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Lions Gate International strikes J-Horror sales
Lions Gate Films International launched its J-HorrorJapanese horror franchise in Cannes with key territory sales on the nascentseries of pictures put together by the prolific producer Take Ichise.The company negotiated worldwide distribution rights to thefranchise, excluding Japan, from Ichise's development and financing companyEntertainment Farm. Ichise's credits include the Japanese and ...
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TLA Releasing acquires A Loving Father, Moon Child
TLA Releasing's International Film Festival label has added JacobBerger's emotional drama A Loving Father and Takahisa Zeze'scrime-horror hybrid Moon Child.Real-life father-and-son pairing Gerard and Guillaume Depardieu teamup on screen for the first time in A Loving Father, in which the formerplays a Nobel prize recipient who encounters his estranged son ...
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FRANCE 25 May
Hot off itspremiere bash in Cannes, Brad Pitt epic Troy scored nearly 1 millionadmissions its first week out in order to grab the top spot away from Van Helsing which boosted its secondweek takings to $7.2m.Also newthis week, Cannes opener Bad Educationfrom Pedro Almodovar which boasted a healthy $7,000 per ...
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United Artists takes int'l rights to Songcatcher
United Artists Films (UAF) has acquired international rights to Maggie Greenwald's Songcatcher, which won the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at this year's Sundance Film Festival.Songcatcher, which stars Oscar nominee Janet McTeer and Aidan Quinn, is produced by ErgoArts in association with the Independent Film Channel (IFP). The ...
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DENMARK 25 May
Troy opened a weeklater in Denmark than the rest of the region, cleverly not trying to competewith the royal wedding for the media's attention, and despite it's coolcritical reception it had no problem conquering the top of the chart with itshigh 72 prints.Neither of this weekend's other two releases - ...
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GERMANY 25 May
While Wolfgang Petersen's Troy held on to the top spot with only a 9% drop in takings overthe previous weekend to gross over $19.9m, the local German film industry wasgiven a welcome boost by the strong opening of Tobi Baumann's Der Wixxer, a send-up of the 1960s EdgarWallace crime mystery ...
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SWEDEN 25 May
With Wolfgang Petersen's Troyeasily dethroned Van Helsing lastweek, nothing much changed this weekend on the Swedish chart. Troy even retained a solid screenaverage of $6,393 on its massive 111 prints.The only new release, ThePrince & Me, posed no threat to any of the top 10 films and opened12th, while last ...
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NORDIC Production Listings - May 25 2004
NORDIC LISTINGS - MAY 25DENMARKIN PRE-PRODUCTIONAMAZON JACK 3(JUNGLEDYRET HUGO - FRAEK SOM ALTID)(PH3) Backer: Danish Film Institute. the third instalment in the popularanimated feature series about Amazon Jack. Prod: Per Holst. Dirs: AndersSoerensen, Joergen Lerdam. Scr: Flemming Quist Moeller.Contact: Per Holst, PH3, (45) 35 55 93 66THE AMBULANCE(AMBULANCEN)(Nordisk Film Production) ...
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Nordic newcomers emerge - against the odds
Although producers throughout the Nordic region are stillstruggling with their various unresolved issues of government funding, thereseems to be no shortage of new talent -or producers willing to back their feature debuts.In Sweden, there are signs that the continued emergence offirst-time feature directors (as well as more box-office success), might ...
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Pupi Avati steps down as president of Cinecitta.
Pupi Avati, the veteran Italian director behind The Heart Elsewhere, has stepped downfrom his position as president of Cinecitta Holding. He has been replaced byformer RAI executive Carlo Fuscagni."I told Cultural Minister Giuliano Urbani that I wantedto resign for professional reasons," Avati said. "I am currentlyshooting a film and should ...
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Pending tax shelter initiates new Belgian investment outfit
A new intermediary companycalled Peloton Pictures is planning to launch in Brussels in as little as sixweeks time to take advantage of the new Belgian tax shelter.Led by Mulholland Picturesproducer Ate de Jong (The Discovery Of Heaven), Peloton Pictures will bean intermediary between 'one or two well-known Belgian banks' and ...
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Singapore unveils international funding incentive
In an attempt to lureinternational film makers to shoot and produce their pictures in thecity-state, Singapore has announced Film In Singapore, a $5.8m (S$10m) fundingincentive set up by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).Under the scheme, filmmakers will receive a subsidy of up to 50% of the expenses incurred duringfilming in ...
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Aftermath (Lad De Sma Born)
Dir: Paprika Steen.Denmark. 2004. 100 minsAn award-winning presence in a string of Dogme films (Festen, Mifune,Open Hearts etc), actress Paprika Steen takes a very different stylisticapproach in her assured directorial debut. Aftermath is a polished, mournfulexamination of grief distinguished by its careful compositions, deeply feltperformances and rigid avoidance of sentimentality.Its ...
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Harry Potter 3 prompts new Dutch rating
The third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, has received a unique newrating in the Netherlands. Nicam, the organisation responsible for theage-limits assigned to films in Holland, will introduce the advisory age of 9years.Normally, films are branded with one of the four existingratings: All Ages, 6, ...
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Hofer set to quit Babelsberg
Germany's Studio Babelsberg has been rocked by the news that a second executive - Arthur Hofer - is to exit the production centre near Berlin, following the departure of studio boss Friedrich-Carl Wachs at the end of February (Screendaily February 14).Hofer, who moved Babelsberg from Munich's Bavaria Studios in 1997, ...
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Dendy takes three for Australia
Dendy chiefs Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten areparticularly pleased that Mike Leigh's VeraDrake is among the three films they have just picked up for Australia andNew Zealand.This is because it will be the fourth film they have handledfor the UK writer/director under various distribution guises. They fought offvigorous competition for ...
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RCV boasts host of Cannes pick-ups
Dutch independent distributor RCV has announced that itacquired a large number of major titles during Cannes. Deals include the threebiggest films offered during the market section at the festival: The Brothers Grimm (starring Matt Damonand Heath Ledger) ,The Good Shepherd(with Leonardo DiCaprio) and The NewWorld (Colin Farrell, directed by Terrence ...
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Pakistan considers lifting Indian film ban
Pakistan's Ministry of Culture is likely to take the radical decision to allow the screening of Indian films, on a selective basis.An outline of what type of films are to be released for screening is being prepared for the cabinet's approval. Currently there are no theatrical releases of Indian films ...
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Germany's Script House devises new East-West info exchange
The exchange of information between East and Western Europe on trends in film development, producing and marketing in their respective markets is to receive a boost through a new venture entitled Crossings, which has been devised by Berlin-based Script House and will be launched at next week's Transilvanian Film Festival ...
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The Ladykillers launches with strong bows in Spain, Japan
Touchstone's The Ladykillers enjoyed two strong openings in its debut markets ofSpain and Japan through Buena Vista International (BVI) at the weekend.The remake opened third in Spain and grossed $1m on 208screens, while Japan produced $700,000 from 140. The picture's earlyinternational running total therefore stands at $1.7m.BVI executives confirmed that ...