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Menemsha gets rights to Same Love, Same Rain
Neil Friedman'sLA-based sales and distribution outfit Menemsha Entertainment has picked upworldwide rights outside of Argentina and Spain to Same Love, Same Rain (El Mismo Amor, La Misma Illuvia), an Argentinian drama from the sameteam behind the enormously successful Son Of The Bride which won an Oscar nomination last yearfor Best ...
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Koelmel's Kinowelt takeover plans threatened
Michael and Rainer Koelmel's takeover of the core assets of their Kinowelt empire has been thrown into question, according to the German weekly news magazine Focus.In its latest edition, Focus reported that Leipzig's City Savings Bank has still not granted the Koelmel brothers a Euros 32m credit for their ...
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NBC ponders $1.2bn purchase of Bravo network
US broadcastinggiant NBC is said to be pondering the takeover of Bravo, the arts andentertainment cable network that was a pioneer in showing US independent andsubtitled foreign films on American television.According to areport in the Wall Street Journal, NBC is seeking to swap its 21% stake in Bravo'scontrolling company Rainbow ...
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BVI's Signs crosses $100m international mark
Signs passed the $100m mark with plenty to spare over the weekend for Buena Vista International (BVI), while Lilo & Stitch scored a provisional third highest all-time industry opening for a traditionally animated picture in the UK. It was another strong performance from M Night Shyamalan's supernatural thriller Signs, which ...
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Colombia's 19th film festival of Bogota kicks off
Colombia's 19th Festival De Cine de Bogota kicks off today (October 8) with a strong selection of recent films from Latin America and other parts of the world. This year showcases Chilean cinema with such acclaimed titles as Negocio Redondo directed by Ricardo Carrasco (pictured), Times Up by Cecilia Barriga, ...
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International Emmy nominations announced
Denmark, Slovak Republic and South Africa picked up their first ever nominations as the 2002 International Emmy Awards contenders were announced on Monday by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Aside from the traditional seven categories of arts programming, children and young people, documentary, drama series, TV movies/mini-series, ...
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Sundance Channel buys doc package, announces weekly DOCday
In a move that will cast doubt over the launch of its mooted documentary channel, Sundance Channel announced on Monday the creation of a weekly documentary night planned for March 2003. The so-called DOCday will premiere on Monday March 3 and continue every Monday thereafter from noon to midnight with ...
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Van Damme strikes two picture deal with London outfit
London-based production outfit Lucky 7 has signed a two-picture deal with Belgian action star Jean-Claude Van Damme which will see the actor direct his first film since The Quest in 1996.Lucky 7 Productions was set up last year by Florida's Bauer Martinez Studios in conjunction with UK producer Alan Latham. ...
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Lilo stitches top slot, but My Little Eye sparkles
A wealth of new releases launched in the UK at the weekend, with five of the six films debuting in the territory's top 10.The adult-skewed films were led by Momentum Pictures' low budget horror title, My Little Eye. The film, which garnered a strong positive critical reception, grossed a good ...
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Soldier Of Orange 2 dispute settled out of court
Producer Rob Houwer has finally resolved the legal battle surrounding the remake of Soldier Of Orange 2, the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's 1979 war drama. The film was supposed to have been shot this summer, but a conflict about the completion bond between Houwer and the financing company Arteco, ...
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US DVD rental revenues top $2bn in 2002
DVD rental revenues havealready surpassed $2bn in 2002, according to figures announced by the VideoSoftward Dealers Association (VSDA), eating into the home video rental marketwhich has so far amassed $4.12bn this year. 'DVDscontinue to contribute significantly to the video rental market and showunprecedented growth in an otherwise sluggish economy,' said ...
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Belgian filmmaker Delvaux dies aged 76
Veteran Belgian filmmaker Andre Delvaux died suddenly of a heart attack on Friday during a conference in Valencia, Spain. Spanish news sources report that Delvaux suffered a heart attack following a presentation given at the World Arts Gathering 2002 (Encuentro Mundial de las Artes 2002) in Valencia. The organisation said ...
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American World picks up Chopin, Anarchist Cookbook
Mark L Lester'sAmerican World Pictures (AWP) has acquired worldwide distribution rights toPolish biopic Chopin: Desire For Love and international rights to US ensemble The Anarchist Cookbook. The films will be screened for buyers at MIFED forthe first time.Chopin: Desire For Love stars Danuta Stenka and Piotr Adamczyk and featuresclassical performers ...
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Minoes scores with two Golden Calf awards
With two Golden Calves - for best film and best actress for Carice van Houten, Vincent Bal's Minoes, based on a classic children's book, was the big winner at the 22nd Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. During the closing ceremony on Friday night, director George Sluizer (The Vanishing) received a ...
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Marlo Thomas options BBC thriller for US remake
Famed US actress/producerMarlo Thomas and her New York-based production outfit Open Road Productions haveoptioned the US remake rights from the BBC to two-part TV thriller Deceit. Thomas will star and produce the remake which willbe broadcast in the US on popular women's network Lifetime Television.Based on a novel by ClaireFrancis, ...
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China buys into Bollywood
The Indian Film Exporters association has announced the sale of 104 films to a Chinese delegation in New Delhi on a visit to the 33rd International Film Festival of India. The 104 films, including all the films made under the Yashraj Films banner, Karan Johar's Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham and ...
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Hong Kong's Celestial signs distribution deal with Intercontinental
Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has signed a distribution deal with Intercontinental Film Distributors for the video release of its 760-title Shaw Brothers library in Hong Kong and Macau. Celestial is spending about $14.7m (HK$115m) on restoring and digitally re-mastering the library which contains classics such as The One-Armed Swordsman and ...
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Chicago opens with Evelyn, closes with Frida
Bruce Beresford's Evelyn will open the 38th Chicago InternationalFilm Festival which will screen 95 films from 35 countries in its 15 days fromOct 4-18..Star and producer of Evelyn Pierce Brosnan will attend the screening and receive the Gold Hugo onstage beforehand. Julie Taymor's Frida will close the festival on Oct ...
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CTFDI continues to collect with Stuart, XXX
Stuart Little 2 continued its steady international march over the weekend, amassing another $2.7m for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) to give a healthy $73.2m cumulative total.Currently showing on 2,270 screens, the family sequel is expected to reach $90m and has an outside chance of passing $100m. In its ...