cinema Federation (FNCF).The 183 million tickets sold last year marked a 1.5% fall on last year's 186 million, but still resulted ...
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O'Halloran joins UIP as director of int'l acquisitions
UIP has confirmed that Nuala O'Halloran has joined as director of international acquisitions.Born and educated in Ireland, O'Halloran spent six years in Australia where she was director of acquisitions and investment at the Premium Movie Partnership.She replaces Marion Pilowsky, who left the company to head Myriad Pictures' new London arm. ...
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Local Dutch market share hits all-time high
Local Dutch films took their highest-ever market share in the Netherlands during 2002.A revived local interest in Dutch movies was one of the main reasons that national cinema admissions in the Netherlands increased by 5% last year. Local productions like Volle Maan, Minoes and Pietje Bell helped the national film ...
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Cinesite announces new appointments
Cinesite (Europe) has appointed Antony Hunt, former managing director of MillFilm, as managing director as part of a round of appointments.Also joining the effects house are head of digital imaging Mitch Mitchell and Jose Granell, who takes up the post of visual effects supervisor and director of models. Other ...
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Thailand anticipates increased foreign film shoot revenues
Thailand is anticipating revenues of $30.4m from foreign films shot in the country during 2002, according to local film industry promotion body director ML Sithichai Chaiyan."Thai Film Board's regulation changes in foreign filming permits have brought an increasing number of foreign films to the country," he said in a statement, ...
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Matheson confirmed as vice chair of film at PACT
Margaret Matheson, managing director of Bard Entertainments, has been confirmed to replace producer Andy Paterson as vice chair for film at UK producer's body PACT.The handover was announced by John McVay, chief executive of PACT, following the body's elections for this year's governing council. The appointment is effective immediately.Eileen Gallagher, ...
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Marcus Ammon to head MGM Channel Germany, exits Universal
MGM Worldwide TelevisionDistribution has appointed veteran television executive Marcus Ammon as generalmanager of the MGM Channel in Germany, the largest cable and satellite marketin Europe. Ammon will be based in Munich, where he will oversee day-to-dayaffairs including programming, marketing, sales and technical operations at thechannel, which is due to launch ...
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Ryan Werner leaves Magnolia for Palm Pictures
Ryan Werner hasjoined Palm Pictures as head of theatrical distribution, where he will reportto Karol Martesko-Fenster, head of film & RES Media Group, and David Koh,head of acquisitions and production, on all distribution matters. Werner willwork with Koh on acquiring titles for theatrical and DVD distribution and willoversee marketing, distribution ...
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Korean cinema admissions break 100m for first time in 29 years
Annual cinema admissions in South Korea have passed 100 million for the first time since 1973, according to a report issued by film company IM Pictures. Continued multiplex growth, a move to Friday openings and a strong lineup of imported and local titles are credited with boosting the total ...
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Coming soon in 2003: a sense of deja vu
Anyone who thinks that a sequel heavy 2002 will pave the way for a year full of original film-making in 2003 is very much mistaken. The likelihood is that 2003 will see more of the same - plus a deluge of comic-book adaptations.Buoyed by the stellar performance of Spider-Man and ...
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German culture minister mulls national film academy
Germany's State Minister for Culture Christina Weiss has voiced her support for the creation of an AMPAS-style German Film Academy.In an interview with the Berlin daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, Weiss said there was a need for "a forum for the artistic interests of the industry", but stressed that she would ...
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Bollywood gears up for slate of high-profile productions
After Kaante became one of the big Bollywood success stories of 2002, the Indian film Industry is gearing up to launch more Hollywood co-productions this year.Mumbai based film and TV production company UTV is launching four films in 2003. Among the films is a co-production with LA based Madira Films ...
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Danish stars line up for Nielsen's Bouncer
Denmark's two most internationally recognised actors, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Iben Hjejle, have signed up to star in Jesper W. Nielsen's drama The Bouncer (Loeftet), which starts shooting in Copenhagen Jan13.Writer-director Nielsen collaborated with Anker Li on the script, which is inspired by a true story and follows Svend (Waldau) ...
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France, Cuba sign co-operation deal
Europe's most prolific film producer France and the Caribbean minnow Cuba have signed a co-operation deal intended to strengthen the links between their film industries.The deal was signed last month by David Kessler, head of France's Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC) and Omar Gonzalez, chairman of Institut Cubain d'Art ...