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Vatican world premiere for Hardwicke's Nativity
New Line cinema's Virgin Mary themed picture Nativity is to hold its world premiere at the Vatican on November 24.Eagle Pictures, the film's Italian distributor, said the Catholic prelates, academics and experts in Catholicism gave approved the film's "poetic and faithful retelling of the Scriptures" after a private viewing.The premiere ...
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Vatican world premiere for Hardwicke's Nativity
New Line cinema's Virgin Mary themed picture Nativity is to hold its world premiere at the Vatican on November 24.Eagle Pictures, the film's Italian distributor, said Catholic prelates, academics and experts in Catholicism approved the film's "poetic and faithful retelling of the Scriptures" after a private viewing.The premiere of Catherine ...
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Goya's Ghosts (Los Fantasmas De Goya)
Dir. MilosForman. UK-Sp. 2006.114mins.Director Milos Forman and producerSaul Zaentz reteam for thefirst time since the Oscar-winning Amadeus(1984) with Goya's Ghosts, a strongly crafted productionwhich effectively brings to life not only the revered painter Francisco Goyabut also the tumultuous period in which he lived.Tightly-scriptedplotting (the film also reunites Forman and Valmontscreenwriter ...
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The Dead Girl
Dir/scr: Karen Moncrieff. US. 2006. 93mins.The Dead Girl, Karen Moncrieff's thoroughly downbeat follow-up to herwell-received debut Blue Car, may beatmospherically creepy and have some good acting by respected names, but itsanguished, dysfunctional characters are so extreme that the film slips intounintentional self-parody.Theatrical prospects don'tseem good for First Look's late-December release, ...
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Tell No One (Ne Le Dis A Personne)
Dir: Guillaume Canet. Fr. 2006. 125mins.Actor Guillaume Canettackles his second film as director with TellNo One, a slickly confected adaptation of Harlan Coben'ssuspense bestseller about a widower who opens a Pandora's Box of family secretsand violent death. Credibly transposed to France, it has the dynamic rhythm ofa good chase thriller ...
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Jade Warrior (Jadesoturi)
Dir: Antti-Jussi Annila. Fin-Neth-Chi-Est.2006. 100mins.Making a kung fu film in Finland sounds so bizarrethat it might just work, especially when it combines the Scandinavian epic taleKalevala, about valiant warriors unhappy in love, withChinese mythology. But expecting a first-time film-maker to tackle such a task isasking too much - and certainly ...
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Sundance commissions original movies for mobile phones
Robert Redford's SundanceInstitute is dipping an experimental toe in the mobile entertainment arena bycommissioning five original short films intended for viewing on cell phonesworldwide.The three-to-five minutefilms will debut in Barcelona, on the opening day of next February's 3GSM WorldCongress, a mobile communications conference that attracts some fifty thousandtelecom-related professionals from ...
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35 new projects on show at Iberoamerican Co-production Forum
Close to 30 companies will get an early look at 35 new projects from 13 countries at the upcoming Iberoamerican Co-production Forum (Nov 19-21) at Spain's Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva (Nov 18-25).Projects range from the low budget $300,000 El Premio from Peru's Alberto (Chicho) Durant to the $12m La ...
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Granada readies $3bn warchest ahead of ITV battle
Granada Media secured at least $2bn (£1.3bn) from its float today (July 11) as it shapes up for a possible three-way fight for control of the UK's commercial TV broadcasters.The media division, which is being spun off from its parent Granada Group, fixed the price of its offer at 515 ...
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Mads Mikkelsen signs up for Danish Flame & Citron
Lars Bredo Rahbek, the producer behind the $7.6 (Euros 6m) Flame & Citron has signed up current Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen to play the lead character alongside co-star Thure Lindhardt. Nimbus Film is currently working on the last rounds of financing with 75 % of the film's budget in ...
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Mikkelsen to star in wartime thriller Flame & Citron
Mads Mikkelsen, the Danish star whose internationalprofile is set to soar when he is seen as the villain in Casino Royale later this month, has signed to play Citron in the$7.7m World War II thriller Flame & Citron.The Danish-language film will be directed by OleChristian Madsen, whose fourth feature Prague, ...
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MPAA creates new rights management division under Saunders
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has established adepartment to manage and promote rights management and copyright royalty policyworldwide on behalf of its members.Jane Saunders has been named senior vice president and will headthe new Rights Management Policy and Relations department.The division consolidates several existing MPAA programmes, andwill promote ...
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Boll to start production on Bloodrayne 2 on Nov 22
Uwe Boll is preparing to commence shooting on the adventurefantasy sequel and video game adaptation BloodRayne 2.Production on the Brightlight Pictures project is set to begin onNov 22 in British Columbia, Canada, starring Natassia Malthe as a vengeful vampire who runs amok in the1860s Wild West.Christopher Donaldson and Neil ...
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Shadow buys North American theatrical on Romany music doc
Shadow Distribution has picked up North American theatrical rightsfrom Fortissimo Films to Jasmine Dellal's Romany music documentary When TheRoad Bends...Tales Of A Gypsy Caravan.Independent documentary DVD distributor Docurama is handling DVDand VOD rights. Fortissimo Films financed the project with the IndependentTelevision Service (ITVS).Shadow plans a mid-2007 release on the title, ...
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German pay-per-view service launches on KDG cable service
Subscribers to German cable service KDG are to be offered local and Hollywood films through a pay-per-view content service, CineExpress from On Demand Group (ODG).The initial service will include movies from Universal, Paramount, DreamWorks, Constantin, Prokino and TMG.The standard price will be $3.8 (Euros 3)
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London critics awards dates announced
Nominations for the 27th London Critics' Circle Film Awards will beannounced on Friday December 15.The Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday February 8 at theDorchester Hotel in London. There are five nominees in each category.Leslie Phillips, star of the Doctor series of films will be honoured with ...
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Onoma closes US deal on White Palms
Paris-based sales outfit Onoma Films has closed a US deal for sports drama White Palms. Strand Releasing acquired the film for North America as the AFM came to a close.White Palms, Hungary's entry for best foreign film Oscar consideration, is directed by Szabolcs Hadju and set in the world of ...
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First Look scores major sales on Diamond, Crime
A rejuvenated First Look International has closed major sales atAFM on Tennessee Williams' rare play Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond starring Lindsay Lohan and true-lifedrama American Crime starringCatherine Keener.Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond sparked multiple deals after it was announced during themarket. CAA is handling the Constellation Entertainment project in ...
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BT signs VOD deal with Buena Vista
UK telecoms giant BT has signed a broadband video-on-demand deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV).The deal will include upcoming, current and library movies from BVITV's portfolio under the BT Vision brand. BT Vision customers will also be able to buy a selection of current and upcoming features from ...
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Eurimages pumps $3.6m into 11 projects
Eurimages, the Council of Europe-backed production finance body, has pumped $3.58m (Euros3.75m) into European co-productions in its second round of funding this year.After a funding round in Budapest (July 3-5), Eurimages announced that it will provide production finance for 11 features and underwrite the release of a further 19 European ...