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Ex-San Sebastian chief to take over Spain's ICAA
The former head of the San Sebastian International FilmFestival, Manual Perez Estremera, is set to head up Spain's major state filmbody, ICAA.Left-wingnewspaper El Pais has leaked the news that Perez Estremera, a formerfilm critic responsible for relaunching San Sebastian in 1993, will beconfirmed as head of the Instuito de las ...
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Troy, Van Helsing await Tomorrow's deluge
Despite a slew of new entries no impact was made against the one-twointernational punch of Troy and Van Helsing this week.For the second week running the pair accounted for two thirds (67%) ofthe international market.Troy added a further 11 territories to its count, including Japan, SouthKorea and Italy as well ...
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Cinesite unveils string of blockbuster visual effects deals
UK based post-production house Cinesite (Europe) hasannounced deals for visual effects work on a slate of blockbusters including Charlie&The Chocolate Factory, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, Harry Potter& The Goblet Of Fire and Alfie.Cinesite isalso completing work on forthcoming Jerry Bruckheimer film King Arthur,the first time that a major ...
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The Film Source picks up Bollywood And Vine
AlexMassis' New York-based marketing and licensing company The Film Source has picked up worldwiderights in all media to Edward Jordon and Donald Farmer's romantic crimecaper Bollywood And Vine.Setin Hollywood, the picture centres on an Indian tour-bus driver who gets morethan he bargained for when he writes a comeback vehicle for ...
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TLA picks up three more for video from Cannes
TLA Releasing has picked up three more pictures for domestic videodistribution from Cannes, bringing its tally of festival acquisitions to seven.The titles are Alain Guiraudie's surreal Austrian-French roadmovie No Rest For The Brave, Gael Morel's French sibling drama ThreeDancing Slaves and Lasse Nielsen and Ernst Johansen's landmark 1978 Danishfilm about ...
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Stepford Wives scoops two Golden Trailer awards
Adam Agard's trailer for Paramount's upcoming release of TheStepford Wives won the most original and summer 2004 blockbuster awards atthe fifth annual Golden Trailer Awards in Los Angeles (25).Dave Parker work on New Line's Elf won the best comedyprize while Jennifer A Horvath's trailer for New Line's The Lord Of ...
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Mattison signs to The Third Wish
Jenna Mattison is set to star in the romantic comedy The ThirdWish, which will be directed by Shelley Jensen and is due to beginproduction in Los Angeles and San Francisco on Jun 8.Cinema Libre Studio has picked up domestic distribution rights andwill release the picture theatrically in October.Based on a ...
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MGM Channel prepares for Spanish launch
MGM Networks andMedia Park will re-launch and re-brand Media Park's existing canalstar channelin Spain as the MGM Channel this summer.The channel willbe dubbed into Castilian Spanish and augments Media Park's current offering ofseven channels to Spanish multi-channel subscribers.The MGM Channelin Spain will transmit from Media Park's facilities in Barcelona, presentinground-the-clock ...
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Picture This! readies Same Sex Parents DVD bow
Picture This! will release Laurence Katrian's French teen drama SameSex Parents on DVD on Jul 27.The story centres on a young girl's convoluted personal life witha gay father, lesbian mother and confused boyfriend. When she returns home oneday to find her mother in bed with her girlfriend, all hell breaks ...
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Packer, Sahara to form Indian joint venture
Kerry Packer is trailing Rupert Murdoch's footsteps in India where he is negotiating to launch an international sports and events channels with Subrata Roy's Sahara Group.Packer arrived in India on Monday (March 27) for a three-day visit during which he announced his intention to invest $200m in television and entertainment ...
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IDP, MTV at odds over Super Size Me ad spot
Weeks after Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me wonan MTV documentary prize at the Full Frame Film festival the network has reportedlyrefused to carry an advertising spot, claiming it would be disparaging to fastfood restaurants.The picture's distributors Roadside Attractions and Samuel GoldwynFilms were preparing to place television ads before the ...
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Searchlight, Paramount, MTV team up on Napoleon Dynamite
Fox Searchlight has teamed up with Paramount Pictures and MTVFilms on the release of Jared Hess' comedy Napoleon Dynamite.The picture will open domestically through Fox Searchlight inselect cities on Jun 11, while Paramount and MTV Films will handle internationaldistribution.Fox Searchlight picked up worldwide rights to the picture atSundance, where the ...
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Touch Of Pink, D.E.B.S. bookend Frameline 28 festival
Frameline28, the 28th San Francisco International Lesbian &Gay Film Festival, will open on Jun 17 with Ian Iqbal Rashid's romantic comedy TouchOf Pink and close on Jun 27 with Angela Robinson's action comedy D.E.B.S.Overall the festival will screen more than 80 features including10 world premieres and more than 180 shorts ...
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Bynes signs on for Lovewrecked
Amanda Byneshas signed to star in Media 8 Entertainment's Lovewrecked, a familycomedy in the vein of Freaky Friday that Randal Kleiser will direct.The picture isdue to begin shooting in the Caribbean in June and centres on two teenagers whovie for the affections of a rock star at a vacation resort.Nancy ...
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Celluloid Dreams celebrates its 'most successful' Cannes
HengamehPanahi, head of French sales powerhouse Celluloid Dreams, has confirmed theacquisition of Todd Solondz's upcoming Palindromes.Panahi toldScreenDaily.com that the new film is almost complete and will be submitted tothe Venice Film Festival. The acquisition was made just before Cannes.Along with Palindromes, Celluloid also acquiredrights outside the US and UK to ...
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Vivendi Universal reports improved Canal Plus results
The CanalPlus Group has reported first a quarter operating income of Euros 74m for 2004- a Euros 29m improvement on the first quarter of 2003. Figures were releasedThursday by parent company Vivendi Universal.Canal Pluswas a strong presence at Cannes this year with a blowout bash in a secludedvilla and broadcasting ...
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Edinburgh sets a date for Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diariesis to open this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, it was announcedyesterday.Walter Salles's epic account of the 1952 motorbike journeyacross Latin-America undertaken by the then 23-year-old Ernesto 'Che' Guevaraand his 29-year-old friend Alberto Granado won the Ecumenical Prize at theCannes Festival earlier this month. Though controversially snubbed for ...
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Malaysia censor approves Kill Bill - but only Vol 2
Quentin Tarantino's KillBill Vol 2 has been passed by Malaysia's censorship board with a 18certificate - although Kill Bill Vol 1 was never released in theterritory.Local distributor SunnyFilm, which is releasing Vol 2, didnot even bother to acquire the first part, knowing that it would never beapproved by the censorship ...
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Rialto announces five Cannes pick-ups
Cannes Grand Jury winner OldBoy, the thriller by director Park Chan-Wook, is one of five films pickedup for distribution in Australian and New Zealand by Rialto Entertainment.The distributor is likely to release Old Boy this year but hold the controversial The Woodsman, the debut feature by director Nicole Kassell starringKevin ...
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German producer urges local cinema to get global
Just three weeks before the German Film Awards on June 18,X-Filme creative pool's Stefan Arndt has called for German film producers toshow more self-confidence and a greater global approach.In a guest commentary for the Berlin daily newspaper DerTagespiegel, Arndt writes "producers are not particularly popular inGermany. The first larger financing ...