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Canadian performers set strike deadline
Canadian performers guild ACTRA has set a strike deadline of 12:01am on Jan 8 if ongoing 'last-ditch' talks break down.In a statement, ACTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Stephen Waddell said: 'ACTRA wants to avoid a strike. We're going to try hard this week to negotiate a new agreement. ...
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Leading Asian filmmakers selected for HAF
Leading Asian directorsincluding South Korea'sKim Jee-woon, China's Lou Ye and Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu are among the 25 filmmakers whohave had projects selected for this year's edition of the Hong Kong Asia FilmFinancing Forum (HAF). Kim, whose credits include A Bittersweet Life and A Tale Of TwoSisters, will bring his ...
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Czech Television concentrates film investment
The Czech Republic's largest film financier, Czech Television (CTV), has decided to channel its annual $2.4m (CKr92m) film investment into 8-10 features in 2001, compared to the 14 productions which it is backing this year. "The overall amount we invest will be about the same, about $2.4-2.6m (CKr92-100m)," said CTV ...
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Universal Pictures International appoints Irish team
Universal Pictures International (UPI) UK & Eire has appointed an Irish team responsible for the sales, marketing and publicity of the company's products in Ireland.The move follows the ending of Universal and Paramount's joint distribution operation, UIP, in the territory.The Dublin UPI office, led by general manager David Burke, will ...
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Wild Bunch reveals French Film Rendez-Vous slate
Wild Bunch is heading into the annual French Film Rendez-Vous with a host of new films as well as screeningfour premieres for international buyers. And, in a bid to energiseforeign distributors to open Luc Jacquet's The FoxAnd The Child as a day-and-date release nextDecember, Wild Bunch will show 45 minutes ...
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DiCaprio double nominated for SAG awards
The Screen Actors Guild hasannounced nominees for its 13th awards, with Leonardo DiCaprio nominated inboth the leading actor and supporting actor categories for Blood Diamond and TheDeparted, respectively.Babel, Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine eachearned nominations in three categories, with Notes On A Scandal, The Departed, Blood Diamondand Little Children each ...
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Berlin competitors include Soderbergh and De Niro
The 2007 Berlinale has announced the first six films selected for this year's competition. They include Christian Petzold's Yella from Germany, marking the director's return to Berlin competition after Ghosts (Gespenster) in 2005. The new film, a world premiere, follows a young woman who tries to escape a bad marriage ...
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Finnish box-office admissions rise 12% in 2006
Anunprecedented 69% increase of admissions for domestic fare in Finland boosted2006 cinema attendance to 6.8m, up 12% from 6.lm the year before, according topreliminary statistics from the Finnish Film Foundation.SixteenFinnish premieres sold 1.6m tickets (compared with 15 films selling 940,000 ticketsin 2005), controlling 23% of the market (up from 15%). ...
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South Bank Awards nominees include The Queen, Red Road and United 93
TheSouth Bank Show Awards has announced the nominees for its 11th annual honours,to be presented on January 23 at the Savoy in London.Thenominess are spread across arts categories, with the best film nominees beingStephen Frears' The Queen, Paul Greengrass' United 93 and Andrea Arnold's Red Road. LarryCharles' Borat: Cultural Learnings ...
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London counterfeit DVD factory discovered
The UK's Federation AgainstCopyright Theft has announced that four men have been arrested in Thamesmead,southeast London, after a counterfeit DVD factory was raided. Two Bexley Police officerstracked two men after noticing suspicious behaviour on Redbourne Road. The area was then searched and police dogs and ahelicopter were called in.The three-floor ...
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LA PR agency MPRM reorganises structure, makes new appointments
Los Angeles-based mPRm Public Relations has reorganised itsoperational structure and named several key appointments.The company will now operate under the following broad practiceareas: General Entertainment, housing DVD and television; Digital Media andTechnology (DMT), which encompasses emerging and converging media; and Film& Events.mPRm has hired Anthony Sprauve as senior vice president ...
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Paramount launches mobile phone portal
Paramount Pictures has launched a mobile phone portal totransmit content to mobile devices and promote theatrical and DVD releases.Visitors to the mobile film sites can buy tickets, take part inpromotions and opt in to receive studio alerts.'Paramount Pictures will now have a direct-to-consumerrelationship to deliver revenue-generating content, innovative mobilecampaigns, tailored ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Casino Royale and The Queen top the Orange British Academy Film Awards longlist with 14.
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United Artists shuts down London sales operation
London-based United Artists Films, spearheaded by Wendy Palmer and Fiona Mitchell, is being shut down over the next few months as a foreign sales division by its parent studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In its place will come a new UK-based production operation that may revolve around some of the existing UAF staff.From ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Thesecond round of Film Voting will open at 1800 GMT on Thursday 4 January andclose at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 10 January.BestFilmBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedTheDevil Wears PradaFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverBestDirectorApocalyptoBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverOriginalScreenplayBabelBloodDiamondBobbyBoratBreakingAnd EnteringHollywoodlandLittleMiss SunshineMissPotterPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenStrangerThan FictionUnited93VenusVolverTheWind That Shakes The ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Thesecond round of Film Voting will open at 1800 GMT on Thursday 4 January andclose at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 10 January.BestFilmBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedTheDevil Wears PradaFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverBestDirectorApocalyptoBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverOriginalScreenplayBabelBloodDiamondBobbyBoratBreakingAnd EnteringHollywoodlandLittleMiss SunshineMissPotterPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenStrangerThan FictionUnited93VenusVolverTheWind That Shakes The ...
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Chan launches China talent search, production outfit
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan is planning to unearth the nextgeneration of action stars through a TV talent contest, and is establishing a Beijing-basedproduction company to produce vehicles in which they can perform. The star spoke of his planswhile visiting China recently during a break in the filming of Rush ...
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Museum, Eragon continue rich run for Fox
After barely two weeks on release Fox International's Night AtThe Museum will belooking to cross $100m this weekend.The family film has amassed more than $75m so far and opens in anadditional 10, albeit minor, markets this weekend.Meanwhile the fantasy adventure Eragon, which opens in three Latin Americanmarkets including Argentina on ...
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Michael Apted: master of adaptability
Michael Apted is something of a chameleon of the film world: the 65-year-old director changes colours with remarkable facility. On the one hand, he is a member of the Hollywood establishment - a Brit who has blossomed in the studio system and currently serves as president of the Director's Guild. ...
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Metrodome's aims for Days Of Glory
Metrodome's new CEO Peter Urie helps the distributor gain independence, more funding and bigger films like Away From Her. Metrodome has been the sort of dependable arthouse distributor that has gone about its work quietly without much fanfare. That's changing as the company has been increasingly in the headlines recently ...