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Medusa announces that Michael Clayton will have Venice gala
Italian film giant Medusa announced legal drama Michael Clayton starring George Clooney by screenwriter turned director Tony Gilroy will screen as a gala event at the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Medusa VP and CEO Giampaolo Letta made up the announcement one week before the Venice Film Festival ...
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Italian films lead the 16 selections for Venice Days sidebar
Thirteen films and three documentaries - hailing from France, Spain, Russia, Canada, Germany, Italy, UK, Lebanon, United States, Poland, Mexico make up the programme for this year's Venice Days sidebar, announced Tuesday. Italy tops the entries this year with three features and two documentaries to include political satirist Sabrina Guzzanti's ...
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Giffoni winners include Mid Road Gang and Keith
Two thousand children cast their votes for winning films at the Giffoni Film Festival, the Southern Italian film festival dedicated to children and young people's cinema which wrapped its 37th edition Saturday.Led by Claudio Gubitosi, the festival brought in a record number of young jurors from several countries to vote ...
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Jonas Cuaron's Ano Una among Venice Critics Week selections
Ano Una, the first film by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron's son Jonas Cuaron, will close Critics Week at the upcoming Venice Film Festival (Aug 29-Sept 8).The film is the story of a summer romance between a Mexican teenager and an older American woman.The Critics Week will open with two films ...
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Venice jury to include Campion, Verhoeven and Innaritu
The Venice Film Festival has named a distinguished list of directors to make up the international competition jury for its 64th edition.The jurists are all 'important figures' in Venice's recent history, the Biennale said.The jurors will are:French director Catherine Breillat, who presented Brief Crossing at Venice in 2001 and whose ...
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New York Film Academy plans European hub in Florence
New York Film Academy has announced the opening of a new Europeanheadquarters in Florence, Italy.The school will be operative as of January 2008.NYFA has been operative with summer seminars in Florence for threeyears, is opening its official site in conjunction with and at theheadquarters of the Mediateca Regional Toscana (The ...
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Italy planning new film ratings legislation package
Italy is planning a new film ratings legislation package aimed at protecting the youngest cinemagoer. The bill will be presented to the Cabinet of Ministers tomorrow and outlines new criteria for ratings with an updated age-tiered system. The law aims to replace Italy's last board that was charged with overseeing ...
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Italian exhibitors buoyant at Harry Potter 5's first day
Italian exhibitors are buoyant with the results of Harry Potter And The Order of the Phoenix's opening day, as ANEC, Italy's exhibitor association's president Paolo Protti declares it 'a happy story of a deserved success.' Potter 5 ranked as the best Wednesday opener ever in Italy - scooping up $2.75m ...
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Shekhar Kapur's The Golden Age to open Rome's Premiere section
Shekhar Kapur's The Golden Age, starring Cate Blanchett, will inaugurate the Premiere section of the second edition of the Rome Film Festival, organisers said today. The Golden Age will see its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, as previously announced, while the Rome bow will be its European premiere.The ...
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Warner Bros promotes PaoloFerrari in Italy
Warner Bros. International has named Paolo Ferrari as president and managing director, Warner Bros Entertainment Italy.The promotion was announced today by Barry Meyer, chairman and CEO, Alan Horn, president and COO and Richard Fox, executive vice president, International, Warner Bros.Ferrari's advancement comes after a 17 year stint with Warner Bros ...
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Venice to close with Alexi Tan's debut Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers, the first feature by director Alexi Tan which is produced by John Woo and Terence Chang, will close the Venice Film Festival's 64th edition, out of competition, the Biennale said today. Fortissimo is handling international sales on the project, and already sold a number of territories during the ...
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Corneau's Second Wind to open Rome Film Fest competition
Second Wind (Le Deuxieme souffle) directed by Alain Corneau will open the Rome Film Fest's competition section on the Fest's opening day, the Rome Film Festival announced Tuesday. The film is based on a book by the same name by Jose Giovanni. In a statement, the Rome Film Fest called ...
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Spike Lee's Italian project St. Anna to boast $45m budget
Director Spike Lee and the Italian On My Own Production have announced new details on Lee's new Tuscany-set film project.The film will have a $45m budget, is to be produced 50% by On My Own - the new independent production company launched by ex-Mikado founders and owners Roberto Cicutto and ...
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Franco to direct two William Faulkner adaptations
Actor-director James Franco has acquired film rights for William Faulkner stories Red Leaves and Light In August. Franco plans to direct both projects. The rights for Red Leaves (a short story) and Light In August (a novel) were acquired from the Faulkner Estate, Franco told ScreenDaily.The estate will act as ...
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Nouri Bouzid wins best film prize at Taormina
Tunisian director Nouri Bouzid's Making Of took the Golden Tauro for best film at the Taormina Film Festival. The Film is part of the Mediterranean competition line up which is the principal competition section at the festival, which, in its 53rd edition has a new format focusing on cinema ...
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Italian exhibition: hot shots
With distributors now braving the Italian mid-summer, Italy's box-office prospects are heating up. Sheri Jennings reports. The Italian exhibition sector is looking strong, with a 23% year-on-year increase in box-office revenue for the first quarter, and an impressive slate of summer blockbusters still to come.May ushered in Spider-Man 3 and ...
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Hamed to direct Chicago from Yacoubian author Alaa-Al-Aswani
Egyptian director Marwan Hamed is in talks to direct a film based on Chicago, the follow up book by Yacoubian Building author Alaa-Al-Aswani with Dar El Shorouck, the book's Egyptian publisher as producing partner.The director made the announcement from the Taormina Film Festival where he is serving on the ...
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Dolmen strikes deal for 50 Cristaldi classics including Cinema Paradiso
Dolmen Home Library has acquired DVD distribution rights for 50 films from the Cristaldi Film Library, including several Oscar-winning titles produced by the legendary Italian producer Franco Cristaldi. The deal was signed by Cristaldi library heirs Zeuda Araya and Massimo Cristaldo with Dolmen chief Alessandro Usai. Titles in the package ...
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Bertolucci to receive Venice's special Golden Lion
Bernardo Bertolucci will receive the 'Golden Lion of the 75th,' a special prize in celebration of the Biennale's Jubilee anniversary, organisers have said. Bertolucci will receive the prize at Venice's closing night ceremony on Sept 8, just before the announcement of the Golden Lion winner. At this year's edition, Bertolucci's ...
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Atonement to open Venice Film Festival
UK director Joe Wright's adaptation of Ian McEwan's award-winning novel Atonement will open the Venice Film Festival's 64th edition.As Wright's second directorial effort (after Pride & Prejudice) the selection underscores Venice Film Festival director Marco Mueller's focus on risk and innovation for the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival.The ...