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Sogepaq takes world rights on City Of No Limits
Spanish sales house Sogepaq has picked up worldwide rights on Berlin Panorama entry In The City Of No Limits (En La Ciudad Sin Limites).Directed by Antonio Hernandez (Lisboa), City is a co-production between Spain's Zebra Producciones and Iconica with Argentina's Patagonik.The film stars Leonardo Sbaraglia (Intact) as a young man ...
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Screen International's latest news from Berlin
A round-up of the latest news taken from the Screen International Berlinale dailies - the official festival magazine.For previous stories and a full listing of the films in the main sections of the festival - type: Berlinale into the search bar at the top of the screendaily homepage.At a ceremony ...
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Berlinale confirms status as new-talent event
Two of the Berlinale's "Vision Day" panelists have revealed details of the new projects they are hatching.Terry Gilliam, in town for Lost In La Mancha, will serve as executive producer on the Quay Brothers' long-anticipated second feature The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes. "Audiences are searching for a chance to journey ...
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New German production outfit seeks US product
Framewerk's Stefan Jonas and three partners have launched the new Munich-based international production outfit SRO Entertainment AG.SRO - which stands for Standing Room Only - will be represented in Los Angeles by Michael Ovitz's AMG and top lawyer Larry Hirsch to access top quality projects from the US."Our plan is ...
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Taiwanese website offers studio movies for $1
A Taiwanese web-site has incurred the wrath of Hollywood for offering web-casts of thousands of major film titles for just $1.Current rental releases such as Shrek, Legally Blonde and American Pie 2 are available on the site - Movie88.com - which streams movies online using Real Player software. The site's ...
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Buena Vista UK records biggest-ever opening
Buena Vista International recorded their biggest opening weekend of all time in the UK with the release of Monsters, Inc. The latest production from Pixar Animation Studios opened on Friday (Feb 8) to record a three-day gross of $13.1m (£9.2m) - including $3.8m (£2.7m) of previews.The animated film is the ...
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Bidding wars begin over rights to Eight Women
Bidding wars in Germany and the UK on glitzy French ensemble piece Eight Women (Huit Femmes) lit up an otherwise sluggish market as the Berlinale moved into its second week.Prices for the German rights were said to have risen to as much as $1m on Eight Women, which was ...
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Harry strides past $600m in international b.o.
Warner Bros' HarryPotter & The Sorcerer's Stone aka Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone crossed the $600m mark at the international boxoffice over the weekend, becoming only the second film in history to do so afterTitanic. The film is now poisedto become the third highest worldwide grosser in history, with ...
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CDP's Winterstern named chairman of Signpost Films
HenryWinterstern, the co-founder and managing partner of Canada's CDP CapitalEntertainment, has been appointed chairman of the board at Stewart Till'snew company Signpost Films. He will play an integral role in identifyingstrategic partners and providing deal expertise for Signpost.Signpost is backed by CDPCapital Communications (a member of fund management group CDP ...
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Arnie does some damage at lowkey box office
Three critically lambastednew entries topped the North American box office over the weekend and it wasnot a spectacular one, down some 22% on the same weekend last year when Hannibal made its record-breaking debut.At the top of the heap withan estimated $15.2m was Collateral Damage, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-starrer from Warner ...
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Screen International's latest Berlinale news
A round-up of the latest news taken from the Screen International Berlinale dailies - the official festival magazine.For previous stories and a full listing of the films in the main sections of the festival - type: Berlinale into the search bar at the top of the screendaily homepage.Kevin Spacey plans ...
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Blasco named president of Spain's Antena 3 TV
Spanish media group Admira Media, filial of telecoms giant Telefonica, has appointed Luis Blasco the new president of holding Antena 3 Television.Blasco, a former CEO of Radio Espana, will also act as vice president of Admira under president Luis Abril, who replaced Juan Jose Nieto in January.Jose Antonio Sanchez, a ...
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Scottish shorts scheme expands to features
The New Found Land short film scheme is to expand its remit and fund two features. The joint initiative between Scottish Screen, Scottish TV and Grampian TV is now in its third year and annually funds six half-hour dramas shot on digital and intended for television transmission and Festival exposure. ...
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Kinowelt's fate to be determined by March 2002
A final decision on the fate of the debt-ridden Kinowelt Medien Group is likely to be made by the second half of March, according to the provisional insolvency administrator Dr. Wolfgang Ott.In a status report to the end of January on his efforts with Kinowelt's management and the creditor banks ...
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German exhibitors boycott All Industry Meeting
German exhibitors' association Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater (HDF) last week boycotted an All Industry Meeting on joint marketing measures in response to critical comments made about it in an internal memo by the distributors' association Verband der Filmverleiher (VdF). HDF - which represents more than half of the German exhibition sector, ...
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Harry Potter scores in China, despite piracy
Despite early availability of the title on pirate DVD and VCD formats, Warner Bros. estimates that Harry Potter grossed a promising $2m from 300 theatres during its first week of release in China (Jan 30 - Feb 5)."It's out-performing The Mummy Returns, but not doing as well as Pearl Harbor ...
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Wild Bunch adds Spirited Away, amongst others
French sales agent Wild Bunch is poised to pick up world sales rights to animated feature Spirited Away during the Berlin Film Festival. The picture, which was a late addition to the Berlinale competition, is the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time.The fantasy, directed by Hayao Miyazaki of the ...
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Intermedia restructure scales back UK base
Intermedia, the biggest film concern listed on Germany's Neuer Markt, is scaling back the UK base from which it first launched as a small independent sales outfit.As the indie film giant becomes more of a Hollywood player, it is understood to be leaving only the international marketing department under Paul ...
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Screenwriters to get equal billing at Berlinale
Less than a year after the threat of a screenwriters' strike stuck fear into the heart of Hollywood, the Berlinale is to change its rules on recognition for scriptwriting.From next year the Berlinale will give writers equal credit with directors and lead actors in the listing of all festival films. ...
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Full list of AFM seminars & finance conference
The American Film Market(AFM) will host six seminars and a finance conference at this year'sevent (Feb 20-27), sponsored bylegal advisory firm Coudert Brothers.The programme is as follows:Feb 22 AFM FinanceConferencePanels: The Future Of FeatureFilm Financing IPanelists: Lewis Horwitz(moderator), Paul Brooks, Martin Katz, Edward S Labowitz, John W MillerThe Future Of ...