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Minority report: training in Australia
Minority training in AustraliaIndigenous Australians now comprise just 3% of the country's population and until the Australian Film Commission (AFC) stepped in to create a dedicated indigenous branch in 1993, they had virtually never had the chance to tell their own stories on screen.This year, the focus on indigenous film-makers ...
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Training - Opinion - 'It took time but the field opened up'
For a country where a husband's infidelity is almost tacitly agreed in a marriage contract, it is surprising that machismo has very little place in the French film business. Women have been running companies, working as producers, editors, screenwriters and directors for years in what appears to be one of ...
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International - Change hits the top 10
Four new entries debuted in Screen's international chart this week, the highest of which was StudioCanal's Change Of Plans, from director Daniele Thompson, at number eight. Starring Welcome To The Sticks' Dany Boon, the comedy opened in France, Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland, taking $5.9m from 550 screens for the week's ...
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Watchmen watch: reaching beyond the fan boys through online innovations
The arrival of Watchmen was always going to generate buzz. On March 6 the film will hit more than 6,000 screens worldwide, with all the major markets opening within the month (the last to open, Japan, is only three weeks behind North America). With a launch of this magnitude in ...
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Regent takes US rights to Spottiswoode's Shake Hands With The Devil
Regent Releasing has picked up US rights from Halifax Film to RogerSpottiswoode's drama Shake Hands With The Devil and will release inthe summer.Roy Dupuis stars as Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, a Canadianformer United Nations military officer who alerted the world toongoing atrocities in the war between African Hutu and Tutsi tribes.Deborah ...
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Australia nears $150m with final territory opening in Japan
Warner Bros Pictures International's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button has reached $161m from its overseas adventure and will look to hold on to its international crown this weekend.However with no new releases scheduled for the next several days thedrama may struggle against Sony Pictures Releasing International'sbanking thriller The International ...
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NewsBlockbuster sells Irish division for $45m
Blockbuster Entertainment, the home entertainment chain, has sold its Irish subsidiary Xtra-vision to local consortium Birchhall Investments for $45m (€32million).
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Le Dernier Vol
In the French Sahara in 1933 adventurer and aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont Partie goes in search of the man she loves, who disappeared in an attempted London–Le cap plane trip.
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Le Caméléon
True story of Frédéric Bourdin the young deliquent who posed as Nicolas Barclay, a 13-year-old who had disappeared three years previously. To Frédéric’s astonishment, Nicolas’s family welcome him like their own son, leaving the police and FBI baffled and concerned. A race against time thus ensues, between the investigators and ...
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Swinging With The Finkels
Romantic comedy about a married couple going through a turbulent time
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Last Night
The fragile and complex life of a couple is overturned one night when one goes on a business trip with an attractive colleague, whilst the other meets up with an old lover.
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Les Meilleurs Amis Du Monde
One mistaken press of a button on a mobile phone and all the secret opinions harboured by friends are revealed to one just before he sets off for a weekend away with everyone.
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La Rafle
Production companies: Gaumont, LégendeInternational Sales: GaumontDirector: Roselyne BoschScreenplay: Roselyne BoschDoP: David UngaroSet Designer: Olivier RaouxCast: Mélanie Laurent, Jean Reno, Gad ElmalehLocations: Paris, HungaryContact: Carole Dourlant, Gaumont (33) 1 46 43 20 37
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Summertime
Set against the backdrop of a tough estate during a blisteringly hot summer, Summertime is a film musical that captures the sprit of folk-operas such as Porgy And Bess, with the grit of contemporary fables such as Dancer In The Dark
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NewsSummit extends Twilight into virtual world Habbo
Summit Entertainment is looking to extend its vampire franchise Twilight online through a new deal with social networking site, Habbo.
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NewsApparition, SPWAG swoop on Boondock Saints sequel
Apparition and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) have moved quickly to acquire The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day following its Comic-Con presentation and will release in the US on October 30.
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NewsWeinsteins take North America and select territories on The King's Speech
The Weinstein Company has acquired North America and select territory rights from See-Saw Films and Bedlam Productions to The King’s Speech starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.