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Japan picks Out Oscar nominee
Japan has selected Hideyuki Hirayama's Out as its nominee for the foreign language film category at next year's Academy Awards. A female orientated black comedy, Out was selected from a shortlist of ten films by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan.Based on a recently published novel by best-selling mystery ...
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Van Helsing locates to Prague for winter shoot
Stephen Sommers' Van Helsing has entered pre-production in Prague, with principle photography on the monster thriller set to start in the Czech capital in January.Universal's latest creature feature, following Sommers directed blockbusters The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King, is the first large US production to land in ...
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In This World
Dir: Michael Winterbottom. UK 2002. 87mins.It's a road movie to end road movies: two Afghan refugees' long, life-threatening overland journey from Pakistan to London, shot with a small DV camera but a big wide-screen sweep. World premiered at the London Film Festival - where it played as a last-minute addition ...
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Svensk moves into Norwegian exhibition
Svensk Filmindustri Norge (SF Norge), the Norwegian arm of Scandinavian distributor Svensk Filmindustri, has unveiled plans to move into exhibition by opening cinemas in seven Norwegian cities.SF Norge plans to run the chain in partnership with local authorities which have traditionally been responsible for operating cinemas in Norway. The distributor, ...
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Anita And Me
Dir: Metin Huseyin. UK. 2002. 93mins. With its blend of elements from the successful recent comedies East Of East and Bend It Like Beckham, Anita And Me is intent on riding on the current public appetite for all things Asian-British. In the UK, where it world premiered at the London ...
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Satin Rouge scoops top prize at Turin
Raja Amari's French-Tunisian title, Satin Rouge, scooped the top prize at the Turin Film Festival (Nov 7-15), Italy's pre-eminent event for international cutting-edge films.Amari's drama focuses on a mother who discovers a whole new world when she enters, by chance, a Tunis nightclub.A special mention went to Flying With One ...
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Korea, France sign preliminary co-operation agreement
South Korea and France this weekend signed an agreement to increase co-operation between their two film industries, with the aim of expanding it into a full co-production accord.However, the agreement fell short of being a co-production treaty, of which France boasts 43, and which would have allowed French ...
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Pusan festival gets off to a uneven start
The Pusan festival, Asia's premier cinema showcase now in its seventh edition, got off to an uneven start with a mixture of charming details and logistical headaches.VIPs arriving at the opening night ceremony, for instance were given first use of an awesome new road-bridge spanning the bay and more than ...
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Mannheim jury in favour of The Devils
French director Christopher Ruggia's drama The Devils (Les Diables) was named Best Film by the international jury at this year's Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival.Announcing its decision, the jury of Danish actress Trine Dyrholm, French sales agent Margarita Seguy (F For Film), Korean sales agent Karen Moon (CJ Entertainment), Finnish Film ...
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Junkersdorf launches tax fund to finance four pictures
Eberhard Junkersdorf, who called earlier this year for the introduction in Germany of tax-driven incentives similar to those in the UK, Ireland, Canada or Luxembourg, has launched his own media fund - Neue Bioskop Film - to finance four international feature productions in 2002 and 2003.German individuals can invest a ...
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Panic Room tops $100m international gross for CTFDI
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) held firm in the UK despite the Harry Potter juggernaut, securing third and fourth places with Mr Deeds and XXX respectively. XXX, showing on around 2,500 screens in the international market including those territories booked by co-producer Revolution Studios and its partners, took $4.4m ...
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World records crumble to Chamber Of Secrets
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets stormed to the top of the charts in eight international markets with a stunning non-holiday weekend tally of $54m from 3,284 screens and 6.3m admissions. Results in the UK were particularly impressive. In a new series of industry records that beat the old ...
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Disney appoints Iger to number two post
Walt Disney Co chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner has named Robert A. Iger as his second-in-command, a post that has been vacant since Mike Ovitz left the company in 1996.Iger, who has been appointed president and chief operating officer, is currently chairman of Disney-owned ABC Group. He has also ...
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Fine Line signs on for The Recipe
Fine Line Features has acquired the script The Recipe by Ruth Graham which will be produced by Janette Day and Ruth Graham. The story of an aspiring chef who is bequeathed her grandmother's infmaous aphrodisiac recipe and then travels to Italy to seek out its origins.The deal was negotiated by ...
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Best Of Times, Hollywood Hong Kong take top Golden Horse Awards
Taiwan's The Best Of Times, directed by Chang Tso-chi, was awarded best feature at the 39th Golden Horse Awards - Taiwan's equivalent of the Oscars - on Saturday night (Nov 16), while Hong Kong director Fruit Chan picked up the best director prize for Hollywood Hong Kong. Chan's black comedy, ...
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Die Another Day
Dir: Lee Tamahori. UK/US. 2002. 129 mins. Die Another Day has a lot to live up to: the hoopla surrounding the fortieth anniversary of the James Bond franchise, a box office track record that has seen each of the last three entries gross around $350m worldwide, and the expectations of ...
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Columbia backs film spin-off of BBC's Stella Street
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group is backing a film spin-off of the BBC television series Stella Street, which parodies celebrity existence and pokes fun at the likes of Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman.Directed by Peter Richardson, Stella Street stars Phil Cornwell and John Sessions in multiple ...
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Dougray Scott takes part in football hooligan drama
A hard hitting film about football hooligans starring Dougray Scott has gone into production in the UK.Based on the best-selling cult novel by John King about Chelsea hooligans, The Football Factory is the first feature from Vertigo Films and is produced by Allan Niblo (Human Traffic, South West Nine) and ...
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First Thai film festival launches in UK
The Royal Thai Embassy is backing the launch of the first Thai Film Festival in the UK (Nov 28-Dec 5)The Thai Film Festival 2002 will show a range of 15 Thai films, encompassing traditional and contemporary films, across a range of genres from comedy to horror. It is being held ...