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Universal moves into China with $900m theme park
Universal Studios has signed a preliminary agreement with one of China's largest tourism enterprises, Beijing Tourism Group (BTG), to build a $900m theme park in the Chinese capital, according to Hong Kong daily the South China Morning Post.The proposed park is subject to approval from the Chinese government's State Development ...
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Padre Amaro goes to the Oscars
Carlos Carrera's El Crimen Del Padre Amaro has been selected to represent Mexico at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The controversial priest scandal drama was widely anticipated to win the nomination given its critical acclaim and record-breaking success at the Mexican box office. Diana Bracho, president ...
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THINKFilm buys North America on The Heart Of Me
THINKFilm has acquired all North American rights to UK drama The Heart Of Me which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and which is the closing night presentation at the London Film Festival next month (Nov 21). Directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, the film stars Helena Bonham Carter, Paul ...
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UIP chairman Oneile expected to step down
UIP chairman Paul Oneile is expected to announce his departure from the international distribution giant imminently.London-based Oneile, who is understood to be leaving for personal reasons, has headed the international distribution venture of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures since 1996.UIP president Andrew Cripps is seen as a likely to candidate ...
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Montreal World Film Festival gets competitive
In an effort to boost its profile on the international festival circuit, the Montreal World Film Festival is transforming several of its programmes into competitive sections, complete with cash prizes. As a result the festival will be selecting far fewer feature films, from more than 200 at the 2002 event ...
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UIP exec Marion Pilowsky tapped by Myriad in London...
Myriad Pictures, the Los Angeles-based sales & financing outfit, is beefing up its overseas presence by appointing UIP acquisitions chief Marion Pilowsky to head its London operation.Under the title of head of international production, Pilowsky aims to board between two and five projects in her first year from the UK ...
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Man Without A Past wins Grand Prize at Flanders fest
Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without A Past has won the Grand Prize for Best Film at the 29th Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent.The International Jury, under chairmanship of Gerard Mortier, announced the winner Friday night (October 18) at the Capitole theatre. The ceremony preceded the gala screening of the ...
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The Ring runs circles around the competition
A haunted video tape proved too much for Hannibal and friends over the weekend as DreamWorks SKG's The Ring spooked Red Dragon off the top spot with an estimated $15m bow. The English-language remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese horror picture Ringu impressed the critics and averaged $7,571 from 1,981 ...
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Senator shares boosted by KirchMedia licence deal
German distributor and licence trader Senator Entertainment has struck a "wide ranging deal" that will see its films licensed to the bankrupt KirchMedia group. The films will be shown on free-TV channels ProSieben, Sat 1 and Kabel 1.Senator did not disclose the terms of the deal, nor say how many ...
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Canada gets its first subscription-based video-on-demand service
Shaw Communicatons and Corus Entertainment are launching Canada's first subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD) service. Set to launch in Calgary, Alberta on Nov. 1, the service, Movie Central Express, will offer viewers a selection of feature films and TV programmes. According to Shaw spokesman Michael D'Avella, the service is identical to ...
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Channel 4 slashes staff numbers as part of radical overhaul
UK broadcaster and former stalwart of the British film industry Channel 4 has embarked on the most radical shake-up in its 20 year history, announcing plans to slash 200 jobs.The redundancies are in addition to the 50 job losses at Channel 4's FilmFour division, which was recently closed as a ...
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Chicago audiences vote for Columbine, Real Women
Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine won the audience choice award at the 38th Chicago International Film Festival, with the silver plaque going to Patricia Cardoso's Real Women Have Curves.Moore attended the festival, participating in a two-hour Q&A following the screening of his popular documentary which world premiered at the Cannes ...
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Hungary, Romania submit foreign-language Oscar entries
Hungary and Romania have each submitted debut films from young directors as their candidates for the best foreign-language category at next year's Academy Awards.The Romanian candidate is Cristian Mungiu's Occident, produced by Temple Film, which screened in the Director's Fortnight section of this year's Cannes Film Festival. Hungary's entry for ...
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Eurimages president Massaro in shock resignation
Gianni Massaro has resigned as president of European Council film fund Eurimages, blaming the "excessive power of the European Council," bad management, and feuds between the Council and the Eurimages Committee.Massaro explained the reasons for his departure at a press conference in Rome, commenting: "I fear that Eurimages cannot go ...
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Indigenous Sami people ready second movie for release
With a tiny population spread across the outer reaches of Scandinavia, it seems incredible that the indigenous Sami people can boast of a film-making culture. Yet the town of Kautokeino, based in the northern most part of Norway and with just 3,000 inhabitants, already boasts one Oscar-nominated director, Nils Gaup. ...
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Artificial Eye takes 11'09'01 for the UK
UK distributor Articificial Eye has picked up controversial September 11 film 11'09"01.The distributor bought all rights to the picture, which caused a storm in the US with its critical take on US foreign policy. The Venice title combines 11 films shot by a group of leading directors including Samira Makhmalbaf, ...
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Rabbit-Proof Fence scoops 10 AFI nominations
Period drama Rabbit-Proof Fence, directed by Phillip Noyce (pictured), has dominated the AFI (Australian Film Institute) Award nominations with ten nods,. But with only one less is first-time director Tony Ayres' Walking On Water, a highly contemporary story about the effect of a young man's death on his family and ...
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IDA names best documentary nominees for 2002
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the films which will vie for the prizes at the annual Distinguished Documentary Achievement Awards to be announced at the benefit gala on Dec 13 in Hollywood.The awards are presented in four categories - feature length films (see nominees below), short films, limited ...
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Optimum makes the most of new acquisitions
Mostly Martha, the German-language film currently on more than $3m at the North American box office, has secured a UK release through independent distributor Optimum Releasing.Optimum picked up UK rights from Paramount Classics, which is releasing the film in North America. Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck, the story of a celebrated ...
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New Los Angeles producer Ovation moves on three new projects
Ovation Entertainment, the new LA company which teams former Trilogy Entertainment Group co-head Richard B Lewis with former eBay president Jeff Skoll as the lead investor, has hired Gregory Widen, the writer of Highlander and Backdraft, to rewrite action adventure movie The Rising originally written by Jeffrey Miller as well ...