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RCV boasts host of Cannes pick-ups
Dutch independent distributor RCV has announced that itacquired a large number of major titles during Cannes. Deals include the threebiggest films offered during the market section at the festival: The Brothers Grimm (starring Matt Damonand Heath Ledger) ,The Good Shepherd(with Leonardo DiCaprio) and The NewWorld (Colin Farrell, directed by Terrence ...
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Pakistan considers lifting Indian film ban
Pakistan's Ministry of Culture is likely to take the radical decision to allow the screening of Indian films, on a selective basis.An outline of what type of films are to be released for screening is being prepared for the cabinet's approval. Currently there are no theatrical releases of Indian films ...
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Germany's Script House devises new East-West info exchange
The exchange of information between East and Western Europe on trends in film development, producing and marketing in their respective markets is to receive a boost through a new venture entitled Crossings, which has been devised by Berlin-based Script House and will be launched at next week's Transilvanian Film Festival ...
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The Ladykillers launches with strong bows in Spain, Japan
Touchstone's The Ladykillers enjoyed two strong openings in its debut markets ofSpain and Japan through Buena Vista International (BVI) at the weekend.The remake opened third in Spain and grossed $1m on 208screens, while Japan produced $700,000 from 140. The picture's earlyinternational running total therefore stands at $1.7m.BVI executives confirmed that ...
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DeMoulin named marketing evp at Anschutz FIlm Group
Industry veteranChris DeMoulin has been named executive vice president of marketing for theAnschutz Film Group (AFG), where he will oversee integrated marketing andmerchandising on pictures produced by Walden Media and Bristol Bay Productions.DeMoulin will report directly to AFG president Cary Granat andmore specifically will be responsible for marketing, publicity, promotion,product ...
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Sundance names first Annenberg Film Fellows
The SundanceInstitute has named the first five Annenberg Film Fellows, the film-makers whowill receive support on their projects from the recent $5m Annenberg Foundationgrant.Aditya Assarat,Sterlin Harjo, Emily Hubley, Kazuo Ohno and Alex Rivera will receive acombination of stipends, residencies and creative assistance with theirprojects.Their storiesinclude an animated feature about a ...
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Leading London agent found murdered
Rod Hall, the agent for thewriters of films including Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and BillyElliot, was found stabbed to death in his home, police said yesterday. Hallwas 53.Police said they were calledto Hall's southeast London home on Sunday by a friend after the agent failed toshow up for various ...
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Tony Kane joins Video Island as advisor
Online DVD rental service, Video Island, boosted itsmanagement team by appointing home entertainment veteran Tony Kane as advisor.Kane, previously managing director of Universal MusicGroup's, Britannia Music and a co-founder of Next Directory, will be consult oncompany strategy notably on how to leverage Video Island's existingpartnerships with key national brands such ...
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FINLAND 26 May
The trioof action extravaganzas, Troy, VanHelsing and Kill Bill Vol.2, wereuntouchable at the top of the Finnish chart despite far from impressive screenaverages, but it meant that this week's three newcomers, Jersey Girl, The Butterfly Effect and Honey, only managed to reach fourth to sixth with equallydisappointing screen averages.The Girl ...
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Beauty blossoms on Oscar buzz
Zoolander led a formidable pack of films launching in the UK at the weekend, but Harry Potter and Spy Game remained the true box office winners.The latest comedy from Ben Stiller won the battle of the openers this week landing in second place with a respectable performance of $965,076 ...
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ITALY 26 May
Walter Salles' Cannes picture, The Motorcycle Diaries opened at number three at the Italian boxoffice, grossing just $658,450 for Valerio De Paolis's indie distributionoutfit Bim.The Che Guevara film, which stars Gael Garcia Bernal, openedon 210 screens at the weekend, but posted a disappointing screen average of$3,133, despite its Cannes premiere ...
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Cavedweller
Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. US.2004. 120mins.A powerful and nuancedpiece of storytelling, Cavedwellerfollows in the wreckage-strewn wake of a woman trying to rebuild her lifeamidst the deaths of her two husbands and the bitterness of her daughters byboth men. Based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, it stars and is executiveproduced by ...
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ICA bags Cannes titles for UK
Afterone of the busiest Cannes markets in recent years for UK independentdistributors, the ICA (Institute Of Contemporary Arts) has arrived back inBritain with four festival titles in the bag.The ICA acquired:*Kore-Eda Hirokazu's main competition title Nobody Knows,which was the surprise winner in the Best Actor category for 12 year-old YagiraYuya.*Antal ...
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ICA bags Cannes titles for UK
Afterone of the busiest Cannes markets in recent years for UK independentdistributors, the ICA (Institute Of Contemporary Arts) has arrived back inBritain with four festival titles in the bag.The ICA acquired:*Kore-Eda Hirokazu's main competition title Nobody Knows,which was the surprise winner in the Best Actor category for 12 year-old YagiraYuya.*Antal ...
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German home entertainment market hits new heights
The German home entertainment market has postedrecord turnover in the first three months of 2004 thanks to the ever increasingpopularity of DVDs.According to GfK Panel Services ConsumerResearch, the turnover from the sale and rental of DVDs and video cassettessurpassed the previous record of 2003's Euro 334.3m by 8.1% with Euro ...
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Distributors leap for Somersault
Sales agent Fortissimo Films has signed off withdistributors from a range of territories on Cannes Un Certain Regard title Somersault,including Metrodome for the UK, Prokino for Germany and Austria, and Vision forFrance.Somersault was the only Australian film inofficial selection at Cannes. It is the debut feature for both writer/directorCate Shortland, ...
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Nobody Knows (Daremo Shiranai)
Dir/scr: Kore-edaHirokazu. Japan. 2004. 141mins.A nightmare scenario ofparental neglect is rendered as a plaintive neo-realist ode to childhood inthis long-gestating project from writer-director Kore-eda Hirokazu. Inspired bya true event from the late 1980s, NobodyKnows offers a closely-observed portrait of four youngsters seeking tomaintain some semblance of normality after their mother ...
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Oz exhibition player mulls German cinemas stake
Australia's Amalgamated Holdings Limited (AHL), owner of Kieft& Kieft, has signalled that it is reviewing the 50% holding that the Germanexhibitor has in joint venture company Neue Filmpalast GmbH & Co KG.The joint venture operates the Ufa circuit consisting of 187screens at 31 sites across Germany. AHL has said that ...
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Toho joins Japanese satellite film channel venture
Japanese studio Toho is boarding Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (NESB), a joint venture launched in February by News Corp, Sony, Fuji TV and Softbank, to broadcast two satellite channels specialising in Japanese films and TV programming (Screendaily February 15). Toho will take a 20% share in NESB along with the ...
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INTERNATIONAL 26 May
Despite a slew of new entries no impact was made against theone-two international punch of Troyand Van Helsing this week.For the second week running the pair accounted for twothirds (67%) of the international market. Troyadded a further 11 territories to its count, including Japan, South Korea andItaly as well as ...