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Korea's Fine Cut sells ET, Beastie Boys to Japan
South Korea's Fine Cut has closed a slew of deals in the aftermath of Pusan's Asian Film Market, led by recently-released comedy Our School's E.T., directed by K.C. Park (She's On Duty), which sold to Fine Films for Japan. The company also closed on the few remaining territories for serial ...
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Movie Plus, Xinhua Media team for live-action Mulan
Canada's Movie Plus, China Film Group and Beijing and LA-based Xinhua Media Entertainment (XME) are joining forces to co-produce a $30m live-action version of the Chinese classic folk take Mulan. The film is expected to start shooting in China in the first half of next year. XME head David Lee ...
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Taiwan's Cape No. 7 scoops Golden Orchid in Hawaii
The 28th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) has awarded its Halekulani Golden Orchid Award for best narrative feature to Taiwanese comedy Cape No. 7, directed by Wei Te-Sheng. The film has been a smash hit in its home territory, grossing more than $4m in Taipei alone, and has been submitted ...
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Protagonist Pictures adds five new titles to AFM slate
International sales and finance company Protagonist Pictures has beefed up its slate with five new titles - The Firm, The Unloved, Shifty, Nativity and Dogging: A Love Story - in time for American Film Market (AFM).'I feel that we are exactly where we want to be as a company; working ...
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Gilmartin to head development for Impact Pictures
UK and US production outfit Impact Pictures has appointed Rory Gilmartin as head of development as the operation ramps up production activities after forming a joint venture with Germany's Constantin Film.Gilmartin, formerly at Pathe and Miramax in London, will develop and co-ordinate international film projects at the production operation, which ...
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Protagonist Pictures adds five new titles to AFM slate
Protagonist Pictures has added five titles to its slate of films in time for AFM. The titles are The Firm, The Unloved, Shifty, Nativity and Dogging: A Love Story.International sales and finance company Protagonist Pictures has beefed up its slate with five new titles - The Firm, The Unloved, Shifty, ...
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First Cuts relaunches in Beijing and signs four directors
Hong Kong producer Daniel Yu and Chinese filmmaker Tang Xiru have established a Beijing-based production company, First Cuts Features, todevelop and produce sixprojects from up-and-coming Asian filmmakers. The company, which is an extension of the 2005 Focus: First Cuts project, has already signed four mainland Chinese directors to start shooting ...
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Steve Luther appointed Finance Director of UK based Evolutions
Evolutions appoints Steve Luther as finance director. He takes overall responsibility for the $19.2m post-production company's finances. Steve Luther has been appointed to the role of finance director at Evolutions. He has been working at Smoke & Mirrors since its merger with Red Post Production in 2005 where he was ...
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Participants and speakers announced for LFF's Think-Shoot-Distribute
Think-Shoot-Distribute, a talent development initiative for emerging film-makers, will run for five days at The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival.The event, which is being held in association with Skillset and Film London, will bring together 28 emerging producers, screenwriters, and directors as well as leading international film professionals. They ...
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Hunger gets lottery-funded UK distribution boost
Twelve new films have benefited from the latest round of awards from the UK Film Council's prints and advertising fund.Pathe Distribution received the largest award of $437,000 (£250,000) for Turner Prize winning artist Steve McQueen's award-winning directorial debut Hunger. The film follows the story of imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby ...
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European promotion network expands to 30 countries
The European-wide network European Film Promotion (EFP) is expanding to 30 countries, with the arrival of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and the Film Centre Serbia (FCS) as the latest members.The Hamburg-based network of film promotion and export organisations now consists of 29 members from 30 countries across Europe.Welcoming the latest ...
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You, The Livingtakes $70,000Nordic Council Film Prize
Swedish director Roy Andersson's was today (October 15) awarded the $70,000 Nordic Council Film Prize 2008 - - for You, The Living (Du Levande).The prize is Scandinavia's largest award and is given to an artistically original film distinguished by national characteristics.As director and writer of the film, Andersson receives two ...
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Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen, begins shooting in Germany
Shooting began today (October 15) in Hamburg on Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin's first feature film since his European Film Award 2007 winning The Edge Of Heaven. The Match Factory will be handling international sales.The film tells the story of beleaguered bar owner Zinos' attempts to keep his restaurant in business. ...
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Troell's Everlasting Moments opens Bergen International Film Festival
Swedish Oscar submission opens 9th edition of Bergen festival with 14 films in competition and 130 films screened over seven days. The 9th Bergen International Film Festival opens today (October 15) with Swedish director Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons Eviga Ögonblick).The festival is Norway's largest showcase and runs till ...
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Berlin Film Festival to feature Lang tribute
The 2001 edition of the Berlin Film Festival will honour director Fritz Lang with a retrospective, screening the complete filmography of the German director, who died in Los Angeles in 1976. Many of the prints that will screen have been restored from original negatives.The highlight of the series, which was ...
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Ben Hopkins' The Market wins best film honour at Ghent
Ben Hopkins' The Market won the $27,000 Grand Prize of the Flemish Community for BestFilm at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival. The Germany-Turkey-UK-Kazakhstan co-production is the Turkey-set story of a market trader who sees achance to make his fortune when he ventures across the Balkan border tobuy medicine. ...
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MIPCOM: YouTube boss reaches out to content owners
YouTube founder and CEO Chad Hurley reached out to content owners at MIPCOM claiming the difference between old media and new media is 'semantics; we are all confronting the same challenges.' The comments echoed those of many at the annual conference at Cannes where the refrain has been one variation ...
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UK's Odeon Cinemas buys two digital cinemas from IMAX
UK exhibitor Odeon Cinemas will acquire two digital projection systems from IMAX Corp. The systems will be installed at multiplexes at Greenwich and Wimbledon and are expected to be operational by December. The deal is the second European cinema announcement in two weeks for the giant-screen company; the other being ...
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Padilha documentary Garapa gets world premiere in Sao Paulo
Jose Padilha's new film Garapa will have its world premiere at the 32nd Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Oct 16 - 30). After winning the Golden Bear at Berlin for Elite Squad, the Brazilian director returns to the documentary form by shooting with hand-held cameras in black and white. Padilha, ...