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Buskin ties up sales on Mother Viper
Italy's Buskin Film has closed a host of sales on Vipera, veteran Italian director Sergio Citti's movie starring Harvey Keitel and Giancarlo Giannini.The movie, which is set in post-World War II Sicily and tells the tragic story of a woman's betrayal of her young daughter and her husband, played by ...
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Russian film industry comes in from the cold
The Russian film industry is gearing up to return to the international film-making community, but this time with government backing, as opposed to the fluctuating private investment that has market previous production activityThe days when Russian film producers were treated like Third World countries may now be over, attendees were ...
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Berlin to support foreign film production
The Berlinale is set to join other European film festivals in finding ways of supporting filmmakers from developing countries in the production of their films.Inspired by the examples of Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund, Locarno's Montecinemaverita, and Bruges' Cinemanovo Film Festival Fund, Berlinale chief Dieter Kosslick would like to see provision ...
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Horowitz returns to AAC to sell Double Down
One month after laying him off, Alliance Atlantis has contracted former international sales head Mark Horowitz to finish the job of selling Double Down, the Neil Jordan-directed remake of Bob Le Flambeur, starring Nick Nolte. Ted Riley, President, Distribution for Alliance Atlantis' newly formed Entertainment Group told ScreenDaily, "The contract ...
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Ocean's Eleven tries to bag some French box office
Ocean's Eleven, released Feb 6 in France, did not manage to topple local blockbuster Asterix Et Obelix: Mission Cleopatre from the top of the charts, although it attracted a strong 1.5 million admissions in its first week.Asterix, which already claimed the all-time best opening week record in France (previously held ...
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Murdoch sells Stream to Vivendi Universal
Rupert Murdoch has pulled out of Italy by closing a deal with Vivendi Universal that sees News Corp selling its ailing pay-TV arm, Stream to the rival media giant. The deal, which must now be approved by Italy's Antitrust Authority, paves the way for Vivendi's Telepiu' to become the only ...
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PGA names nominees for PGA Awards
The Producers Guild OfAmerica (PGA) has announced the eligible producers for its Producer Of The Yearawards, putting into practice a new accreditation process whereby only the"real" producers of a movie are nominated. On a specific project, if a particular credited producerthought he/she was excluded after the accreditation process, the producer ...
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Winchester, Columbia team on Little Homies
Winchester Films has signed a deal with Columbia Picturesto co-develop and co-finance Little Homies,a family adventure movie about a group of five Brooklyn kids who find atreasure map and set about searching for the treasure underneath New York City.Described by Winchester president Hadeel Reda as in thevein of Spy Kids, ...
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Lisa Wilson leaves Franchise for Splendid
Veteran sales executive LisaWilson has joined newly formed Splendid Pictures as its president ofdistribution, heading up sales at the company which was created on the mergerof Splendid Medien and Cutting Edge Entertainment. Wilson comes from FranchisePictures where she was president of international distribution.Wilson has spent over 30years in the international ...
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AFM may be just a brief encounter warn indies
Buyers attending rights-trading bazaars since last year's AFM could have had their theoretical pick of the following multiple Oscar-nominees: Capitol Films' Gosford Park, Good Machine International's In The Bedroom, UGC's Amelie, Intermedia's Iris and, of course, New Line's The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, the biggest ...
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Off-the-peg fest programming & sponsorship by IMR
Sandy Mandelberger's marketing and promotion firm, International Media Resources (IMR), has launched an 'off the shelf' film festival sidebar service.Festivals will be offered a series of new films, with a pre-printed, English-language catalogue, promotional materials and logistical support. Mandelberger is currently putting together a seven-film bouquet of new films from ...
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Costa Gavras defends Amen against Vatican critics
At a Berlinale press conference for his controversial film Amen, the film's director, Constantin Costa-Gavras, was tackled by a priest from the Vatican who accused him of digging up the past without adequate research. Having responded, he left Rolf Hochhuth, the playwright who wrote the book on which the film ...
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Hong Kong to get new three-day film market
Under the wing of the Hong Kong Festival and the HK Arts Development Council, the territory is to get a new film market, the Hong Kong Asia Screenings (HAS). The three-day event (April 2-4) will invite many of the top Asian films due to be completed in the first half ...
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Byrne and Colosimo go for Take Away
In front of the cameras, when they start to roll this week on the new Australian comedy Take Away, will be a very strong cast including Rose Byrne, who won best actress at the Venice Film Festival in 2000 for her role in The Goddess Of '67. She will be ...
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Every Stewardess goes to multiple territories
Co-producers Wanda Vision, Patagonik Film Group and BD Cine have closed a string of sales on Berlin Panorama entry Every Stewardess Goes To Heaven (Todas Las Azafatas Van Al Cielo) from director Daniel Burman. The well-received Argentine-Spanish co-production has sold to Austria and Switzerland (Trigon), Italy (Amedeo Pagani) and Asia ...
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42nd Street lit up by Food Of Love
42nd Street Productions, a sales and production offshoot of German mini-conglomerate Das Werk, may have hit paydirt with Berlinale Panorama film Food Of Love. The relationship movie is the first English-language picture by Spanish director Ventura Pons, whose previous credits include Anita Takes A Chance (Anita No Perd El Tren).42nd ...
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Indian love story attracts multiple suitors
The Taj Mahal, the Mughal monument of love and India's premiere tourist attraction has become the favourite subject of a handful of Indian filmmakers. There are at least four films in pre-production and one already complete on the story of the Taj. Indian Writer-director-producer Akbar Khan last week began filming ...
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European players dominate EFM activity
Berlin's European Film Market is picking up speed for European buyers and sellers, although many US buyers are now expected to wait until next week's American Film Market (AFM).Senator Film yesterday (Feb 12) secured German rights to Denmark's Minor Mishaps. The Danish competition film, handled by Trust Film Sales, ...
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Berlinale's diversity favours documentaries
The theme of diversity has been one of the most defining elements of this year's Berlinale, but it is the documentaries, rather than feature films, that seem to have made the biggest impression. Apart from Monster's Ball and 8 Femmes, the busiest sales agents are likely to be those handling ...
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Oscar list
The full list of nominees for the 74th Academy AwardsBest PictureA Beautiful Mind (Universal and Dreamworks), Brian Grazer, Ron HowardGosford Park (USA Films), Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David LevyIn The Bedroom (Miramax), Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd FieldThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (New Line)Moulin Rouge ...