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    Che, Chang promoted at NBC Universal International TV Distribution

    2008-03-07T18:30:00Z

    NBC Universal International Television Distribution has announced two promotions, with Justin Che named senior vice president of international new media licensing and Sandra Chang rising to vice president of international new media licensing.Both Los Angeles-based executives report to executive vice president of international new media licensing Beth Minehart.Che most recently ...

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    Strand Releasing takes US rights to Claude Miller's A Secret

    2008-03-07T18:33:00Z

    Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from UGC International to Claude Miller's A Secret starring Cecile De France, Patrick Bruel, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu and Mathieu Amalric.The film screened recently in the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series at New York's Lincoln Center and is based on Philippe Grimbert's novel ...

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    Sakoda to head sales, business affairs at Pony Canyon

    2008-03-08T00:36:00Z

    Shinji Sakoda has been appointed general manager for international sales at Pony Canyon and will also take charge of business affairs.Sakoda replaces Shuji Sato and will step out in his new role in the acquisitions team at Hong Kong's Filmart followed by Cannes.Ryutaro Ueda will take over Sakoda's former role ...

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    Larry Angrisani promoted to senior vice president at Miramax

    2008-03-08T00:39:00Z

    Larry Angrisani has been promoted to senior vice president of international publicity and awards for Miramax Films.Angrisani has served as head of the international publicity department at Miramax for the past four years and will continue to report to Miramax chief Daniel Battsek and senior vice president of international distribution ...

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    Vincent Gallo takes lead role in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro

    2008-03-08T00:46:00Z

    Francis Ford Coppola has cast Vincent Gallo as the title character in Tetro, which is set to begin principal photography in Buenos Aires on Mar 31.Newly anointed Oscar winner Javier Bardem, Maribel Verdu and newcomer Alden Ehrenreich also star in the story of a young Argentinean man searching for his ...

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    IFC takes worldwide rights to Nights And Weekends

    2008-03-10T03:42:46Z

    IFC Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig's SXSW entry Nights And Weekends.The follow-up to IFC's 2007 release Hannah Takes The Stairs received its world premiere at the Austin, Texas, festival on Mar 9.Nights And Weekends follows a remote couple as their disparate lives in New ...

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    Seville and Maximum to join forces in Canada

    2008-03-10T07:00:00Z

    Montreal-based Seville Pictures and Toronto-based Maximum Films Distribution are launching a joint venture to distribute their films theatrically in Canada. The move comes seven months after the launch of both the new-look Seville, acquired by fast-rising multinational entertainment company Entertainment One (E1) in August, and Maximum, launched the same month ...

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    Sydney aims to win back film shoots

    2008-03-09T11:33:00Z

    In an effort to turn around the perception that Sydney is unfriendly to film-makers, the New South Wales (NSW) Premier has promised to make it easier to shoot on location by putting the pressure on local councils and government agencies.New legislative amendments would require authorities to approve film-making applications, unless ...

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    Bangkok International Film Fest to go ahead in July

    2008-03-09T20:30:00Z

    Following the recent appointment of Weerasak Kowsurat as the new minister of tourism and sports, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has finally been given the greenlight for this year's Bangkok International Film Festival (BKIFF) which will be held from July 21-30. The Federation of National Film Association of Thailand, which ...

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    China's Enlight Media and Hurray Holding call off merger plans

    2008-03-09T16:09:00Z

    Chinese ring tone provider Hurray! Holding and film and TV producer Enlight Media have announced that they have ceased their merger agreement which was signed on Nov 19 last year. According to a statement issued by both companies, the break-up resulted from the discrepancy in the two companies' business strategies. ...

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    Bourne takes top honours at UK Sony Ericsson Empire Awards

    2008-03-09T21:14:00Z

    The Bourne Ultimatum was named best film at the UK's Sony Ericsson Empire Awards in London.But most honours - voted for by the public - went to Joe Wright's Atonement, with awards for best actor (James McAvoy), actress (Keira Knightley) and British film.David Yates was named best director for Harry ...

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    10,000 BC has epic $25.3m opening in 20 territories

    2008-03-10T02:57:00Z

    Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) prehistoric epic 10,000 BC turned up trumps at the weekend and led the overseas charts thanks to a $25.3m estimated launch from 3,600 prints that delivered 19 number one debuts in 20 territories.Combined with the film's $35.7m domestic opening the worldwide tally already stands at ...

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    Warner scores number one US opening for 10,000 BC with $35.7m

    2008-03-10T03:06:00Z

    10,000 BC clubbed the competition as it soared to the top of the North American charts on a $35.7m estimated launch through Warner Bros.Roland Emmerich's prehistoric saga didn't fare as well as his previous releases The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, although those titles launched during the summer.Opening in ...

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    Film Source picks up Stuart Urban's doc Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead

    2008-03-10T03:10:00Z

    Alex Massis' Florida-based The Film Source Company has picked up worldwide rights in all media to Stuart Urban's documentary Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead.Urban's film is a personal journey to solve the mystery surrounding his late father, Garri Urban, a survivor of the Holocaust and the Gulag who may have ...

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    Tricks, Santiago among winners at Miami Film Festival

    2008-03-10T04:06:00Z

    The 25th annual Miami International Film Festival closed on Saturday night (March 8) with the presentation of $77,500 in grand jury prizes to five films.The prizegiving, held at the Gusman Center For The Performing Arts, saw the Knight Grand Jury Prize in World Cinema Competition go to Andrzej Jakimowksi's Tricks ...

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    Malaysia's Flower In The Pocketwins Fribourg Grand Prix

    2008-03-10T11:12:00Z

    Malaysian director Liew Seng Tat's feature debut Flower In The Pocket was awarded the Grand Prix - the Regard d'Or - at this year's Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF), the first edition under the new artistic director Eduoard Waintrop.The story about two small boys growing up without their mother and ...

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    Italy loses 254 cinemas since 2003 as multiplexes grow

    2008-03-10T11:17:00Z

    The Italian exhibitor association Anec has said that 254 cinemas have closed in Italy since 2003, shutting down 306 screens.The Northern Lombard region sustained the most losses at 58 screens. Emiglia-Romagna and Tuscany followed.Traditional downtown cinemas in Florence, Milan, Rome, Naples and Bologna sustained the most closures, but Anec says ...

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    Chinese government unveils details of censorship criteria

    2008-03-10T11:21:00Z

    In an unusual gesture, China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) announced a list of film censorship criteria re-addressing its ban on pornography and violence in movies.The announcement came around the same timethat an official rejected the possibility of a film ratings system, as well as an alleged ...

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    Vancouver shoot for Parnassus resumes with Depp, Farrell, Law

    2008-03-10T11:34:00Z

    Producers have announced that filming has begun again on Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which had been on hold after actor Heath Ledger's death on January 22.The $30m modern-day fantasy had finished the first third of the film's shoot in the UK and was gearing up for a ...

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    Spanish producers and distributors forming coalition to tackle piracy

    2008-03-10T11:41:00Z

    Leading Spanish producer associations FAPAE and Egeda are forming a coalition with the local anti-piracy organisation, FAP (supported bythe Motion Picture Association), the Federation of Spanish distributors (Fedecine), the music producers association Promusicae and representatives from the publishing sector to help build relations with internet service providers and clamp down ...