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Davaa's new documentary project begins shooting in Mongolia
Principal photography on the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa's new feature documentary project Two Horses Of Genghis KhanstartedMonday(June 23) in the Mongolian city of Ulaanbaatar.Shooting on the musical and mystical journey by the internationally renowned singer Urna will continue in Khentii Aimag, the birthplace of Genghis Khan, on the holy mountain ...
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Galway celebrates 20th anniversary with O'Toole, Lange, and Pullman
The 20th Galway Film Fleadh (July 8-13) will open with a screening of Fugitive Pieces, Jeremy Podeswa's drama set in Nazi-occupied Poland and adapted from the novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels. The closing film is the unreleased Bonneville (2006), in which three women played by Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates ...
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Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburghands out$8.7m
Feature films by veteran US actor Dennis Hopper, German comedy star Mario Barth and the Cannes/Sochi prize-winning production house Rohfilm are among 26 German and international projects awarded over $8.7m (Euros 5.6m) by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) in its latest funding session.Hopper received backing for the project River Movie about a ...
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Newcastle's Tyneside reopens after digital revamp
The new-look Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle has reopened to the public following a $14m (£7m) refurbishment to bring the venue into the digital age, whilst restoring all its original art-house glory.The cinema now boasts a modern extension with two new digital screens, to meet the demands of growing audiences in ...
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Greek box-office admissions down 1m in pivotal winter season
As the European football championships are drawing to a close and the Olympic Games (August 8-24) are around the corner, Greek distributors and exhibitors fear that sporting events could further dampen this year's box office performance. So far this year, Makis Diamantopoulos, generalmanager of the Odeon Cineplex exhibition chain describes ...
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Kolirin, Bernasconi, Toth line up for Locarno short jury
Filmmakers Fulvio Bernasconi (Fuori Dalle Corde) and Eran Kolirin (The Band's Visit) are among the five jury members for Locarno International Film Festival's Leopards of Tomorrow competitions for Swiss and international short films.The other members are the Hungarian actress Orsi Toth, who played the female lead in Kornel Mundruczo's Cannes ...
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Toronto books best of Cannes in first programme announcement
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its first tranche of titles, including Cannes competitors such as Atom Egoyan's Adoration, Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale, Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah and Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or winner The Class. All four will be North American premieres screening as Special Presentations. Kim Jee-woon's The Good, ...
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Academy settles trademark lawsuit against Italy's RAI
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has resolved a trademark lawsuit against Italian television broadcaster RAI and said the settlement was amicable.The Academy's lawyers filed a suit in the United States District Court in Los Angeles in 2005 after the broadcaster aired Italian-language 'Oscar' award shows covering wine, ...
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Francis Ford Coppola finishes 63-day shoot of Tetro
Francis Ford Coppola has wrapped on his latest feature Tetro after 63 days of principal photography in Buenos Aires and Patagonia. A spring 2009 release is anticipated.Additional shooting of a ballet by Ana Maria Stekelman will still take place in Madrid but the main leg of the shoot is complete. ...
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Overture signs first-look deal with Philip Seymour Hoffman's company
Overture Films has signed a two-year first look deal with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emily Ziff's Cooper's Town Productions.The first collaboration will be the film of Brett C Leonard's play Unconditional, which explores gender and racial issues within New York City and is being adapted for the screen by Leonard.Hoffman ...
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DGA, Film Foundation set up Zinnemann Fund for artists' rights
The Directors Guild Of America (DGA) and The Film Foundation have set up The Zinnemann Fund to protect and promote artists' rights.DGA member Tim Zinnemann, son of the late director and DGA lifetime achievement award winner Fred Zinnemann, developed the idea with money from a court settlement in his favour ...
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UPI's Wanted roars into in 22 territories including Russia
Indiana Jones will have a battle on his hands to hold on to pole position this weekend as Russian director Timur Bekmambetov's first English-language picture Wanted goes out in 22 territories through Universal/UPI.The graphic novel adaptation opens day-and-date with North America in Russia on 850 prints on June 26 and ...
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Relativity to finance, produce War Of Gods directed by Tarsem
Relativity Media has acquired rights to finance, develop and produce the mythological Greek tale War Of Gods, which is already in pre-production and expected to begin filming before the end of the year.Tarsem will direct from a screenplay by Vlas Parlapanides and Charley Parlapanides and the project reunites Hollywood Gang ...
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Toho-Towa extends Universal contract, unveils line-up
Japanese distributor Toho-Towa has announced the extension of its exclusive contract with Universal Pictures, as well as its line-up, until 2010. Toho-Towa's slate of 18 films consists predominantly of Universal titles. Upcoming 2008 releases include The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (August 16) and Wanted (September).Announced for 2009 are ...
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Ireland showing mixed box office fortunes
Traditionally one of the strongest performing territories in Europe, Ireland is experiencing a marginal decline in year-on-year box office returns, according to new figures from Carlton Screen.The Republic of Ireland box office has dropped 1.2% to date on last year, however this masks a year-on-year rise of 24.5% in March. ...
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Ballast wins Grand Prix at first Novi Sad festival
Lance Hammer's Ballast won the Grand Prix of the first International Festival of Film and New Media- Cinema City in Novi Sad, Serbia (Jun 14-21), worth $15,000. In the competition for the Grand Prix were all feature films of the festival, including the Serbian competition, where the best film award ...
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Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale seduces Summit
Summit Entertainment has taken international rights to Brian De Palma's next picture, the independently-financed noir thriller Femme Fatale, a $30m-$35m by Tarak Ben Ammar's Paris-based production company Quinta and Kirch/Mediaset European buying alliance Epsilon.Shooting is scheduled to start on the film in late November in Europe with Uma Thurman and ...
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The Croatian National Festival announces competition
The Croatian National Festival in Pula, Istria, will take place from July 19-26. This will be the 55th edition of the event that used to be the national festival of former Yugoslavia.In addition to the famous and always well-attended open-air venues Arena and Kastel, the former theatre Zagreb has been ...
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Tartan Films goes into administration
UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.The business, founded in 1982 by Hamish McAlpine, is believed to have made more than 20 staff redundant.The news has come as no surprise after months of discussion about the company's finance.Last year, the business restructured with veteran managing ...
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Wim Wenders to lead Venice jury
Director Wim Wenderswill lead the jury of the 65th Venice Film Festival, the biennale's board of directors has announced.Venice's artistic director Marco Mueller selected Wenders as the president of the jury in what will be a pivotal fifth year as Venice's artistic director and the beginning of his renewed four-year ...