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Sherfig's Wilbur opens to strong Danish results
Lone Scherfig's highly anticipated English-language debut Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself, (pictured) which last week attracted buyers from around the world to it's national premiere, attracted a strong 16,993 admissions and a $101,957 gross on just 40 prints over its opening weekend. The film which received highly favourable reviews ...
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UK's Winchester signs seven-year deal with Universal
Winchester Entertainment said Tuesday it has struck a seven-year video distribution deal with Universal Pictures' UK arm.Winchester, which launched its UK theatrical distribution operation this year with Lantana, receives an advance from Universal as well as ongoing royalties.The studio is expected to start releasing Winchester titles on video and DVD ...
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Beyond takes world rights on Conspiracy Of Silence
Australian-owned Beyond Films has picked up world rights on UK drama Conspiracy Of Silence.Written and directed by John Deery, the Ireland-set film explores celibacy in the Catholic church and was produced by Flick Features, with backing from Little Wing Films and Mogirl Films.Hugh Bonneville, John Lynch, Jonathan Forbes and Brenda ...
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Sleepy Hollow keeps Stigmata off UK top spot
Competition for the number one slot was as intense as ever over the weekend (Jan 21-23) at the UK box office, with the top three films all grossing within £100,000 ($165,000) of each other. Stigmata (pictured), the supernatural thriller starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne, broke into the UK chart ...
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Spread betting begins on winter blockbusters
With high profile franchise instalments Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, James Bond's 20th official outing Die Another Day and The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers all released in the next five weeks much speculation surrounds their box office potential and how they might effect each other.Cantor ...
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Metro Tartan drops Ken Park after restaurant punch-up
Distributor Metro Tartan has cancelled its UK release of Larry Clark's film Ken Park following a restaurant brawl at the weekend between Clark and Metro Tartan CEO Hamish McAlpine.McAlpine and Clark were dining together at the weekend, just ahead of the release of Ken Park at the London Film Festival. ...
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Eastwood to get SAG lifetime achievement award
The veteran actor-director-producer Clint Eastwood is to receive the 39th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Life Achievement Award in recognition of his career and humanitarian accomplishments. The accolade goes each year to an actor who is deemed to foster the highest ideals of the profession and will be presented at the ...
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Universal, Network Ten extend free TV deal in Australia
Universal and Australia's free-to-air Network Ten television broadcaster have extended their agreement for exclusive free terrestrial television rights to the studio's content in Australia. Pictures such as American Pie 2, The Bourne Identity, new releases like 8 Mile and select series from Universal's television slate will go out to Australia's ...
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New production outfit: light club launched by Day
Elinor Day, the former deputy head of production at FilmFour who was responsible for such films as East Is East and Oscar hopeful The Warrior, has launched her own production company, the light club.The venture has an umbrella deal with Box Film, the TV and film company founded by former ...
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Senator Entertainment issues profit warning
Senator Entertainment today became the latest German film player to admit financial difficulties.The distribution and sales outfit said that revenues for the current year will be half those it previously forecast. While it says it will still achieve a positive EBITDA, it added that it will "not be able to ...
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Brit horror enjoys impressive international debut
British horror title Deathwatch received a stunning international box office debut last weekend in Hong Kong. Launching on just 19 screens on Nov 7 the film grossed a massive $192,564 (HK$1.5m) to take the top spot from Warner Bros' Ghost Ship.Starring Jamie Bell, in his first role since his BAFTA-winning ...
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Bulgaria adds Yesterday's Lunch to Oscar hopefuls
As one of the last country's to submit its Oscar entry Bulgaria's submission for next year's Academy Awards is a Bulgarian-Macedonian co-production, Warming Yesterday's Lunch ('Podgryavane Na Vcherashniya Obed). Based on a script written by Mile Nedelkovski from the book of the same name, the film was directed by ...
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Hubert Bals Fund distributes Euros 330,000 to 23 projects
Twenty-three projects from non-Western filmmakers are to receive a total of Euros 330,000 in grants from the International Film Festival Rotterdam's (IFFR) Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), as was decided during the fund's autumn selection round. The selection includes six projects from Argentina, two from Brazil, as well as works by ...
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French/Czech Simply Sirena launched in Prague
Prague-based production houses Sirena and Simply Cinema have announced a merger, with the new firm looking to capitalise on a French-Czech ownership, pursuing Czech-made co-productions for a pan-European audience.Simply Cinema, founded in 1993 by Czech producer Jaroslav Boucek, who produces films from acclaimed director Vladimir Michalek (Autumn Spring, Angel Exit), ...
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MGM mulls restructure of United Artists Films
In reaction to the increasingly problematic international sales landscape, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is looking to strike long-term output arrangements in major territories for films from its United Artists specialty label. That means a major restructure at its London-based sales and acquisitions operation London-based United Artists Films (UAF), run by sales veterans ...
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UK cinema launches distribution venture to pick up Kurdish titles
UK arthouse venue The Rio Cinema has launched a new distribution venture, acquiring UK rights to two films showing in the London Kurdish Film Festival - Handan Ipekci's Hejar and Jano Rosebiani's Jiyan.The Rio Cinema bought Hejar from Menemsha Films and, jointly with the Kurdish Film Festival Organising Committee, Jiyan ...
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Gil Junger starts shooting If Only
If Only, the first UK collaboration between Box Film and Intermedia, has started shooting in London with a cast headed by Jennifer Love Hewitt and Paul NichollsDirected by Gil Junger, whose credits include 10 Things I Hate About You, the American girl in London romance is being produced by Junger ...
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Messier diary hits French bookstores
Jean-Marie Messier delivers his version of events during his tumultous reign at Vivendi Universal, with the publication in France today of "Mon Vrai Journal" (My True Diary). Excerpts of the book already published in Le Monde reveal the work to be not quite a tell-all nor a memoir, but more ...
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German, Israeli film funds sign joint project agreement
German regional film fund Filmstiftung NRW and the Israel Film Fund have signed a deal to develop relations between the two film industries.The "Joint Project" agreement, which initially is to run for two years, was signed during this week's REEL IL 02 showcase of new Israeli student work at the ...
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Scottish film production enjoys mini-boom
Swimming against the tide of downbeat news from the UK sector, Scotland is currently experiencing a mini-boom in film and television production.Basking in the continuing festival acclaim and awards buzz for The Magdalene Sisters, Morvern Callar and Sweet Sixteen, Scotland was hailed as 'the new hotbed for British filmmaking' by ...