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Soft Money - The United Kingdom
The UKAn extraordinarily generous public purse is making the UK one of the best options for producers - British and foreign - looking to raise budgets through tax breaks and public subsidy. Adam Minns, Tim Dams and Nick Hunt reportIn the UK, the money raised for film financing through both ...
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The Touch (Tian Mai Chuanqi)
Dir: Peter Pau. HK-Taiwan-China. 2002. 103minsAn 'Indiana Jones' with Chinese characteristics, The Touch is a sumptuous adventure whose hi-tech visuals are undercut by that most low-tech aspect of filmmaking: the script. Michelle Yeoh's initial venture as both producer and star possesses a glossy sheen but, due to scenario deficiencies, ultimately ...
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Sixth Sense now in all-time worldwide top ten
The Sixth Sense, the supernatural thriller starring Bruce Willis and critically acclaimed youngster Haley Joel Osment, is still raking in box office revenue from around the world. After a spectacular opening in Spain last week and a third week at the top of the French box office, the film's tally ...
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25th Hour
Dir: Spike Lee. US 2002. 135minsA cautionary tale about the consequences of knowingly breaking the law, 25th Hour contains a commanding performance by the supremely-talented Edward Norton that is likely to generate an Oscar nomination for the actor but not greatly increase the box office. Spike Lee's films are always ...
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Havana fest honours City Of God, Suddenly
Over 500 films were screened at Havana's 24th Festival of New Latin American Cinema, confirming the pre-eminence of Brazil and Argentina in the region.Fernardo Meireilles' magnificent epic City of God shared the top prize, the Premio Coral, with Diego Lerman's sparkling debut, Suddenly. These two films, along with A Red ...
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Rotterdam sidebars underline event's artistic integrity
New sidebars featuring Indian film-makers and a back to its roots examination of digital film-making, underline the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)'s commitment to cinema at the artistic end of the scale. The festival (Jan 22- Feb 2) has picked Indian director Girish Kasaravalli for retrospective treatment in its regular ...
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German insolvency blow softened by Peppermint takeover
Helkon Media's production subsidiary Kinofilm Muenchen Filmproduktion and the Vienna-based associated company Helkon Media GesmbH have become the latest divisions of the bankrupt German media group to file proceedings for insolvency. Kinofilm Muenchen Filmproduktion, which produced such films as Hans-Guenther Buecking's Die Haeupter Meiner Lieben and Peter Gersina's Vienna, submitted ...
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Anouk Aimee to get Berlinale lifetime achievement award
French actress Anouk Aimee will be honoured with the Berlinale's Homage and receive a Lifetime Achievement Golden Bear at a screening of Lola on February 13.Announcing the tribute, festival director Dieter Kosslick stated that "Anouk Aimee is one of the great European stars to whom we owe so many ...
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Spain's Prodigius Audiovisual unveils first three projects
Prodigius Audiovisual, the new TV movie joint production venture of Spanish media groups DeAPlaneta and MEDIApro, has unveiled its first three projects in a push to produce and back ten made-for-TV movies per year.Jaume Santacana, the newly-appointed director of the venture, says as many as half those ten projects could ...
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Kino launches Kedma at New York Jewish festival
Kino International hasannounced that Israeli director Amos Gitai's drama Kedma will receive its US premiere on Jan 23, 2003, as theclosing film of the 12th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival. This will befollowed by a two-week run at Makor from Jan 27-Feb 6, where the picture willplay twice a ...
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MGM TV reorganises US sales operations
In light of agrowing global production and distribution role, MGM Worldwide TelevisionDistribution Group has reorganised its US sales operations, with Paul Danylikarriving as senior vice-president of national sales and Joe Patrick relocatingto Los Angeles from MGM's UK office to serve as vice president of basicand pay cable sales. The announcement ...
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Great American Songbook to close Palm Springs fest
Performer-composer MichaelFeinstein's The Great American Songbook, a homage to American musicals and song, will closethe 14th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan 19, 2003.Feinstein will perform after the screening while the evening will be hosted bywriter-comedian Bruce Vilanch. Carol Channing and Jerry Herman will also appearon stage as ...
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Schmidt, Adaptation lead US broadcast critics noms
AlexanderPayne's About Schmidt and Spike Jonze's Adaptation each received four nominations includingbest picture today (Dec 17) from the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA),which announced its 10 Best Films of 2002 as well as a host of nominees inother categories.In addition toits best picture nod About Schmidt yielded a best actor ...
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Video Networks boosts film slate with studio deals
Video Networks, the UK company that operates video-on-demand (VoD) service Homechoice, has struck feature film deals with Buena Vista International Television and Columbia TriStar International Television.Pictures covered in the deal include foreign-language Oscar-winner Life Is Beautiful, Central Station and The Waterboy. The new contracts lift Homechoice's film slate to ...
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70s cinema doc gets multi-platform release by IFC
The Independent Film Channel(IFC) announced today (Dec 16) a multi-platform distribution plan for ADecade Under The Influence, theextensive account of cinema in the 1970s that was film-maker Ted Demme'slast project before he died. The picture, which was co-directed by RichardLaGravenese who made Living Out Loud, is set to premiere in ...
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Sundance I: Festival announces Native Forum lineup 2003
The SundanceInstitute announced details of the 9th Native Forum programme for the 2003Sundance Film Festival today (Dec 17). The Native Forum highlights films madeby Native Americans and indigenous peoples and opens on Jan 17 with the USpremiere of Alanis Obomsawin's new documentary Is The Crown At WarWith Us' The rest ...
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Sundance II: 3rd annual online film festival launched
The SundanceInstitute today (Dec 17) launched the Third Annual Sundance Online FilmFestival at www.sundance.org. This year's event runs until Feb 5, 2003,and features 31 projects in four categories: Animation, Short Subject, Galleryand New Forms. Participating films will be highlighted during the mainfestival, which runs from Jan 16-26, in the Zenith ...
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Had To Be Made year-round film festival launched in US
The inauguralHad To Be Made Film Festival (HTBMFF), which seeks to raise public awareness ofAmerican independent pictures by making its entire programme available forrental at participating video stores, has announced its first call for entries.Festival director Michael Kyle said yesterday (Dec 16) that the event willlaunch on Feb 1, 2003 ...
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Francois Ozon returns to Focus Features
Focus Featureshas acquired US distribution rights to the thriller Swimming Pool, the latest picture by 8 Women director Francois Ozon, from sales agentCelluloid Dreams. Announcing the move today (Dec 17), Focus co-presidents DavidLinde and James Schamus said Swimming Pool will be released in 2003.Swimming Pool is the first English-language picture ...
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Dirty Pretty Things continues strong run of product for Buena Vista
Buena Vista International scored with another strong limited release performer this week as Dirty Pretty Things grossed an impressive $225,541 (£141,865) from just 50 sites. The drama, from British director Stephen Frears, showed a strong per site average of $4,511, laying claim to seventh position in the chart.Dirty Pretty Things ...