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Locarno International Film Festival 2007: line-up
COMPETITIONTHE REBIRTH (Jap)Dir: Masahiro Kobayashi. World premiere.A gripping account of unspoken pain and survival.Int'l sales: TBCBOYS OF TOMORROW (S Kor)Dir: Noh Dong-seok. International premiere.Two boys on the outskirts of town believe their future lies elsewhere but they have no means to pursue their dreams. Can a gun be the answerInt'l ...
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UTV strikes co-production pact with Karol Bagh
Indian media conglomerate UTV today announced a co-production deal for the entire slate of productions to be launched by Anupam Kher and Satish Kaushik, under their banner Karol Bagh Film and Entertainment. The deal follows UTV's recent signing of three film contracts with actress Priyanka Chopra, actor Shahid Kapur and ...
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Asmik Ace takes on Japanese distribution for Shadow Of The Moon
Channel 4 International has brokered a deal for Asmik Ace Entertainment to handle the Japanese theatrical release for In The Shadow Of The Moon. Asmik Ace plans a 2008 launch for the Sundance hit documentary, which is being released by ThinkFilm in the US, Vertigo Films in the UK and ...
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Japan's box office remains flat in first half of 2007
Japan's overall box office earnings for the first half of 2007 totalled $778.22m (Y92.52bn), a tiny 0.7% increase over the same period last year, according to data from Japan's top 13 largest distributors. Toho, Japan 's largest distributor, topped the list with earnings of $194.13m (Y23.79bn), but managed only 75% ...
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Simpsons and Transformers lead UK to record weekend
UK cinemas enjoyed record-breaking performance this weekend, raking in $56.8m (£28.11m) at the box office thanks to impressive returns from new releases The Simpsons Movie and Transformers. Fox's much-awaited Simpsons flick grossed $18.6m (£9.2m) over the three-day period from 499 screens. This brings its total of $27.5m (£13.6m) including Thursday ...
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Stones doc Shine A Light to get simultaneous IMAX release
Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light will be distributed simultaneously on IMAX and conventional cinemas on September 21, it was announced today. The film, produced by the Rolling Stones, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert Productions International and to be distributed by Paramount in North America, chronicles a series ...
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Summit hires Friedman, Matosich in senior business affairs positions
Summit Entertainment has appointed David C Friedman executive vice president and general counsel and named Andrew Matosich executive vice president of business affairs.Friedman most recently served as executive vice president, corporate transactions and deputy general counsel for Paramount Pictures and offers a broad range of experience in film financing, acquisitions, ...
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Screen, Hollywood Film Festival re-team for Hollywood World Award
Screen International is teaming up for the fourth consecutive year with the Hollywood Film Festival and the Hollywood Awards to present the Hollywood World Award, a prize for the best in world cinema which will be presented at the Hollywood Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills ...
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Korean film exports down by 57% in first six months
Korean film exports in the first half of the year dropped by 57% compared to the same period in 2006, according to figures from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). In total, 148 films were sold to 45 countries for a total of $7.48m in the past six months. The decrease ...
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Intermedia pacts with Cage's Saturn
UK and US-based film packager and financier, Intermedia, has struck an first-look deal with Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly's Saturn Pictures, which is expected to cover two films per year in the $30m-$60m budget range.Intermedia said that the exclusive two-year deal, which is currently at the detailed longform negotiation stage, ...
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Italian master Michelangelo Antonioni dies at 94
Iconic Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni died at his Rome residence Monday evening, news reports from Rome said today. He was 94 years old. Born on September 29, 1912 in the town of Ferrara in the Eastern Emilia Romagna region, Antonioni was one of Italy's most influential directors. The director of ...
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Australian Film Institute Awards shortlists 15 films
Fifteen films are in the running for the Australian Film Institute Awards, which will be held in Melbourne on December 5 and 6, with Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush hosting. The films that have already been released are Burke & Wills, Clubland, Gone, Irresistible, Like Minds, Lucky Miles, Noise, Razzle Dazzle, Romulus, ...
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Korea's Jang Hyuk joins Dance Of The Dragon cast
Korean sensation Jang Hyuk and Singapore actress Fann Wong have joined Jason Scott Lee in the cast of Easternlight Films' inaugural project, Dance Of The Dragon, which began shooting today in Singapore. In his first English-speaking role, Jang (last seen in Korean smash hit Windstruck) plays a Korean country boy ...
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Bollywood star Dutt sentenced to six years in prison
The Hindi film industry was reeling on Tuesday afternoon (July 31) following the news of actor Sanjay Dutt's prison sentence on the final day of the on-going Mumbai bomb blasts case. The judge sentenced the popular 48-year-old actor to six years 'rigorous imprisonment' for possessing arms and ammunition (a 9mm ...
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Korean ad agency Hancomm launches content fund
Korean advertising agency Hancomm, a subsidiary of Korea 's 16th-ranked conglomerate Hanhwa Corp, has announced a $13m fund for cultural content - 70% of which will be used for films. The fund will also invest in television dramas and performances. Among others joining the fund are Hanhwa Venture Capital Corp, ...
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UK financier to set up joint venture with Shanghai Film Group
Chinese state-owned Shanghai Film Group Corporation (SFGC) is setting up a joint venture with UK-based finance house Nations Trust to invest in film production, post-production and an animation production centre, SFGC president Ren Zhonglun confirmed today. The two sides had quietly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in February to ...
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UKFC P&A Fund backs French hits La Ve En Rose and Tell No One
The UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising Fund has announced it latest round of supported projects. They are: $307,980 (£151,606) to Icon for Olivier Dahan's La Vie En Rose $225,056 (£110,774) to Revolver Entertainment for Guillaume Canet's Tell No One $203,146 (£100,000) to Pathe for Laurent Tirard's Moliere $10,158 (£5,000) ...
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Goteborg to host posthumous 50-film Bergman retrospective
As the film world remembers Ingmar Bergman, the Goteborg International Film Festival has reiterated its plans to host a Bergman retrospective during its 31st event, Jan 25-Feb 4, 2008.About 50 of the director's features will be screened during the fifth Bergman week Jan 24-29. Goteborg has a long history with ...
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Financial challenges for future of Locarno festival
On the eve of the 60th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival, the future of the event's financial standing is in the headlines. Speaking to the Swiss daily newspaper Tagblatt, Locarno's artistic director Frederic Maire explained: 'We must increase the budget to around $9.1m (11m CHF). We hope that ...
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Van Sant's Paranoid Park and Bernal's Deficit added to TIFF line-up
Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park and Gael Garcia Bernal's Deficit will have their North American premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival. The two films, both screening in the Vanguard programme, were announced today along with the balance of the Real to Reel documentary programme and additional Midnight Madness titles ...