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Berlinale mourns passing of Werner Gondolf
The Berlinale is mourning the passing of Werner Gondolf, thefestival's chief programmer for over 30 years, at the age of 61 after a longillness.In a tribute, festival director Dieter Kosslick said Gondolfwas "an institution at the Berlinale and nobody knew its ins and outs aswell as he did. Respected by ...
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UK post-production trade body names first chief
Gaynor Davenport has been appointed the first ever chiefexecutive officer (CEO) of UK Post - the new association representing the filmand broadcast post production and effects industry.Gaynor was formerly chief operating officer of The ListeningCompany (TLC). TLC is a contact centre with a division specialising in media.Her clients included Sky, ...
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Filmax consolidates market position as revenues rise
After a capital expansion of Euros 50m in September 2003from public sector sources, Filmax Entertainment consolidated its position inthe market last year according to its annual results, announcing revenues ofEuros 91.8m, a 11.4 percent hike from 2002 revenues.A mini-studio involved in production, exhibition anddistribution, Filmax's pre-tax profits for 2003 stood ...
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Crane World wins top honours at Toulouse
Upwards of Euros500m of new loans will be made available to Europe's audiovisual industries under a new scheme launched Tuesday (Dec 19) by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB)."This financial package is intended to improve the competitivity of the industry and to favour the development of ...
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Warner Bros swoops on RRRrrrr!!! remake rights
Asterix And Obelix: Mission Cleopatra director Alain Chabat has sold remake rights to hislatest film RRRrrrr!!! to WarnerBros. in the US. The film, released in January 2004, wracked up 1.7 million inadmissions.Although the film was co-produced and sold internationallyby StudioCanal, Chabat's production company Chez Wam handled the saledirectly according to ...
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South Korean film-makers stunned by quota reversal
In a reversal of position that hasstunned the local film industry, South Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourismhas announced that it will now support the reduction of the nation's embattledScreen Quota System. TheMinistry's acquiescence makes it almost certain that the Screen Quota will beweakened in the near to mid-future.In a ...
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Spain's Telespan 2000 wins bank cash injection
Telespan 2000, leading Spanish producer of box office hits TheOther Side Of The Bed, Torremolinos 73 and FootballDays, has completed a restructuring whichincludes a cash injection from local savings bank Banco Gallego in return for20% of the company. Bed and Football Days director David Serrano also becomes a shareholder. The ...
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Iranian Tradition wins top Shanghai prize
The Seventh Shanghai International Film Festival awarded itsBest Film Award to Iranian film Tradition Of Lover Killing at its closing ceremony held on Sunday night.Meryl Streep and Chinese actor Chen Daoming were on hand topresent the award to director Khosro Masum. The film is about an impoverishedIranian family caught up ...
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Day After Tomorrow adds $33.7m for Fox International
Fox International's The Day After Tomorrow added $33.7m at he weekend to raise itsinternational running total to $239.2m.The weekend results for the eco-disaster picture were chieflypowered by $5.3m on 607 screens in its second weekend in Japan, where it rankednumber one, dropping 17% for $19.6m.Korea fell 6% in its second ...
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Van Helsing passes $140m for Universal/UIP
Universal's Dawn Of The Dead raised its international running total through UIP to $17.2m,rising to $32m through all distributors.The horror remake opened on$600,000 on 147 in Australia and took $52,000 on 41 in New Zealand.Van Helsing added $2m from 1,600 screens in 32 territories for a $141minternational running total, $131.5m ...
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Riddick, Stepford can't touch Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban stayed top of the US charts in its second week at theweekend as it added $35.1m for $158.1m according to studio estimates, beatingoff spirited openings by three new releases.Warner Bros' family adventure finished some way ahead of the restof the pack, which was ...
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Riddick, Stepford can't touch Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban stayed top of the US charts in its second week at theweekend as it added $35.1m for $158.1m according to studio estimates, beatingoff spirited openings by three new releases.Warner BrosC; family adventure finished some way ahead of the restof the pack, which was ...
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Riddick, Stepford can't touch Harry Potter
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban stayed top of the US charts in its second week at theweekend as it added $35.1m for $158.1m according to studio estimates, beatingoff spirited openings by three new releases.Warner Bros' family adventure finished some way ahead of the restof the pack, which was ...
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IFC, FilmFour team for July's Me And You
IFC Productions will finance and serve as executive producer on MeAnd You And Everyone We Know with Film Four, based on a screenplay by artist and film-makerMiranda July who will also direct.The project focuses on a lonelyshoe salesman who commits a desperate act to reconnect with his family. Julywill star ...
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Telefonica in talks for Latin American buys
Spanish telecoms and multimedia giant Telefonica is understood to be making another aggressive step into the Latin American market by acquiring a stake in Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca, according to Spanish press reports.According to one report, Telefonica's media subsidiary, Telefonica Media, is also negotiating the buy-out of Peruvian cable operator ...
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Azkaban conjures up $65.5m weekend and crosses $200m
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban dominated the international box officewith a mighty weekend, grossing an estimated $65.5m to raise its running totalthrough Warner Bros Pictures International to $204m.The result combines with the $158.1m domestic total for a $362.2mworldwide score. Azkaban opened in an additional 16 countries and according ...
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The Terminal
Dir: Steven Spielberg.US. 2004. 128minsWhen Steven Spielberg sets out to make a feelgood heartwarmer, as he openlystates was his intention in The Terminal, cynics better watch out. Thefilm-maker whose command of the craft is so fluent that he can eke tears fromthe hardest of hearts goes all out for sentiment ...
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Ealing Studios eyes Eastern European expansion
The UK's Ealing Studios is preparing to expand into EasternEurope.The legendary film studio is part of a consortium planningto bid for Bulgaria's Boyana Film Studios, the Eastern European country'sleading film production complex.The state-owned studio has been for sale for a number ofyears and is now expected to be privatised by ...
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Israel's Bonjour wins at Portugal's Festroia
Bonjour M. Shlomi, an Israeli film written anddirected by Shemi Zarkhin, has won the two top prizes - best picture and bestscript - at the International Festroia film festival which wrapped on June 13,at Setubal, Portugal.The coming-of-age story of an adolescent with an uncannygift for cooking who turns out to ...
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Counihan takes top film role at Skillset
Oscar winning producer JudyCounihan has been appointed director of film at UK training body Skillset,responsible for driving forward A Bigger Future - the UK Film SkillsStrategy.A Bigger Future, a joint initiative between Skillset and the UK FilmCouncil, is a five year, £50m strategy designed to revolutionise trainingand skills in the ...