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Iris Prize Festival winners announced
Till Kleinert's Cowboy has been named as the 2008 winner of the Iris Prize, Cardiff's international gay and lesbian short film prize, valued at £25,000. The winning film tells the story of a city dweller and a country lad who pay a terrible price for love.The filmmaker also received the ...
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Ghent Festival honours Richard Jenkins
Veteran actor Richard Jenkins will be honoured at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival with their Special Achievement Award.It will be presented after the Benelux premiere of The Visitor in Ghent, Belgium on Oct 7. Jenkins, along with co-stars Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira will attend the screening.In Overture's The ...
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Swedish Film Institute announces $3.9m film support
The Swedish Film Institute has contributed $3.9m (SEK 28.1m) production support for 13 new films. $1.4m (SEK 10m) of that sum is reserved for Swedish directors Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson's first feature, Sound Of Noise.Simonsson and Nilsson have also scripted their debut which will be a French-Swedish co-production ...
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Love's A Bitch wins Tokyo's Grand Prix
Mexican title Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros), directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, was awarded the Grand Prix at the 13th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday (November 5). Inarritu also took the Best Director Award. Other top awards at the festival went to Stuart Blumberg, ...
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President of Miramax Films to launch London Film Finance Market
Daniel Battsek will launch the second Production Finance Market (PFM), where more than 50 producers will present projects totalling $1.16bn. A number of producers and financiers will meet at the Production Finance Market (PFM) in London from Oct 20-22, with a view to forging new financing relationships. The event will ...
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IMAX signs cinema pact with Austria's Cineplexx Kinobetriebe
IMAX Corp. and Austrian exhibitor Cineplexx Kinobetriebe have signed a joint-venture agreement that will see three digital projection cinemas installed in the cities of Graz, Vienna and Hohenems. The pact marks the giant screen company's first joint-venture in Europe. Thus far, IMAX has deals for over 180 digital projection systems, ...
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Digital Cinema Media unveils new brand identity
Digital Cinema Media has unveiled its new logo and brand identity, following its acquisition of advertising assets from ITV's Carlton Screen Advertising. Digital Cinema Media (DCM) a joint venture between cinema exhibitors Cineworld and Odeon, revealed its new logo which shows the company's name illuminated in a bright light projection. ...
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Beta Cinema picks up world sales for German feature on Iraq War
Beta Cinema has picked up world rights for Lancelot von Naso's feature debut Ceasefire (Waffenstillstand).Ceasefire is the first German-language feature film on the Iraq War and is a co-production between DRIFE Deyle&Richter Filmproduktion, DCM Mitte Productions, Erfttal Film, and broadcasters ZDF and arte.The film was inspired by the 2004 siege ...
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Ymagis and Universal agree D-cinema deal
Universal Pictures has signed a deal with European digital cinema services provider Ymagis to supply films to theatres equipped by Ymagis. Universal will also pay digital print fees under a long-term agreement.The arrangement mirrors earlier deals Ymagis has concluded with Paramount, Disney and Fox. To date Ymagis has signed contracts ...
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Voltage acquires international rights to Seventh Moon
Voltage Pictures has acquired all international rights to Haxan Films' Seventh Moon, a new thriller written and directed by The Blair Witch Project's Eduardo Sanchez.The film stars Amy Smart, Tim Chiou and Dennis Chan and had its world premiere recently at Fantastic Fest in Austin. It will next screen on ...
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Bell, Lucas join voice cast of Imagi Studios' Astro Boy
Kristen Bell and Matt Lucas have joined the voice cast of Imagi Studios' CG-animated Astro Boy which has been set for a domestic release through Summit on Oct 23, 2009. Summit is also handling international sales except for Japan, Hong Kong and China.They join the previously announced cast of Nicolas ...
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TriStar to release Cadillac Records in the US in Dec
TriStar Pictures will release Sony BMG's production Cadillac Records on Dec 5 in North America this year.The music-themed film chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists in Chicago in the 1950s. It stars Adrien Brody as Leonard Chess, Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters, Columbus Short as Little ...
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UK industry gathers for Screen film finance conference
Screen International will bring film-makers and financiers together to consider newly-emerging finance structures and how to maximise funding and commercial opportunities in an ever-tougher market at its annual UK Film Finance Summit. The conference on October 16 at London's Waldorf Hilton comes at a critical time for the independent industry ...
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Frances Fisher, Dominique Swain to star in Dead Whisper
Frances Fisher and Dominique Swain are to star in paranormal thriller Dead Whisper for Two Of A Kind Productions.The film is set to begin shooting in Louisiana on Nov 10 with Oley Sassone directing and John Kersey producing. The script was written by Jennifer Kersey and follows an emotionally scarred ...
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EXECUTIVE SUITE - Roberto Patruno
The managing director of Istituto Luce talks to Melanie Rodier about the company's changing objectives.What are Istituto Luce's ties to the state and what is the company's budget'We are a joint stock company owned by Cinecitta Holding and funded by the Italian government. The cultural ministry gives us $8.7m-$9.5m (L20bn-L22bn) ...