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United Artists takes world on Born Romantic
In the first major buy of the London Screenings, United Artists (UA) has acquired worldwide rights to The Sales Co's UK comedy Born Romantic, which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and closes next month's London Film Festival. Sales Co chief Alison Thompson confirmed the deal, which does ...
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European Commission urges film preservation in digital age
Most films will be distributed in digital format within the next five years, which might be good news for cinemas, but it also has serious implications for Europe's film heritage.That is one of the key conclusions of a new European Commission (EC) report measuring European Union (EU) progress in preserving ...
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Swinton's Ballerina Ballroom Fest to open with Henry Hathaway
The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams, the eccentric new filmfestival in Nairn, Scotland, being organised by Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins, has announced details of its first programme.The festival kicks off the afternoon of Aug 15 with Peter Ibbetson's Henry Hathaway (1935), an amour fou drama described as one of ...
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Locarno adds Paskaljevic, Brakni to international jury
The members for Locarno's International Competition jury are now complete with the addition of French actress Rachida Brakni (The Over-Eater) and Serbian filmmaker Goran Paskaljevic to the previously announced line-up of directors Masahiro Kobayashi (Japan), Dani Levy (Switzerland), and Paolo Sorrentino (Italy), and Mexican producer Bertha Navarro.Meanwhile, Argentina's Albertina Carri ...
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European Commission OKs revised Hungarian film scheme
The European Commission has approved changes to the Hungarian support scheme for film, which now requires projects pass a broad test for European cultureFrom 2008, every production must achieve at least 16 points on a 32-point cultural test in order to qualify for the 20% tax rebate. The majority of ...
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Admissions tumble in Brazil by 11.3% in first six months 2008
In the first six months of 2008 Brazil recorded a 11.3% fall in admissions and a 8.8% drop in box office revenues over the same period last year. According to figures released by Filme B, a local company that reviews theatrical market data, the country's sales amounted R$352m ($221.3m), as ...
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Film London in pre-production on three more Microwave features
Film London's low-budget Microwave scheme has three new films in pre-production: Suki Singh's psychological thriller Analogue; Jes Benstock's Alternative Miss World documentary, The British Guide to Showing Off (working title); and Kolton Lee's Freestyle, a teen romance set in the world of freestyle basketball.This year's applications are now open and ...
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TWC strikes exclusive pay-TV deal with Sky Italia
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has signed an exclusive deal with digital pay-TV operator Sky Italia to distribute its films in Italy.The deal is the latest piece in TWC's international free and pay-TV jigsaw that already includes Star TV in Asia, Canal+ in France, ARD in Germany, Village Roadshow in Australia ...
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IMAX signs deal for four new theatres in Japan
IMAX Corporation has signed a deal with Japanese exhibitor Tokyu Recreation to install four IMAX theatres in Japan.The announcement follows a record setting event in Japan recently in which 25,000 people watched the Japanese premiere of Speed Racer: The IMAX Experience at the Tokyo Dome. The venue was converted into ...
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New films from Demme, Eyre get gala screenings at Toronto
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have boosted the line-up with gala presentations of Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married and Richard Eyre's The Other Man.Rachel Getting Married gets its North American premiere and stars Anne Hathaway as a sharp-witted drama queen who returns to the family homestead for ...
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Veteran entertainment attorney Suddleson joins Wildman Harrold
M Kenneth Suddleson has joined Wildman Harrold to head its new Los Angeles Office, effective July 18.Suddleson will focus on building a leading media and entertainment practice for the firm. The 30-year entertainment law veteran arrives from Foley & Lardner, where he served as chair of the media and entertainment ...
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Senator grabs Germany's X men
One of Germany's sexiest production outfits, X Filme Creative Pool, has joined the growing list of companies to come under the Senator Entertainment umbrella.Senator announced yesterday it has acquired 51% of X Filme, the Berlin and Cologne-based filmmaking collective that sealed its international reputation as the producer of Tom Tykwer's ...
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Karlovy Vary: Film reviews
Terribly Happy - Hanrik Ruben Ganz's remarkably confident but misanthropic essay on shared culpability and small town mentality features an emotionally disturbed cop sent as punishment to a remote location, surrendering whatever shreds of decency he thought he still had for the murky double-standards of his new locale. Unpleasantly sinister ...
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The Dark Knight descends on 4,400 screens in 20 territories
Months of hype and anticipation give way to actuality this weekend as Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) launches The Dark Knight on 4,400 screens in 20 territories day-and-date with North America.The first results are in and if they are anything to go by the sequel to Batman Begins will eclipse ...
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MGM to remake Valley Girl as musical with 80s hits
Mary Parent has green lit her first musical since arriving as chairman of the worldwide motion picture group at MGM and announced that the studio will revisit its 1983 comedy Valley Girl.The inspiration comes from an idea by Idealogy Inc's Sean Bailey and Matt Smith that will update the storyline ...
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Ledger to be honoured by Brisbane Film Festival
The late actor, Heath Ledger, was this morning named as the latest recipient of the Chauvel Award, given each year as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) to celebrate someone who has made a distinguished contribution to Australian cinema. Ledger was nominated for an Academy Award for his ...
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Japan sees increase in digital and Imax screens
Exhibition technology is accelerating in Japan with announcements of four new large-scale Imax screens and Japan's first all-digital multiplex. Major studio Shochiku has announced tech specifications of its new 10-screen multiplex, the Shinjuku Piccadilly, set to open tomorrow (July 19).In partnership with DLP market leader Christie Digital Systems (in Japan ...
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MegaStar Media opens fifth multiplex in Vietnam
Vietnamese exhibitor MegaStar Media has opened its fifth multiplex in Vietnam, in the central coastal city of Danang.Situated in the new shopping mall, Vinh Trung Plaza, the cinema has six screens and 854 seats, which brings MegaStar's total screen count to 36.The exhibitor, which is a joint venture between Envoy ...
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UTV releases Kismat day-and-date in Pakistan
India's UTV Motion Pictures released its fourth Hindi film of the year today (July 18), Kismat Konnection, across 720 screens in India and 200 in overseas markets. The overseas territories include the UK, US, Middle East, Australia and Pakistan, which will also have a day-and-date release.Directed by Aziz Mirza and ...
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EC approves new film tax schemes in Latvia and Sardinia
The European Commission has approved two film support schemes that address the specific problems faced by film communities in rural or smaller European areas -- specifically in Latvia and Sardinia.In Latvia, the aim is that a new $68m (Euros 43m), six-year support scheme will help audiences across rural Latvia access ...