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Opinion: the changing face of acquisitions
International sellers and producers going into Cannes will encounter a severely depleted troupe of acquisitions executives from the US studios and their specialised divisions.
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Examining Pathe UK's newpath
Last week, Pathe UK announced its decision to focus on developing and producing its own films rather than acquiring third-party titles. Its move to create all of its own product supply and to team up with Warner Entertainment UK (WEUK) for the distribution of its films has met a mixed ...
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Artificial Eye, Metro Tartan unite for UK video
Artificial Eye Film Distribution and Metro Tartan Films - two of the leading independent distributors of non-English language films in the notoriously tough UK market - are banding together to set up a jointly owned video company.The operation will be headed by Mike Flello, currently head of Fox World Cinema, ...
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Can other festivals learn from Adelaide'sinnovative funding strategy'
The world premieres of a selection of new Australian films put this year's Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) firmly on the international map. Six of these features were part-funded by the festival itself, and four of these in particular were responsible for much of the buzz.These were Sarah Watt's My Year ...
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Producer Paul Mezey looks outward from NYC
Paul Mezey does not have the insular New York mind-set of some independent producers based in the Big Apple. One of his next two productions, Joshua Marston's Blood Feud (working title), will shoot in Northern Albania while David Riker's The Girl will shoot in Texas and Mexico.He has also gone ...
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Cherien Dabis on Amreeka
Cherien Dabis' feature debut Amreeka, a richly observed story of Arab-American immigrants in middle America, hits very close to home. 'I grew up in Ohio, going back to Jordan every summer,' Dabis says. 'I had a sort of identity crisis - I wasn't American enough for the Americans nor Arab ...
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Keith Griffiths & Simon Field - nurturing creativity
At the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January, the public could watch three films on permanent night-time loop, high above the city, broadcast on big screens attached to the side of tower blocks: these were a Carlos Reygadas film about a women's football match in the Andes, a Guy Maddin ...
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Kent Smith: Australia's newest mini-mogul
Although he began producing features only three years ago, Kent Smith can bring more to a co-production deal than most Australian producers. He and his colleagues own the Adelaide-based Kojo Group, which includes post-production and other film services as well as a theatrical distribution division. Smith signed on as a ...
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Case study - Man On Wire's soaring success
One morning in April 2005, Simon Chinn of London-based documentary production outfit Red Box Films had the good fortune to oversleep. He woke up to the sound of Philippe Petit's voice on the BBC's Radio 4.'I was incredibly struck by him, his impassioned and completely unique view of the world,' ...
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100 years of Hong Kong cinema
Every great story involves a little mystery, and so it is with the story of Hong Kong cinema. Film-making is thought to have made its way to town as early as 1898, when the US-based Edison production house sent a camera crew through Asia, and returned home with footage of ...
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Filmart's hottest projects for international buyers
This year's Hong Kong International Film & TV Market (Filmart) gets underway at a difficult time for the international film industry - a period when production finance is scarce and travel budgets are being trimmed. But while ripples from the global financial tsunami - as it is known in this ...
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HKIFF to showcase changing local industry
Both of the opening films of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) - Derek Yee's Shinjuku Incident and Ann Hui's Night And Fog - are from Hong Kong film-makers, reflecting the creative strength of the local film industry despite the challenges it now faces.Produced by Emperor Motion Pictures ...
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HAF: high-profile directors and Philippines focus
The seventh edition of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) will present 27 Asian projects over three days from March 23-25.High-profile directors in the line-up include China's Lu Chuan and Ning Hao, who participated in HAF 2005 with their now completed films Nanking! Nanking! and Crazy Racer respectively; ...
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Dragotto re-teams with Hausfater at Intermedia
Former Buena Vista Film Sales (BVFS) vice president Michael Dragotto is re-uniting with his erstwhile boss Jere Hausfater at sales, financing and production entity Intermedia.Dragotto takes up the newly-created position of executive vice-president, motion picture group, worldwide distribution. He will report to Jere Hausfater, who previously headed BVFS.The appointment comes ...
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Marley & Me shows bite for Fox
Twentieth Century Fox's Marley & Me has doggedly climbed its way to the top of Screen's international box-office chart for the March 13-15 weekend, adding more than $14m from 2,559 screens in 29 markets, a 73% rise in week-on-week takings.The film opened in nine new territories, and the UK leads ...
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Tough times at the Indian box office
A reduction in multiplex ticket prices across India is an indicator of the delicate economic times in the territory.Prices have been reduced by 20%-50% at various multiplexes, with rates varying based on location, day and time of the screening. At PVR Cinemas' sites, tickets now cost $1.36-$4.86 (rup70-rup250), on average ...
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France has record year for production and investment
France had a record year for production and production investment in 2008, according to figures released by France's Centre National du Cinema which warned that the industry still needs to be prudent in the current financial climate and pointed to the growing importance of online distribution. Overall, big and small ...
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Babelsberg boards Boxhagener Platz and Jerry Cotton
Studio Babelsberg will co-produce two German feature productions Matti Geschonneck's Boxhagener Platz and Cyrill Boss and Phillip Stennert's Jerry Cotton. The announcement follows Studio Babelsberg's recent partnership on Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Roman Polanski's The Ghost. Tragicomedy Boxhagener Platz which has just started principal photography, is a $4.8m (Euros ...
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UK's Momentum Pictures to offer films through iTunes
Momentum Pictures has struck a deal with iTunes that will see its films made available for purchase and rent through the UK's iTunes Store. In a move to expand its online presence, Momentum Pictures has signed a deal with iTunes which will see its current and future releases available for ...
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Broccoli Foundation donates $1.4 million to UK film charity
The Albert R. Broccoli and Dana Broccoli Foundation is donating $1.4 million to The Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert R. Broccoli. Barbara Broccoli said 'We are pleased to continue in Cubby and Dana's tradition. Cubby was a former Governor and ...