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Little Sky takes top prize at Damascus
The Golden Award of the 14thDamascus International Film Festival went to Little Sky (El Cielito)by Maria Victoria Menis (Argentina) while the Jury Special Award wentto The Willow Tree by Majid Majidi (Iran). The Golden Award for the bestshort film went to the Russian film TheDoor by Vladimir Kott. Feature Film ...
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Weinsteins acquires film rights to 80s TV series Equalizer
The Weinstein Company has acquired feature rights to the hit 1980stelevision series The Equalizer, about a veteran spy who quits his agency and offers his servicesfor hire to the general public.The company picked up the rights from the series' original creatorsMichael Sloan and Richard Lindheim.Mace Neufeld, TonyEldridge and Sloan will ...
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Golden Globes Preview
Looking at the winners in the musical and comedycategories of the Golden Globe Awards in the last five years, it is not such asurprising selection: most films and actors went on to win Oscar nominations. But look at the nominations and the real surprisesappear. Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality,Robert De ...
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Former Miramax exec Steinberg joins Universal as senior vp of production
Former Miramax senior vice president of production Erica Steinberghas joined Universal Pictures in the same capacity.Steinberg will report to the studio's presidents ofproduction Jon Gordon and Donna Langley and will be based at the studio'sUniversal City headquarters.She served 16 years at Miramax, where her highlights includeoverseeing production and serving as ...
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Sympathy wins best picture at Korea's Blue Dragon Awards
Park Chan-wook's Sympathy For LadyVengeance took best picture at this year's Blue Dragon Awards in Seoul. The Venice competition entry also picked up the best leading actressaward for Lee Young-ae's performance, despite strong competition from Jeon Do-yeonin romantic drama You Are My Sunshine.Box office hits in thesecond half of the ...
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West 175 negotiates Natural Nylon investment
New Zealand-based media company West 175 Enterprises is in talks to invest in the UK's Natural Nylon, a spokesperson for the Britpack production outfit confirmed on Thursday.The talks could lead to West 175 taking a stake in the production venture founded by actors such as Ewan McGregor and Jude Law ...
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Foxx to star in Universal's Middle East actioner The Kingdom
Jamie Foxx will star in The Kingdom for Universal Pictures based on anoriginal idea brought to the studio by Peter Berg and Michael Mann.As previously announced,Berg will direct the thriller based on a screenplay by Matthew MichaelCarnahan. Mann will produce through his company Forward Pass, along with ScottStuber. Mary Parent ...
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Potter continues reign with France, Korea, Australia openings
Harry Potter And TheGoblet Of Fire remains the runawaychampion at the international box office and nothing will challenge itssupremacy this weekend. Heading into its thirdweekend the family adventure has already sold more than $236.9m in ticketsoutside North America and opens in several major territories this weekend. Warner Bros PicturesInternational (WBPI) ...
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Clark's Wassup Rockers to open Slamdance on Jan 19
The Slamdance Film Festival 2006will open on Jan 19 with the US premiere of Larry Clark's Wassup Rockers. The story centres on a groupof Latino skateboarders from the East Los Angeles ghettos who venture out toexplore the rarified environs of Beverly Hills. The picture received itsworld premiere at Toronto; First ...
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Exclusive GoldenEye Film Festival set for Dec 7-13 in Jamaica
The 2nd annual GoldenEyeFilm Festival and Retreat will run from Dec 7-13 at the former home of IanFleming in Oracabessa Bay, Jamaica. Highlights include a mediaconference and retrospectives covering James Bond, the history of Jamaican andHong Kong cinema, martial arts, surf cinema, Westerns and programmers'favourites under the title Guilty Pleasures. ...
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New Zealand aims for homegrown benefits to tentpole success
The NewZealand film industry claims it can build a sustainable business after anotheryear of winning international production business.Both ofthis year's biggests end-of-yeartentpoles, King Kong and Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And TheWardrobe were shot in New Zealand, which has been marketing itself as a majorlocation following the Lord ...
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Dir: Andrew Adamson. US.2005. 140mins.Hopes are riding high on the back of Aslan, the talking lion, for The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, the first of Disney andWalden Media's mooted adaptation of CS Lewis' seven-book series.Coming after Peter Jackson'sstorming, imaginative rendition of TheLord Of The Rings trilogy - and ...
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Cairo film festival focuses on war drama
TheCairo International Film Festival entered its 29th year this week witha focus on war dramas like Danielle Arbid's In the Battlefields and Mohamed Amin's Egyptian competition entry The Night Baghdad Fell. The festival runs from November 29 - December 9. Thefestival also features a special tribute to Chinese cinema, opening ...
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Sogepaq announces sales for Fernando Leon's latest
Spain's Sogepaq has announced first sales in Europe and Latin America on Fernando Leon's Sundance World Competition entry, Princesses (Princesas). The film has sold to France and Belgium (ARP), Switzerland (Xenix), Greece & Cyprus (Audiovisual), Portugal (Atalanta Filmes), Mexico (Cine Video y TV), Argentina, Chile, Uruguay & Paraguay (Alfa Films) ...
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Zentropa sign deal with producer Regnar Grasten
Zentropa has invited a new partner into Filmbyen, Copenhagen. Local producer RegnarGrasten has moved his production facilities from DetDanske Filmstudie where many popular classics were made to Zentropa.Zentropa will produce Grasten'snext three films, one of which is a fourth sequel to the popular Anja & Viktor series, a Christmasfilm for ...
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Prix Louis Delluc Finalists Announced
Out of an original field ofsix, five finalists for France's Prix Louis Delluc have been chosen. Philippe Garel'sVenice selection Les Amants Reguliers, Cannes winner Cache by Michael Haneke, criticalfavourite The Beat That My Heart Skipped byJacques Audiard, Xavier Beauvois'Le Petit Lieutenant and Claire Denis'L'Intruswill vie for the prestigious award set ...
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Grandmother's House goes home with top doc honours
The18th International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) ended on an upbeatnote at the weekend with the award of the Joris Ivens prize to MyGrandmother's House, from Spanish director AdanAliaga. Anintimate study of the relationship between a grandmother and her grandchild,the film is sold by Madrid-based Kevin Williams Associates.IDFA'sSpecial Jury Award ...
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Holland takes MD role at Acorn
Acorn Media UK has appointed Paul Holland as managing director. The former director of publishing at Granada Ventures will assume full responsibility for the independent DVD distributor in March.Previous MD Lesley Fromant is returning to her native Australia.
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Germans may hear new finance ideas by Christmas
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new administration may give an indication of their plans to attract private capital to the local film industry before the Christmasbreak.The issue has been top of the local film agenda after the scrapping of media funds last week and all eyes are now on the new ...
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Britain's film industry back in 'business' after tax relief proposal
The long-awaited reform of UK film tax policy revealed yesterday has been widely welcomed by leading industry figures. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown yesterday announced a new net rate of tax relief of 16% for larger-budget films and 20% for lower-budget films. Both rates will apply only to ...