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Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha Ham Parvaz Mikonand)
Dir/scr:Bahman Ghobadi. Iran-Iraq, 2004. 95mins.Fouryears after he first emerged on the international scene, first as an actor inSamira Makhmablaf's Blackboards, then as director of A Time ForDrunken Horses, Bahman Ghobadi returns with Turtles Can Fly.Thestory is again located in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan and deals once more withthe tragic misery of ...
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Kinovision fills out slate with Devil's Beauty
Kinovision, the start-up production arm of Spanish distributor Araba Films, has added $40m drama The Devil's Beauty to its rapidly expanding English-language production slate.Beauty, based on the novel by French writer Lauren Haloche and adapted by Enrique Urbizu, has been set up as a co-production with France's Orly Films ...
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Fox nabs Latin American rights to Sea Inside
Sogepaq has sold all Latin American rights to 20thCentury Fox on Alejandro Amenabar's Spanish-language hit The Sea Insidestarring Javier Bardem.LatinAmerica was the last remaining major territory to sell excluding Germany, forwhich Sogepaq says it is considering various offers.Seawon both the Grand Jury Prize and the best actor Volpi Cup at ...
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Brothers (Brodre)
Dir: Susanne Bier. Den. 2004. 110minsThe consequences of love and the personal trauma ofglobal conflict prove a potent combination in Brothers. The latestcollaboration between Open Hearts director Susanne Bier and screenwriterAnders Thomas Jensen takes the stuff of cheap melodrama and transforms it intoa heartfelt human drama.Once again their collaboration is ...
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark To Finish
Dir/scr:Peter Greenaway. Neth-Sp-Lux-Hung-It-Ger-Russ. 2004. 120mins.Youmay, to paraphrase a football commentator, have thought it was all over. Wellit is now. The final part of Peter Greenaway's seven-hour Tulse Luperopus, From Sark To Finish, unrolled at the Venice Film Festival. Itssubdued reception came as a marked contrast to the anticipatory buzz that ...
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The Forgotten
Dir:Joseph Ruben. US. 2004. 90mins.Itstarts out feeling like a slightly soppy episode of The X-Files, withmotherly love replacing paranoia as the driving emotion. But teasing thriller TheForgotten gets perked up by a handful of judiciously used special effectsand a sense of mystery that could be described as Shyamalan-esque (as in ...
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HUNGARY 29 September
With a multitude ofnew releases hitting Hungarian cinemas last week, it was M. Night Shyamalan's The Village that grabbed the box officetop spot with over 32,000 admissions on a strong twenty-eight prints. The Terminal was able to maintain secondspot despite powerful challengers and Hungarian action-comedy Argo is still third and ...
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Krampack
Dir: Cesc Gay. Spain. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Messidor Films. Backers: Canal Plus, Television de la Catalunya. Int'l sales: Art Box. Prod: Marta Esteban, Gerardo Herrero. Scr: Cesc Gay, Tomas Aragay. DoP: Andreu Rebes. Prod des: Llorenc Miguel. Editor: Frank Gutierrez. Music: Joan Quilis, Albert Manera, Ricard Casals. Main cast: ...
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Cannes Residence names next six directors
Six directors have beenselected by the Cannes Film Festival Residence to participate in the 13thedition of the scheme from October 2006 through February 2007.A jury presided over bydirector Rithy Panh haschosen Natacha Feola fromthe US, Fien Troch fromBelgium, Antonio Campos of the US, Sebastian Campos of Chile, Alexis Dos Santosof ...
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Pakistani feature starts historic shoot in India
Pakistani director JavaidFazil has started shooting his latest film, IShall Return (Ek Din Lot Kar Aain Ga),in Mumbai, marking the first time that a Pakistani film has ever lensed in India. Fazil, who started shootinglast week, had earlier gone to Mumbai with composer Javaad Ahmad to recordsongs with the voices ...
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Monster House
Dir: Gil Kenan. USA. 2006.89mins.Seemingly every neighbourhoodhas a house or two whose spooky reputation derives either from an owner neverglimpsed or else an atmosphere unnervingly caustic and weird. The animatedmovie Monster House takes this impressionto the extrapolated extreme in a slick, wholly rousing family adventure aboutthree pre-teens banding together to ...
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Edinburgh to open 60th year with The Flying Scotsman
The2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open with the worldpremiere of The Flying Scotsman. Thefilm tells the true story of champion cyclist Graeme Obreeand marks the feature directorial debut of Douglas MacKinnon. Jonny Lee Miller plays Obree andthe cast also includes Brian Cox, Billy Boyd and Laura Fraser.The60th Festival ...
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UK's Eat Cinema channel partners with Metro Newspapers
The UK's film promotion TV channel, EatCinema, has announced a three-month sponsorship deal with Metro Newspapers to startin mid-July.This is the first sponsorship deal Eat Cinema has signedsince its launch at the end of February.Over the three month period, Eat Cinema will provide videoclips and interviews to put onto the ...
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New York extends tax credits until 2011
New York's Mayor Bloombergyesterday [11] signed into law a bill that expands the city's 5% tax credit onbelow-the-line expenses for qualified film and television productions.The New York State 2007 executive budget allocates $30m in annual funding forthe tax credit scheme through 2011, complementing a $60m state allocation for a10% tax ...
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New York bulks up 5% city tax credit for film, TV
New York City's Mayor Bloomberghas signed into law a bill that expands the city's 5% tax credit on below-the-line expenses for qualified film and television productions.The New York State 2007 executive budget allocates $30m in annual funding for the tax credit scheme through 2011, complementing a $60m state allocation for ...
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Applegate joins Farce Of The Penguins voice cast
Christina Applegate islending her sultry tones to the voice cast of THINKFilm's documentary spoof FarceOf The Penguins.Applegate will voice the part of Melissa, whom director Bob Saget describes asa 'grounded and sexually compatible' partner to his character, Carl.Samuel L Jackson narrates the story and Lewis Black, Mo'Nique and Tracy Morganround ...
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LA Confidential's Hanson hits Melbourne festival
LA Confidential's Curtis Hanson will attend the Melbourne International Film Festival when the US director's Wonderboys opens the event.Hanson will also participate in a q&a session during the 19-day event, which runs from July 19 to August 6.Home-grown talent will be showcased on the closing night, with the local premiere ...
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Applegate joins Farce Of The Penguins voice cast
Christina Applegate islending her sultry tones to the voice cast of THINKFilm's documentary spoof FarceOf The Penguins.Applegate will voice the part of Melissa, whom director Bob Saget describes asa "grounded and sexually compatible" partner to his character, Carl.Samuel L Jackson narrates the story and Lewis Black, Mo'Nique and Tracy Morganround ...
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Academy invites 83 foreign language entries
The Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciences has invited 83 countries to submit films forconsideration in the foreign language film category for the 79th AcademyAwards.Last week Academy members changed the rules so that foreign language entriescan be submitted in any language or combination of languages so long as thedominant language ...
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Goldblum signs on to Schrader holocaust project
Jeff Goldblum hassigned on to star in Beverly Hills-based Bleiberg Entertainment's holocaustdrama Adam Resurrected, followingmonths of courtship and negotiation.Bleiberg Entertainment chief Ehud Bleiberg is preparing a spring 2007 start onthe project, which is being directed by Paul Schrader and will be shot inGermany, Romania and Israel.Bleiberg Entertainment is co-financing with ...