All articles by Patrick Frater – Page 24
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Competition films fuel buyer action
Two films in the Venice competition have been logging strong buyer interest and notching up sales even before their world premieres later this week. Russian first film The Return, directed by Andrey Zvyagantsev, has added deals with France's Ocean Films and The Netherlands' Contact Films to previous licence agreements signed ...
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The Return, Zatoichi score Venice sales on eve of premieres
Two films in the Venice competitionhave been logging strong buyer interest and notching sales evenbefore their world premieres later this week. Russian first film The Returnby directed by Andrey Zvyagantsev, has added deals with France'sOcean Films and The Netherlands' Contact Films to previous licenceagreeements signed with Switzerland's Frenetic ...
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Gaumont lines up Reno for big-budget Empire
France's Jean Reno is to star in The Empire Of The Wolves (L'Empire Des Loups), a big budget crime thriller in the vein of Crimson Rivers that should be one of the standout French pictures of next year. The story, which focuses on issues of identity and lost memories, involves ...
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EU acts to protect national film support schemes
Europe's film many national subsidy and support schemes for local film-making this week were given new protection following a joint initiative by the European Union's Culture and Monopolies Commissions. Speaking at the Venice film festival on 29 Aug, culture and education commissioner Viviane Reding said that she and anti-monopolies chief ...
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EU acts to protect national film aid schemes
Europe's film many national subsidy and support schemes for local film-making this week were given new protection following a joint initiative by the European Union's Culture and Monopolies Commissions. Speaking at the Venice film festival on 29 Aug, culture and education commissioner Viviane Reding said that she and anti-monopolies chief ...
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Stars come out to play at Venice
Johnny Depp yesterday did what so many visiting stars at the Venice festival simply don't do - he worked the crowds.Getting maximum value from Venice's short catwalk, he signed autographs, waved and accepted kisses from adoring female fans. He was in town for Once Upon A time In Mexico, Robert ...
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Stars come out to play at festival
Johnny Depp yesterday did what so many visiting stars at the Venice festival simply don't do - he worked the crowds.Getting maximum value from Venice's short catwalk, he signed autographs, waved and accepted kisses from adoring female fans. He was in town for Once Upon A time In Mexico, Robert ...
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Venice festival opens with tasty spread
At a time when the usefulness of film festivals is becoming a topic of hot debate, Venice has a chance to blow everyone's socks off. The 60th running of the festival gets underway today with a screening of Woody Allen's Anything Else and continues with a line-up that is both ...
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Venice festival opens with tasty spread
At a time when the usefulness of film festivals is becoming a topic of hot debate, Venice has a chance to blow everyone's socks off. The 60th running of the festival gets underway today with a screening of Woody Allen's Anything Else and continues with a line-up that is both ...
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Venice opens with tasty spread
At a time when the usefulness of film festivals is becoming a topic of hot debate, Venice has a chance to blow everyone's socks off. The 60th running of the festival gets underway today with a screening of Woody Allen's Anything Else and continues with a line-up that is both ...
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Istituto Luce buys Good Lawyer's Wife
Istituto Luce has become the latest Italian distributor to grab itself a Venice competition title before the festival has started.The specialist releaser has bought A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baram-Nan Gajok), a sexually-challenging drama from up and coming young Korean director Im Sang-Soo. The title was bought in tandem with Italian ...
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Istituto Luce buys Korea's Good Lawyer's Wife
Istituto Luce has become the latest Italian distributor to grab itself a Venice competition title before the festival has started.The specialist releaser has bought A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baram-Nan Gajok), a sexually-challenging drama from up and coming young Korean director Im Sang-Soo. The title was bought in tandem with Italian ...
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Euro video market booms to Euros11.2bn value
The European video market grew last year by 27% to a retail value of Euros11.2bn according to trade body, the International Video Federation (IVF).The figures are a significant increase on the IVF's preliminary estimate of 15% expansion. The new figures also show an acceleration when compared with 2001, which registered ...
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Vivendi muddles its way past auction deadline
The sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, the company which ownsUniversal Studios, has become so confusing that the world's major businesspapers cannot agree who is left in the auction - even after this week's finaldeadline. The New York Times reportstwo companies still standing, TheFinancial Times says three on one page, four ...
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Memories Of Murder (Salinui Chueok)
Dir: Bong Joon-Ho. Korea. 2003. 129mins.Memories Of Murder is one of the most complete and compelling films to have come out of South Korea in recent years. Set up as a detective thriller, the film is by turn mysterious, dramatic, creepy and corroding - and it comes loaded with a ...
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Greenaway draws Venetian blind over missing Suitcase
Ardent fans of PeterGreenaway must have been left scratching their heads in puzzlement last week afterthe Venice Film Festival announced that Episode 3 (Antwerp) would have its world premiere on the Lido as thenext instalment of his on-going Tulse Luper Suitcases project.After all, it hasonly been a matter of months ...
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Hong Kong indies enjoy share surge
The Hong Kong stock market is anticipating boom times for local companies following the signing of the recent free-trade agreement between the once freewheeling territory and mainland China.Shares of several Hong Kong film companies have climbed since the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) was unveiled at the beginning of the ...
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The Stewardess (Fai Sheung Hung Tse)
Dir: Sam Leong Tak. Hong Kong. 2002. 120mins.The Stewardess had a dismal theatrical outing in Hong Kong last year when its gross failed to break four figures. But an appearance in competition at the PiFan fantasy festival in Seoul last month could set this charmer of a black comedy back ...
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Vivendi Universal mulls Benelux pay-TV offers
Vivendi Universal is reported to be considering two or three offers for its pay-TV operations in Benelux. But the bids are said to be considerably less than the conglomerate had hoped for and could see the break-up of the group into three separate operations.Telecoms group Telnet in association with a ...