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TVE's commitment to Spanish film
Television Espanola (TVE) is one of the first ports of call for Spanish producers and one of Europe's leading buyers of third-party titles. Last year, the public free-to-air broadcaster screened 98% of all Spanish films shown on local television. Highlights included Pedro Almodovar's Volver (3 million viewers) and Vicente Aranda's ...
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UK producers Rachel Robey and Al Clark find a better place
A film production course in Nottingham in 1998 proved serendipitous for Rachel Robey and Alastair Clark. They met there, fell in love, got married and set up a production company called Wellington Films.Robey and Clark made a name for themselves in 2006 with Paul Andrew Williams' low-budget thriller London To ...
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Small wonder - are straight-to-TV deals on the rise'
This year's MIPTV (through April 3) will take place in the midst of very turbulent times in both the film and TV industries. In early March, UK broadcaster ITV shed 600 jobs. Its smaller rival Five announced around the same time it would be making around a quarter of its ...
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What willcinema-going look like in 10 years'
For an industry that finds itself in such flux, it is difficult to predict what Hollywood will be like in a year's time, let alone a decade. Yet it seems reasonable to ask what form the landscape may take in a decade. In fact, given the pace of change and ...
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Showtime for Coco
Gad Elmaleh's French comedy Coco has rocketed to the top of the international chart after a strong debut in France, Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland. Coco is the directorial debut of Elmaleh, a popular actor and comedian who also stars in the title role. The film revolves around Coco, a self-made ...
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Gran Torino races ahead in international box office
It may have been overlooked during the awards season, but Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino is outperforming all five best-picture contenders in North America. Since a wide release on January 9, Gran Torino has grossed $145.2m domestically and passed $65m internationally. This brings its worldwide tally for Warner Bros Pictures within ...
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Canadian Telefilm to set new standards for film investment
Canadian film and TV financing agency Telefilm Canada has advised producers it is implementing new standards for its selective investments in the English market starting with 2009-2010. The new measures will incorporate 'Best Practices' into its Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF) decisions that concentrate on identifying target audiences and developing ...
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Minister'sfunding comments heighten fears for Scottish film
Scottish Culture Minister Michael Russell has stated that there is unlikely to be any additional government funding for Scottish film production in the near future. Russell was appointed Culture Minister in February and one of his priorities is overseeing the troubled merger of Scottish Screen and the Scottish Arts Council ...
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The Boat That Rocked to open Danish film festival CPH:PIX
The Boat That Rocked will open CPH:PIX, Denmark's new international feature film festival which runs from April 16 to 26. Richard Curtis will introduce the film together with actors Bill Nighy and Nick Frost. The festival will screen over 180 new films from across the world, with the complete programme ...
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Sundance and Skoll announce Stories of Change recipients
The Sundance Institute and Skoll Foundation have announced the final five grant recipients of the Stories Of Change: Social Entrepreneurship In Focus Through Documentary initiative.The initiative is a three-year partnership to create a total of ten documentaries highlighting social entrepreneurship as a way of meeting the challenges of contemporary times.The ...
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Monsters Vs Aliens scares up year's biggest domestic opener at $58.2m
DreamWorks Animation's 3D family release Monsters Vs Aliens stormed to the top of the North American charts through Paramount in a $58.2m three-day debut that marked the biggest launch of the year to date and delivered a ringing endorsement for the nascent digital 3D movement. The opening was in line ...
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Knowing takes international crownwith $9.8m from 10 markets
Summit International's sci-fi thriller Knowing finished the weekend as the biggest overseas Hollywood release in play as it launched in nine markets and grossed an estimated $9.8m including previews from 1,711 sites in ten markets. The film opened at number one in the UK on $3.6m from 390 sites including ...
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Five Japanese majors join forces for VoD movie channel
Japanese majors Kadokawa, Shochiku, Toei, Toho and Nikkatsu have partnered to supply feature films through newly established pay-per-view (PPV) channel Marumaru Eiga. The channel, which went live on March 26, is offered through the Actvila VoD service, which offers TV viewers movie contents through a broadband internet connection and a ...
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Saura, Bornedal projects win Eurimages support
Carlos Saura's Bunuel And King Solomon's Table and Dina, to be directed by Denmark's Ole Bornedal, are among the eight projects to receive support from Council of Europe-backed funding body Eurimages in its fifth round of funding this year.Dina, which is being produced by Denmark's Per Holst with co-production partners ...