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Fox South Africa switches from Ster Kinekor to Nu Metro
After 37 years distributing its product theatrically through Ster Kinekor in South Africa, 20th Century Fox is transferring its theatrical business to rival distributor/exhibitor Nu Metro from the 1 August 2002. Nu Metro has handled the video distribution of Fox product since 1994 and the decision is seen as a ...
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National Amusements becomes first Int'l exhibitor in Russia
National Amusements has announced plans to build Russia's largest cinema, an 11-screen multiplex in Moscow, making it the first major international exhibitor to venture into the Russian market.Called Kinostar, the new complex will be built and operated by Rising Star Media, a new joint venture set up by National Amusements ...
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German Camera Awards announced
Directors of photography Peter Nix (Wie Feuer Und Flamme) and Hans-Guenther Buecking (Der Tanz Mit Dem Teufel) were among the prize-winners at this year's German Camera Awards in Cologne, which also included an Honorary Award for veteran cinematographer Juergen Juerges.Other Awards went to Matthias Fleischer for the short Der Kuscheldoktor, ...
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Cat bags Spain's top Cinema Jove prize
Korean director Jeong Jae-Eun took home the top Valencian Moon award Saturday from Spain's youth-oriented Cinema Jove International Film Festival (June15-22) for his debut feature film, Take Care Of My Cat (Go Yang I Rul Boo Tak Hae). The tale of five childhood friends grappling with young adulthood walked away ...
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Beckham scores in Sydney
Bend It Like Beckham won the Euros 15,000 Prix UIP for best European film on Friday 21 June at Sydney Film Festival closing night and was voted the most popular film by audiences at one of the event's two venues. Another UK film, Paul Greengrass's Bloody Sunday, was voted best ...
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US producer Saban Entertainment joins KirchMedia bidders
US producer Haim Saban is set to join the growing list of bidders for the insolvent KirchMedia, albeit in collaboration with further strategic partners, according to the latest issue of the German news weekly Focus.The magazine reported that Saban Entertainment, a regular business partner of Kirch in the past, ...
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Hong Kong's FilMart to be biggest event yet
The sixth Hong Kong International Film and Television Market (FilMart) is set to be the biggest yet, with a 23% increase in the number of pre-registered buyers to 1,400, according to organisers, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC).Exhibitor numbers for the three-day event, which kicks off Wednesday (June 26), ...
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Gaia's new Golden Prize goes to Heaven
The newly-launched Gaia International Film Festival of Portugal closed its first annual edition Saturday night (june 22) with the awarding of its non-monetary Golden Prize for Best Film to Tom Tykwer's Heaven. Guillermo del Toro won the festival's Silver Prize for The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo Del Diablo) and the ...
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Cinema Expo highlights importance of local product
Media Salles' Focus On Europe seminar at the Cine Expo exhibition conference in Amsterdam today, highlighted the importance of local films in creating sustainable box office growth across European territories.Total admissions in Europe's 11 main cinema markets have risen by 41.76% from 1992, according to Media Salles' data. Significantly, ...
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UK's Film Consortium names Neil Peplow head of production
Neil Peplow is taking over as head of production at UK National Lottery franchise The Film Consortium, replacing Julie Baines with immediate effect.Peplow recently produced Mike Bassett: England Manager and The Abduction Club. He was co-producer on Waking Ned and Shooting Fish, working with Richard Holmes, the former managing director ...
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Photo finish for Minority Report and Lilo & Stitch
In a photo finish race at the North American box office, 20th Century Fox's epic futuristic thriller Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise topped the chart with an estimated $36.9m, just $1m ahead of Buena Vista's animated comedy Lilo & Stitch which took $35.8m. Whether those ...
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Finnish cinema operator to build 14-screen site in Latvia
The Finnish multiplex operator Finnkino OY and local department store group Stockmann will invest $39m in a cinema and retail complex in the Latvian capital of Riga. Stockmann is providing $23m, while Finnkino will contribute $16.2m to the project.The six-storey building to be completed in the autumn of 2003, will ...
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German production community faces 90% reduction
The German production community is facing a crisis which could see the numbers of film and TV producers decimated by the end of next year, according to Stefan Arndt of X-Filme Creative Pool.Speaking at a discussion during Cologne's Medienforum on the future structure of the new German Film Law (FFG), ...
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Sweden appoints Dane as film commissioner
After years of casting a covetous eye in the direction of booming Denmark, the Swedish Film Institute has appointed Per Nielsen, a Danish national, as its new Commissioner for feature film. The 45-year-old producer, scriptwriter and musician has previously been a Film Commissioner for the Danish Film Institute. For the ...
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India's film industry counts the cost of Bolly-flops
Bollywood is facing a serious downturn this year, after a string of high-profile flops and not a single local box office success in the first six months of 2002. Inspired by 2001's hits including Lagaan and Gadar, a number of period films were launched this year. The two big ...
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Credit line saves RTV Family Entertainment
Animation production house RTV Family Entertainment has moved out of temporary insolvency after receiving a bridging credit line from its bank syndicate backed by a letter of credit from majority shareholder Ravernsburger AG. This step restores RTV to full financial solvency, but additional cash funds of Euros 4m will be ...
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Italy's Giffoni film festival to welcome Streep, Makhmalbaf
Meryl Streep and Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf will be among the guests at this year's Giffoni Film Festival, one of the premier festivals dedicated to youth-oriented cinema and the only one whose jury is entirely composed of international school children.Artistic director Claudio Gubitosi, who founded the festival 32 years ago, ...
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Myriad options Cannell bestseller Riding The Snake
Myriad Pictures has optioned the film rights to Stephen J Cannell's best-selling novel Riding The Snake, a conspiracy thriller set in the world of Chinese organized crime. The film will be produced by Kirk D'Amico, president of Myriad Pictures, alongside Doug Rosen, vice president of production at Cannell Studios, Lucas ...
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Blueprint for ottfilm/Telepool distribution deal
German theatrical distributor ottfilm and Munich-based Telepool have concluded a three-year first look deal for the international distribution of feature films.The first title under the arrangement will be Rolf Schuebel's Euros 4.5m Blueprint, starring Franka Potente (Run Lola Run), Sebastian Koch (Amen) and Hilmir Snaer Gudnason (101 Reykjavik), which begins ...