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John Daly's back, now heading up Miracle Entertainment
Producer JohnDaly, the former Hemdale Films chief who recently joined Miracle Entertainment aschairman, has launched Miracle Film Distribution (MFD), a wholly owned film distributioncompany that plans to release 10-12 picture a year in the US domestic market. Daly said MFDhas arranged a print and advertising fund for its first release, ...
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Cape Town studio project attracts massive interest
South Africa's Western Cape government's plans to establish a $27m film studio in Cape Town has received a staggering 13 expressions of interest in the project. The public/private partnership project is seen as vital for the future of the local film industry, which has been constrained by the lack of ...
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Screen International Summit assesses European issues
The need for smarter thinking, savvier marketing and greater professionalism across the European film industry were recurrent themes at the Screen International European Film Finance Summit.Starting with the keynote guest Stewart Till, speaker after speaker highlighted a need for greater understanding of the film industry on the part of film-makers ...
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Nordisk Film forges alliance with Finland's MRP
Nordic major Nordisk Film has signed an output deal with the prolific Finnish production outfit MRP Matila Röhr Productions. The three year deal will see the production company, which is Finland's largest, produce six new features. The deal is the first of its kind in the Finnish film industry, which ...
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Regal moves in on Hoyts America cinemas
No-one in Australia is publicly commenting on Regal Entertainment Group's widely publicised to buy 554 Hoyts America screens.But then Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer, whose family company Consolidated Press Holdings (CPH) is apparently getting $200m split evenly between cash and stock from the sale, is not known for encouraging a ...
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William Morris closes UK theatrical activities
Charles Finch, head of motion pictures Europe, is amongst a string of departures at William Morris Agency (WMA)'s London office as the company closes UK theatrical activities.Finch is expected to set up a London-based production management company with several WMA staff including former producer Luc Roeg. Finch's start-up operation is ...
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UK's Optimum makes Discoveries with BBC Four
UK independent distributor Optimum Releasing is teaming with BBC Four to release an annual package of six world cinema titles, designed to increase the number of foreign titles distributed in the UK.Dubbed Discoveries, the programme will focus on new films from first time directors, as well as more established film-makers ...
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Spain's Zebra Films lines up three features
Madrid-based production company Zebra Films is preparing three new feature films including the as-yet-untitled next project from recent best original script Goya Award winner Antonio Hernandez (The City Of No Limits).The project is a surreal mystery with a twist about a woman haunted by her dead lover. Zebra chief Antonio ...
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Soderbergh returns to remake trail
Steven Soderbergh is behind a planned remake of Argentinian heist picture Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas). Section Eight, the company he owns with George Clooney, will produce an English-language version of the picture with Gregory Jacobs making his directing debut and co-writing the screenplay with Soderbergh. The rights to Nine ...
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Japan's Fair Trade Commission investigates Fox
Officials of Japan's Fair Trade Commission have launched an investigation into Twentieth Century Fox (Far East) on suspicion of violating Japan's Antitrust Act. On January 6 FTC officials visited Fox offices in Tokyo and other locations to gather evidence regarding charges that Fox forced exhibitors to drop discounts on tickets ...
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Sharp rise in Argentine cinema admissions
The Lord Of The Rings : The Two Towers propelled Argentine admissions to a record high in January. Admissions rose 60% compared to the same period last year. Another franchise, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, which opened in December 2002, also helped bring back cash -strapped ...
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German box office in decline, recovery predicted
Box office takings in Germany last year were the second best since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, according to figures released by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) yesterday.The FFA's statistics showed that box office turnover was down 2.8% year-on-year from 2001's Euros 987.2m to Euros 960.1 ...
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Consolidation boosts UK independent cinema sector
City Screen, the UK's leading specialist exhibitor, is expanding its business and launching a cinema programming and management division.The new arm will be headed up by Clare Binns, previously managing director of Zoo, the cinema programming and management outfit. In a significant move towards consolidation in the UK's specialised and ...
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UK's Momentum restructures home entertainment arm
UK distributor Momentum Pictures is to restructure its home entertainment division, with director of retail video Conrad Withey leaving the company this month to set up his own production company and rights business.Peter Dutton, head of Momentum's rental video division for the past three years, is promoted to the newly ...
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Till maps out European cinema future
In one of his first public speeches since becoming chairman and CEO of United International Pictures (UIP), Stewart Till has said that he does not expect to see a European multi-territory distributor emerging in the near future - due to a lack of both money and expertise. "With some honourable ...
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Ranvaud proposes new sales paradigm
The producer of City Of God and Central Station is teaming up with a group of Latin American and European producers to launch a sales company. Talking at the Screen International European film finance summit in Berlin, Donald K Ranvaud said he wanted to reduce costs and improve the management ...
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Beauty scores with limited UK release
UK cinema-goers gave a hero's welcome to the release of the Sam Mendes-directed American Beauty when it opened on 23 prints over the weekend. The limited London release pulled in £425,558 ($687,700), registering a blistering £18,503 ($29,900) screen average. The three times Golden Globe winner widens to over 300 sites ...
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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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Berlinale jury member wins Goldene Kamera
Berlinale international jury member and Mostly Martha star Martina Gedeck was named best German actress at this year's Goldene Kamera Awards which were presented in Berlin yesterday evening.Winner in the best German actor category was Juergen Vogel, who last year starred in Doris Doerrie's Naked (Nackt) and makes a cameo ...
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Berlinale jury member wins Goldene Kamera
Berlinale international jury member and Mostly Martha star Martina Gedeck was named best German actress at this year's Goldene Kamera Awards which were presented in Berlin yesterday evening.Winner in the best German actor category was Juergen Vogel, who last year starred in Doris Doerrie's Naked (Nackt) and makes a cameo ...