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CDP's Winterstern named chairman of Signpost Films
HenryWinterstern, the co-founder and managing partner of Canada's CDP CapitalEntertainment, has been appointed chairman of the board at Stewart Till'snew company Signpost Films. He will play an integral role in identifyingstrategic partners and providing deal expertise for Signpost.Signpost is backed by CDPCapital Communications (a member of fund management group CDP ...
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Harry strides past $600m in international b.o.
Warner Bros' HarryPotter & The Sorcerer's Stone aka Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone crossed the $600m mark at the international boxoffice over the weekend, becoming only the second film in history to do so afterTitanic. The film is now poisedto become the third highest worldwide grosser in history, with ...
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Bidding wars begin over rights to Eight Women
Bidding wars in Germany and the UK on glitzy French ensemble piece Eight Women (Huit Femmes) lit up an otherwise sluggish market as the Berlinale moved into its second week.Prices for the German rights were said to have risen to as much as $1m on Eight Women, which was ...
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Buena Vista UK records biggest-ever opening
Buena Vista International recorded their biggest opening weekend of all time in the UK with the release of Monsters, Inc. The latest production from Pixar Animation Studios opened on Friday (Feb 8) to record a three-day gross of $13.1m (£9.2m) - including $3.8m (£2.7m) of previews.The animated film is the ...
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Taiwanese website offers studio movies for $1
A Taiwanese web-site has incurred the wrath of Hollywood for offering web-casts of thousands of major film titles for just $1.Current rental releases such as Shrek, Legally Blonde and American Pie 2 are available on the site - Movie88.com - which streams movies online using Real Player software. The site's ...
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New German production outfit seeks US product
Framewerk's Stefan Jonas and three partners have launched the new Munich-based international production outfit SRO Entertainment AG.SRO - which stands for Standing Room Only - will be represented in Los Angeles by Michael Ovitz's AMG and top lawyer Larry Hirsch to access top quality projects from the US."Our plan is ...
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Berlinale confirms status as new-talent event
Two of the Berlinale's "Vision Day" panelists have revealed details of the new projects they are hatching.Terry Gilliam, in town for Lost In La Mancha, will serve as executive producer on the Quay Brothers' long-anticipated second feature The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes. "Audiences are searching for a chance to journey ...
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Minor Mishaps (Sma Ulykker)
Dir: Annette K Olesen. Denmark. 2002. 109mins.That peculiarly Danish brand of bittersweet, intimate comedy finds its latest expression in Minor Mishaps, the story of a turbulent family reunion that combines many familiar Dogme elements (although it is not, in the strict sense, a Dogme film) with Mike Leigh's preparation for ...
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Safe Conduct (Laissez Passer)
Dir: Bertrand Tavernier. France. 2001. 170mins.An ambitious, enormously detailed portrait of a complex and (internationally, at least) little known footnote of World War II, Safe Conduct observes the film-makers working at the Continental, a German studio set up in Paris to produce French movies under the Occupation. Bertrand Tavernier's contention ...
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Screen International's latest news from Berlin
A round-up of the latest news taken from the Screen International Berlinale dailies - the official festival magazine.For previous stories and a full listing of the films in the main sections of the festival - type: Berlinale into the search bar at the top of the screendaily homepage.At a ceremony ...
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Sogepaq takes world rights on City Of No Limits
Spanish sales house Sogepaq has picked up worldwide rights on Berlin Panorama entry In The City Of No Limits (En La Ciudad Sin Limites).Directed by Antonio Hernandez (Lisboa), City is a co-production between Spain's Zebra Producciones and Iconica with Argentina's Patagonik.The film stars Leonardo Sbaraglia (Intact) as a young man ...
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Ex-London film fest chief launches Metropolis Film
Former London Film Festival head Sheila Whitaker is launching UK distributor Metropolis Films.The venture is to handle world cinema, releasing most titles on video but with some theatrical outings. Whitaker is attending Berlin with her partner in the company, Andy Ordonez, formerly of Japanese financing house NDF.Ordonez said the company ...
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Gilliam to exec produce Quay Bros' next feature
Two of the Berlinale's "Vision Day" panelists have revealed details of the new projects they are hatching.Terry Gilliam, in town for Lost In La Mancha, will serve as executive producer on the Quay Brothers' long-anticipated second feature The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes. "Audiences are searching for a chance to journey ...
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Euro public film fund coordination group launched
A new structure to promote a greater exchange of information between European public film funds is on the cards after meetings held during the Berlinale.The venture, which goes under the unwieldy working title of European Coordination Group for Regional Audiovisual Investment Funds (CEFIR-AV), was initiated by Rotterdam Film Fund's Jacques ...
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Ocean's Eleven steals past $100m overseas
Warner Bros celebrated itsfirst international smash of the new year as Ocean's Eleven stole past the $100m mark outside North America overthe weekend with a healthy $21m gross in 32 territories. Its total is now$111m.Playing on 3,827 screens,the film drew an estimated 3.75m admissions over the three days. It opened ...
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Senator Int'l picks up worldwide on Vaya Con Dios
Senator International hasacquired worldwide rights (excluding German-speaking territories) to the Germanromantic comedy Vaya Con Dioswritten and directed by Zoltan Spirandelli.Recent winner of fourBavarian Film Awards including best new director, best new actor and best newactress, the film tells the story of three monks who leave their bankruptmonastery to find their ...
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Lions Gate acquires North America on Secretary
Lions Gate Films hasacquired North American rights to Sundance Film Festival favourite Secretary, about the S&M relationship between a lawyer andhis secretary. The film was in dramatic competition at Sundance and won aspecial jury prize for originality. Directed by Steven Shainberg, the filmstars James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhall.Peter Block, president ...
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Rings lords over the Oscars with 13 nominations
The Academy Awardnominations, announced this morning in Los Angeles, produced a few surprisesbut as expected were dominated by The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship OfThe Ring which scored 13 nominationsand A Beautiful Mind which scoredeight. Other big winners were Robert Altman's Gosford Park which was nominated in seven categories ...
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Full list of 74th Academy Awards nominees
The full list of nominees for the 74th Academy AwardsBest PictureA Beautiful MindGosford ParkIn The BedroomThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The RingMoulin RougeDirectingA Beautiful Mind - Ron HowardBlack Hawk Down - Ridley ScottGosford Park - Robert AltmanThe Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring ...
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Sound Of Brazil (Moro No Brasil)
Dir: Mika Kaurismaki. Ger/Fin/Fra/Brazil, 2002. 105 mins.A well-known European arthouse director goes on a musical pilgrimage in a Latin American country. Sounds familiar, no' Echoes of Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club come thick and fast in this roots-of-Samba documentary by cuddly Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki. But in the end, ...