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Chinese domestic films reach record 57% market share
Chinese authorities have announced that the territory's box office revenues reached $347.21m (RMB2.368bn) up until the end of August, which is a 31% increase from the same period in 2007. In addition, the market share of local films (including co-production films) was much higher than in the past, accounting for ...
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Maggie Q heads cast of Tian's Warrior And The Wolf
Maggie Q has been cast to play the lead role in Chinese Fifth Generation director Tian Zhuangzhuang's epic drama The Warrior And The Wolf, which is being produced by Hong Kong's Bill Kong and partners from Japan, China and SingaporeShe will star opposite Japanese actor Joe Odagiri (Tokyo Tower, Shinobi) ...
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First Branchage Jersey Film Festival heralds possible tax credit
The first Branchage Jersey Film Festival (Sept 25-28) kicked off last night with a gala screening of the multiple-festival-winning Man On Wire at the Jersey Opera House.Following the screening, producer Simon Chinn revealed that he isworking on another documentary project with Man On Wire director James Marsh.The festival aims to ...
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Rome announces titles for Extra and Eye on the World sidebars
The fifth Rome International Film Festival (RIFF) has announced the titles for two of this year's side bar sections L'Altro Cinema (Extra) and Occhio sul Mondo (Eye on the world).The Altro Cinema line up, curated by Mario Sesti, has ten features and fifteen documentaries. The documentaries will compete for the ...
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White Wedding Night is Icelandic submission for Oscar
Comedy White Wedding Nigh, Baltasar Kormákur's fifth feature film, which he scripted, directed and produced, has been submitted as Icelandic Oscar entry Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur's White Wedding Night (Brúdguminn) has been selected by the Icelandic Film and TV Academy as Iceland's official candidate for the Oscar nominations as Best ...
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Slovenia enters Rooster's Breakfast in Oscar race
Marko Nabersnik's love story is submitted by The Slovenian Union of Film Workers to represent Slovenia as best foreign film at the next Academy Awards. Marko Nabersnik's Rooster's Breakfast (Petelinji Zajtrk) is Slovenia's entry for the best foreign language film at the next Academy Awards.Nabersnik's film is a rare domestic ...
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Wall to Wall CEO to lead media literacy taskforce
Alex Graham, CEO of BAFTA winning production company Wall to Wall, has been appointed the new Chair of the Media Literacy Task Force.The group was set-up by the UK Film Council, Channel 4, the BBC and the BFI to empower the public to be media literate and participate in today's ...
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Atom Egoyan to receive Douglas Sirk award
Filmfest Hamburg will honour Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan this weekend with the Douglas Sirk Award.Egoyan will be recognised for his outstanding services to film culture, with WimWenders speaking in praise of the director.The award will be presented following the German premiere of Egoyan's latest feature Adoration.Commenting on the choice of ...
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Pandora's Box wins the Golden Shell at San Sebastian
Yesim Ustaoglu's coming home drama Pandora's Box has won the Golden Shell for best film at the 56th edition of San Sebastian.An international premiere at the festival, Ustaoglu's Turkish-French-German-Belgian co-production tells the story of three siblings forced to put their differences aside to find their missing mother.The film beat off ...
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One Life Stand leads nods for Scottish BAFTAs
Elemental Films' One Life Stand and controversial BBC Scotland television drama Tinsel Town lead the nominations for the third biennial BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. A recent winner for Best Achievement in production at the British Independent Film Awards, the low-budget digital feature One Life Stand tells of the complex ...
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Preview: Pusan International Film Festival
Screen's team looks forward to this year's Pusan. Click on reports for more.Pusan: Asia's Sundance'Pusan Markets: A launch pad for Asian projects Profile: Pusan Promotion PlanInterview with Pusan festival director Kim Dong-hoSPECIAL REPORT: Is Asia credit-proof'
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Thai Entertainment Expo wraps brave but quiet first edition
The first ever Thailand Entertainment Expo (Sep 24-28) wrapped on Sunday, after a slightly busier weekend as the event was opened to the public, but overall business and buyers were thin on the ground. Organised by Thailand's Department of Export Promotion (DEP) and Ministry of Commerce, the five-day event brought ...
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Captain Abu Raed wins inaugural Finnkino Prize
Jordanian film-maker Aman Matalqadebut feature Captain Abu Raed has won the inaugural Finnkino Prize at the Helsinki International Film Festival. Click here to see review.The audience-voted prize- the first to be awarded at what for the last 20 years has been a non-competitive event - includes a Finnish distribution deal ...
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Elissa Down wins Australian Directors award for The Black Balloon
The director of The Black Balloon, Elissa Down, has won the highest feature film accolade for 2008 from her peers at the Australian Directors Guild (AWG). Click here for review.But the film's producer, Tristram Miall, collected the award on her behalf at a dinner last night (Saturday) in Sydney because ...
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PVC-1 takes top prize at Bangkok's Golden Kinnarees
Colombian feature PCV-1, directed by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, took the grand prix in the main competition of the Bangkok International Film Festival's Golden Kinnaree Awards on Sunday night. The three-person jury, comprising South-East Asian filmmakers Eric Khoo, Lav Diaz and Aditya Assarat, applauded the film for its 'raw, original and relentless ...
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Thanos Anastopoulos' Diorthosi is Greek Oscar entry in policy switch
Thanos Anastopoulos' second featureDiorthosi (Correction) is the Greek official submission for the foreign-language Academy Award.The decision reached by the Cinema Department of the Culture Ministry marks a change from the current film law which stipulates that the filmsubmitted should have won the best film trophy at the State Cinema Awards ...
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Seven world premieres compete in big money MEIFF competition
Seven world premieres are included among the 15 films competing in the $200,000 narrative competition Abu Dhabi's Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) (October 10-19).The world premieresare mostlyfrom film-makers fromthe region, stretching from Lebanon to Morocco, highlighting the festival's aim to be a beacon for Arab and Middle East talent.The ...
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Ghent boasts 130-strongline-up with major film music events
The 35th Ghent International Film Festival (October 7-18) will screen 131 films from 45 countries.The event will also feature industry events, five major film music concerts and an exhibitions devoted to Harold Lloyd.Ghent begins with a screening ofWoody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona before its official opening night film, Tom McCarthy's ...
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Korea's Gwangju Citygets promotionboost from October,Metafive
Hong Kong-based October Pictures and Korean visual effects company Metafive Art, Science And Magic have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with South Korea's Gwangju Metropolitan City to promote Gwangju as an Asian hub for international CGI projects. The two companies are also collaborating with Kinomotive Studio - founded by ...
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Pusan tips Korean producers' projects, co-production conference
Pusan's Asian Film Market has announced five projects for its Korean Producers In Focus (KPIF) and events for the Busan 2008 International Co-production Conference, in partnership with the Producers Guild of Korea (PGK). With the goal of supporting the ailing Korean film industry, the KPIF will showcase producers and their ...