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FACT adds more information to website
The UK's Federation Against CopyrightTheft (FACT) has re-launched its website with more emphasis on newsand information for the media as well as updates on currentlegislation related to film piracy and a web-based form for consumers to reportpirate activities."Thenew FACT website addresses consumers, journalists and law enforcement and wesee it as ...
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The Peter Pan Formula (Peterpan-eui Gongsik)
Dir/scr: Cho Chang-ho. S Kor. 2005.108mins.Teenage angst has rarely felt seemed more decorous ormore downbeat than in the hands of South Korean director ChoChong-ho in his debut The Peter Pan Formula. A moody, atmospheric coming-of-age film witha perverse streak of eroticism, it explores the emotional links betweenmourning and sexuality in ...
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Tough Enough (Knallhart)
Dir: Detlev Buck. Ger.2005. 98mins.Mixing references from early Ken Loach to La Haine to Mean Streets, Tough Enough is German actor-director DetlevBuck's hard man act after a string of dry, slightly surreal comedies - thelast, Bundle Of Joy, dating back to2000.It's a powerful and oftenviolent film, uncritically but movingly wrapped ...
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UK distributors spend more than $523m on P&A
UK distributors spent more than $523m (£300m) on prints and advertising last year, according to figures released by the UK-based Film Distributors’ Association (FDA).The FDA Yearbook, using research from Nielsen Media Research, shows film prints and trailers in2005 cost UK distributors $221.5m, up 2% from 2004, while media advertising spend ...
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Rampage
Dir/scr: George Gittoes. Aus. 2005. 118mins.Though it needs to be cut drastically, Rampage is a power-packed documentarywith lots of potential. Set mostly in one of the worst black ghettoes in Miami,the film, which was shot over the course of several years by Australianfilm-maker George Gittoes, is lively, insightful andeven shocking.Festival ...
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Bauer Martinez's Crash Bandits delays Thailand shoot
Bauer Martinez's Crash Bandits has pushed back filming in Thailand to January 2007 to allow for longer pre-production time, according to government agency Thailand Film Office. The John McTiernan-directed big-budget action adventure feature was originally scheduled for a three-month shoot in southern Thailand from mid-February through local fixer Kantana.The project ...
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Parisian shorts to open Un Certain Regard at Cannes
TheCannes Film Festival has announced it will open the Un Certain Regard sidebar with the collection of shorts entitled ParisJe T'Aime.Paris Je T'Aime, produced by Claudie Ossard (of Amelie fame) and Emmanuel Benbihy,is a series of 20 short films shot by renowned international directors in eachof the capital city's 20 ...
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The Prompter
Dir: Hilde Heier. Norway. 1999. 97 mins. Prod cos: Wildhagen Produksjon AS, CO Film, Norwegian Film Institute & Swedish Film Institute. US sales c/o Menemsha Entertainment (+1 310 712 3720). Int'l sales: Norsk Filminstitute (+47 2247 4575). Prod: Christian Wildhagen. Scr: Hilde Heier. DoP: Harald Gunnar Paalgard. Prod des: Aida ...
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Krisztina Goda begins shooting Children of Glory
Hungariandirector Krisztina Goda beganprincipal photography March 5 on Childrenof Glory, a Hungarian-UK co-production based on a script by Joe Eszterhas and produced by Andy Vajna."Thisis an epic movie portraying the heroic efforts of the Hungarian people to tryto break the chains of their Communist occupiers and thereby influence thehistory of ...
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Papal biopic grosses more than $1m in Poland
A biopic of Pope John Paul II has become a smash hit in Poland - the place of his birth - one month ahead of the firstanniversary of his death. The film, Pope John Paul II (Jan PawelII), opened top of the Polish chart last weekend (March 3-5) grossing over$1m ...
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Intel, Cinequest strike distribution, content alliance
California-based technologyoutfit Intel Corp and Northern California-based film institute Cinequest havestruck a content and distribution alliance.Users of Intel's Viivintegrated home entertainment platform will be able to access independent andinternational content gathered by San Jose-based Cinequest.Cinequest will providetitles that have not been released in North America but have played at its ...
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Warner, Weinsteins divvy up distribution rights on Ninja Turtles
Warner Bros will overseedomestic distribution and The Weinstein Company (TWC) will handle internationalon Imagi Services' upcoming CGI-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles feature.The companies jointlyacquired the project and have announced a Mar 30 2007 North American releasedate.Imagi's Kevin Munroe willdirect from his own screenplay that was developed in consultation with Turtlesco-creator ...
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Woody Allen to shoot his next film in Paris
Woody Allenwill begin production on his latest film in Paris this summer. Titled The Woody Allen Summer Project 2006, the film marks the thirdconsecutive time the director has chosen to shoot in Europe following his two latest outings inLondon, Match Point and Scoop. Continuing his love affair with Europe, in ...
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Cast lines up for Vaughn's Stardust
Robert De Niro,Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, and Sienna Miller have joined the cast of Matthew Vaughn's Stardust. The fantasy love story is about a young man(Cox) travelling into a magical world to win the heart of his beloved (Miller).Vaughn wrote the script with Jane Goldman, based on Gaiman's1997 ...
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Dardenne brothers' The Child to open Sofia Film Festival
The Dardenne brothers' Golden Palm winner The Child will open the 10th anniversary edition of the SofiaInternational Film Festival (SIFF) on March 9.Among theinternational filmmakers expected in the Bulgarian capital between March 9-19are Bent Hamer (Factotum),Craig Lucas (The Dying Gaul) Alexey Fedorchenko (First On The Moon), Volker Schloendorff (The TinDrum), ...
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Brisk sales continue for Golden Bear winner Grbavica
Michael Weber's salesoutfit The Match Factory has closed a raft of deals for Jasmila Zbanic's GoldenBear winning Bosnian drama Grbavica in addition to previous sales to Germany, Switzerland and Italy.TheAustrian-Bosnian-German-Croatian co-production has now been picked up by Golem(Spain), Cinemien (Benelux), Kinoswiat(Poland), Ost for Paradis(Denmark), Budapest Film (Hungary), Folkets Bio(Sweden), Providence ...
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Scorpio East launches IPO
Singapore's leading home video distributor ScorpioEast has launched an IPO for a listing on the SESDAQ of the Singapore Exchangein a bid to raise approximately $2.5m (S$4.1m). Formerly known asGolden Mandarin Video, the company is a licensee of Hong Kong's TVB, China's CCTV and Singapore's MediaCorpStudios. It has recently branched ...
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Notro Films picks up Spanish rights to On Probation
Spanish distributor NotroFilms has picked up local rights to Argentinean feature On Probation ahead of its European premiere at the 9th annualSpanish Film Festival of Malaga (March 17-25).The film (Tiempo De Valientes) will inaugurate Malaga's newly created Latin American cinema competition, Territorio Latinoamericano.Damian Szifron directed theaction comedy starring Diego Peretti ...
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Stardom
Dir: Denys Arcand. Canada. 2000. 102 mins.Prod cos: Alliance Atlantis, Serendipity Point. Co-prods: Cinemaginaire, Cine-b. Int'l Sales: Alliance Atlantis (001 310 899 8000). Prods: Denise Robert, Robert Lantos. Scr: Arcand, J. Jacob Potashnik. DoP: Guy Dufaux. Prod des: Zoe Sakellaropoulo. Ed: Isabelle Dedieu. Main cast: Jessica Pare, Dan Aykroyd, Charles ...
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Conversations On A Sunday Afternoon
Dir/scr: Khalo Matabane. S Afr. 2005. 80minsFalling somewhere between a tentative documentary anda piece of home movie improvisation, Khalo Matabane's first fictional feature allows him to againexplore the many faces resident in South Africa today.The set-up is the accidentalencounter between a tormented poet Keniloe (Kgoroge) and a Somali refugee, Fatima ...