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Stelios' easyGroup ploughs into UK DVD rental market
Stelios Haji-Ioannou's easyGroup is entering the onlineDVD rental market with an easyCinema DVD service powered by rental platformVideo Island.Due to be launched in January, the service will operate apay-as-you-go model, charging easyCinema customers £1.99 per DVD rental andoffering a 21-day return policy.easyGroup joins existing Video Island partners, such asnational brands ...
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Los Muertos takes Turin top prize
Argentinian directorLisandro Alonso walked away with the Turin Film Festival's Euros 20,500 topprize for his drama Los Muertos.The powerful film, whichwas written, directed and edited by Alonso, tells the story of a man who hasjust been released from prison after serving a lengthy sentence, and undertakesa long voyage across the ...
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Osama triumphs at Cape Town
Afghan feature Osama, by director Siddiq Barmakhas won the best feature film award and the best director prize at theCape Town World Cinema Festival.The film beat off 19 features in competition, includingan impressive showing of eleven South African features, most by first-timedirectors.The story of a girl who has to dress ...
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Times Of India Group moves into film production
India's largest media company, The Times of India Group,has moved into film production, backing English language feature Being Cyrus.Directed and co-written by Homi Adajania, the film isbilled as a cross between a psychological drama and a comedy in which a dopesmoking retired sculptor, who lives in a secluded Indian hill ...
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Biggest UK electrical retailer Dixons dumps VCRs
The UK'slargest electrical chain, Dixons, has said it is to stop selling video cassetterecorders, leading to predictions of the imminent demise of the VCR market inthe country.Dixonsis phasing out VCRs due to the boom in DVD players, which can now be bought foras little as £25.Theretailer expects to sell its ...
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New Latin aims for crossover hit with Luminarias
US producer-distributor New Latin Pictures plans to open romantic comedy Luminarias on more than 60 screens in California, in a bid to repeat the success of its first crossover Latino release Nueba Yol.The $1.5m feature, directed by UCLA drama professor Jose Luis Valenzuela, will open May 5 in greater Los ...
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Miyazaki's Howl breaks Japanese box office record
Howl's Moving Castle, the new animation by Hayao Miyazaki, earned $14.2m(Y1.48bn) on 1.1 million admissions in its first two days on release - a newrecord for a Japanese film.The previous record holderwas Bayside Shakedown 2, which was released in 2003. The figures alsorepresented a 40% gain over Spirited Away, Miyazaki's ...
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Fire destroys Japanese sound stage
A fire has destroyed a sound stage at Kadokawa-Daieistudio in Chofu, a western Tokyo suburb. The blaze, which broke out in thestructure in the early morning hours of November 21, did not result in anyinjuries. The cause has not yet been determined and total damages have not yetbeen assessed.The 1,067 ...
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Zentropa, Filmanova strike two picture deal
Spain's Filmanova and Denmark's Zentropa Productions havesigned a two-picture co-production agreement starting with Filmanova co-founderAnton Reixa's Tivoli Hotel.The second film of the accord has not yet been agreed.The deal marks Zentropa's first such move with a Spanish company. It brings 10% of the film's estimated Euros 2.6m budget.A romantic comedy ...
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Berlinale film selection committee shapes up
German producer Gloria Burkert (A Map Of The Heart) and Rajendra Roy, programme director of the Hamptons International Film Festival, and Berlin-based freelance journalist Ralf Schenk are three new members of this year's advisory film selection committee for the Berlinale's Official Competition.The twelve-person committee includes the various section heads - ...
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The Incredibles UK previews add to $5.4m weekend take
Pixar's TheIncredibles grossed anestimated $5.4m at the weekend through Buena Vista International (BVI), raisingits early international cumulative total to $12.3m.The picturescored all-time record animated openings in Singapore and Malaysia on $797,000on 40 screens and $549,000 on 39 respectively.In the UK, two-day paid previews generated $6.5m. Thepicture launches there next weekend, ...
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Fox takes another $6.3m with AVP
Theaction-horror picture Alien Vs Predator added $6.3m on 2,343 screens through Fox International atthe weekend to raise its international running total to $67.5m.Key drivers wereItaly, where the picture opened top on $1.6m on 299 screens, and Spain, whereit opened in second place on $2.4m on 397.The comedy Dodgeball grossed $378,792 ...
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Columbia TriStar no more; Sony extends brand to international
Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International has changed its name to Sony Pictures ReleasingInternational (SPRI), effective immediately.The name change will beimplemented in most territories around the world immediately, but not in thoseterritories where Sony operates in joint ventures with other distributors."The Sony name is oneof the most recognised and respected brand names ...
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Noyce gets achievement award from Newport
Phillip Noyce, whosedirecting credits include The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Patriot Games, will receive the Claiborne Pell Award for LifetimeAchievement In Filmmaking from Newport International Film Festival organizersin association with the Rhode Island Film and Television Office on Dec 11.Following the presentationceremony there will be a screening of Noyce's ...
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Tartan picks up domestic rights to Milwaukee, Minnesota
Tartan Films USA has pickedup North American rights to Allan Mindel's award winning directorial debut Milwaukee,Minnesota, starring Randy Quaid andBruce Dern.Tartan Films US plans a May2005 theatrical release and Tartan Films UK will open it in the UK next monthon Dec 3.Milwaukee, Minnesota received its world premiere at Slamdance 2003,followed ...
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GERMANY 23 November
While the 7 Dwarfscontinued to reign supreme at the German box office - the comedy's gross topped$40m on its 4th weekend at the No. 1 spot -, Solo Film's release of the firstTurkish science fiction comedy G.O.R.A.came up trumps with a tremendous $ 8,737 screen average from 73 prints to ...
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Norway postpones funding revamp
Norway's incoming culture minister, Ellen Horn, has pushed back the restructuring of the government's film financing policy from May to autumn, to take on board recommendations from directors' association, Norwegian Film Directors (NFD).The NFD is calling for higher funding levels for the film sector, but has suggested that not all ...
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DENMARK 23 November
The Incredibles only had one weekat the top of the Danish box-office before BridgetJones: The Edge Of Reason came and out grossed it with its DKK 2.58mopening from 65 prints - Working Title's biggest and Universal's third biggestever opening behind Van Helsing and Jurassic Park: The Lost World.However,though Pixar's animated ...
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UK/IRELAND 23 November
Although three wide releases battled for supremacy in the UKlast weekend it was left to two limited releases to grab the glory further downthe chart.BVI's latest Pixar release, The Incredibles, launched at London's UCI Empire Leicester Squarecinema in digital format grossing a colossal $151,083 (£81,307).In addition, though not yet counted ...
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AUSTRALIA 23 November
Bridget Jones - TheEdge Of Reason had no trouble staying ahead of the pack in its secondweekend in Australian cinemas, grossing A$3,245,873 for UIP. Being on 370screens made it readily accessible to patrons.The next most popular films at the cinema for the four daysending on Sunday were both openers from ...