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Cinar co-founders quit company over funds scandal
The once squeaky-clean image of family programming provider Cinar Corp has been further tarnished as husband-and-wife co-founders Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg resigned yesterday following revelations that about $122m of its funds were invested without the knowledge or authorisation of its board of directors.The sum, which exceeds Cinar's own annual ...
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JAPAN
The biggest battle of the Japanese holiday season is between The Last Samurai and Finding Nemo - and so far it's hard to call a winner. The opening round went to Finding Nemo, which set a new record for opening weekend box office with Y1,116,203,900 ($10,431,812) on 900,447 admissions and ...
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AUSTRALIA
BVI's Scary Movie 3 was the hit film at the box office in its opening weekend, taking A$3,011,921 from 305 screens to achieve a screen average of A$9,875. The result fell about A$70,000 short of last weekend's opening performance by 20th Century Fox's Master And Commander: The Far Side Of ...
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Infernal Affairs dominates Golden Horse Awards
Hong Kong crime epic Infernal Affairs won the major prizes at this year's Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and the People's Choice Award. Local favourite, Tsai Ming-liang's Goodbye, Dragon Inn, took consolation in Best Taiwanese Film. It's cinematographer, Liao Pen-jung, named the Taiwan ...
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CHILE Production Listings - December 15 2003
CHILE - IN PRE-PRODUCTIONA MAN ON THE SIDEWALK (UN HOMBRE EN LA VEREDA)(Arauco Films/Antuco Pictures) Thriller. An adaptation of A Chilean bestselling novel by Elizabeth Subercaseaux. A Supreme Court judge kills his married lover at a golf course. The sole witness is the married editor of a powerful newspaper but ...
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Chilean producers develop a taste for horror
For full Chilean production listings click HERE Film production in Chile has not only quadrupled from the average annual output of five to a potential 20 releases next year. Judging from the various titles in post production, filmmakers in Chile are also experimenting in styles and genres. They range ...
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NEW ZEALAND
BVI's Scary Movie 3 was easily the hit film of the weekend, earning NZ$403,565 from 31 screens upon appearing at cinemas for the first time. It's screen average was a quite extraordinary NZ$13,018 - the Kiwi's love their horror films - bettered only by the re-release of The Lord Of ...
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Warriors Of Heaven And Earth
Dir: He Ping. China. 2003. 119 mins.He Ping, best known internationally for Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker, is better known in China as the pioneer of the so-called Chinese western like Sun Valley and Swordsman Of Double Flag Town which are set in the vast and unpopulated western territories. Warriors Of ...
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Peter Pan
Dir: PJ Hogan. 2003. US. 104 minutesThis umpteenth revisiting of the familiar children's story, first mounted on the London stage a century ago, is always thoroughly competent, even generally engaging, but rarely soars. Universal, happy to have hijacked the property's profile from Disney, has obviously expended a great deal of ...
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DENMARK
While Finding Nemo continued to be untouchable at the top of the Danish chart, Russell Crowe's Master And Commander was left to face the stern of the all-star Love Actually after three weeks on release, dropping 28%. The new release of Looney Tunes: Back In Action even beat Weir's maritime ...
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Gandhi film stirs political conflict in India
Following the trouble surrounding Deepa Mehta's Water, a second production filmed in India - Kamal Haasan's Hey Ram, about Mahatma Gandhi's assassination - is stirring controversy in different parts of the country.Several Indian political organisations are angry about what they describe as an incorrect portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the ...
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Tesela emphasises new talent with 2004 slate
Spanish production company Tesela is preparing three new films to shoot in 2004 with a continued emphasis on seeking new writing and directing talents.The company, majority owned by Grupo Prisa-backed production house Plural Entertainment, is known for discovering young directing talents such as Achero Manas (Pellet), Alberto Rodriguez (The Suit) ...
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Spanish producers benefit from Fund increase
The Spanish government has approved a Euros 27.8m increase to its Cinema Protection Fund, expected to result in immediate payments on outstanding subsidy obligations.The increase almost doubles the Fund's annual budget, 85% of which goes towards paying off automatic box office-linked subsidies, to Euros 61m for the new year. Producers ...
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Newell, Leconte projects win UK development funding
New projects from directors including Mike Newell, David Mackenzie, Patrice Leconte and Chris Cunningham have received development backing from the UK Film CouncilThe Council's Development Fund is working with Newell (Mona Lisa Smile, Four Weddings And A Funeral) and Laura Bickford (producer of Traffic) at 50 Cannon who are producing ...
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London Film Critics unveil Awards contenders
The Magdalene Sisters, Young Adam, In This World, The Hours and The Mother have been shortlisted in the best British film category for the London Film Critics' Awards.The best film category, meanwhile, comprises Master and Commander, The Hours, Far From Heaven, Mystic River and Lord of the Rings.The 24th London ...
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Cannes names Residence film-maker candidates
The Cannes Film Festival's film-maker training programme, Residence, has announced its participants for its next session.The new talents are : Wang Bing from China, Israel's Hadar Friedlich, Switzerland's Celine Macherel, Vladimir Perisic from Serbia and Montenegro, Jaime Rosales from Spain and Belgian Dorothee Van Den Berghe.The Festival Residence is a ...
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Danish animator looks to crack Greenland market
Danish animator, Jannik Hastrup, looks set to become the first director ever to have his film dubbed especially for audiences in Greenland.His multiple-award winning The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear (Drengen Der Ville Gore Det Umulige), will be released in the Greenlandic language as Nukappiaraq Nanoorusuttoq and will ...
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Chouchou emerges as most profitable French film
Merzak Allouache's comedy Chouchou was the most profitable locally produced film of 2003. With a budget of Euros 7.6m, the film earned Euros 17.6m during its theatrical release - a 230% return on investment.According to a study by French daily Le Figaro, the second most profitable film was the ...
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New Romanian studio complex to open next year
Romania's growing attraction as a location for film production could increase still further with the arrival of a new studio complex next year.The project is the brainchild of British property developer Andrew Stear, who has been based in Romanian capital Bucharest for the last seven years. His company BPD Management ...
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Australia's Southern Star subject of takeover bid
The Southern Star Group, one of Australia's biggest television production and distribution companies, is the subject of a takeover bid from Southern Cross Broadcasting, which operates television stations in most regional areas of Australia, as well as in Adelaide and the national capital of Canberra. Southern Star's directors, who control ...