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Netherlands launches Internet film festival
The Netherlands Film Festival (September 20-29) is launching a virtual event - the Netherlands Internet Film Festival - which is designed to give greater exposure to Dutch film-makers.Starting from June 29, up to 21 short to medium-length films will be webcast each week on the festival's web-site (www.filmfestival.nl), seven in ...
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Per Holst appointed chair of European Film College
Per Holst, Danish veteran producer and creative director of Scandinavian major Nordisk Film, has been appointed chairman of the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark. "We have to give our young film-making talent more and better opportunities if we are sustain the positive flow we're experiencing now," said Holst.Holst, who ...
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Babelsberg production chief slams German tax laws
Studio Babelsberg's managing director for production, Rainer Schaper, called for changes to German tax legislation during a speech at this week's Media Forum NRW in Cologne.Schaper criticised current laws under which non-German talent is taxed when shooting in the country. Earlier this year, Schaper successfully beat off rival bids to ...
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India, Hungary line up two co-productions
Indian film-maker Ramesh Sharma is set to produce and direct a biopic of Hungarian scientist Sandor Korosi Csoma, one of two Indian-Hungarian co-productions set to shoot early next year. Transylvanian writer Laszlo Csiki and Geza Bethlenfalvy, an expert on Korosi Csoma's work, are scripting the project which will follow the ...
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Cinemex extends Mexican reach with GCM acquisition
Mexico City's leading exhibitor, Grupo Cinemex, has expanded beyond the capital's borders by acquiring 100% of General Cinema Mexico (GCM), an alliance between General Cinema International and Fondo Optima. By pouncing on GCM's five cinemas and 62 screens - located in Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Leon and Aguascalientes - the ...
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Tom Quinn promoted at Samuel Goldwyn Films
Tom Quinn has been named director of acquisitions for Samuel Goldwyn Films and will relocate to the company's New York office immediately. Quinn joined Goldwyn in 1997 as manager of production and acquisitions; prior to that he was executive assistant to Samuel Goldwyn Jr and worked in publicity for the ...
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Bony to replace Lupfer at TPS Cinema
Philippe Bony has been named general manager of TPS Cinema, replacing Didier Lupfer, who has moved over to rival pay-TV operator Canal Plus (Screendaily, June 2).In his new role, Bony will head digital satellite operator TPS' four film-themed channels, which include Cinestar 1 and 2, Cinefaz and classic movie channel ...
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TF1 forms holding company for digital operations
French free TV broadcaster TF1 is to create a holding company, TF1 Digital, which will group all of its digital TV operations.The move is seen as evidence of the broadcaster's intention to step up its involvement in the pay-TV sector and prepare for the future launch of digital terrestrial broadcasting ...
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Cineart lines up Cowards adaptation
Prague-based production company Cineart is developing an adaptation of acclaimed novel The Cowards by Czech writer Josef Skvorecky.Vladimir Michalek, who was awarded 10 Czech Lions for his 1998 Sekal Has To Die, is writing and will direct the project which is scheduled to start shooting in May 2001. Czech Television ...
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Canal Plus loses appeal against fine
Canal Plus has lost its appeal against a $1.5m (FFr10m) fine imposed by the highest French court for unfair competition practices against rival Television Par Satellite (TPS) with regard to pay-per-view rights.The judgement followed a complaint filed by TPS last year that Canal Plus was preventing French film producers from ...
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New Waterford Girl beats MI:2 on screen average
For one of the first times in Canadian box office history, a small indigenous film beat out the Hollywood heavyweights on a per screen average basis last weekend (June 2-4).New Waterford Girl, a C$4m title produced by Sienna Films and Imagex and distributed by Odeon Films, opened on June 2 ...
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Kopelson shifts slate from Fox to Intertainment
Germany's Intertainment has stepped up to fully finance a $1bn slate of films being prepared by Oscar-winning producer Arnold Kopelson, who is poised to quit his production deal at 20th Century Fox.Kopelson and his wife and producing partner Anne enjoyed huge commercial success with a prolific stream of pictures for ...
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DreamWorks to release Shrek in Imax 3D
DreamWorks' animated film Shrek is set to be released in Imax 3D, the first full-length animated feature to be released in the format as Walt Disney's Fantasia 2000, which opened in January, was shown on 2D. The Shrek 3D release is set for December 2001 to coincide with DreamWorks' home ...
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Constantin grabs Hyde Park slate
German distributor Constantin Film has struck an output deal that gives it theatrical and video/DVD rights to a slate of films flowing from US producer Hyde Park Entertainment.The five-year deal, which gives Constantin rights in Germany and Austria, was concluded with KirchMedia, which as part of the Epsilon pact with ...
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Suitors circle filmgroup following cancelled IPO
Filmgroup, the parent of UK theatrical distributor Redbus Film Distribution, is expected to spark interest from several companies in the cable and telecommunications sector following the cancellation of the video-on-demand company's flotation this week.Acquisitive UK cable company NTL is seen as a potential suitor for filmgroup but other companies may ...
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UIP's Pilowsky seals pact with Axiom
In Marion Pilowsky's first move as head of international acquisitions and development at United International Pictures (UIP), the distribution powerhouse and UK and Australian-based production company Axiom are partnering to release a slate of indie pictures in the UK.The partners will initially release four titles over two to three years. ...
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Italy's 'plex operators form breakaway trade body
Italy's largest multiplex operators, including Warner Village Cinemas, De Laurentiis Cineplex and United Cinemas International, have split from exhibitor trade association, ANEC, to form their own organisation, ANEM.ANEM spokesman Carlo Bernaschi said that Italy's single-screen exhibitors want to obstruct the rights and interests of multiplex operators, but claimed that the ...
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Eagle unwraps theatrical slate; $60m drama
In a bid to stamp its mark on Italy's turbulent distribution scene, recapitalised distributor Eagle Pictures has unveiled its first full theatrical slate and also announced development of $60m medical drama, The Lazarus Child.Eagle secured a $300m war chest to invest in film and TV productions and acquisitions last year ...
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BSkyB shares hit by Vivendi, Kirch sales
Shares in BSkyB remained highly volatile today after two of its key shareholders yesterday sold stakes.At 14:00 BST the shares were trading at £12.07, having closed 6% down at £12.85 overnight. In earlier trading today they had dipped as low as £11.48. The shares were hit when investment bank Lehman ...
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Canal Plus to sponsor Deauville fest
Canal Plus is to become the principal sponsor of the Deauville Festival of American Film.The value of the endorsement by the pay-TV giant was not disclosed, but the contract is understood to cover three years from 2000 to 2002. The move appears to underscore the revival of Deauville, which is ...