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Advanced Medien to announce changes
Christophe Montague's days as executive board chairman of the debt-ridden German distributor Advanced Medien could be numbered following the appointment of a new supervisory board which is expected "to make key personnel decisions and initiate organizational measures regarding the future development of the company".Advanced's previous supervisory board had resigned as ...
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Amores Perros sweeps Fantasporto
Mexican sensation Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros) took home two top awards of the official fantasy film competition of this year's Oporto International Film Festival (popularly known as "Fantasporto").Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's local box office hit and critical darling took home best film, best director and best screenplay (Guillermo Arriaga) awards ...
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Columbia TriStar TV goes Globo in Brazil
Columbia TriStar International Television (CTIT) is currently co-producing the first TV movie to be made in Brazil. Titled Favorite Son, the drama is the first of a 12 TV movie package deal with leading Brazilian broadcaster Globo. The story of an Italian woman who returns to Brazil in search for ...
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Hungary fears Government fund famine
Plans to restructure government funding for film production has set off a wave of protests from Hungarian filmmakers who claim it will give them fewer sources of cash to green-light new productions. Last year Hungarian filmmakers, who are heavily reliant on government subsidies, produced 27 feature films, the largest annual ...
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Hamlet to be made by The Cell's Tarsem Singh
Indian born filmmaker Tarsem Singh, who made it to Hollywood's A-list with the sellout, The Cell is producing an Indian version of Hamlet. The film, titled Aditya, will be produced by Los Angeles based James Killough and New Delhi based William Gains. Killough had earlier written scripts for Indian films ...
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Zentropa: Bodils well at Danish awards
At the Bodil Awards on March 4 in Copenhagen, the Danish film-journalists and -critics' association gave out their prestigious prizes to last year's best films and acting talents.The award has been around since 1948, making it one of the oldest in Europe, but seldom, if ever, has it seen stronger ...
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The Mexican goes good, not great, guns with $20.3m
As expected, DreamWorks SKG's superstar vehicle The Mexican which teams Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts topped the North American box office over the weekend, scoring a mighty $20.3m which is the biggest opening ever for the first weekend in March. The R-rated crime caper opened in 2,951 theatres, averaging $6,879 ...
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ShoWest 2001
ShoWest 2001Behind the spectacle of some of Hollywood's hottest stars attending this year's ShoWest, lies the spectre of some of the most established US cinema operators facing bankruptcy.Snatched conversations between the many thousand-strong delegates, will be as much about the latest extravagant distributor showreel/performance as the overbuilding that has caused ...
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Good Machine strikes first-look deal with Miramax
Good Machine, which previously enjoyed housekeeping arrangements with 20th Century Fox and most recently Universal Pictures, has now has struck an exclusive first-look deal with Miramax Films, the Disney-owned studio that is within walking distance of Good Machine's building in downtown Manhattan.The multi-year deal, which becomes effective this month, means ...
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IN-motion acquires two US TV series
The German media company IN-motion, which was particularly active at this year's Amrican Film Market through its sales arms Myriad Pictures and J&M Entertainment, has further consolidated its position as a producer of internationally marketable TV formats by acquiring the rights to two TV series from US network CBS for ...
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Warner Bros. creates new position in marketing
Diane Nelson has been promoted to senior vice president of family entertainment for Warner Bros. corporate marketing and planning. In her newly created position, she will report to Sandy Reisenbach, executive vice president of marketing and planning.Nelson will be responsible for development and management of Warner Bros.' children's and family ...
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Zucker upped to senior exec VP at Columbia TriStar
Mark Zucker has been promoted to senior executive vice president of distribution for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors Intl.The promotion was announced by Jeff Blake, worldwide president of marketing and distribution, to whom Zucker will report.Zucker, ,who has been with the studio for 11 years, will be responsible for all aspects ...
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Stand By wins Cyril Collard prize
Roch Stephanik has been awarded the Cyril Collard prize for his first feature film, Stand By, which also recently won a Best actress Cesar award for its lead, Dominique Blanc.Stand By -- produced by Salome (Maurice Bernart) and Diaphana (Claude Saint-Jean) on a shoestring budget -- had been given a ...
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TF1 broadcasts stunning figures
TF1, France largest free-TV broadcaster, has announced a 58% jump in net earnings for 2000 and remains optimistic for 2001, in spite of a predicted downturn in advertising expenditures this year.The broadcaster - which grabbed a 53.8% (up from 51.1% in 1999) of the French TV advertising pie last year, ...
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United Artists & Helkon to finance Igby Goes Down
MGM specialised label United Artists and Helkon International Pictures (HIP) have teamed up to co-finance and distribute Igby Goes Down, a comedy being produced by Atlantic Streamline and Apollo Media which started principal photography on Wednesday. It stars Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Ryan Philippe, Amanda Peet, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pulllman, ...
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Village Cinemas Int'l appeals against ruling
Cinema operator Village Cinemas International (VCI) is facing a possible multi-million dollar payout to Charles Wesoky, former consultant for the company in Europe for breach of contract, according to the Australian Associated Press.After a ruling in the Australian Federal Court which found that VCI had breached its contract with Wesoky ...
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Brandt ends up at Endemol
Former Senator Entertainment board member Borris Brandt has been appointed the new general manager of Cologne-based Endemol Productions, while his predecessor Werner Schwaderlapp has been promoted to the post of president of the German holding of the Dutch entertainment concern which consists of the 100% subsidiary Endemol Productions, a 40% ...
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ProSiebenSat.1 Media to raise up to Euros400m
ProSiebenSat.1 Media, which originated from the merger last year between ProSieben Media and SAT.1, is planning a Eurobond issue of fixed-rate notes with an intermediate maturity of up to Euros400m. Lehman Brothers and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein have been appointed joint bookrunners ofthe offering whose roadshow will be launched throughout Europe ...
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Rios for Global Crossing
Latin American industry veteran Jose Antonio Rios has been named president for Latin America and the Caribbean of Global Crossing Ltd, a US firm dedicated to integrated telecommunications solutions.Rios has also been named senior vice president of the firm and will serve as a member of the company's management committee. ...
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Film Council shines First Light on kids' scheme
UK film super-body the Film Council has partnered with Hi8us Projects for a new £1m scheme, which aims to give children the opportunity to make short films on digital video.Birmingham-based Hi8us Projects - a charity with a record in creating film and television projects with young people - will run ...