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Crimson Rivers 2: The Angels Of The Apocalypse (Rivieres Pourpres 2: Les Anges De L'Apocalypse)
Dir: Olivier Dahan. Fr-UK-It. 2004. 100mins.No, he's not the real thing, courtesy of Mel Gibson, but France still has its own screen Jesus figure this week, courtesy of Crimson Rivers 2: The Angels Of The Apocalypse. Here, the apostles all get killed off while 'the Christ' himself (or rather a ...
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Making Love (Canone Inverso)
Prod co: Cecchi Gori. Domestic dist (It): Cecchi Gori. Int''l sales: Cecchi Gori (Farouk Alatan (+39 06 324721). Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori . Exec prod: Mario Cotone for Pacific Pictures. Scr: Graziano Diana, Simona Izzo, Ricky Tognazzi, from the book Canone Inverso by Paolo Maurensig. DoP: Fabio Cianchetti. Prod des: ...
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Italy faces film industry 'labour dispute'
Notwithstanding Italy's brand new cinema law, the Italian film industry is once again asking the government to urgently address a series of problems that are crippling the local film industry, including poorly distributed funds, and the lack of antitrust laws or financial incentives.During an emergency, self-described "labour dispute" held in ...
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Tartan, Arclight full of Grace with Killer
Tartan Films and ArclightFilms have teamed up with New York-based Killer Films to co-produce andco-finance the $12m Savage Grace,the first film from director Tom Kalin since his 1992 indie classic Swoon, which will star Julianne Moore.The film is currently inpre-production, and is scheduled to start shooting in July in the ...
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DEJ acquires domestic rights to Employee Of The Month
DEJ Prods, the acquisitionand distribution arm of Blockbuster Entertainment, has bought domestic rightsto Employee Of The Month, Bull's Eye Entertainment's heist comedy starring MattDillon, Christina Applegate and Steve Zahn.Directed by Mitch Rouse andproduced by Cathy Schulman, Bob Yari and Tom Nunan of Bull's Eye, the filmworld premiered at this year's ...
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Hanway enters Land Of Plenty
Hanway Films has picked uprights outside North America and the UK to Wim Wenders' Land Of Plenty, the low-budget film he made for digital filmmakingcollective InDigEnt.The movie, which is currently inpost-production, stars Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek, The StationAgent) and John Diehl. The story, which takes placein post-9/11 America, tells the ...
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Buyers sink teeth into Open Water
Lions Gate Films Internationalhas sold key territories on Chris Kentis' low-budget shark thriller OpenWater, which it acquired from PlungePictures at Sundance and Lions Gate Releasing plans to release domesticallythis summer.All rights to the picture havegone to Universum Film in Germany, Movie Eye Entertainment and Presidio inJapan, and Gussi in a ...
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Lost In Translation in healthy Spirits
FocusFeatures' Lost In Translation emerged as the key winner at the IFP Independent Spirit Awardson Saturday, winning awards for best feature, best director, best male lead forBill Murray and best original screenplay.A jubilant SofiaCoppola accepted three of those awards.Oscar favouriteCharlize Theron took home the female lead prize for Monster and ...
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US channel opens up for Asian films
The chances of Asian films getting North Americandistribution are set to increase with the launch later this year ofImaginasianTV, one of the US' first dedicated Asian entertainmentchannels.The company was set up last year at the initiative ofMichael Hong, a former Spelling Television and Paramount executive. Backed by aconsortium of asset ...
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Japanese arthouse market consolidates
Japanese productionand distribution group Artist House has acquired Cinema Parisien, themicro-distributor that has specialised in French and other foreign-languagefilms in Japan.Artist House, whichoperates the Artist Film distribution company, says the deal is a horizontalexpansion that will complement its video distribution strengths.Its 2004 video slateincludes art-house titles including 21 Grams, Lost ...
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AFM: Fortissimo backs rising art-house stars
Fortissimo Films hasgreenlit investments in upcoming productions by rising art-house directorsPierre Paul Renders and Pen-Ek Ratanaruang.Belgium's Renders,who previously made Venice 2001 film Thomas In Love, is to direct Mr Average, a French-language satirical romantic comedy thatshoots later this year.The producers are innegotiation with a major French star for the role ...
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Top international buyers hold Grudge
Senator International has soldout Ghost House Pictures' The Grudge,a remake of the hit Japanese horror thriller Ju-On, in all major territories following deals with UIPfor the UK, Constantin for Germany, Metropolitan for France and VillageRoadshow for Australia.The project began shooting inTokyo in January and is being directed by Takashi Shimizu, ...
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Railroad Man sweeps Japan Academy Awards
Railroad Man, a comeback film for Japanese screen legend Ken Takakura which cleaned up at the Japanese box office last year, swept all major prizes at the 1999 Japan Academy Awards. In addition to selecting the film as best picture and veteran Yasuo Furuhata as best director, Academy voters named ...
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AFM: Tartan Films in horror double bill
The UK's Tartan Films has picked up The Park, the 3D horror film by Hong Kong director AndrewLau, better known for co-directing the sensational Infernal Affairs police trio with Alan Mak.Tartan has also picked up TheLast Horror Movie, the third feature fromWelsh director Julian Richards who shot the thrillers Silent ...
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AFM: Sales veterans bash US filmmaking costs
Echoing many of the samegrievances that emerged from last year's AFMA financing conferences, apanel of sales veterans at this year's AFM bemoaned the high-risk natureof film funding and warned that production costs in the US need to drop sharplyif the industry is to thrive on diversity.Nu Image/Millennium Filmsco-chairman Avi Lerner ...
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AFM: TF1 picks up Penn and Bardem's Face
TF1 International has picked up The Last Face, a romantic drama starring Oscar-nominee Sean Penn,Javier Bardem and Robin Wright Penn.The $20m film is to be directed by Erin Dignam, director of Loved, which also featured both the Penns, and Denial (aka Loon).It is being produced by Michael Humphrey.The story features ...
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AFM: Latido enjoys Two Tough sellers
New Spanish-basedsales house Latido has closed deals on its Berlin competition title YourNext Life (La Vida Que Te Espera) andwhat has proved to be surprise sales hit at AFM, Two Tough Guys (Dos TiposMuy Duros).La Vida was sold to Seville for Canada, Polyfilm forAustria, Denubius for the Czech Republic, TVR ...
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AFM: Strange Crime pays for Vision International
French seller VisionInternational has struck a number of deals on Strange Crime.The Roberto Andopicture was licensed to Gussi for Mexico, Soyuz for Russia, Victory forBenelux, Kinema Space for Korea, Camro for Scandinavia, PCV for Greece andEcuador, Bolivia and Peru to Venus.Vision sold LidiaBobrova's Baboussiato Starlight for Sweden, TVR for Romania, ...
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Mirovision explores Antarctic
Korean indieproduction and sales house Mirovision has put together a varied slate for2004-5, headed by a big-budget mountaineering chiller that will shot at PeterJackson's facilities in New Zealand.Described as TheShining meets VerticalLimit, Antarctic Journalfeatures an expedition to the polar ice-cap that comes across the ghostlyremains of previous explorers.The film is ...
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AFM: Pickering spearheads EBG sales
Veteran sales agentPamela Pickering has joined Entertainment Business Group (EBG) as managingdirector, international sales.EBG, based inCamarillo, north of Los Angeles, has recently set about making large-scale $20mto $80m studio-released movies in alliance with Story Island Entertainment andCanyonlight Entertainment.Pickering, who mostrecently was president of international sales and distribution for InitialEntertainment Group ...