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Canal Plus, Pathe embark on Mission To Mars
C+P - the joint acquisition and distribution venture between French majors Canal Plus and Pathe - has acquired French rights to mammoth Disney sci-fi picture Mission To Mars from Spyglass Entertainment.Brian De Palma's epic, which is budgeted around $75m, will open in North America on March 10 through Buena Vista. ...
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Torremolinos 73
Dir: Pablo Berger. Spain-Denmark. 2003. 90mins.A simpatico local comedy, Torremolinos 73 swept last week's Spanish Film Festival of Malaga, winning best film, director, actor and actress awards. Like last year's top Malaga winner and Spanish box office hit The Other Side Of The Bed (El Otro Lado De La Cama), ...
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Malaga seduced by Torremolinos
First-time feature director Pablo Berger's Torremolinos 73 scooped four top awards at Spain's sixth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga, which ended Saturday night (April 25-May 3).The 1970's-set dramedy about a couple's accidental spiral into the porno film industry won best film, director, actor (Javier Camara) and actress (Candela Pena).Three ...
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BVITV names Maigret vice president, portfolio development
Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) has appointed Philippe Maigret as vice president, portfolio development, it was announced by Tom Toumazis, senior vice president and managing director, BVITV EMEA. Maigret will be based in London and report directly to Toumazis. Maigret will focus on optimising the value of the BVITV ...
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Two SARS-themed films ready to shoot
Producers in Hong Kong and China are preparing two separate films about the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which are both scheduled to start shooting next week.The Hong Kong project, The City Of SARS, will be produced by Mandarin Films with Steve Cheng directing. Described by Mandarin as ...
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Shanghai International Film Festival succumbs to SARS
The organisers of the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) have confirmed that this year's event will not take place as scheduled next month (June 7-15). Instead, the event has been postponed until 2004, when it will run June 5-13. Organisers are concerned that the worsening SARS situation in mainland China ...
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Two offers made for UGC Cinemas
Two venture capital firms have made takeover offers for UGC Cinemas according to French financial daily Les Echos. The two, LBO France and CDC Ixis, have made firm approaches to Vivendi Universal, which owns 55% of the exhibition giant. A third venture, headed by Banque Paribas offshoot PAI apparently examined ...
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Sandrew Metronome International reveals new team for Cannes
Scandinavian distributor Sandrew Metronome will this year be attending Cannes with an all-new acquisitions team. Assembled after veteran CEO Bertil Sandgren's retirement last month, Sandrew Metronome International's new acquisitions team now comprises Eivor Zimmerman and Stine Helgeland, with Frida Ohrvik as CEO in charge of strategic development and finance.Sandrew Metronome ...
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Dendy snaps up Dogville for Australia
Dendy Films has acquired Australian rights to Lars von Trier's highly anticipated Cannes contender just weeks before it is scheduled to hit the Croisette. The deal was signed last week with sales outfit Trust Film Sales, which now reports that only three key territories remain to be closed on the ...
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Universum picks up 80 Days for Germany
RTL Group's theatrical distribution arm Universum Film has picked up the German theatrical and video/DVD rights to Frank Coraci's Around The World In 80 Days which began shooting in Berlin yesterday.Universum acquired the film from German rights trader Telepool and will now have to decide which of its physical distribution ...
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Korean Memories Of Murder holds off X2
Memories Of Murder, the second film by director Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), has become a major success at the South Korean box-office, holding off strong competition from X2: X-Men United to remain at number 1 in its second week.Released on April 25, Memories Of Murder has grossed $8.2m ...
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Mehta's Water to relocate
Director Deepa Mehta has revealed that after weeks battling with protestors on the set of her film Water, she has decided to shift location from the Indian city of Varanasi."There is a good chance that the sets of Water will now float into the state of Madhya Pradesh, where chief ...
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Helkon SK renamed Redbus Film Distribution
Helkon SK chiefs Simon Franks and Zygi Kamasa have renamed their UK distributor Redbus Film Distribution, signalling their imminent separation from bankrupt German parent Helkon Media.Franks and Kamasa have a contractual right to purchase Helkon Media's equity in their UK business at the end of this year but are seeking ...
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Argentina's Toys wins Int'l Student Film Fest
Argentine filmmaker Esteban Puenza's Toys (Juguentes) won the Euros 5,000 Feature Film Prize at this year's 'Sehsuechte' International Student Film Festival which attracted more than 10,000 spectators to the festival venues in Babelsberg.Meanwhile, the Documentary Award was presented to Sandra Jakisch for 08/15 - Leben Am Rand Von Koeln which ...
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Iranian Exam wins Jeonju Int'l Film Fest
The 4th edition of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in South Korea wrapped on Sunday with Iranian director Nasser Refaie winning the top award in the Asian NewComers section with his film Exam. The debut work centers around a group of Iranian women who gather to take a ...
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Liz Hurley to star as Method killer
Elizabeth Hurley has been signed as the lead actress in Method, a thriller for Andrew Stevens' company Trademark Entertainment. Hurley will be promoting the film during the Cannes film festival this month. The film will be offered for sale at the Cannes market and is available in all ...
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Spanish film fest's Projects Forum sizes up five films
Spanish producers took advantage of the talent and media congregated in Malaga last week for the sixth annual Spanish Film Festival (April 25 - May 3) to present five new feature films in various stages of production.The festival's Projects Forum (Foro de Proyectos) offers a glimpse into a few of ...
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UK gives X2 its biggest international opening
As X-Men fever swept the globe over the weekend, the UK was no exception to 20th Century Fox's mammoth success. Indeed X2: X-Men United's $11.3m (£7m) four-day opening from 449 UK sites gave the distributor its highest international opening for the film.The comic-book adventure easily took the top spot over ...
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Ridley reopens Black Dahlia murder case for Lions Gate
John Ridley, whose writing credits include Undercover Brother and U-Turn, is to direct the thriller Let MeTake You Down for LionsGate Films, the company announced Based on an original screenplay by Ridley, the projectcentres on a Hollywood coroner's office worker who attempts to reopen thelegendary 1947 Black Dahlia murder case.Ridley ...
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Toronto Festival puts Brazil in spotlight
The cinema of Brazil has been selected for the NationalCinema programme at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Sept.4-13. Programmer Diana Sanchez will select between eight and ten titles.The announcement is a strong indication that Toronto will be presenting newworks from two of Brazil's leading auteurs, Hector Babenco and Walter ...