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Arcand's Days Of Darkness named Canada's Oscar submission
Denys Arcand's Days Of Darkness has been selected as Canada's submission for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film. It is the fourth time an Arcand film has been selected. The latest, 2004's The Barbarian Invasions, won the Oscar. The previous films were 1989's Jesus Of Montreal and 1986's ...
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China's Wanda Cinema Line Corp books 10 IMAX cinemas
IMAX Corp. and China's Wanda Cinema Line Corp. have signed an agreement that will see ten IMAX cinemas installed in the People's Republic of China, including seven IMAX digital cinema systems. The deal is the largest-ever multiple-cinema deal in Asia.All ten cinemas are expected to be installed by 2010, with ...
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Tokyo International Film Festival unveils full line-up
The Tokyo International Film Festival has announced the full line-up for this year's 20th edition (October 20-28). The 15-film competiton section includes three world premieres - Jin Chen's Crossing Over, Peter Howitt's Dangerous Parking and Yu Nakai's Bloody Snake Under The Sun. Also competing are Jacob Thuesen's The Early Years ...
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Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed, Patti Smith sign up for Wenders film
Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed and Patti Smith have joined the cast of Wim Wenders' new feature The Palermo Shooting which began shooting in his home town of Duesseldorf yesterday.The production by Wenders' own outfit Wenders Images in collaboration with broadcasters ZDF and Arte, and Pictorion Das Werk with backing from ...
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Sam Riley joins cast of Franklyn for Recorded Picture Company
Gerald McMorrow will start principal photography in London on Monday, Sept 24, on debut feature film, Franklyn, for UK-based producer Recorded Picture Company. Sam Riley, who has won raves for his leading role in Control, has joined the cast, along with previously announced Ryan Phillippe and Eva Green. The cast ...
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Berlinale taps Dominique Green as UK delegate
As its selection period looms, the Berlinale has appointed Dominique Green as its official delegate for the UK. Green will advise the Berlinale about the UK film industry and film selection.Green, a veteran of film production, distribution and training, has collaborated with the Berlin festival for many years. In 2004 ...
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Macedonia pushes Manchevski film for Oscar consideration
Milcho Manchevski's new film Shadows will represent Macedonia in the Foreign-Language Oscar race. A committee of Macedonian filmmakers made the decision.Shadows premiered at this month's Toronto International Film Festival and stars Borce Nacev as a young physician who encounters shadowy figures after a car crash.Manchevski previously represented Macedonia in 1996 ...
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Schnabel to kick off Copenhagen festival tonight
US director Julian Schnabel will introduce his The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which won for Best Director at Cannes, at tonight's (Aug 20) kick-off for the Copenhagen International Film Festival (CIFF).He will be followed by guests including Jim Sheridan, Patrice Leconte, David Hare, Julie Gavras, Sam Garbarski, Stefan Ruzowitsky, ...
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Whiteout
Dir: Setsurou Wakamatsu. Japan. 129 mins.Prod cos: Destiny, INB Production. Backers: Nippon Herald, Fuji TV, Toho, NTV, Dentsu, INB, Destiny. Dist: Toho, Nippon Herald, tel (813) 3213-6821. Prod: Shohei Kotani. Scr: Yuichi Shimpo. DoP: Hideo Yamamoto. Prod Des: Fumio Ogawa. SFX: Hajime Matsumoto. Music: Osamu Onodera. Main cast: Yuji Oda, ...
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Bong Joon-ho leads campaign against online piracy
Led by The Host director Bong Joon-ho and the Korean Directors' Network, 13 film-related organisations yesterday in Seoul declared the launch of a campaign against illegal film downloads. Participating groups include the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the Korean Association of Film Art & Industry (KAFAI), Korean Motion Pictures Producers' Association, ...
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Donsol, 881 join foreign-language Oscar race
The Singapore Film Commission (SFC) has selected Royston Tan's 881 as the country's official entry for best foreign-language film for the 80th Academy Awards. 'The film presents a part of the rich and colourful street culture of Singapore which is hardly seen by the world and provides a window to ...
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Canada's Cineplex promotes Jason Fulsom
Canadian exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment has promoted Jason Fulsom to vice president, film. The promotion, effective immediately, increases Fulsom's responsibilities to include the negotiation and programming of films for the Toronto market, working with the US majors and independent distributors as well as liaising with the exhibitor's corporate sales and alternative ...
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Jeremy Pelzer tapped to head UK's Elstree Studios
Jeremy Pelzer has been appointed to head Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, UK.He will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Studio business, developing new initiatives, extending partnerships, and raising the profile of Elstree.Pelzer wasformerly studio director of Ealing Studios from 2002 to 2007 also managed the renewal of 3 ...
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India's UFO Moviez digitalises more than 1,000 cinemas
India's UFO Moviez has announcedit hassuccessfully completed the installation of digital technology in more than 1,000 cinemas across India. The company has a strong foothold in India, releasing over 600 movies in 17 languages within the last two years.Sister company UFO International has also completed installing digitalon 21 screens across ...
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Then She Found Me to open second AFI Dallas Film Festival
Helen Hunt's feature directorial debut Then She Found me and Stuart Townsend's activism drama Battle In Seattle bookend the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, set to run from Mar 27-Apr 6.The centerpiece screenings are David Gordon Green's drama Snow Angels and Barry Levinson's comedy What Just Happened'The 11-day festival will ...
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International sales pioneer Bill Moraskie dies at 82
William J Moraskie, a long-time sales executive and one of the founding members of the American Film Market, died on Mar 2 at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Florida, following a brief illness. He was 82.Moraskie was born on Jan 11 1926 in Mt Carmel, Pennsylvania, and following service ...
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Marketing veteran Geoff Ammer lands at Marvel Studios
Geoff Ammer, the former head of worldwide marketing at Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, has landed at Marvel Studios as president of worldwide marketing and home entertainment.Ammer reports to Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel and will get to work immediately on campaigns for two of this summer's more anticipated releases, ...
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IFC signs two-year exclusive rental deal with Blockbuster
IFC Entertainment has signed a two-year deal with Blockbuster granting the video rental giant limited exclusive US rental rights for IFC titles.The agreement will make IFC titles available via Blockbuster's stores, mail subscription services and its digital downloading service Movielink.com.Blockbuster will get an exclusive 60-day rental window covering physical and ...
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Universal comedy Baby Mama to open Tribeca on April 23
Universal's comedy Baby Mama starring Amy Poehler, Tina Fey and Sigourney Weaver will open the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Apr 23.Michael McCullers' feature directorial debut stars Fey as a career woman who enlists the support of a surrogate (Poehler) in order to start a family, only for ...
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Best In Show
Dir: Christopher Guest. US. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Castle Rock Entertainment. Worldwide dist: Warner Bros. Exec prod: Gordon Mark. Prod: Karen Murphy. Scr: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy. DoP: Roberto Schaeffer. Prod des: Joseph T Garrity. Ed: Robert Leighton. Main cast: Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene ...