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Rosen, McManus named interim co-directors of LAFF
Film Independent senior director Sean McManus and director of programming Rachel Rosen will serve as interim co-directors for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, filling the gap left by Rich Raddon following his ignominious departure last November.Raddon resigned his post in the wake of a $1,500 donation to the Yes ...
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David Moscato appointed Managing Director of Universal Pictures Italy
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) has announced the appointment of David Moscato as Managing Director of Universal Pictures Italy. Moscato, who previously worked with Ingram Micro Inc, and Microsoft, was Logitech Europe's Regional Director from November 2007, managing teams in Italy, Malta and North Africa. He will now be responsible ...
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The Good, The Bad, The Weird tops nominations for Asian Film Awards
The Good, The Bad, The Weird - Kim Jee-woon's rollicking Oriental Western -has racked upeight nominations for this year's Asian Film Awards, including those for best film, director and cinematographer. Song Kang-ho picked up a nod for best actor, while Jung Woo-sung and Lee Byung-hun both got nominated in the ...
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Berlinale's 2009 Panorama programme finalised
The section's main programme will open on February 5 with Danish actress-director Rie Rasmussen's debut feature Human Zoo while the Panorama Special strand will kick off with another debut, North (Nord) by Norway's Rune Denstad Langlo. The final raft of titles to be confirmed include world premieres of new films ...
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Nu Image, Pony Canyonstrike multi-title distribution deal in Japan
Los Angeles-based Nu Image has struck a multi-title distribution with Japan's Pony Canyon kicking off with Sylvester Stallone's upcoming action film The Expendables starring Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li with Forest Whitaker and Mickey Rourke in talks to join the cast.The story centres on a mercenary suicide mission to ...
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Peter Morris re-elected as chairman of BAFTA/LA
BAFTA/LA has re-elected Peter Morris as chairman and announced its board of directors for the newyear.
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38th International Rotterdam Film Festival opens
The 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will open tonight(January 21) with outdoor screenings of three specially commissioned films by Carlos Reygadas, Guy Maddin and Nanouk Leopold. The films will be projected high on the sides of buildings in the city's centre. In Maddin's Send Me to the 'lectric Chair, ...
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North America loves The Grinch
Universal Pictures and exhibitors across North America breathed a sigh of relief over the weekend as Imagine Entertainment's Dr Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas broke records with a $55.1m gross at a staggering 3,127 theatres (and on over 4,200 screens).The movie, a lavish live action retelling of the children's ...
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Glasgow Festival to open with UK premiere of In The Loop
The fifth Glasgow Film Festival will run from February 12-22, opening with the UK premiere of Armando Iannucci's political satire In The Loop starring Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini and Peter Capaldi. Closing the festival is the romantic comedy Last Chance Harvey co-starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. Other selections include ...
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Williams, Cattrall, Wilkinson, Belushi join Polanski's The Ghost
Roman Polanski will commence shooting his French-German-UK contemporary thriller The Ghost starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and new cast members Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi in Berlin on February 4.Filming will take place mainly in Studio Babelsberg as well as additional locations in Berlin. Summit International ...
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CBS Films names senior marketing team
CBS Films has announced key marketing posts and appointed Teri Boggess, Cherie Crane and Maggie Schmidt to senior positions.The three executives start work in February and will be responsible for designing and implementing all CBS Films' creative advertising, media and publicity campaign outreach and report directly to executive vice president ...
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Summit, Participant partner for multi-year distribution deal
Summit Entertainment and Participant Media have entered into a multi-title, multi-year non-exclusive distribution deal through 2013.The agreement covers co-financing, international sales and a rent-a-system deal encompassing domestic and international theatrical, home entertainment and pay TV. The companies will combine their marketing prowess on releases.Plans call for as many as four ...
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MarVista attends first EFM with new films including Hutton thriller
Los Angeles-based MarVista Entertainment has unveiled the first EFM slate in its five-year history, led by the action thriller Reflections starring Timothy Hutton and thriller The Watch with Clea DuVall.Reflections sees Hutton cast as an agent who travels to Barcelona to track down a serial killer and finds he has ...
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38th edition of Rotterdam opens with plea for Hubert Bals Fund
Rutger Wolfson, director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam made an impassioned defence of the work of Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund (HBF) at the opening of the 38th edition of the festival last night. The fund, devoted to supporting filmmaking in developing countries, has just received a qualified vote of ...
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Entertainment One rebrands as E1 Entertainment
Canadian media company Entertainment One is rebranding its expanding operations under one global banner, E1 Entertainment. The new name comes with a new logo and the integration of its operations in Canada, the US, the UK and Benelux into four main units: E1 Television, E1 Films, E1 Music and E1 ...
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Sony launches Blu-ray manufacturing in China
Sony's Shanghai-based subsidiary company Shanghai Epic Music Entertainment has launched China's first Blu-ray disc manufacturing plant in the city's Song Jiang Industrial Development Zone. According to Wu Xiao, CEO of Shanghai Epic, the Blu-ray discs manufactured at the Shanghai plant will be mainly used for the domestic market. The facility ...
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Benjamin Button tops Oscar nominations
Paramount/Warner Bros co-venture The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button led the pack at the 81st annual Academy Award nominations announcement in Los Angeles with 13 nominations including best picture, best director and best actor for Brad Pitt. Only two films in Oscar history - All About Eve in 1950 and ...
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New In Town
Dir Jonas Elmer. US. 2009. 96 mins New In Town sees Renee Zellweger returning to the genre which, in the Bridget Jones films, has given her two of her biggest worldwide hits. But there's nothing in this run of the mill romantic-comedy - co-starring Harry Connick Jr and marking the ...
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Last Resort takes top honours at Thessaloniki
BBC production Last Resort, directed by Polish-born UK resident Pavel Pawlikowski, picked up the top three awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Sunday, including the Golden Alexander for best picture, backed by a $31,000 (DR12.5m) purse.The film, acquired for distribution in Greece by Rosebud, also walked away with ...