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Rostain appointed as Gaumont sales chief
OFFICIAL SELECTIONOpening night film (out of competition):VATEL Dir: Roland JoffeClosing night film (out of competition):STARDOM (aka 15 MOMENTS)Dir: Denys ArcandCOMPETITION:SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (SANGER FRAN ANDRA VANINGEN)Dir: Roy AnderssonEUREKADir: Aoyama Shinji O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU'Dir: Joel CoenKIPPURDir: Amos GitaiTHE YARDS Dir: James GRAYESTORVODir: Ruy GUERRACHUNHYANG Dir: Im Kwon ...
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Metrodome secures $15m buying fund
In a deal the signals the emergence of a potent UK buying force, Metrodome Distribution and newly-launched UK financier Future Film Group have agreed to form a joint venture providing the distributor with a $15m acquisition fund.Metrodome has already picked up Behaviour Worldwide's $24m The Body, starring Antonio Banderas, through ...
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Ireland records best ever month at the box office
Ireland recorded its best month ever at the box office in January 2000 with admissions reaching a staggering 1.9 million, up 23% on January 1999. Admissions in Dublin in January were up 30.5% on the previous year.The top ten titles during the month were Angela's Ashes, Sleepy Hollow, The World ...
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Nelvana launches new media arm as earnings surge
The situation at Cinar may be dire but Canada''s other major children''s entertainment player is in robust health. Toronto-based Nelvana Limited posted strong fourth quarter results as it announced the creation of a new media division and several attendant projects, including the world''s first TV series in Flash Animation.Total revenue ...
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David Adamson rejoins ICM LA
LA-based New Zealander David Adamson has rejoined International Creative Management (ICM) as a talent agent in the motion picture department. Adamson was most recently at Hoflund-Polone where his clients include Emily Mortimer, Kathy Baker, Judith Godreche, Alan Rickman and British comedy duo Armstrong & Miller.The announcement was made by Eddy ...
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Vicuna returns to feature production
Veteran Spanish film executive Jose Vicuna has returned to feature film production after an almost ten-year hiatus, during which time he became president of rights and acquisitions house Sogepaq, a position he still holds. Through his independent Madrid-based production house Impala, Vicuna now has more than a dozen feature films, ...
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Pogachefsky honoured at LA Indie Fest
LA-based independent PR specialist Mark Pogachefsky and the Film Division of his mPRm Public Relations will receive the fifth annual Indie Supporter Award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival which takes place April 13-18 in Los Angeles.The award, presented annually to individuals who have provided an extraordinary contribution to ...
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Midem confirms no MIP Asia for 2000
The MIP Asia TV programme market will not take place this year in the December slot that it has occupied for the last six years.The Reed Midem Organisation, which also operates the MIPTV and MIPCOM markets, said that MIP Asia will re-appear in December 2001. But it did not reveal ...
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Czech Television renews production vows
State broadcaster Czech Television (CTV) has confirmed that it will continue in its role as the Czech Republic''s biggest backer of local features, despite management changes and political disputes that have recently rocked the channel. "We will remain a major producer of Czech films," said Denisa Strbova, head of CTV ...
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Czech festival to host Ondricek, Hrebejk premieres
Czech film festival "Finale" will screen 18 new features at this year''s event (April 10-16) including the international premieres of David Ondricek''s Recluses and We Have To Help Each Other by acclaimed young Czech director Jan Hrebejk who scored a domestic box office hit last year with Cosy Dens.The Pilsen-based ...
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Thomas The Tank Engine movie racks up sales
With a head of steam at the AFM, family film Thomas And The Magic Railroad has been sold by Kathy Morgan International to a raft of territories including Germany where it has been picked up by Telemunchen.Other sales include South Africa (New Metro), Portugal (Eco Filmes) and the Middle East ...
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Marlene disappoints in Germany
After a glitzy premiere on March 9, the highly-anticipated German biopic Marlene failed to ignite either the critics or the box office in its home territory. Released on 420 prints, Joseph Vilsmaier's Marlene grossed $0.7m in its opening four days falling into fifth place below the release of Oliver Stone's ...
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Critics' Week confirms Bellyful premiere
The Critics' Week section of the Cannes film festival has confirmed that Melvin van Peebles film Bellyful (Le Conte Du Ventre Plein) will get its world premiere at a special screening.The Critics Week (May 11-19) said the decision to programme van Peebles' picture is "the first of a new kind, ...
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Biondi, Chen tip in for Reelplay financing
US virtual market player Reelplay.com has raised $4.5m from Hollywood and Silicon Valley as it closed a second round of financing led by Japan''s Softbank Venture Capital. Amongst the equity investors are former Viacom chief Frank Biondi''s Waterview Advisors and Pehong Chen, president and CEO of Broadvision. Launched last year ...
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PentaMedia forms joint venture with Digital Domain
Indian computer graphics company PentaMedia Graphics and US digital effects powerhouse Digital Domain have created a 50:50 joint venture to develop feature-length special effects-driven pictures for the international market. Further details of the venture, which will be based in Hollywood, will be announced in May. However Chennai (Madras)-based PentaMedia said ...
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Spielberg to direct Kubrick's A.I. as next project
Steven Spielberg has committed to directing two science fiction tales starting immediately with A.I. an epic about artificial intelligence that had been a long-gestating pet project of Stanley Kubrick''s before his death in 1999.A.I, which Kubrick had been actively developing before he suddenly shifted his attention to what would be ...
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Kirch Group sets up holding company
German media mogul Leo Kirch has put the final pieces of Kirch Group''s restructuring in place. As of April 1, former KirchVermogensVerwaltungs assumes a new role, and user-friendlier name, when, as KirchHolding, it becomes the central holding company. At the same time, the three managing directors of the Kirch Group ...
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SKYPerfecTV issues shares to DirecTV shareholders
The merger of Japanese satellite platforms SKYPerfecTV and DirecTV is proceeding to plan as the directors of Japan Digital Broadcasting Services, which operates SKYPerfecTV, have agreed to issue Y12bn ($113.2m) in new shares to broadcast satellite station WOWOW and seven corporate shareholders of DirecTV Japan. With the exception of Matsushita ...
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BBC signs deal with India's Broadcast Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has licensed the BBC branded block BBC Exclusive to India''s Broadcast Worldwide, the proposed network founded by former Star India CEO Rathikant Basu. Rupert Murdoch''s News Corp has a 5% stake in Broadcast Worldwide.The BBC Exclusive brand will be broadcast on the Broadcast Worldwide network in Gujarati, Marathi, ...
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Lions Gate brings home Canadian distribution
Lions Gate Entertainment has restructured its television division as well as the Canadian arms of its production and theatrical distribution outfits, where the company has brought sales functions back in-house after a two-year service agreement with Alliance Atlantis'' distribution subsidiary, Odeon Films. The following personnel were promoted in the restructuring: ...