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International executives lead New Zealand film school
Fortissimo Film Sales' Wouter Barendrecht, German-based producer-distributor Karl Baumgartner, UK-based producers Judy Counihan and Rosa Bosch and The Warrior producer Bertrand Faivre are amongst the tutors at this month's Film Business School In New Zealand.Twenty-one New Zealand producers have been selected to attend the five-day course, the first time that ...
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Kal Ho Naa Ho leads IIFA nominees
Nikhil Advani's romance KalHo Naa Ho leads the pack of fifthInternational Indian Film Academy (IIFA) nominees with 12 nods including bestpicture, best actor, best actress and best direction.The nominations wereannounced at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, India, on Mar 31. All winners willbe chosen by the public and handed ...
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Wild Bunch ready to drop lawsuit over revolutionised Che
WithSteven Soderbergh stepping to replace Terrence Malick as the director of Che, this re-written biopic about the Cubanrevolutionary Che Guevara may prove an easier sell on the international market,believes its relieved Paris-based sales agent Wild Bunch.Malick'sabrupt departure last month from Che in order to focus more immediately on The New ...
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Goldmann named president of Atmosphere Entertainment MM
Bernie Goldmann has beennamed president of Mark Canton's LA-based Atmosphere MM Entertainment. He willoversee Atmosphere MM's film and TV development and production activities, willtake an equity stake in the company as well as a seat on its board ofdirectors.A former president ofproduction for Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment, Goldmann most recentlyproduced ...
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Scorsese to present The Leopard at Lake Placid
Martin Scorsese will presenta special screening of Luchino Visconti's The Leopard at this year's Lake Placid Film Festival which takesplace June 2 to 6.Scorsese will talk about thefilm which will then screen in a restored version which runs to 180 minutes.The director has always cited Visconti's 1963 epic as one ...
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Wolfe steps up US theatrical, buying Thoughts, City
California-based USindependent Wolfe is continuing its expansion into theatrical distribution withthe acquisition of Achim Von Borries' German drama Love In Thoughts which made its world premiere at the Sundance FilmFestival and Spanish director Cesc Gay's latest picture In The City.The 20 year-old company hasbeen established as a video company of ...
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Media Programme, Eurimages merger 'inevitable'
Jacques Toubon,head of the Eurimages production aid scheme, thisweek told Screendaily.com that mergerwith the Media programme may become "inevitable".The former French culture minister said that such a move could be a consequence ofthe imminent enlargement of the European Union (EU)."Soon the MEDIAProgramme and Eurimages' membership will overlap, with the consequence ...
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British Film Institute unveils plans to 'open up'
The British Film Institute (bfi) is to receive one of thebiggest shake-ups in its 70-year-history.Following a nine month internal review, chairman AnthonyMinghella and Director Amanda Nevill have announced a series of initiatives to"open up" a cultural organisation which, though widely respectedworldwide, has developed a reputation for being aloof and too ...
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Haneke plans Paris shoot for Cache
Director Michael Haneke will begin shooting his latest film,Cache, in Paris on July 5, moving on toAustria where it will be completed in early September.The film stars Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche as ahusband and wife caught in a story of intrigue and revenge.Auteuil is Georges, a TV presenter who ...
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Hellboy scores heavenly bow for Revolution and Sony
Itwas another strong weekend at the North American box office, with overallticket sales for the top 12 films up 39% from the same weekend last yearcontinuing an upward trend on 2003 for the sixth consecutive weekend.RevolutionStudios' well-reviewed comic book actioner Hellboy directed by Guillermo Del Toro opened at number onewith ...
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Sogecable denies Canal Satelite sale
Spanish audiovisual group Sogecable has vehemently denied speculation that it is nearing a sale to Telefonica of a 92.5% stake in digital satellite platform Canal Satelite Digital (CSD). Such a sale would undoubtedly result in a long-awaited merger between CSD and Telefonica-owned rival platform Via Digital.Sources at Sogecable this morning ...
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Miramax takes Stratus' Hostage for North America
MiramaxFilms has acquired North American rights to Hostage, the Bruce Willis action thriller financed byStratus Film Company and scripted from his own novel by Robert Crais.FlorentSiri (The Nest) is directing thefilm, which is currently shooting in Los Angeles, and Stratus, Equity Picturesand Cheyenne Enterprises are the production entities. The film's ...
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Polly takes another $5m for Universal, Dead opens well in Mexico
UniversalPictures/UIP opened hit comedy Along Came Polly in eight more territories this weekendincluding Korea, Russia and Sweden for an estimated total of $5m at 2,000 sitesin 32 countries.Theinternational total on the film is now $69m, with ten more territories still toopen including New Zealand and Panama next weekend.Polly's holdovers included ...
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Warner wins international weekend with Scooby off the leash
WarnerBros opened Scooby Doo 2 in 27markets over the weekend for an estimated total of $15.5m from 3,800 screens.After two weekends on release, the film has now taken $17.7m.Thefilm opened top in the UK, with an estimated $6.3m, more than double the secondfilm in the country The Passion Of The ...
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Tarantino plots anime prequel to Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino isconsidering a continuation of his Kill Bill epic by writing and producing an anime prequel whichtells the early life story of Bill before the fatal events in his two-volumepicture.Tarantino said he wouldwrite and oversee the picture and David Carradine would voice Bill. The filmwould be animated in the ...
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Kill Bill Vol 2
Dir: Quentin Tarantino.US. 2004. 136 mins.Rather like ThePassion Of The Christ, weknow how Quentin Tarantino's four-hour-plus epic Kill Bill will end. Yes, plot spoiler ahead, she killsBill. The pleasure, of course, comes in the journey, and, in contrast to thehigh style and stylized action of Vol 1, Vol 2 is ...
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Karma proves a winner at Hong Kong Film Awards
Running On Karma, directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, scooped three prizes including best film at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night, while To was awarded best director for cop drama PTU.An action adventure film that ruminates on reincarnation and destiny, Running On Karma also picked ...
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The Prince And Me
Dir: Martha Coolidge. US. 2004. 110 mins.The Prince & Me is a contemporary fairy tale romance which will enchant pre-teen and teenage girls around the world, but few else. If that core demographic signs up at the box office this weekend in North America, girl power will likely follow suit ...
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The Smell of Blood (L'odore Del Sangue)
Dir: Mario Martone. It-Fr. 2004. 99mins.Italian auteur Mario Martone's latest arthouse offering is a sterile and rather dated relationship drama in psycho-thriller sauce which will be defended only by the director's staunchest fans, and make the rest of us nostalgic for the edgy originality of his 1995 breakout film, L'Amore ...
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AUSTRALIA
Two high-profile family-friendly openers, UIP's The Cat In The Hat and Roadshow's Scooby-Doo 2, failed to make a dent in the popularity of 50 First Dates, despite the latest Adam Sandler romantic comedy being on fewer screens and in its second week.50 First Dates grossed A$2,573,524 from 286 screens, The ...
