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Swiss film industry gets $33.3m production support
The Swiss film industry will receive $33.3m (CHF 50.4m) production support over the next three years with the signing of a third expanded Audiovisual Pact between public broadcaster SRG SSR idee suisse and the Swiss film industry in Locarno this week.The new pact will see SRG SSR providing a ...
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MIIB storms French box office
Columbia TriStar saw a massive first day opening in France for its latest summer blockbuster Men In Black II on Wednesday Aug 7.Recording a phenomenal 580,978 admissions (equivalent to $3m) in one day from 795 screens, the sequel to 1997's hit was leagues ahead of Columbia's earlier summer release Spider-Man ...
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Roissy, Dreams to merge
French independent sales outfits Roissy Films and Celluloid Dreams are merging their international sales activities aiming to consolidate what both see as complementary businesses. Catalogue sales accounted for the majority of Roissy Films' activities before the merger while Celluloid Dreams specialises in niche titles and fresh talent which sell best ...
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Kinowelt decision set for today
The future of the beleaguered Kinowelt group will be decided once and for all at a meeting in Munich today. The creditor committee of the ABN Amro Bank, BHF Bank and HypoVereinsbank will hear presentations from two groups bidding to take over the running of Kinowelt's core operations of theatrical ...
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Hong Kong's Panorama steps up theatrical activity
Flush with cash from a flotation on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), Hong Kong distributor Panorama Entertainment is hoping to increase its share of the local theatrical market by doubling its slate to around 16 pictures a year.The newly-listed company has recently embarked on a spending spree, snapping up all ...
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Los Angeles organisation to promote Hungarian films
A new Los Angeles-based non-profit organisation is aiming to promote Hungarian films in the international market, starting with securing a Golden Globe nomination for Robert Koltai's Mayday Mayhem (pictured).Friends of Hungarian Cinema was founded by seven founders, including film distribution expert Bela Bunyik. One of the main ambitions of ...
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Moritz de Hadeln unveils Venice 59 rich in glamour and discoveries
Just four months and one week after being appointed to the job, Venice artistic director Moritz de Hadeln (pictured) has unveiled a glitzy roster of international premieres such as Julie Taymor's biopic Frida which opens the Venice 59 competition, Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Liliana Cavani's Ripley's Game and Steven Soderbergh's ...
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Only one Italian film selected for Venice's Critics Week competition
Sipro Scipione and Francesco Sframeli's Two Friends (Due Amici), a tale adapted from the theatre about two Sicilians who live on the outskirts of a large Northern Italian city, is the only Italian film selected for the Critics Week competition at this year's Venice Film Festival.The competition line-up, selected by ...
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Gong Li heads for Venice
Chinese superstar Gong Li will head the jury of the upcoming 59th Venice International Film Festival, the festival's organisers have announced. The festival said Li had been chosen after artistic director Moritz de Hadeln suggested the actress should be considered as "her career successes have often been linked to the ...
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Moritz de Hadeln unveils Venice 59's
Just four months and one week after being appointed to the job, Venice artistic director Moritz de Hadeln (pictured) has unveiled a glitzy roster of international premieres such as Julie Taymor's biopic Frida which opens the Venice 59 competition, Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Liliana Cavani's Ripley's Game and Steven Soderbergh's ...
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Venice's Critics Week line up
Sipro Scipione and Francesco Sframeli's Two Friends (Due Amici), a tale adapted from the theatre about two Sicilians who live on the outskirts of a large Northern Italian city, is the only Italian film selected for the Critics Week competition at this year's Venice Film Festival.The competition line-up, selected by ...
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Venice announces short film competition
The Venice festival has unveiled a selection of nine short films to appear in its main Venezia 59 section. The mainly European and English-language titles will compete for a Silver Lion for the best short, the Premio UIP Venezia award for the best European short, and a Special Mention. The ...
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Venice announces short film competition
The Venice festival has unveiled a selection of nine short films to appear in its main Venezia 59 section. The mainly European and English-language titles will compete for a Silver Lion for the best short, the Premio UIP Venezia award for the best European short, and a Special Mention. The ...
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Law ducks Searchlight
Lindsay Law is leaving his post as president of Fox Searchlight Pictures to take up a wide-ranging production deal with 20th Century Fox, kicking off with the stage musical of his biggest hit The Full Monty.The studio has yet to announce Law's replacement, although an appointment from within the Fox ...
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Venice to host amfAR AIDS benefit
The Venice festival (Aug 29 - Sept 8) will once again be home to an amfAR spectacular raising money for AIDS research. Stars expected to attend include Shirley Bassey, Milla Jovovich and the evening's host Lauren Bacall. It will be co-chaired by Paolo Bulgari, Lady Helen Taylor, Venice festival director ...
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ProSiebenSat.1 profits dive by 69%as bids for parent KirchMedia whittled down to two
Germany's largest free-to-air television broadcaster and the former jewel in KirchMedia's now tarnished crown, ProSiebenSat.1 today reported a 69% drop in first-half net profits blaming a weak advertising market for the results.Announcing the results Pro-SiebenSat.1 chief executive Urs Rohner said a 'cheerless 2002 advertising year' - which included an under-performing ...
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San Sebastian announces line-up for Zabaltegi sidebar
San Sebastian announces line-up for Zabaltegi sidebarCannes' Palme D'Or winner The Pianist and Berlin's Golden Bear success Bloody Sunday among 16 featured films for Festivals Top strandThe Donostia-San Sebastian Film festival has announced the line-up for this year's Festival's Top strand, part of its Zabaltegi sidebar.According to San Sebastian organisers, ...
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Screen International re-teams with Toronto festival daily
Although it is not a competitive event like Berlin or Venice, the Toronto festival has arguably become the festival that has the most industry clout after Cannes. For the second year, Toronto has asked Screen International to contribute to its official ...
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Sithengi film festival first targets world cinema
Sithengi, Southern Africa's Film and TV Market, is to hold a legitimate film festival for the first time in its seven-year history in an attempt to establish a greater role for world cinema.Sithengi, which will be held in Cape Town 9-16 November, said it expected to announce the appointment of ...
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Australia confirms a dozen years of ticket growth
As expected, Australian exhibitors broke through the A$700m barrier in 1999 giving the territory an extraordinary twelfth consecutive year of box office growth. An estimated 88 million tickets were sold at an average ticket price of A$7.93 -- Australia's 19 million people have access to 1,740 screens. The final gross ...