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Update Cannes 2005: the big deals for the major territories
Distributors in key territories are continuing to announce purchases from Cannes slates. Screendaily.com offers an updated look at the big deals for major territories.If you wish to comment on the list or add further deals, email screeninternational@hotmail.com. 20th Century Fox (UK): Nana's Boy A-Film (Benelux): Crossing The Bridge, Shutter, ...
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Speculation mounts on a Kidman return to Dogville
Nicole Kidman is reportedly in talks to reprise her Dogvillerole in the third of Lars Von Trier's trilogy.Kidman opted out of the follow-up Manderlay citing familycommitments. But she is now reported to be interested again in the lead part in Washington but saysTrier is interested in her sharing the role ...
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Technicolor enters battle for digital dominance
TechnicolorDigital Cinema has signed a deal with US chain Century Theatres to installdigital projection systems for up to 120 screens.The betatest is the start of a plan to convert 5,000 screens in the next three to fiveyears. Technicolorsays it wants its digital equipment in 15,000 screens in the next 10 ...
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Erratum: Turtles Can Fly
On September 15, ScreenDaily.com reported that USrights to San Sebastian prize winner Turtles Can Fly had been sold toNew Yorker by Bac Films. This was then repeated in the weekly magazine editionof Screen International on September 24.Screenwould like to point out that this information was incorrect, and we would liketo ...
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Trust adds to Brothers sales success
Denmark'sTrust Film Sales notched up a raft of sales on San Sebastian doubleprize-winner Brothers (Brodere) by director Susanne Bier.Thefilm was licensed to Solo Film for Germany, Swift Productions for France,Seville Pictures for Canada, Rosebud Entertaintments for Greece, CaliforniaFilms for Brazil, AG Market for the former Yugoslavia, New World Films forSpain, ...
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Hong Kong star Anita Mui dies suddenly
Anita Mui Yim-Fong, an icon of the Hong Kong entertainmentindustry, died yesterday aged 40, from the side effects of cancer.Mui, who had a career that spanned twodecades, reached the top of both the music and film industries and came to beregarded as a national treasure. She drew plaudits from across ...
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Preview: markets go head-to-head
If the organisers of theAmerican Film Market (AFM) and their many powerful supporters have their way,2003 will prove to be Mifed's swansong, great pasta and wonderful shoppingnotwithstanding. By scheduling a rival AFMnext November, AFMA is forcing film buyers into a cruel choice. Do they allsuccumb to the gravitational pull of ...
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Non English-language buzz films at Mifed 2003
Against The Wall(Germany)Word on the street: Fatih Akin's best yetThe word is good on the latest film from writer-director-actor FatihAkin, whose credits include Short Sharp Shock, In July and Solino.Against The Wall (Gegen Die Wand), now in post-production, is a tragiclove story starring Birol Uenel and Sibel Kekilli as a ...
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Myriad is hot for Porn
Myriad Pictures has picked up international sales rights to Porn 'n Chicken, the first feature film to be made by the Comedy Central group.The film was directed by Lawrence Trilling and is a story based on urban legends about a group of five students who form a club to watch ...
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Foreign language Oscar race hots up
With just days to go before the deadline for submissions to the foreign language Oscar category, four countries have named their heavyweight contenders. Argentina has selected Alejandro Agresti's bittersweet comedy Valentin, while Brazil has submitted Hector Babenco's prison drama blockbuster Carandiru. Korean has chosen Kim Ki-duk's Locarno favourite Spring, Summer, ...
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Calendar Girls to open Dinard
Calendar Girls, Nigel Cole's British film that has been garnering plaudits since it premiered in Locarno last month, is to open the 14th Festival Du Film Britannique de Dinard(October 2-5)The film, which stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, will kick-off the festival which is sponsored by the British Film Council ...
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Sony warns against movie piracy
Sony vice chairman and the chief of its entertainment operations Sir Howard Stringer today warned of the growing threat of online movie piracy from broadband-connected homes, as the entertainment giant announced plans for its own legal online music service.Speaking to Sony dealers in Paris, Sir Howard said that more than ...
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Bronfman: GE too big to beat
General Electric was too big and powerful to overcome in the battle for the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, beaten suitor Edgar Bronfman said in his first interview since losing the auction."Look, they were GE. We weren't. GE is the most powerful company in the world. They decided they wanted ...
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New York shoots up by a third
Despite the recent city blackout and the legacy on 9/11 the number of feature film shooting days has leapt by over a third since the start of the year, according to the Mayor's Office of Film Theatre and Broadcasting.Although the city has yet to compile its full shooting figues for ...
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MPAA brings first UK lawsuit
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) widened its fight against movie pirates yesterday by mounting its first legal action in the English High Court against DVD copying firm 321 Studios.The MPAA, which has been involved in a series of legal claims and couter claims against 321 Studios in the ...
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European Film Awards announces shortlist
Lars Von Trier's for Dogville, Francois Ozon for Swimming Pool and Dagur Kari for Noi Albinoi are among the directors shortlisted for this year's European Film Awards announced today.The annual poll to find European cinemagoers favourite director and male and female star, also includes Patrice Leconte for L'Homme Du Train, ...
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Kenneth Rive memorial
On Tuesday next week (April 29) anall-industry event will take place at the National Film Theatre to celebratethe life and work of Ken Rive, who died on December 30 at the age of 84.His involvement in the filmindustry started at an early age when his father went to work in ...
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Norway, Austria, Colombia, Chile submit Oscar contenders
Four more countries have unveiled their candidates for the foreign language film category at next year's Academy Awards.Norway has selected Trygve Allister Diesen's Hold My Heart (Tyven, Tyven); Colombia has put forward Lisandro Duque's Los Ninos Invisible (The Invisible Children); Chile is sending animated film Ogu Y Mampato En Rapa ...
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Monsters Inc claims monster record on US home entertainment debut
Monsters, Inc. last week became the latest title to claim a record in the US home entertainment market, when it notched up sales of $85m on its first day on release. Some five million VHS and DVD copies of the title were sold last Tuesday, with a 60%-65% sold on ...
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Avrio gives push to Maximum Surge
Avrio Filmworks Releasing has acquired the worldwide sales rights to the sci-fi feature Maximum Surge. The film, directed by Jason Bourque is an action feature about a computer designer who must battle an artificial intelligence programme inside a virtual reality game he previously created. Maximum Surge stars Walter Koenig, Yasmine ...