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Paramount Classics boards Leconte's Train
Paramount Classics has bought most English-languageterritory and Latin American rights to Patrice Leconte's Venice competitionfilm The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train). The $4.7m film, which moves on toToronto where it plays in the Gala section, stars Jean Rochefort and JohnnyHallyday as a schoolmaster and a bank robber ...
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Paramount Classics boards Leconte's Train
Paramount Classics has bought most English-languageterritory and Latin American rights to Patrice Leconte's Venice competitionfilm The Man On The Train (L'Homme Du Train). The $4.7m film, which moves on toToronto where it plays in the Gala section, stars Jean Rochefort and JohnnyHallyday as a schoolmaster and a bank robber ...
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Taiwan's Dreamland favoured by Venice critics
Some24 hours ahead of the festival's main prizes, Taiwanese drama Somewhere OverThe Dreamland (Mon Huan Buo Luo), was named the winner of a particularlystrong Venice Critics' Week section. The film, directed by Cheng Wen-Tang, was cited by the Criticsweek jury- comprising Julie Delpy, Screen International critic DanFainaru and Italian ...
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Taiwan's Dreamland wins Critics Week prize
Some24 hours ahead of the festival's main prizes, Taiwanese drama Somewhere OverThe Dreamland (Mon Huan Buo Luo), was named the winner of a particularlystrong Venice Critics' Week section. The film, directed by Cheng Wen-Tang, was cited by the Criticsweek jury- comprising Julie Delpy, Screen International critic DanFainaru and Italian ...
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German producers reach 'voluntary' agreement with public broadcasters
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have reached a voluntary agreement with the national producer associations which will see the first exploitation cycle for TV rights on funded cinema co-productions reduced from seven years to five. Following the signing of the agreement with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neuer Deutscher Spielfilmproduzenten e.V. ...
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Movienet Film sells five titles to Austria
Munich Filmfest's opening film The Son's Bride (El Hijo De La Novia) and Mika Kaurismaki's music documentary Moro No Brasil are among five films sold by Munich-based theatrical outfit Movienet Film to Austrian distributors. Filmladen Wien picked up The Son's Bride, Golden Bowl, Divided We Fall and the German regional ...
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Buena Vista Spain boosts local co-production slate
Having officially entered the local production sector last year, Buena Vista International Spain (BVIS) is negotiating a potential slate of five to six new co-productions for 2003.The multinational, which distributed the country's top grossing domestic hit this year: The Wrong Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama), ...
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Six Korean directors to create human rights omnibus
The South Korean Human Rights Commission has announced plans to assemble six high-profile Korean directors to shoot an omnibus-style collection of short films dealing with themes related to discrimination and human rights.Five directors have already signed on to the project - Park Chan-wook (JSA), Jeong Jae-eun (Take Care Of My ...
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UK's Rebellion launches tax-based financing scheme
UK games software company Rebellion has launched a tax-based scheme to finance feature adaptations of strips from 2000AD, the long-running UK comic book best known for lawman and cult icon Judge Dredd.The company aims to raise private investment through the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), the tax-based initiative that Reservoir Dogs ...
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Japanese producer/distributor to float on Jasdaq
Tohokushinsha, a leading distributor of foreign films to the Japanese television market, with interests in theatrical film production and distribution, will list its shares on the Jasdaq market on October 8.According to the announcement made by the Japan Securities Dealers Association, the company will make an initial offering of 6.2 ...
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Disney boards John Williams' $40m Valiant
Walt Disney Studios has boarded Valiant, the $40m animation film to be made at the UK's Ealing Studios.Although the studio is reportedly paying only 25% of the $40m budget for North American rights to the project, the deal may lead to Disney backing three more films from Shrek producer John ...
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French films could soon earn more abroad than at home
After a record year in 2001, which saw the foreign box office take of French films nearly doubling to reach Euros 208m, 2002 is on its way to confirming the upward trend, according to French film export body Unifrance.These figures concern only French-language titles, which sold 37.4 million tickets outside ...
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Mexican blockbuster shatters local box office record
It has taken a mere 20 days for Mexico's latest blockbuster The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro) to smash the all time local box-office record set by Sex, Shame And Tears (Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas). The romantic comedy took 24 weeks to earn 118m pesos ...
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Wild Bunch goes independent as Exception
As anticipated, boutique sales house Wild Bunch has announced its separation from parent outfit StudioCanal. The new entity is set to be called Exception.To be run by Wild Bunch president Vincent Maraval along with former StudioCanal chief Brahim Chioua, (pictured) Exception will be 100% independent but will also continue to ...
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San Sebastian reveals special tribute & competition jury
The San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28) has finalised the programme for its 50th anniversary edition, unveiling a surprise tribute to Francis Ford Coppola and the members of its competition jury, presided over by Wim Wenders.The festival also added Daniele Thomson's Jet Lag (Decalage Horaire) (pictured) as the closing ...
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Echo Lake ties up three international directors
Echo Lake Productions, the Los Angeles-based production and finance company behind Things Behind The Sun and 13 Conversations About One Thing, has closed writing and directing deals with Singaporean film-maker CheeK (Chicken Rice War) and India's Santosh Sivan (Asoka, The Terrorist) to direct two films in English in the $2m ...
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Echo Lake ties up three international directors
Echo Lake Productions, the Los Angeles-based production and finance company behind Things Behind The Sun and 13 Conversations About One Thing, has closed writing and directing deals with Singaporean film-maker CheeK (Chicken Rice War) and India's Santosh Sivan (Asoka, The Terrorist) to direct two films in English in the $2m ...
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Mifed anticipates expanded 2002 market
"Mifed is going to be bigger than last year," said Giusepe Zola, president of Fiera Milano operator Rassegne, yesterday (Wed). "Sales companies are concentrating their efforts on Mifed. This means they recognise the important role the event has as a showcase for their products," said Rassegne managing director Manlio Armellini, ...
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Danish film industry accepts government cutbacks
Denmark's new right-wing cultural minister, Brian Mikkelsen, is to cut direct government support for film by $3.2m. However, protest and resistance on the part of the Danish film industry remains uncharacteristically absent.The total amount of direct government funding will drop from 2002's $50.3m (DKR375.9m) to 2003's $47.1m (DKR352.3m) according to ...