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IFP/West absorbs LA Indie Film Fest into programme
Independent Feature Project/West, the non-profit organisation for independent film-makers, is to take over production of the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (LAIFF), the April event which to date has been staged by the LA Film Collaborative (LAFC). It will now be incorporated as an ongoing program of IFP/West.Festival director Richard ...
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Lolafilms, Kinowelt make Rain together in Iowa
Marking their first co-production since announcing their share-swapping production and distribution pact at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Spain's Lolafilms is joining forces with Germany's Kinowelt to make Rain, an English-language American-set project to which Martin Scorsese is attached as executive producer. The film will be a 50-50 co-production between ...
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Offline acquires US rights to Jang Sun Woo's Lies
New York-based Offline Releasing has acquired US distribution rights to Korean director Jang Sun Woo's controversial film Lies and will work with boutique distributor Cowboy Booking International to release the film at arthouse venues nationwide, starting with a New York play-date on Nov 17.Featured in both the 1999 Venice Film ...
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Sitges adds Sabotage, Shadow Of The Vampire
Spain's Sitges International Film Festival (Oct 5-14) has announced two more films in this year's line-up: screwball comedy Sabotage will close this year's event, while Elias Merhige's Shadow Of The Vampire will compete as part of the official selection.The English-language Sabotage, from Spain's Ibarretxe Brothers (writer-directors Esteban and Jose Miguel, ...
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Edinburgh toasts latest wave of British filmmaking
Critical enthusiasm for a new wave of British filmmaking was reflected in the prizes announced Sunday night at the 54th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Pawel Pawlikowski's lyrical, Venice-bound Last Resort received the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature whilst the Standard Life Audience Award confirmed the crowd-pleasing qualities ...
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Indian filmmakers turn to bilingual period epics
In a bid to penetrate the international film market, Indian filmmakers are taking the historical route with several Hindi and English period pieces now going into production.Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan is producing and acting in a film on the ancient Indian emperor, Ashoka, directed by Santosh Sivan who earlier ...
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San Sebastian competition has heavy Spanish accent
The San Sebastian International Film Festival has unveiled 15 titles for its official selection at this year's 48th edition (Sept 21-30).The line-up so far is marked by a high number of Spanish productions and co-productions, among them Karl Francis' One Of The Hollywood Ten, starring Jeff Goldblum and Greta Scacchi, ...
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Myriad acquires foreign rights to Double Whammy
Kirk D'Amico's international sales outfit Myriad Pictures has acquired international distribution rights to Tom DiCillo's latest picture Double Whammy starring Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi and Elizabeth Hurley. The deal was completed between Myriad and the film's producers David Kronemyer and Marcus Viscidi. Kronemyer's Gold Circle Films retains domestic rights.IN-motion AG, ...
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Sagar to launch India's first pay-per-view portal
Ramanand Sagar's Sagar Entertainment plans to launch India's first pay-per-view broadband entertainment portal within the next two months. The company, which is investing $3m in the project, is in the process of acquiring bandwidth spread across Europe, US and South-East Asia, in order to provide high-quality streaming to global audiences. ...
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Weber takes top post at Bavaria Media
Michael Weber has been named managing director of Bavaria Film's rights handling division Bavaria Media. He was formerly head of the company's international sales arm, Bavaria Film International.During his tenure at the sales arm, Weber handled product such as Joseph Vilsmaier's Comedian Harmonists and Volker Schloendorff's Rita's Legends. He also ...
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Boll set to quit TaunusFilm International
Uwe Boll will leave his post as managing director of German production outfit TaunusFilm's international arm - TaunusFilm International - on September 1 to concentrate on his directing career. He will continue to serve as a consultant, while TaunusFilm CEO Wolfgang Grass will oversee the subsidiary.Boll, who used accumulated vacation ...
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Lucky Red snaps up Venice entry Phantom
Italy's Lucky Red has picked up rights on Venice competition entry The Phantom (O Fantasma), from Portugal's Rosa Filmes.According to Phantom producer Amandio Coroado, the feature is slotted for a 10-copy release in Italy on September 8, coinciding with the film's festival screening. Phantom will be released in Portugal on ...
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South Africa's Sasani doubles earnings
South African production outfits have been struggling recently but at least one of the country's facilities companies appears to be thriving. Johannesburg and Cape Town-based Sasani Communications has reported that earnings almost doubled from $3.2m (R22.1m) to $6.2m (R42.8m) for the year to June 30. Revenues increased 8.4% to $46m ...
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Kinowelt strikes content deal with Germany's Onyx
Ever-expanding Kinowelt is understood to have struck a film sales deal with German music channel Onyx Television. The move could transform the sleepy station which rates third behind the reviving MTV Deutschland and home-grown music channel Viva, which recently floated on the Neuer Markt."Kinowelt is the ideal partner for us," ...
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IN THE HOT SEAT - VLADIMIR GUSINSKY
Media mogul Vladimir Gusinsky has survived the Russian government's sustained assault on his media empire, which encompasses film, TV and press, and even made political capital out of this recent arrest and imprisonment. But has President Vladimir Putin succeeded in reining in one of his most vocal opponents' Anna Franklin ...
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Splendid acquires majority stake in Enteractive
Germany's Splendid Medien has acquired an 85% stake in newly-launched multimedia company Enteractive which specialises in developing content for DVD and internet distribution. The company was founded by Hans Henseleit who holds the remaining 15%. He previously worked for DVD mastering company K-Kontor. "Exploitation of content via DVD and internet ...
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Me You Them opens well on home ground
As expected, Richard Lenormand has been appointed chairman and CEO of StudioCanal to replace Vincent Grimond who has resigned following his appointment as senior executive vice president, operations and finance, at Universal Studios Group. The board of directors at StudioCanal unanimously appointed Lenormand. The 38 year-old was most recently senior ...
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Channel Nine bags second slot on Doordarshan
Kerry Packer's Channel Nine has won a second primetime slot on state broadcaster Doordarshan's Metro channel, from 21.00 to 22.00, to add to its existing slot between 19.00 and 21.00.The Australian broadcaster paid about $14m for the extra hour. It will have to meet programming restrictions specified by Doordarshan which ...
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Baldwin, Gallagher land Protection roles
Stephen Baldwin and Peter Gallagher are to star in Protection, a mob thriller being produced by Alliance Atlantis' genre division Le Monde Entertainment. The film, which is scheduled to start principal photography in Montreal on Oct 2 this year, will be directed by John Flynn whose credits include Rolling Thunder ...
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Gannon to head development at Pathe
Matthew Gannon, most recently director of production/development at Fox Searchlight in Los Angeles, is joining UK National Lottery studio franchise Pathe Pictures as head of development.The move comes after Susanna Wyatt, former head of production for HAL Miramax, joined the franchise as head of physical production earlier this month. While ...