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Frugone named as new Valladolid fest director
Spain's Valladolid International Film Festival hasnamed Juan Carlos Frugone as the new director of the event, which this yearcelebrates its 50th anniversary edition (Oct 21-29). A native of Argentina and an experienced film critic,Frugone was deputy director of Valladolid from 1984 to 1992. He has worked forother festivals including Mar ...
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Spain's Avalon partners with Fnac on DVD label
Spanishproducer-distributor Avalon Pictures has launched a new DVD sell-through labelin Spain with entertainment megastore Fnac handling classic internationalauteur titles.The label, Filmoteca Fnac, will handle an initial 20 to 25films per year from auteur directors like Fellini, Cassavetes, Jarmusch andKitano.Titles will be released on anywhere from 1500-4000 copies.Avalon founder Stefan Schmitz ...
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Co-Production Office passes Takashi's Audition
Philippe Bober's boutique production and sales outfit The Co-Production Office has picked up world sales duties to Miike Takashi's psychological horror picture Audition.The film which scooped the FIPRESCI and KNF awards at the Rotterdam festival in January is a tale of a man who advertises for a wife by auditioning ...
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Malaga festival unveils Spanish competition line-up
The Spanish Film Festival of Malaga has finalised itsline-up for this year's eighth annual edition (April 22-30), unveilingthe final titles competing in its official selection.New films joining the six previously announced competitorsinclude: Ramon Salazar's transvestite musical 20 Centimetres (20Centimetros); Cuban comedian AlexisValdes' directorial debut A King In Havana (Un Rey ...
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Int'l buyers stock up on Pope documentaries
In the wake of Pope JohnPaul II's death, Rai Trade, the sales arm of Italianpublic broadcaster RAI, has witnessed a flurry of demand for its latestdocumentaries on the pontiff and extensive stock footage.Vatican expert FabioZavattaro's A Quarter of a Century With Pope John Paul II, which focuses on the Pope's ...
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Indian International awards set locale for 2006 event in Amsterdam
The sixth InternationalIndian Film Academy (IIFA) awards weekend will take place in Amsterdam,Holland, from Jun 9-11.Since the annual ceremonylaunched five years ago at the Millennium Dome in London, a number ofinternational locations including London, Malaysia and Singapore have hostedthe event.The IIFA will feature a newglobal business forum at Expo XXI, ...
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Sony-led acquisition of MGM closed on Friday
On the day MGM's acquisitionby the Sony and Comcast-led consortium officially closed and most of theexisting MGM staff prepared to be let go, the company announced severaloperating practices and a slew of new appointments.The company will releaseonly one more film - The Amityville Horror on Apr 15. Its remaining titles ...
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Ring 2 leads international pack with $14.8m weekend
DreamWorks International'shorror sequel The Ring 2 added anestimated $14.8m through UIP in 4,245 sites in 46 territories at the weekend,raising the international running total to $55m.The picture opened top inItaly on $1.9m and approximately 30% market share, a remarkable result giventhat theatres were closed on Friday for the Pope's funeral. ...
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Paramount tops box office with action adventure Sahara
Paramount'saction-adventure Saharaopened top of the North American charts at the weekend, drawing mixed reviewsbut an estimated $18.5m in ticket sales.The picture,which stars Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz as environmental adventurers,averaged $5,865 on 3,154 screens. It was directed by Breck Eisner, the son ofdeparting Disney chief Michael Eisner, and financed by ...
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Sahara tops US box office for Anschutz, Paramount
Paramount'saction-adventure Saharaopened top of the North American charts at the weekend, drawing mixed reviewsbut an estimated $18.5m in ticket sales.The picture,which stars Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz as environmental adventurers,averaged $5,865 on 3,154 screens. It was directed by Breck Eisner, the son ofdeparting Disney chief Michael Eisner, and financed by ...
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Dir: Breck Eisner. US. 2005. 124 mins.Sahara is a brave attempt by an independent company - Phillip Anschutz’s Anschutz Film Group - to launch a new action hero franchise, this one modeled on Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt character. The film is a lavishly mounted, old-fashioned adventure picture which pitches Pitt ...
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HanWay beefs up back catalogue
UK-based sales agency HanWayFilms has beefed up its back catalogue by acquiring rights to two libraries.The director-driven companyhas taken on the Wim Wenders films in the Reverse Angle Library and selectedpictures from HanWay's sister production company, Recorded Picture Company.The Wenders films include Paris,Texas, Wings Of Desire and Buena Vista Social ...
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Melancholia spreads around the world
Three Rooms Of Melancholia, the latest documentary byveteran Finnish filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo (Flame, Cannes 1980, TheFire-Eater, AFI Grand Prix 1998) emerged as the hottest title at theThessaloniki Documentary Festival and the Doc Film Market that wrapped hereyesterday.The film looks set to join the growing number of full-lengthdocumentaries that secure extensive ...
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6ixtynin9, 2H share critics prize at Hong Kong
Chinese director Li Ying's Japanese production 2H and 6ixtynin9 by Thai director Pe-nek Ratanaruang shared the FIPRESCI prize at the 24th Hong Kong International Film Festival (April 12-27). In a statement to the press, Romanian critic Mihai Chirilov stated that the jury "wanted to make a statement and to be ...
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Arts Alliance names Kiedaisch as chief financial officer
Arts Alliance Media, which was recently appointed to runthe UK Film Council's digital cinema network, has appointed Howard Kiedaisch aschief financial officer. Kiedaisch joins Arts Alliance Media from UniversalPictures International (UPI) where he was senior vice president of businessoperations and chief financial officer.In addition to his six years at UPI, ...
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Cognac toasts Iglesia's El Crimen Ferpecto
Alex de la Iglesia's blackcomedy El Crimen Ferpecto was the big winner at the 23rdannual Cognac Thriller Festival which wrapped on Sunday night. The film was a crowd favoritetaking the Premiere magazine audience award as well as the Grand Prize from thejury headed up by American director Joel Schumacher.The Jury ...
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Ghobadi's Turtles flies off with NatFilm prize
Bahman Ghobadi's Turtles Can Fly won theaudience prize at the 16th NATfilm festival in Denmark.The film, which is set in an Iraqi refugee camp priorto the US led invasion, is a follow up to Ghobadi's arthouse hit A Time ForDrunken Horses.The Critics Award went to the only documentary runningin competition, ...
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UK exhibitors call for cinema rentals rethink
Thevexed issue of UK cinema rentals - the sums paid to distributors by exhibitors- has come into sharp focus following remarks by John Wilkinson, chiefexecutive of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association.UKrentals are reputed to be among the lowest in Europe, but Wilkinson has told ScreenInternational that in some cases they should ...
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Myriad to handle worldwide sales on Liotta-starrer Comeback Season
Myriad Pictures has come on board family comedy Comeback Season starring Ray Liotta, Shaun Sipos, RachelBlanchard and Glenne Headly and is handling worldwide rights excluding Canada.Set to begin principalphotography in Canada on May 9, the film is directed by Bruce McCulloch andtells of an unfaithful husband who moves in with ...
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Dying Gaul, Adam & Steve bookend Miami Gay Film Fest
Craig Lucas’ Hollywood drama The Dying Gaul starring Peter Sarsgaard, Campbell Scottand Patricia Clarkson will open the 7th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian FilmFestival, which runs from Apr 22-May 1.Marco Kreuzpaintner’s sports comedy Summer Storm starring Robert Stadlober and KostjaUllmann is the centerpiece gala screening, while Craig Chester’srelationship drama Adam ...