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German cinema admissions slip back in 2002
A combination of an ailing economy, inclement weather and the local industry's home-made crises resulted in German admissions slipping by 5% from 2001's record attendances of 163.1m to 154.5m. Box-office revenues fell by 3.3% from Euros954.2m to Euro 922.7m for 2002, according to figures compiled by Nielsen EDI.The downward trend ...
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Zentropa pulls plug on internet outfit Tvropa
The dotcom ambitions of the low-budget mavericks at Denmark's Zentropa have finally hit the rocks.Internet outfit Tvropa filed for insolvency over Christmas after Zentropa and other investors had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on the company, which launched in 2000 with plans to webcast 3-4 minute programmes about movies, ...
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Twilight Samurai scoops top Japanese film prize
Yoji Yamada's The Twilight Samurai has been voted the best Japanese film of 2002 by the Kinema Junpo critics' poll, while scooping five other awards.Considered the most prestigious honor in the Japanese film industry, the Kinema Junpo poll is now celebrating its 76th year. The best foreign film, according the ...
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Koelmels' Kinowelt takeover hits further delays
The takeover saga of the insolvent Kinowelt Group has continued into 2003, with news that brothers Michael and Rainer Koelmel have still not paid over the Euros32m agreed to acquire Kinowelt's core assets.Insolvency administrator Dr. Wolfgang Ott said that payment by the Koelmels' Neue Spielfilm Vertriebs- und Marketing GmbH ...
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Nineteen actors selected as Berlin's Shooting Stars
Nineteen young European actors and actresses have been selected to participate in European Film Promotion's (EFP) "Shooting Stars" showcase of new acting talent at the forthcoming Berlinale from February 8-11.Among them are the UK's Jamie Sives, lead actor in Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself; German Film Prize-winner Daniel Bruehl (Good ...
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Livolsi takes over as Cinecitta boss
Ubaldo Livolsi, financial partner of Rome-based producer Rita Rusic and head of Italian investment bank Livolsi and Partners, has been named managing director of Cinecitta Holding.Last month, veteran Italian director Pupi Avati was appointed president of the state-owned company. Cinecitta Holding is the parent of Rome's legendary studios as well ...
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Italians laugh all the way to box office over bumper Xmas
Italian box office figures over the festive season - the single most lucrative period for the local industry - were up an impressive 14% to Euros78.83m on last year's Xmas results.Importantly, according to local data body Cinetel, homegrown films also beat out stiff competition from Hollwyood (including Harry Potter) to ...
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Fogelson, Hampe join US indie MAC Releasing
Andrew Fogelson and CarlHampe have joined the new US independent distributor MAC Releasing, it wasannounced today (Jan 9) by partners Craig Baumgarten, Andy Gruenberg and MikeMarcus. Fogelson, who arrives from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, joins as apartner after serving as a consultant to MAC since its inception in May 2002.Hampe, who ...
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DVD market booming in France
DVD sales are expanding rapidly in France according to report from local trade body Syndicat de l'Edition Video (SEV). The report found that DVD sales accounted for 16.8% ($83.6m) of French video distributors' sell-through revenues in 1999 compared to just 2.5% in 1998.In total 4.5 millions DVDs were sold in ...
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Sarasota Film Festival kicks off Jan 24 with Kiss The Bride
The fifthSarasota Film Festival (SFF), which runs from Jan 24-Feb 2 with a programme ofinternational and US independent features, shorts, documentaries, student filmsand educational events, will open with Vanessa Parise's romance-drama KissThe Bride, starringAmanda Detmer, Sean Patrick Flanery and Talia Shire. Announcing the line-uptoday (Jan 9), event organisers said they ...
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Antwone Fisher wins PGA Stanley Kramer Award
The ProducersGuild of America (PGA) will present Antwone Fisher producers Todd Black and DenzelWashington with the second Stanley Kramer Award at the 14th Annual PGAwards onMar 2 in Los Angeles. The accolade was established to honour a producer whose work'illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevatingfashion'. The picture, ...
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Julian Levin's role expanded at Fox
Julian Levin, executive vicepresident of digital exhibition and special projects at 20th CenturyFox, has expanded his role at the studio to encompass non-theatrical sales anddistribution and large screen (70mm) and IMAX presentations. His new title isexecutive vice president for digital exhibition and non-theatrical sales anddistribution.Levin, well-known in theinternational community as ...
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Universal scores powerful 8 Mile opening in Germany
Universal began theinternational roll-out of rap drama 8 Mile in emphatic style over the weekend, grossing $7.3m from 597 theatres inGermany, Austria, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In Germany the Eminem starrer took amighty $6.1m from 455 venues. It was Universal's fifth biggest opening ever inthe territory behind American Pie 2, ...
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UK video/DVD sales surge in 2002
Tim Dams IN LONDONVideo retail sales surged to an estimated 154 million units in 2002, helped by 111% increase in DVD sales, which contributed to overall video market growth of 26%.The figures were released by the British Video Association, which added that the figures do not include mail order, which ...
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Chereau named as Cannes competition jury president
Top French director Patrice Chereau has been named as president of the competition jury for the forthcoming Cannes Festival (May 14-25).Noted initially as a theatre director, Chereau first made the transition to film in 1974 with La Chair De L'Orchidee and became a Cannes regular with La Reine Margot and ...
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Tycoon (Oligarch)
Dir. Pavel Lounguine. Russia/France. 128mins.Pavel Lounguine's latest chronicle of the new Russia must have had many of this country's high and mighty squirming on their seats - that is if they still care at all about their reputation. A major hit at home and a festival staple last year, Lounguine's ...
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Two Weeks Notice
Dir: Marc Lawrence. US 2002. 102minsThe adorably klutzy Sandra Bullock and the self-deprecatingly charming Hugh Grant have always engendered enormous goodwill among movie-goers. That's lucky for writer and first-time director Marc Lawrence because without the couple's seemingly bullet-proof appeal, this predictable, utterly formulaic romantic comedy would be unbearable. The film ...
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Berlin confirms bulk of competition line-up
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has officially unveiled 19 films from Europe Asia, USA and Africa which will feature in its main competition program.In total 26 films - including the opening and closing films and special out of competition screenings - are expected to be selected.The list includes ...
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Berlin confirms bulk of competition programme
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has officially unveiled 19 films from Europe Asia, USA and Africa which will feature in its main competition programme.In total 26 films - including the opening and closing films and special out of competition screenings - are expected to be selected.The list includes ...
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Australia gains financier for genre pics
Australia has gained a new breed of financier - Kirkham Management Limited - which aims to coax private investors to plough funds into genre pictures.Set up by chartered accountant Stephen Kirkham - after spending the last six years planning the move - the outfit aims to fund four pictures annually ...