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China opens up talent industry to foreign investment
China's State Council has amended its regulations to allow investors from Hong Kong and Macau to launch their own artist management companies in mainland China. Hong Kong and Macau artist management companies are also allowed to set up mainland branches under the new policy.In addition, foreign investors not from Hong ...
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Swiss cinema continues decline in first half of 2008
Swiss cinema's market share has continued its downward trend, according to provisional figures for the first half of 2008, with local films only clinching a 2.3% slice of the box-office compared to last year's 7% and 2006's record 11.6%.Statistics collated by the industry body Procinema showed that the ambitious animation ...
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Celestial pacts with Netmovie for cyber cafe distribution
Celestial Pictures has signed a deal with Beijing Netmovie Co which will see 662 Shaw Brothers films distributed through chains of internet cafes in mainland China. Netmovie has licensed internet, IPTV and mobile platform rights to the titles which include classics such as The Kingdom And The Beauty, The 36th ...
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UK Film Council launches new funding initiative for UK producers
The UK Film Council has launched the Production Company Vision Awards, a new funding initiative designed to help producers develop projects that will broaden the quality, range and ambition of films and talent in the UK.The initiative, which is part of the UKFC's Development Fund, will offer up to £150,000 ...
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UK Film Council launches $3m production fund
The UK Film Council has launched the Production Company Vision Awards, whichwill offer up to $300,000 (£150,000) over two years to as many as10 production companiesdeveloping feature films.The initiative - part of the UKFC's Development Fund -is designed to help producers develop projects which will 'broaden the quality, range and ...
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Rome to honour Al Pacino with Gold Marco Aurelio
Al Pacino will receive career honours at the International Film Festival of Rome when the third edition unspools this October.Career honourees at the festival's first two editions include Sean Connery and Sophia Loren.The Gold Marco Aurelio honorary award will be given to Pacino, who will be on hand to take ...
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Cannes opener Blindness to open Atlantic Film Festival
Fernando Meirelles' Cannes competitor Blindness will open the 28th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax on September 11. Based on the novel by Jose Saramago and starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal and Alice Braga, the Canada-Brazil-Japan coproduction was adapted for the screen by Don McKellar, who ...
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Arthouse acquires worldwide rights to documentary Milton Glaser
Arthouse Films has acquired worldwide rights to Wendy Keys' documentary Milton Glaser: To Inform And Delight and plans a 2009 theatrical release.Arthouse Films will also distribute the portrait of the iconic American graphic designer through its output deals with Mongrel Media in Canada, Revolver Entertainment in the UK, Madman Entertainment ...
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Billy Elliot dances away with four BIFAs
Stephen Daldry's Billy Elliot racked up another clutch of awards at Wednesday's British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), picking up four prizes including best British independent film. Daldry picked up the best director award and collected prizes on behalf of writer Lee Hall, who won best screenplay, and the film's star, ...
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Kaltman named to vp corporate communications post at MPAA
Elizabeth Kaltman has been named vice president of corporate communications at The Motion Picture Association Of America (MPAA) in the wake of Kori Bernards' departure to become senior vice president of media relations at Universal Pictures.Kaltman has served as director of corporate communications for more than two years and will ...
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Canadian newcomer NeoClassics buys The Black Balloon from Icon
Canadian distributor NeoClassics Films has paid mid-six figures for North American rights from Icon Entertainment International to the Australian coming-of-age comedy The Black Balloon.Neoclassics, a start-up that has offices in Los Angeles, plans a limited release in October on Elissa Down's feature directorial debut about a teenage boy whose efforts ...
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Italian executive Gianandrea Mutti dies after motorcycle accident
Gianandrea Mutti, a ten-year employee of the marketing department for Italian distributor BIM has died while recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.Bim's founder and President Valerio De Paolis told Screen Daily in an emotional conversation, 'I felt an affection for him that went beyond work.'The forty-one year old ...
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Dragon Emperor reigns over international box office for UPI
Launching across 3,559 sites in 28 territories, Universal's The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor was Hollywood's runaway champion of the international arena this weekend and grossed an estimated $59.5m for asuperb $16,700 per-screen average. Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) The Dark Knight crossed $200m and remains a potent force ...
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The Dark Knight nears $400m in North America, beats Mummy 3
The Dark Knight stayed on top for the third consecutive weekend, edging out The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor as it bears down on $400m in record time. Warner Bros' champion added an estimated $43.8m for $394.9m in what was the second biggest third weekend in history behind Spider-Man's ...
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Pinewood & Shepperton photo exhibit to open in New York City
A photography exhibition showcasing behind-the-scenes images of great star at work at the UK's Pinewood and Shepperton Studios over the last 50 years will open at the Lincoln Center in New York City on Aug 14 and run through to Sept 5.Entitled 'Capturing Film History In The Making', the exhibit ...
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BIG Music signs distribution deal with Warner Home Video
India's BIG Music & Home Entertainment, part of Reliance BIG Entertainment, has announced that it has been appointed by Warner Home Video as the exclusive licensee for the release of its catalogue in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. BIG Music & Home Entertainment will market and distribute VCD, DVD and ...
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Silent Light wins at Motovun
Carlos Reygadas's Silent Light won the Motovun Propeller, the main prize of the 10th Motovun Film Festival, which wrapped Aug 1. The festival favourite and Cannes jury award winner was named Best Film by Slovenian actress Milena Zupancic, British director Pawel Pawlikowski and Pavle Levi, professor of film studies at ...
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KTH launches legal download service Fine Movie
South Korean internet portal, gaming service and contents provider KTH has announced deals with several major webhard and P2P sites to launch a legal download service called Fine Movie (FM). KTH-owned films downloaded from these sites will incur a fee whether the source was uploaded by KTH or an illegal ...
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Star TV appoints Smith to head China
Hong Kong-based broadcaster Star TV has appointed Laurie Smith as executive vice president, China, as part of a drive to step up operations on the mainland.Smith retains his current positions as chief representative of Star TV parent News Corp's Beijing office and COO of News Corp, China. "This enables us ...
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Studio Ghibli to train next generation of animators
Japan's Studio Ghibli announced plans today to open a training facility to foster the next generation of animation talent. Dubbed 'Ghibli West', the facility will open next spring in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota is also famously known as the birthplace of Toyota Motors.Prospective trainees will join the ...