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US/Iraq - Her country, their country
The hoopla that accompanies the Academy Awards could not be further from the experience of making a documentary in today's Iraq. Nominated for best documentary award, Laura Poitras' My Country, My Country has stood out among the recent run of Iraqi-set material, in large part due to the director's determination ...
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Germany - Majestic bow for a former Senator
When former Senator executive Benjamin Herrmann decided to join forces with film financing expert David Groenewold to launch a new producer-distributor Majestic Film into the German marketplace, he was not worried about an overcrowded landscape."I think if you filter out the completely undercapitalised companies which only release two to three ...
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Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright goes with his gut for next films
Several weeks before Hot Fuzz's now-successful launch, Edgar Wright seemedremarkably relaxed for someone on the verge of unleashing the much-anticipated follow-up to 2004's Shaun Of The Dead. It is not only fans, but also the industry waiting to see if the new film can match the runaway success of the ...
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Industry moves
Chorot steps down as Gaumont CEOGaumont co-CEO Franck Chorot has stepped down from his post. Chorot will continue to work with the French major as an in-house producer as well as working on co-productions. Following a stint as the head of UIP France, Chorot returned to the Gaumont fold in ...
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Shorts and documentaries - Awards countdown - Hard-hitting docs take centre stage
My Country, My CountryNew York-based director-producer Laura Poitras (Flag Wars) spent eight months working alone in Iraq on her film, produced with Jocelyn Glatzer, about the months leading up to Iraq's first post-Saddam election in 2005. Poitras focuses on a Sunni doctor running for office as difficulties mount in an ...
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Thinking outside the box office - the future of UK independents -
These are turbulent times for independent distribution in the UK. The British market may be the third most valuable in the world after the US and Japan, but with 450 films released every year, there is a fear the territory is beginning to suffer from over-supply.On top of that, takeover ...
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Market watch: Berlin - Hunting ground
Speak to a range of British independent distributors and it quickly becomes apparent that they have very different feelings about the Berlinale. For some, it is the place, as Swipe's Frank Mannion puts it, for "brave, innovative movies that can be marketed uniquely". Revolver's Justin Marciano agrees that "the European ...
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Production - The view from Ireland
When The Wind That Shakes The Barley picked up the Palme d'Or at Cannes last May it was the start of an undeniably upbeat year for the Republic of Ireland's film industry. Ken Loach's film, set and shot in and around Cork, showcased Ireland's locations to an international audience and ...
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IFTA Awards - Celebrating Irish cream
Pierce Brosnan (The Matador), Colin Farrell (Miami Vice), Cillian Murphy (Breakfast On Pluto, and The Wind That Shakes The Barley), and Neil Jordan (Breakfast On Pluto) are a few of the internationally recognised members of the Irish film-making community among the nominees for this year's Irish Film and Television Awards ...
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Indian government passes cable act
India's government has approved the introduction of the Cable TV Act which will regulate all programme content and advertising on cable channels.Among other things, the act aims to curb obscenity on Indian cable television and requires all cable operators to carry at least three channels from state broadcaster Doordarshan.All national ...
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Financing - Money in the pipeline
The newest funding source for film-makers is the Sound & Vision Fund, set up in 2005 by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI). Aimed at Irish film, TV and radio projects, it has an annual budget of $11.6m (EUR9m).In its first two rounds it has given sums up to $987,000 ...
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Promotional Feature - EFP AT 10 - European Union
The Berlinale has always been a rallying post for European cinema - but this year's event has more reason to celebrate than usual - 2007 marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of European Film Promotion (EFP).The Hamburg-based organisation was set up in 1997 to promote and market European cinema ...
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Stand and Deliver
Some industry expressions are like adhesive plasters. In that category the one that I find most nettlesome is the one that insists it is a product-driven marketplace. On the surface it implies simply that the films themselves determine the size of the audience; the better the choices, the larger the ...
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Happy talk as Museum slips
Sony happily knocked Fox's Night At The Museum off the top spot this week, as The Pursuit Of Happyness opened in an additional nine territories and took $16.5m at the weekend. While Night At The Museum slipped marginally - largely due to UK exhibitors pulling the film over a DVD ...
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Analysis: International box-office Weekend February 2-4
(Last3-dayweek)Film (origin)gross $ScrsCume $Terr1(2)The Pursuit Of Happyness (US)$16,472,2873,177$72,496,684232(1)Night at the Museum (US)$14,534,7374,291$213,777,377393(3)Blood Diamond (US)$13,467,3063,127$45,237,141434NewVoice Of A Murderer (S Kor)$6,735,543530$8,903,32315(4)Rocky Balboa (US)$5,501,6382,392$48,825,020266(8)Babel (Mex-US)$5,157,5811,467$61,312,572357(23)Dreamgirls (US)$4,988,4681,136$9,353,219108(6)Apocalypto (US)$4,947,7681,924$55,230,580339NewDie Wilden Kerle 4 (Ger)$4,941,767844$4,941,767310(11)Casino Royale (Czech-Ger-UK-US)$4,743,4901,761$415,704,5873711(14)Arthur And The Invisibles (Fr)$4,492,8702,159$67,254,5512112(5)Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love (Ind)$4,011,445723$14,504,6912113(49)Saw III (US)$3,883,797817$72,901,8192214(10)Dororo (Jap)$3,176,959296$10,475,434115(7)Manuale D'Amore 2 (It)$2,987,712494$23,132,938116NewNotes On A Scandal ...
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Market focus - Boom time in Bollywoodland
Indian box office revenues increased by 40% last year but it is widely expected to be just the start of a period of radical change and rapid growth.The quality of local content in a region where Hollywood has barely made a dent remains a vital factor. But an increasingly important ...
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High Point Films closes three deals on The Front Line
UK-based sales company High Point Films has sold David Gleeson's thriller The Front Line to Film Entertainment Group for Benelux, Alberto Bitelli International Films for Brazil (planning a summer release), and Falcon Films for The Middle East. High Point's Elisar Cabrera is in final negotiations for deals covering France and ...
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Mannheim-Heidelberg moves to October
The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg is being brought forward from November to new dates in October - 9th to 21st - for the 2007 edition, which will bring it up against other international festivals with industry components. The Pusan International Film Festival with the Pusan Promotion Plan co-production gathering runs ...
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Voltage initiates buyers into The Tribe
Voltage Pictures has taken international rights to Jorg Ihle's action horror movie The Tribe. Sales chief Nicolas Chartier described the project as a cross between Predator and Lost and already closed deals ahead of the market with Flashstar in Brazil and Prosieben.Sat for German TV. The Tribe centres on a ...
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Kirch Media unveils new internet platform
Germany's Kirch Media has unveiled the creation of a new internet platform which will be jointly owned with KirchPayTV and affiliated broadcasters Pro Sieben, Sat 1 Media and DSF.The various channels are expected to support the internet start-up with free advertising of up to $250m. News Corp's TM3 could ...