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BFI to programme art films for UCI
The British Film Institute (BFI) has partnered with UK exhibitor UCI Cinemas to programme classic films, world cinema and previews of new films. Dubbed "BFI@UCI" the partnership will cover 35 of UCI's UK multiplexes, giving the BFI wide access to multiplex cinemagoers. The institute currently has a smaller programming arrangement ...
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Friend becomes all-time Korean BO champion
Kwak Kyung-taek's Friend continues to rewrite the Korean film industry record books. It notched seven million admissions on its 52nd day of release (May 21) making it the most popular- Korean film of all time. The film, is currently playing on 38 screens in Seoul and 128 nationwide. Based on ...
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Japan says The Bunker is Mi-Pic
UK-based sales outfit The Film Company has sold UK psychological thriller The Bunker to Mi-Pic for Japan.Touted at this month's Cannes market, The Bunker tells the story of a group of German soldiers who get trapped into a disused bunker system on the French-Belgian border during World War 2. Starring ...
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Beyond Distribution bolsters sales team
Beyond Distribution has strengthened its sales team by giving additional responsibilities to London-based Ellen Lovejoy and through the appointment of Veronique Verges.The moves follow the resignation of Marena Manzoufas, Beyond Distribution's general manager, who will leave in mid-July.Lovejoy will now manage all sales staff in the UK, US and Australia ...
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Jove festival unveils youth line-up
Spain's youth-oriented International Cinema Jove Film Festival of Valencia (June 16-23) has unveiled a list of 80 short films and 10 feature films which will compete this year in the two parallel official sections of its 16th annual edition.All of the films are made by directors under 35 years of ...
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Hallmark grabs major terrs on mini-series pair
The Hallmark Channel has bought exclusive pay-TV rights to two big budget min-series stuffed with theatrical talent from Alliance Atlantis Television.The series Life With Judy Garland: Me And My Shadows and Haven were both bought for Latin America, Spain, Portugal, Russia, the CIS, Middle East and Italy. Hallmark also took ...
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Pearl Harbor pummels US with $75.1m opening
With an estimated Memorial Day weekend gross of $75.1m, Touchstone Pictures' $140m Pearl Harbor enjoyed the second highestfour-day holiday tally ever at North American theatres. However, even this fell short of the box office blitz that many in the media had been preparing for.Pearl Harbor may have elbowed out Mission: ...
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Pearl Harbor
Dir: Michael Bay. US.2001. 182 mins.The best that can besaid about Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor, his colossal take on one of the most tumultuous events of Americanhistory, is that it's decidedly not a popcorn summer movie in the currentsense. Quite the opposite: Deviating from the recent spate of postmodern,intentionally anachronistic ...
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Kinowelt shares slump as profit forecasts slashed
Shares at Kinowelt Medien hit an all-time low this week after the German media concern halved profit expectations for this year.Shares fell 17% to 4.68 Euro on Monday, recovering slightly but then slipped another 2.04% on Tuesday. At the beginning of trading on Tuesday shares were at 4.80 Euro. The ...
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Moscow, St Petersburg festivals link up
Russia's Moscow International Film Festival and St Petersburg International Festival of Festivals are tying up.The two events will now be held in overlapping slots and share films in their out-of-competition Panorama sections. The link up means Moscow will this year move from its traditional date in late July to June ...
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New York's Snapper teams with Scandinavia's Smile
New York-based production outfit Snapper Films has partnered with Scandinavia's Smile Entertainment to co-produce a slate of English-language features.The three-year arrangement includes Fidelity, written by Tom Griffin and to be directed by Juha Wuolijoki, and Arto Halonen's Guardian Angel. Both projects are drama thrillers that are expected to shoot in ...
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Jackie Chan launches rival Art Of War project
Hong Kong-superstar, Jackie Chan has set up a gladiatorial contest to produce an epic film based on classic Chinese tract The Art Of War. Chan announced yesterday (May 28) that he will star in a mega-budget adaptation of the philosophical works by Sun Tzu for Golden Harvest. Earlier this month ...
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EM.TV discusses Henson buyout with management
Charles Rivkin, chief executive of the Jim Henson Company, creator of the Muppets, is planning a management buy-out from German media group, EM.TV, according to a report this week in the UK's Financial Times. The paper said that Rivkin and other Jim Henson managers were canvassing US private equity houses ...
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Lecce Euro festival unveils line-up
Joaquin Cortes vehicle Gitano and Envy Of Gods by Russian director Vladimir Menshov are among the eight films in competition at the second edition of the European Cinema festival, which will be held in the southern Italian town of Lecce (June 2-9).Films to be viewed by Polish director ...
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UPC loan gives Malone more control
Beleaguered cable giant United pan-Europe Communications (UPC) has completed a series of transactions that gives it a Euros1bn loan and sees US entrepreneur John Malone take effective control of UPC's American parent UnitedGlobalCom.The loan from Malone's Liberty Mediareplaces a rights issue that was proposed in February, but to which stock ...
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Reitman to be honoured at Cinema Expo
Ivan Reitman, director of Ghostbusters , Twins and Dave, is to receive the "award of excellence in filmmaking" at the forthcoming Cinema Expo convention (June 25-28)."Reitman has consistently been exciting, thrilling and entertaining moviegoers worldwide. He is remarkably talented and a tribute such as this is justly deserved," said ...
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Digital costs push Wowow into loss
Wowow, a leading satellite broadcaster on satellite and cable TV which dedicates half its schedule to films, swung from profit to loss in 2000.It announced a $27.6m Y3.34bn) group net loss and a $26.9 (Y3.26bn) consolidated pre-tax loss for fiscal 2000, which ended on March 31. Company officials blamed the ...
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Under The Moonlight (Zir-E Nour-E Mah)
Dir: Reza Mir-Karimi. Iran. 2001. 96mins. The accessible face of Iranian cinema, Reza Mir-Karimi's second feature Under The Moonlight (Zir-E Nour-E Mah) tells the involving story of a young seminary student's crisis of vocation. Less austere and forbidding than many of the most critically lauded Iranian features of ...
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Aline Perry poised to head Sales Co
Aline Perry, former president of PolyGram Film International, has emerged as the front-runner to head UK-based international sales operation The Sales Co.Civilian Content, which in March agreed to acquire a majority stake in the sales outfit, is understood to be wooing the executive as part of plans to move the ...
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Bronfmann family cut Vivendi stake by a third
Vivendi Universal this week bought in 16.9 million of its shares after the Bronfman family sold off approximately a third of its holding in the media giant. Edgar Bronfman Jr, who remains executive chairman of the group, said: "This sale reflects my family's desire to diversify our investment portfolio after ...