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London To Brighton
Dir/scr: Paul AndrewWilliams. UK. 2006. 86mins.The gritty traditions of British social realist dramaare deftly combined with the dark violence of a gangland thriller in London To Brighton,an accomplished first feature from writer/director Paul Andrew Williams.Distinguished by its sharpcompositions, heartfelt performances and unexpected tenderness, it unfolds as acompelling tale in which ...
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Potter holds off Pirates to win Australian award
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been presented with the Gold Award for the biggest revenue earner of the last 12 months at the Australian International Movie Convention. But if it had been a week or two later it would have been usurped by Pirates of the Caribbean: ...
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Eighteen compete for San Sebastian new director prizes
Eighteen films will compete in the New Directors'competition at this year's Donostia-San SebastianInternational Film Festival (September 21-30). The films come largely from Europe,although Asia, Latin America andthe United Statesare represented as well. First and second-time feature directors competing in the festival's official selection are also eligible for awards. Prizes include ...
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UK producers to pitch at first Nordic Co-Production Forum
Ten UK production companies will pitch new feature film projects to potential co-producers in Scandinavia at the first Nordic Co-Production Forum, which takes place on Monday, 21 August-Tuesday, 22 August during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.Organised with UK-German content financing consultancy peacefulfish and Film London, the Forum concludes ...
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Deckert gets Swiss documentary Zeit Des Abschieds
Deckert Distribution has picked up world rights for Mehdi Sahebi's documentary Zeit Des Abschieds, which had its world premiere in Locarno's Critics Week sidebar last week and won the SRG SSR idee suisse Prize. The film, which charts the last months in the life of AIDS victim dying of ...
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Noyce, Macdonald titles get world premieres at TIFF
Philip Noyce's US-SouthAfrica co-production Catch A Fireand Kevin Macdonald's Uganda-set The Last King Of Scotland are among six world premieres the TorontoInternational Film Festival has added to its line-up as it announced moreselections from the cinema of Africa and the African diaspora. Noyce's political thrilleris based on the real-life story ...
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New York Film Festival lineup boasts Lynch, Field, Coppola
New work from Sofia Coppola, David Lynch and Todd Field are amongthe final line-up of the 44th New York Film Festival (NYFF) announcedyesterday.Coppola's Marie Antoinette starring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-defmystery The Inland Empire starring Laura Dern, Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenonThe Host, and Field'sromantic drama ...
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Medavoy, Roth on the honours roll for Hollywood Film Awards
Mike Medavoy will receivethe Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Producer of the Year Award and EricRoth will collect corresponding screenwriting honours at the Hollywood AwardsGala on Oct 23.Medavoy is celebrated for abody of work that includes the upcoming All The King's Men, Miss Potter and Zodiac, as well as Basic and ...
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Edinburgh lines up Dancer as opening night film
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (August 13-27) is lining up Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark as opening film and Wong Kar-Wai's In The Mood For Love to close the event.While neither title is finalised, festival chief Lizzie Francke is currently putting the final touches to a programme that ...
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Knud Rasmussen to open Atlantic Film Festival in Canada
The Journals Of KnudRasmussen, Zacharia Kunuk andNorman Cohn's follow up to Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, will open the 26th Atlantic FilmFestival in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Canada-Denmarkcoproduction -- like Atanarjuat shotprimarily in the langage of arctic aboriginal Inuit people -- is the openingnight film at the Toronto International Film Festival ...
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New York Film Festival boasts Coppola, Lynch, Field
New work from SofiaCoppola, David Lynch and Todd Fields are among 28 additions to the line-up inthe 44th New York Film Festival next month.Coppola's Marie Antoinettestarring Kirsten Dunst will screen, as will Lynch's hi-def mystery TheInland Empire starring Laura Dern,Bong Joon-ho's South Korean horror phenomenon The Host, and Field's romantic ...
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Craig joins Kidman in New Line's Golden Compass
Daniel Craig is the latest big name to join the cast of TheGolden Compass, NewLine's first installment in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials children's fantasy trilogy.Craig, who will star as James Bond in the upcoming CasinoRoyale, will play Lord Asriel, a ruthlessadventurer with a mysterious past.He joins Nicole Kidman, his ...
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Pirates set to sail past $500m at international box office
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest will cross $500m this weekend as itattempts to rule the international waves for the seventh consecutive weekend.The adventure sequel has grossed more than $492.1m through BuenaVista International so far and should hold well despite no new openings.Meanwhile the animated feature Cars still has ...
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London shoot to start for horror film Credo
Alto Films starts principal photography next week on itsfirst feature, Credo.The supernatural horror film is shooting in London's WestEnd. Toni Harman is directing, with a cast including Myanna Buring (TheDescent), ClaytonWatson (The Matrixtrilogy), and singer Stephen Gately from Boyzone.The plot follows a group of theology students in London whosummon a ...
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Snakes On A Plane
Dir: David R. Ellis. US.2006. 106mins.After all its pre-release hype, Snakes On A Plane is as wondrously sillyand ruthlessly unrelenting as one could hope. Though by no means a stellarpiece of cinema, this late-summer thriller is an entertaining B-movie gleefullystuffed with bad tough-guy dialogue, obvious stock characters, cheaptitillation and lots ...
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MPD battle heats up, as statement slams Theroux, Laberge
The two senior executives who left Canadian distributioncompany Motion Picture Distribution (MPD) in July were "terminated for cause",according to a company release issued today. In the statement, MPD said it had "determined" after "athorough investigation" that Patrice Theroux, former president and CEO, andPaul Laberge, former executive vice president, corporate development ...
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Ousted MPD execs fight back through lawyer's statement
Ousted MPD executives Patrice Theroux and Paul Labergelashed back at their former employer, responding through their lawyer to anannouncement earlier today from MPD that the duo were "terminated with cause". Toronto law firm Lenczner Slaight said their clients "werewrongfully dismissed" by MPD and did not breach their fiduciary or contractualduties."I ...
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Brokeback, Kong among World Soundtrack Award nominees
The World Soundtrack Academy has named its nominees for thethree key categories in the annual World Soundtrack Awards, an initiative ofthe Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent, which will this year bepresented in Ghent on Oct 14.The Academy, which was founded in 2001 and now includes 250composers, presents awards in ...
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Diaz, Cinema Libre complete sexually explicit Now And Later
Cinema Libre Studio has completed production on the HDfictional feature Now & Later in LosAngeles. The company best known for its documentary output fully financed thefilm which marks the US debut of Philippe Diaz (The Empire In Africa) who founded Cinema Libre.The film explores the subject matter of America's awkwardrelationship ...
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Prisa up 18% after first day's trading
Spanish multimedia conglomerate Grupo Prisa - which took a risk on a volatile stock market by floating 20% of its shares yesterday (June 28) - came out a winner with a revaluation of its shares by 18.32% to Euros24.61 at day's end on the Bolsa, the Spanish stock exchange.Prisa's IPO ...