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Exception takes on Alexandra's Project
Exception, formerly Wild Bunch, has been appointed the international sales agent for Berlin Competition entry Alexandra's Project, written and directed by Rolf de Heer.Helen Buday and Gary Sweet star in the film, which explores psycho-sexual politics in marriage. "The movie represents a challenging title with a touch of provocation which ...
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Another major film studio proposed for Scotland
The ongoing story of constructing a major film studio in Scotland added a further chapter on Wednesday with the announcement of a new $411.5m (£250m) development near Gleneagles, which includes provision for a $49.4m (£30m), 100-acre film studio. A private consortium of unnamed financiers would operate The Gleneagles Film Studio ...
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Dutch Oscar-winners lobby government for continued support
Four Dutch Oscar-winners - Fons Rademakers (The Assault, 1986), Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line, 1995), Mike van Diem (Character) and Michael Dudok de Wit (Father And Daughter, 2000) - have published an open letter to the next Dutch government urging for continuation of the present level of film funding.The letter, ...
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Sony, Starz Encore unveil multimedia tie-up
In a wide ranging tie-up with Starz Encore Media, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has made one of the most dramatic moves by any studio to push its content into new on-line media.The deal which begins in 2005 spans more than 200 current feature films from the Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems ...
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Spirited outing for new Irish film festival
The inaugural Dublin International Film Festival (March 6-13) has clinched a major sponsorship deal with Jameson Irish Whiskey worth Euros 100,000. The partnership is one of the largest business sponsorships of the arts in Ireland in recent years. Backing of Euros 25,000 has also come from the Arts Council, while ...
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Beauty wins Hungarian Film Week main prize
The Main Prize of the 34th Hungarian Film Week was awarded to Peter Gothar's feature Hungarian Beauty. The story that probes the problems of two neighbouring families in present day Budapest beat the 21 other films in competition, judged by the five-member jury chaired by Sandor Radnoti. Three films received ...
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Ottfilm picks up Things You Can Tell for Germany
Germany's ottfilm has picked up theatrical rights to Rodrigo Garcia's directorial debut Things You Can Tell from license trader and cofinancier Intertainment. In addition, Intertainment has agreed to a comprehensive video distribution package with Planet Media covering the video and DVD release of Things You Can Tell as well as ...
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Menemsha sells TV rights to Local Angel
Menemsha Entertainment has sold the German and French TV rights for Udi Aloni's documentary Local Angel - Theological Political Fragments to public broadcasters WDR and ARTE respectively.The US-Israeli production, which is an attempt to address the causes and contradictions in the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict, will be shown in Berlinale's ...
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Noi The Albino enjoys raft of sales
On the eve of the Berlin Market, Noi Albinoi, a film about an Icelandic boy who desperately needs to break out of his icy prison, is already the toast of critics and buyers. So too is its first time director, Dagur Kari.It has been sold to France's Haut Et Court, ...
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Kevin Williams Associates adds to Berlin line-up
Madrid-based sales house Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has added Chiqui Carabante's debut feature film Carlos Against The World (Carlos Contra El Mundo) and Palm Springs Film Festival entry The Impatient Alchemist (El Alquimista Impaciente) to its line-up for Berlin.The story of a working class twenty-something who leads a double life ...
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Catriona Booth gets London-based communications job at Warner Bros
Catriona Boothwas today (Feb 5) named director of international corporate communications atWarner Bros, a new London-based post that bestows a panoply of duties as thecompany's official spokesperson in Europe. Booth will assume responsibilityfor corporate and business press at the various divisions and properties,including strategic communications for Warner Bros UK. She ...
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Runaway production down in Canada in 2001/2
Canada is lessattractive to so-called runaway production, with 10% fewer feature filmproduction dollars spent in the country in 2001-2002. According to the annualreport of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA),foreign theatrical location production dropped 10% to C$737m (US$484m). Overallforeign location production, including TV fare, was off only slightly, ...
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Kino teams with Viz & Tidepoint for Chaos, Japanese titles in US
Kino International has struck a co-distribution deal with Tidepoint Pictures of San Francisco, in collaboration with Viz, to launch the Viz/Tidepoint library of cutting-edge, independent Japanese films in the North-American home video market. Tetsuki Ijichi and Elizabeth S Wilkerson's Tidepoint Pictures was set up in San Francisco in 1996 to ...
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Lightning takes international rights on The Event
LightningEntertainment has acquired international sales rights to ThomFitzgerald's The Event, which will screen in the Panorama section of the Berlin FilmFestival on Feb 8, 9 and 10. Set in Manhattan, The Event explores the effect of one man'sdeath on his loved ones and boasts a strong ensemble cast that includes ...
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Alliance Atlantis taps Telefilm executive
Three weeks after moving its motion picture operation from Los Angeles to Toronto, Alliance Atlantis is hiring Bill House, one of Canada's most prominent public sector film executives, to boost its feature production profile at home. In his 15 years as a production and development executive, first at the Ontario ...
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Mosaic enters marketing arena with two corporate alliances
LA production anddistribution group Mosaic Media Group has moved into the marketing arena withthe formation of Elevation Entertainment, a joint venture with Denny Young andSteve Lindecke's Elevation Group of companies. In addition, Mosaicpresident Allen Shapiro announced today (Feb 5) that the company is to acquirehalf of The Steven Rifkind Company's ...
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Spencer promoted to vice president at Focus
Tim Spencer hasbeen promoted to vice president of international sales at UniversalStudios' specialty film unit Focus Features, the company'sco-president David Linde announced today (Feb 5). Spencer will continue to bebased in the New York offices and will report to Focus executive vice presidentof international sales and distribution Glen Basner. Spencer ...
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Hopper, Stone & Parker get awards at Santa Monica Fest
Dennis Hopper will receive alifetime achievement award for persistence of vision at the upcoming SantaMonica Film Festival. In a statement released today (Feb 5) festival directorMichael Cain said: 'The opportunity to give Mr Hopper an award is anoverwhelming experience for me. With hundreds of critically acclaimed moviesunder his belt since ...
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MGM 'in excellent financial condition', says Yemenidjian
MGM announcedfourth quarter 2002 net income of $58.7m or $0.24 a share today (Feb 5),compared to net income of $39.1m or $0.16 a share for the same period in 2001.Revenues in the quarter rose approximately 65% to $620.9m from $375.5m in thefourth quarter of 2001. Alex Yemenidjian, chairman and CEO ...
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Alex Lora documentary to get wide theatrical release in Mexico
Columbia Tri Star/BVIMexico has picked up local distribution rights to documentary Alex Lora, directed by Luis Kelly. The joint distributioncompany headed by Philip Alexanderplans a nationwide release on some 200 prints, unprecedented for a documentary. The 50+ year old Lora, described as a mix between MickJagger and Bob Dylan, is ...