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Liberation plans Oct theatrical release for Manufacturing Dissent
Los Angeles and London-based Liberation Entertainment is planning a UK theatrical run for the documentary Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore. The film will open Oct 5 at London's Prince Charles Cinema.Director/producers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine made the film that chronicles Michael Moore's transition from film-maker to liberal icon and ...
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Toronto unveils 73 international titles
World premieres of new work from UK film-makers Nick Broomfield andSarah Gavron, Argentina's Hector Babenco and India's Rituparno Ghoshare among 73 international films unveiled for next month's TorontoInternational Film Festival.The line-up includes the North American premiere of Ang Lee'sShanghai-set wartime thriller Lust, Caution, as well as Ken Loach'ssocial drama It's ...
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16 films feature at Nordic Co-Production Forum
16 new Scandinavian and German feature film projects, with budgetsbetween $1.2 and $9m (Euros 0.9m-7m), will be presented at the second NordicCo-Production Forum, which takes place between Aug 22-23 as part of theNew Nordic Films market during the Norwegian International FilmFestival in Haugesund. Total production volume exceeds $68m (Euros 50m.)Last ...
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New York Film Festival reveals line-up
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis will close the 45th New York Film Festival, which runs from Sept 28-Oct 14. As previously announced, Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited is the opening night screening and the Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men is the Centerpiece selection. Predictably American film-makers ...
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Sayles' Honeydripper at heart of Clark Atlanta markering course
Independent distributor Ira Deutchman and film-maker Will Packer will launch an educational and marketing partnership with Clark Atlanta University during this autumn. The partnership has developed a marketing course centred on the upcoming theatrical release of John Sayles' Honeydripper starring Danny Glover. The course will be taught through ...
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Sony Pictures Classics to finance Demme drama
Sony Pictures Classics will fully finance Jonathan Demme's upcoming family drama Dancing With Shiva, which as previously announced will star Anne Hathaway. The company holds worldwide rights to the story, which takes place over the course of a wedding as an estranged daughter returns home to her family and ...
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Ganis re-elected as AMPAS president
Sid Ganis was re-elected for a third consecutive term as president ofthe Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences this week [14]following a meeting of the board of governors.Robert Rehme, an executives branch governor and previous Academypresident, was re-elected first vice president, while actors branchgovernor Tom Hanks and music branch ...
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IFC takes North American rights to The Last Mistress
IFC Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to Catherine Breillat's drama The Last Mistress (Une Vieille Maitresse) and will be release theatrically and on its On Demand platform. The Last Mistress was announced today in the line-up of the 45th New York Film Festival that runs from Sept ...
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Credit slump hits $1bn studio slate plan, says report
Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have pulled out of a commitment to underwrite a $1bn MGM slate deal in the wake of a credit crunch in global markets, according to The Financial Times.The planned deal aims to attract private equity, hedge fund and institutional investors to back MGM productions and ...
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Tykwer action thriller gets $5.3m from German fund
Tom Tykwer's action thriller The International has been awarded Euros 4m by the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).It isthe third largest amount allocated by the incentive programme after the Wachowski brothers' Speed Racer (£12m) and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie ($6.4m). The 'German spend' incentive scheme has now paid out almost two-thirds ...
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Low budgets high on Edinburgh agenda
While the UK wrestles with how to channel National Lottery cash into bigger budget commercial pictures, a trio of low-budget titles stole the limelight at a high-profile "state of the nation" panel discussion at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.With panel chair and FilmFour chief Paul Webster inviting comments from the ...
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The Invasion
Dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel. US. 2007. 100mins The latest remake of Jack Finney's 1955 novel The Body Snatchers is a success if viewed as a slick thriller from mainstream producer Joel Silver but a disappointment as the US debut of Germany's Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall, The Experiment) starring Nicole Kidman. Completed, reportedly, ...
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Fortissimo takes worldwide sales on Love Comes Lately
Fortissimo has taken worldwide rights outside Germany to Jan Schuette's Love Comes Lately from zero fiction film / zero west filmproduktion.The English-language drama, which will screenas anofficial selection inToronto, is based on short stories by Nobel prizewinner Isaac Bashevis Singer. The film stars Otto Tausig, Rhea Perlman, Barbara Hershey and ...
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Bruce Dickinson-penned Chemical Weddingstarts shooting
London-based Focus Films has started production on supernatural horror film Chemical Wedding. Julian Doyle, who edited Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Time Bandits, will direct. The story is based on an original screenplay by Bruce Dickinson, frontman of Iron Maiden. Dickinson will provide the soundtrack to the film. Warner Music has ...
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Slingshot and Screen WM to co-produce seven features
UK regional screen agency Screen WM and new digital studio Slingshot Studios have struck a slate co-financing deal that will cover seven features during the next two years. Screen WM's production funds will finance 25% of film budgets, with the rest covered by Slingshot and its financing partners. Screen WM ...
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Goa to host new script development workshop with NFDC
India's National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), in collaboration with the Directorate of Film Festivals, will conduct a script development workshop from Nov 18-24 in Goa during the International Film Festival of India. The Indian Script Development Workshop (ISDW) 2007 is designed for Indian scriptwriters who have finalized their scripts for ...
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Zentropa plans feature about Danish terrorist group
Zentropa is planning a feature film to tell the story of the Blekinge Street Gang, the Danish terrorist group which will also be the subject of two TV projects.Since last year Zentropa has been preparing Blekinge Street, anoriginal story based on the real-life events 20 years ago scripted byLars Kjeldgaard ...
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Studios clear decks as summer season reaches end
Hollywood's international distribution divisions are clearing out thedecks before the autumn season arrives and for many this will be aweekend of consolidation.Fox International can expect healthy sustained play on The SimpsonsMovie with five new releases including Russia and Holland on Aug 16and Brazil a day later. The film stands at ...
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Film Sales Company takes on NYC Serenade
Andrew Herwitz' Film Sales Company has acquired worldwide rights to Frank Whaley's NYC Serenade, which will premiere in Toronto next month. Whaley's third feature stars Freddie Prinze Jr, Chris Klein and Jamie Lynn Sigler in a coming-of-age tale about two boyhood friends who try to work out their place ...
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Private investment firm buys Sunset Gower Studios
California-based private equity fund GI Partners has sold Sunset Gower Studios to Hudson Capital. GI Partners purchased the studio, formerly home to Columbia Pictures for 50 years, in 2004 and transformed the lot into a modern full-service independent studio. Studio facilities include fibre-optic communications, CGI-ready Cyclorama stages, 130-space ...