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One Night The Moon tops Oz AWGIES
One Night The Moon, a 55-minute musical that has been picked up by Dendy Films for a local theatrical release on November 8, won the major gold award of the night at the annual Australian Writers Guild Awards (AWGIES) on Saturday September 8. Writers John Romeril and Rachel Perkins also ...
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RTL TV signs up with Constantin for distribution
Germany's RTL Television, has signed a theatrical distribution deal with Constantin Film for Germany and Austria. The deal, which comes into force from the beginning of next year, will cover up to 10 titles annually, with RTL covering p&a costs and Constantin handling physical distribution.RTL Group has long been keen ...
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UK cinema admissions rise 2.5% in 2nd quarter
Second quarter UK cinema admissions have risen by 2.5% over the same period in 2000, according to according to data from government agency National Statistics.Admissions hit 32.2m over the second quarter, which was significantly bolstered by the success of the early-summer season release of Bridget Jones's Diary, which has earned ...
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Private investors acquire Winstar TV & Video
A group of private investors has acquired Winstar TV & Video it was announced by president, Al Cattabiani. The company was previously owned by Winstar New Media, a division of Winstar Communications, a publicly traded broadband services company."We're delighted to have closed the sale," Cattabiani said. "As an independent ...
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New Brazilian film body to implement tax policies
A new Brazilian film industry body, the Agencia Nacional de Cinema (ANCINE) was established by president Fernando Henrique Cardoso on Friday September 9, to oversee the implementation of his new film policies for the Brazilian audiovisual industry, many of which impose additional costs on foreign imports.An official ceremony is scheduled ...
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Podeswa to direct Fugitive for Lantos
Canadian producers are back in the saddle, putting forward a raft of new projects as the chill placed on feature production by the threat of a SAG strike passes. The possibility of a strike by US actors boosted production in Canada in the first half of the year but dampened ...
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Lot 47 acquires US rights to Inuit film Atanarjuat
Lot 47 Films has acquired US rights to the highly acclaimed Inuit film Atanarjuat - The Fast Runner directed by Zacharias Kunuk. The first film ever written in the Inuit language, Atanarjuat won the Camera d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and has played in the Edinburgh, Telluride and ...
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Toronto deals: Miramax close to Sun, Soldiers
Before coming to an abrupt halt, buying was hotting up at the Toronto International Film Festival with Miramax Films close to buying worldwide rights on Walter Salles' Behind The Sun and closing in domestic rights to Gregor Jordan's Buffalo Soldiers. Meanwhile Sony Pictures Classics is circling Jill Sprecher's ensemble piece ...
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Last Wedding
Dir: Bruce Sweeney. Canada. 2001. 100minsWriter-director Bruce Sweeney covers well-trodden territory in Last Wedding, a sour reflection on modern love that gathers attitude and edge as it gradually darkens from light comedy to bitter farce. Focusing on three Vancouver couples, it observes the decline and fall of their relationships with ...
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Buffalo Soldiers
Dir: Gregor Jordan. UK/USA. 2001. 94mins"When there is peace, the warlike man attacks himself." The Friedrich Nietzsche quote provides the philosophy behind a biting black comedy exploring the military state of mind when the awful pressures of waging war are replaced by the dangerous tedium of keeping peace. The second ...
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Screen International: Tuesday September 11
Screen International extends its sincerest sympathies to all its friends and colleagues in the United States following today's tragic events.
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Toronto Festival halted by terror attacks in US
The Toronto International Film Festival was today (Tuesday Sept 11) abandoned following the terrorist attacks in the neighbouring US.The cancellation may be both a practical measure and a mark of respect for the dead and injured. The US has closed its borders to Canada and Mexico restricting the movement of ...
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Time Out (L'Emploi Du Temps)
Dir: Laurent Cantet. France. 2001. 133 mins. Laurent Cantet delivers brilliantly on the promise of his outstanding 1999 feature debut Human Resources with another compelling look at an individual caught up in trouble at the workplace. L'Emploi Du Temps is based on the true case of a middle manager who ...
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Toronto festival to carry on
Contrary to previous reports, the Toronto International Film Festival will stay the course, proceeding with the films, press conferences and Rogers Industry Centre events as scheduled for Wednesday 12 Sept. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the US on Tuesday morning, the Festival cancelled screenings and events ...
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CJ Entertainment could be Korea's first film IPO
South Korean film major CJ Entertainment has registered with KOSDAQ, the local technology exchange, for a review in preparation for going public. A founding shareholder of DreamWorks SKG and a key player in the local film industry, CJ Entertainment may be the first of Korea's film companies to carry ...
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Eleven feature debuts compete for tesafilm award
The UK's Dom Rotheroe, Brazil's Lais Bodanzky, Denmark's Anders Thomas Jensen and the USA's Michael Cuesta are among eleven first-time filmmakers invited by the Filmfest Hamburg to show their feature debuts in its tesafilm Festival sidebar and compete for the $13,975 (DM 30,000) "Golden tesafilm Reel".Established in 1999 with financial ...
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Blockbuster to replace video with DVD
Blockbuster, the world's largest home video rental chain, has announced a decisive move to replace video cassettes with DVDs throughout its global network of outlets.Blockbuster chairman John Antioco said the company plans to discard 25% of its stock of video tapes to make room for the growing number of DVD ...
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Latest updated Venice film festival deals
Hundstage, the debut film by Austrian director Ulrich Seidl which sharply divided critics at the Venice film festival, has proved a hot seller for producer and sales agent The Co-Production Office.The picture was sold to Mikado for Italy, Les Films Seville for Canada, Film Museum for The Netherlands, Filmladen for ...
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Cartoon D'Or animated shorts nominations
Five European animated shorts have been nominated for this year's Cartoon D'Or Award which will presented in a gala ceremony at the end of the Cartoon Forum co-production market in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on September 22.The nominated shorts are: Au Premier Dimanche D'Aout by Florence Miailhe, (France),Chicken Kiev by Thomas Stellmach (Germany), ...
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Global media industry reacts to terror attack
Terrorist attacks in the US on Tuesday threw into sharp relief the relevance of the entertainment industry. As the tragedy unfolded, US studios, cinemas and TV networks shut down for the day. The Emmy TV awards were postponed and the Latin Grammy awards cancelled. Even Walt Disney World in Florida ...