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Toronto film critic John Harkness dies at 53
Toronto-based film critic John Harkness died at his home on Tuesday. A one-time Canadian correspondent for Screen International and the lead film writer for Toronto weekly NOW Magazine since its 1981 inception, Harkness was a constant figure at Cannes and widely-respected by Toronto cinephiles -- and feared by Canadian filmmakers. ...
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No Country For Old Men gets top votes from Toronto Critics
No Country For Old Men was named Best Picture and directors and screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen took Best Direction and Best Screenwriting honours as the Toronto Film Critics Association announced its 2007 selection Wednesday.Javier Bardem was also named Best Supporting Actor for his role as the methodical killer in ...
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Maximum takes international rights to Rossellini's Green Porno shorts
Maximum International has picked up international rights on Isabella Rossellini's short film series Green Porno. Commissioned by The Sundance Channel, the eight mobile-oriented short films feature the actress re-enacting the mating ritual of various insects and other creatures. The first three pieces -- Firefly, Dragon Fly, Spider -- will premiere ...
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Berlin's EFM to welcome 25 new exhibitors including IM Global
Companies from the US, the UK, Spain, Ukraine, and Brazil are among 25 first-timers confirmed so far as exhibitors at the Berlinale's forthcoming European Film Market (EFM). Participants with stands for the first time in the EFM's central venue of the Martin Gropius Bau include such sales agents as ContentFilm ...
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Contentfilm/Fireworks take on CBC library
ContentFilm's division Fireworks International has struck a deal to acquire international distribution rights for CBC's international sales assets. The library includes a programme catalogue of about 135 titles, representing 700 hours of TV programming. Canada-based CBC still retains broadcasting rights and archives. The transaction is subject to due diligence and ...
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Gerald Green arrested over Bangkok film festival bribes
Los Angeles-based film executive Gerald Green and his wife Patricia of Film Festival Management (FFM) were arrested yesterday (Dec 18) in a Los Angeles federal court for paying bribes to obtain lucrative contracts for the Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF). The US Justice Department announced that a criminal complaint alleges ...
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International box office up 17% on last week boosted by Warlords
Chinese heavy-hitter The Warlords was this weekend's highest non-US entry to the international chart, helping boost the top 40 revenue by 17.3% week-on-week.The top 40 international films generated $169.7m from 43,384 screens for the period of December 14-16.For the full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.The period epic, ...
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waydowntown, Crouching Tiger top Toronto prizes
Gary Burns' waydowntown, a comedy about a group of young people who make a bet about who can last the longest without going outside, won the Toronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film at this year's Toronto International Film Festival which finished on Saturday. A domestic distribution deal for the ...
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Tarak Ben Ammar acquires French post house Eclair
Continuing his acquisition spree, Tarak Ben Ammar has acquired the entirety of French post-production company Eclair. The entrepreneur, who in November acquired control of Italian distributor Eagle Pictures, announced Wednesday that he has bought the 57% stake in Eclair which he did not already own. Ben Ammar had taken a ...
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Sundance adds Coogan comedy Hamlet 2 to premieres
Sundance festival organisers have added Andrew Fleming's comedy Hamlet 2 starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Shue and Amy Poehler to the line-up.The film, the first to be produced and financed by fledgling Los Angeles-based L+E Productions, will receive its world premiere on January 21.Fleming and Pam Brady co-wrote the ...
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Vivian Mayer-Siskind moves from Universal to Summit Entertainment
Communicationsexecutive Vivian Mayer-Siskind has been named senior vice president ofworldwide publicity at Summit Entertainment.Mayer-Siskindwill report to Summit's soon to be named president of marketing and mostrecently served as senior vice president of publicity for Universal StudiosHome Entertainment (USHE) brand marketing division.'Vivianis the kind of seasoned executive that we have been ...
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Indian director Vidhu Vinod Chopra signs with ICM
Indianfilmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who directed the short documentary Oscar nomineeAn Encounter With Faces, has signed with ICM.Choprais preparing his English language debut, the thriller 64 Squares, and isdeveloping the Indian fantasy epic Talisman and a satire on India's educationalsystem.Hiscredits include the Bollywood Munna Bhai franchise as well as Parinda, ...
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Noah Cowanmoves sidewaystoTIFF's Bell Lightbox
Toronto International Film Festival co-director Noah Cowan is giving up his position to assume responsibility for year-round programming at the Toronto International Film Festival Group's (TIFFG) new headquarters, Bell Lightbox, with the title of artistic director. Cowan, who joined TIFFG CEO Piers Handling as co-director four years ago, will be ...
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Hollywood Film Festival launches six Mobile Awards
Top brass at the Hollywood Film Festival and the Hollywood Awards have launched the Hollywood Mobile Awards to recognise innovative content and sites dedicated to mobile devices. Six awards - best mobile short, best mobile video game, best mobile music video, best mobile commercial, best mobile advertising ...
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Khoo wraps Tamil-language drama You And Me
Singapore director Eric Khoo today wrapped his latest film You And Me after a 12-day shoot. The picture features a Tamil cast and the dialogues are in the Tamil language, making it the first Indian Tamil film made in Singapore. Amateur actor Francis Bosco plays a drunkard father who redeems ...
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Baratta confirmed as Venice Biennale president
Paolo Baratta has been confirmed as the president of the Venice Biennale arts festival.His responsibilities include the film festivaland events covering art, music, architecture, theatre and dance.Baratta'snomination wasapproved bythe Italian parliament and he will now take over the reins from outgoing president Davide Croff who tendered his resignation along with ...
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Screenwriters' festival launches pitching event
Next year's International Screenwriters' Festival has launched its 2008 pitching event in association with 4Talent at Channel 4.Pitch In Time will give hopeful writers a chance to appeal to an industry panel in front of a live audience at the event in Cheltenham (July 1-3).Previous panels have included Oscar winner ...
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Luhrmann's Australia helps double Oz production to $232m
On first glance, figures released today indicate that more money is being poured into Australian features, which are traditionally made for very low budgets, but the improvement is illusionary. The numbers in the Australian Film Commission's (AFC) annual production survey only look healthier than the previous year because they have ...
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Kim to replace Shin as CJ international chief
Leading Korean investor/distributor CJ Entertainment has announced that head of International Business, David Shin, has stepped down. Former head of Domestic Marketing and Distribution, Kathy Kim, will take his place with an expanded role as head of International Business and Worldwide Distribution. Kim will continue to oversee distribution of foreign ...
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Peace Arch signs letter of intent for $35m ContentFilm deal
Peace Arch Entertainment Group has entered into a letter of intent to acquire ContentFilm.The letter of intent is non-binding and subject to various conditions and due diligence. The deal is worth 19,500,000 Peace Arch shares plus cash of $35m. The total deal value based on a pure cash offer, is ...