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Mannheim selects 54 projects including Holland's Christine
New film projects from Poland's Agnieszka Holland, Belgium's Geoffrey Enthoven, and the UK's Chris Forster are among 54 projects being pitched to potential partners at the Mannheim Meetings which begin on Sunday (Oct 14). Almost half (26) of the projects being pitched in one-to-one meetings are from Western Europe, including ...
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The Kite Runner
Dir: Marc Forster. US. 2007. 122mins.Better at exploring the bonds of family and friendship than at articulating the societal traumas that have haunted Afghanistan over the last three decades, The Kite Runner leaps from the page to the screen full of emotion and sensitive characterization. The source material's inherently melodramatic ...
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Altman lines up UK-set manor house drama
In Venice to promote his latest feature, Dr T And The Women, director Robert Altman has revealed details of his next project, Gosford Park, which he plans to shoot in the UK from next March.Written by Julian Fellows, the film is set in 1933 - the year Hitler rose to ...
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Lightning takes on Dafoe-starrer Anamorph for AFM
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment will begin sales at AFM on its most high-profile narrative title to date, the Seven-like psychological thriller Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe and Scott Speedman.The plot pits a tormented detective against a serial killer and old adversary who constructs crime scenes in a way that recalls earlier ...
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Rai Cinema, under D'Amico, ramps up co-productions
Rai Cinema's new chief Caterina D'Amico says the film production arm will place a special emphasis on co-productions and to illustrate the point, Rai Cinema has just signed on as 25% partner of Spike Lee's $45m project Miracle at St. Anna, which begins shooting Monday at Cinecitta studios before moving ...
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The Works takes UK rights for Closing The Ring from Content
The Works UK Distribution has acquired UK rights to Richard Attenborough's Closing The Ring.The deal was struck with sales company ContentFilm International, which will announce a US deal for the film soon.The Works plans a UK and Irish theatrical release on Dec 28. The film has its UK premiere on ...
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Mi Vida Dentro wins top prize at Mexico's Morelia Film Festival
Lucia Gajá's documentary Mi Vida Dentro (My Life Inside), a tragic story of a Mexican young woman who migrated illegally to USA and was later imprisoned on suspicion of murder, won top prize at the fifth Morelia Film Festival in Mexico.The film shows the legal process, the verdict, the separation ...
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The Planet, Normal lead prizewinners at 26th Vancouver festival
Michael Stenberg, Johan Soderberg and Linus Torell of Sweden won the Kyoto Planet Climate for Change Award for their documentary The Planet as the 26th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival drew to a close.The Citytv Western Canada Feature Film Award went to Carl Bessai of Vancouver for Normal, while Most ...
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Tyler Perry's latest beats awards contenders at US box office
Tyler Perry's relationship drama Why Did I Get Married' had too much firepower for its rivals this weekend as the film opened top on an estimated $21.5m.Perry wrote and directed and stars alongside Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba and Jill Scott in the tale of married friends who get together for ...
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The Orphanage takes 70% market share in Spain
Ratatouille dominated the international market for the second consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $21.7m weekend haul that raised the tally to $271.5m through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (WDSMPI).The key driver was the UK, where the film opened at number one on $9.8m. There were strong holds throughout ...
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Lust, Caution's China release delayed for one week
China Film Group has confirmed that the mainland China release of Ang Lee's Lust, Caution has been postponed once again, this time from October 26 to November 1. The reason for the delay is to avoid competition with foreign blockbusters, according to Beijing-based cinemas. The film was originally scheduled to ...
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Seventh Art takes on Daughters Of Wisdom after IFP
Seventh Art Releasing has picked up North American rights to Bari Pearlman's documentary Daughters Of Wisdom, which explores life at a Buddhist monastery for nuns in Tibet. The deal was done at the 29th IFP Market's No Borders co-production event in New York, a key gathering of industry personnel where ...
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Saville's Noise takes top prize at Australian Directors Guild Awards
Matt Saville's drama Noise, about a highly unmotivated police officer, and Kriv Stenders' ultra low-budget project Boxing Day, about a man struggling to stay clear of drugs and crime, won the two major feature film prizes at the Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards on Saturday in Sydney.Noise won the most ...
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Oz in over development drive, warns AFC
Australia is developing too many feature projects according to Australian Film Commission (AFC) chief executive Kim Dalton.Presenting preliminary results of new AFC research to the National Screenwriters Conference, Dalton said that projects spend longer in development in Australia but the time and resources directly committed to the task is usually ...
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Ruins allowed in Acropolis as Greece entices foreign shoots
This weekend saw the first film production in history given a permit to shoot inside the famed Acropolis in Athens. My Life In Ruins, produced by Playtone, stars Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame as a guide leading tourists through Greek archeological sites. The team shot in ...
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Swedish Film Institute gives $2.5m to films including Fares' Leo
The Swedish Film Institute will provide $2.5m (Euros 1.8m) production support for eight new features, including a film by Josef Fares.Separately, the Finnish Film Foundation will contribute $409,000 (Euros 310,000) to the funding of two movies, both instigated before the Finnish producers' strike effective on Sept 14.Fares, whose Zozo won ...
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UFO signs exclusive deal with DG2L for 1,500 digital systems
Indian digital cinema pioneer UFO Moviez has signed an exclusive deal with DG2L Technologies for digital cinema equipment and support. The deal will cover a record 1,500 digital cinema systems to be supplied by DG2L, which is headquartered in New York and has offices in Taiwan, Singapore, Brussels, Mumbai, Pune, ...
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China's SARFT, Singapore's MDA sign slate of agreements
China 's State Administration for Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have inked a slate of media-related MOUs to spearhead media co-operation between the two countries. Three government-to-government MOUs were signed last Friday to facilitate co-productions and encourage reciprocal participation in key media ...
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Schrader to take lifetime achievement award in Stockholm
The Stockholm International Film Festival will honour director Paul Schrader with this year's lifetime achievement award. The US director and screenwriter will attend the festival to pick up his Bronze Horse in person. The festival will have a special section devoted to Schrader's past work, and will also screen his ...
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UTV's Spotboy unveils three-picture slate
After establishing movie production brand Spotboy in May this year, UTV Motion Pictures has unveiled a slate of three Hindi films under the new division, to be directed by Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap and debut director Raj Kumar Gupta. Benegal, whose credits include Nishant which screened in competition at Cannes ...