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Rotterdam ups den Hamer to co-director post
Sandra den Hamer has been promoted to the position of co-director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, alongside current director Simon Field.Den Hamer, who was formerly deputy director at the festival, is expected to focus on the administrative side of the operation as well as its Hubert Bals Fund for ...
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Das Werk buys stake in new producer
German post-production giant Das Werk has acquired a 25% stake in FutureWorks Crossmedia Production, a Munich-based events agency which plans to expand into film production and marketing.The company, which is organising the Nea World Xtreme Sports Awards in Munich, plans to draw on the experience of chairman Joseph Schoninger, a ...
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Allen, Frears titles to get airing at Athens
Dir: Joel Coen. US. 2001. 117 mins.With their latest foray into film noir, Joel and Ethan Coen continue to explore a recurrent motif of their work: The destructive force of unbridled individualism, or more specifically, greed as the dark side of the American Dream. Arguably their most ambitious film since ...
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UIP crowned king at Oz box office awards
UIP's Australian release of Gladiator took the top prize at the Australian Box Office Achievement Awards due to it's hefty A$30m gross. UIP and rival distributor Buena Vista International (BVI) each released seven of the 22 films that reached the all-important A$10m mark during the 12 months to June 30.UIP ...
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EC puts Vivendi Universal probe on hold
The European Commission has put its review of the Vivendi-Canal Plus-Seagram merger on hold until the partners provide additional data.Although the companies did not outline the issues raised, Vivendi and Canal Plus have stated that they are confident the required data could be filed by the end of August and ...
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Taxi 2 finds willing riders in Taiwan
Luc Besson's record-breaking French film Taxi 2 is enjoying considerable success from its release in Taiwan. Directed by Gerard Krawczyk and distributed in Taiwan by Spring Cinema, the French-language film saw off new entries The Patriot and Titan AE to take the top spot in the chart after its July ...
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Brazilian veterans launch arthouse distributor
Brazilian film industry veterans Adhemar de Oliveira, owner of the Cinearte exhibition chain, and Leon Cakoff - director of non-competitive festival Mostra Internacional de Sao Paulo - have launched Sao Paulo-based arthouse distribution company Mais Filmes.The company plans to distribute foreign acquisitions and promote Brazilian titles in the state of ...
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AtomFilms taps Shields to head European expansion
AtomFilms has appointed Mikael Shields to the newly created post of senior vice president of entertainment - Europe, based at the company's European headquarters in London.Shields will oversee all acquisitions and development of entertainment properties for the Seattle-based internet company, negotiating and managing co-productions and content partnerships across Europe.Shields is ...
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De Niro, Paltrow films to premiere at Toronto
Two world premieres have been added to the line-up at this year's Toronto International Film Festival - George Tillman Jr's military drama Men Of Honour, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr, and Bruce Paltrow's Duets, featuring an ensemble cast including daughter Gwyneth. The festival will also present North ...
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San Sebastian adds Spanish titles to line-up
Diego Galan, director of the San Sebastian Film Festival, has confirmed that two further Spanish titles will screen in Official Selection at this year's event - Imanol Uribe's Plenilunio and Salvador Garcia Ruiz's El Otro Barrio.The two titles join Alex de la Iglesia's La Comunidad which opens the event. Plenilunio ...
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Constantin doubles turnover, posts profit increase
Germany's Constantin Film has reported that turnover doubled to $57.6m (DM125.1m) and pre-tax profit increased to $4.8m (DM10.4m) in the first half of the current financial year.Constantin boasts a 34% share of the German distribution market and has also had success with its own productions during 2000 including Harte Jungs ...
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Mendes confirmed to direct Hanks in gangster pic
British wunderkind director Sam Mendes will return to DreamWorks SKG for his second film after his Oscar winning debut American Beauty. He will direct megastar Tom Hanks in The Road To Perdition, a film adaptation of a 1930s gangster comic strip novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayners. ...
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Revolution Films seals first look deal with UA
United Artists Films (UAF), the specialised film division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), has entered into a two year, first-look deal with Revolution Films, the UK-based independent production company headed by director Michael Winterbottom and his producing partner Andrew Eaton.The deal, which had been anticipated at Cannes this year (Screendaily, May 14, ...
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Hanway taps Lynch-Staunton for marketing role
HanWay Films, the international sales arm of Jeremy Thomas' UK production outfit Recorded Picture Co, has appointed Jonathan Lynch-Staunton as manager, publicity and marketing.Lynch-Staunton was previously vice president of publicity and marketing at UK-based sales operation J&M Entertainment. Reporting to Thomas and HanWay managing director Thierry Wase-Bailey, he is to ...
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Bellucci signs to play Cleo in Asterix sequel
Italian actress Monica Bellucci has reportedly signed to play Cleopatra opposite Christian Clavier and Gerard Depardieu in Renn Productions' Asterix And Obelix In The Service Of Cleopatra.The first Asterix film, Asterix And Obelix Vs Caesar, was France's most expensive production at $50m and topped the French box office during 1999. ...
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Belgian box office basks in summer high
Admissions in Belgium reached a record-breaking 2.25 million for the month of July, up 30% from the same month in 1999. This resulted in an unprecedented box office gross of more than $12m (BFr500m).Similar to southern European countries July and August are traditionally slow months in terms of cinema-going in ...
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Tribeca lines up Oscar nominee for debut feature
JJ Keith, nominated for an Oscar in 1999 for his short film Holiday Romance, is attached to direct the first feature from UK production outfit Tribeca Films.Tony Curtis Kissed Me, produced by Matthew Hobbs, is a gritty contemporary drama about a dysfunctional family. It will shoot on location in Preston ...
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Film Council appoints Holden to finance post
UK film support body The Film Council has appointed Vincent Holden as production finance controller.Holden, who takes up the position from September 4, was previously head of finance at George Faber's UK production outfit Company Television. Part of Holden's brief is to analyse investments made through the Council's National Lottery ...
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Technicolor invests in Southern Star Duplitek
US-based video, CD, DVD and film print manufacturer Technicolor is investing $19m (A$33m) in Australia's Southern Star Duplitek, which will use $16m (A$28m) of the cash to acquire rival optical disc manufacturer Pacific Mirror Image (PMI). Both companies will then assume responsibility for new capital expenditures at PMI totalling about ...
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Shochiku unveils Korean co-production
Japanese major Shochiku and Korea's Cinema Service are teaming up to produce $1.8m (Y200m) drama Pure Love Melody (Sunebo), billed as one of the most equal co-productions between the two countries since Korea lifted its 35-year-old cultural embargo against Japan. At a Tokyo press conference yesterday, representatives from the ...