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Local titles fend off Hollywood fare
Despite a great performance from The Bourne Supremacy the highest screen average for the week wasagain reserved for a local film playing in South Korea. Fighter In The Wind (Paramui Paito) placed thirteenth. The film isbased on a comic book based on the life of legendary Korean martial artist ChoiBae-dal ...
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Buena Vista UK promotes marketing, publicity staff
Buena Vista International (BVI) has announced the promotionof Lee Jury to Marketing Director for BVI UK.In addition Phil Cairns has been promoted from SeniorPublicist to Publicity Manager and Amanda Telfer promoted from Publicist toPublicist and Awards Co-ordinator.
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Sogepaq adds Roma to autumn slate
Spain's Sogepaq has picked up international rights to SanSebastian competition title Roma fromveteran Argentine director Adolfo Aristarain.The film joins Sogepaq's fall slate, headlined by AlejandroAmenabar's much-anticipated drama Out ToSea (Mar Adentro) starring Javier Bardem, and Alex de la Iglesia's newblack comedy Ferpect Crime (CrimenFerpecto).A tale spanning 50 years, Roma follows ...
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German DVD distributor moves into theatrical
Leading German DVD distributor e-m-s new media is to take amajority 52.38% stake in theatrical distributor 3L Filmverleih which was set upat the beginning of this year by e-m-s new media's Chairman and CEO WernerWirsing and his wifeIn a statement, e-m-s new media, which will finance itsstake by a capital ...
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Czech film industry slams proposed audiovisual law
The Czech film industry has attacked the country's impending audiovisual legislation because it contains a dramatically scaled down version of proposed film body, the Czech Audiovisual Centre.The Czech Audiovisual Law, intended to bring the country in line with European audiovisual legislation, gets its second reading in parliament on April 27. ...
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Romanian productions get state funding
Romania'sstate film funding body CNC it to contribute to the production of elevenfeatures and eleven shorts.Sixof the features - funded with around Euros 200,000 each - are debuts andinclude Love Sick, byproducer-director Tudor Giurgiu. His previous works include the short film Popcorn Story, a former Berlinaleparticipant.Love Sick is a coming-of-age ...
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Motorcycle kickstarts Edinburgh Film Festival
The EdinburghInternational Film Festival kicked off last night with the gala premiere of The Motorcycle Diaries, with director Walter Salles in attendance.Before the the screening of the film, Salles said: "This is a film made with an open heart and passion and it's a privilege to be here at a ...
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Tsui Hark readies $12m martial arts epic
Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark is gearing up tostart shooting his next feature as director - the US$12m wuxia epic Seven Swords which is scheduled to startproduction next month.Hong Kong stars Leon Lai and Charlie Young are headliningthe cast of the film which is also expected to feature talent ...
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Korean exhibitor to become producer and distributor
Lotte Cinema, operator of one of Korea's largest exhibitionchains, has announced a new andambitious drive to become a major player in the fields of exhibition,distribution, and film finance.The company's plans foresee its current circuit of 10multiplexes -- mostly housed in upscale Lotte department stores - swelling to45 by the end ...
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Wild Bunch takes most of Low Life rights
Frenchsales house Wild Bunch has picked up most international rights to Low Life(Haryu Insaeng) which appears in competition at next month's Venicefestival.The film,directed by Korea's "living legend" Im Kwan-taek, was previously handled byCinema Service and had been presented under the working title Raging Years.The film marks a return to the ...
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Echelon picks up domestic rights to political doc Rabbit Hash
EchelonEntertainment has acquired domestic rights to arguably the most bizarre of thecurrent crop of political documentaries, Jude Gerard Prest's Rabbit Hash:The Centre Of The Universe.Thesatirical picture focuses on an electoral race in the Kentucky town of RabbitHash that returned an actual dog named Goofy as town mayor.Thefilmmakers profile the town's ...
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Palm Springs unveils rich short film talent line-up
Early work from Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and Spike Jonze andshorts directed by or featuring well-known actors are among the biggest everline-up of titles in the upcoming 10th Palm Springs InternationalFestival Of Short Films.A total of 308 short films, up 15% from last year andselected from more than 2,000 entries, ...
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Bigfoot strikes global partnership with Filmmakers Alliance
Fledgling Hong Kong-based production and distribution companyBigfoot Entertainment has signed a worldwide production and distribution dealwith Los Angeles-based collective Filmmakers Alliance.The deal, which was negotiated by Bigfoot president James Hoffmanand Filmmakers Alliance president Jacques Thelemaque and announced last night(18) in Los Angeles, paves the way for the joint creation of ...
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Hong Kong selects foreign-language Oscar entry
Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai's Running On Karma has been selected as Hong Kong's official entryfor the best foreign-language film category of next year's Academy AwardsThe decision was announced by Crucindo Hung, chairman of theFederation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong, who praised the film forcombining elements of mainstream ...
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Deauville unveils 30th anniversary programme
The Deauville Festival of American Film has announced itsprogramme for the upcoming 30th anniversary event.Set to run from September 3 - 12, the festival's jury willbe headed by Claude Lelouch. The director, whose relationship with the seasideNormandy town can be traced back to his seminal film A Man And A ...
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Constantin, Impact join forces to build Stonehenge
Jeremy Bolt and Paul Anderson's UK and US-based production outfit Impact Pictures is partnering with German powerhouse Constantin Film on an adaptation of historical epic Stonehenge 2000 BC.The two companies will jointly produce the picture with Constantin taking worldwide rights in all media. Paul Anderson is to direct subject to ...
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HONG KONG Production Listings - August 19
HONG KONG - August 19PRE-PRODUCTIONINVINCIBLE ARMOUR(I-Animation Ltd) Co-prods: Yuk LongMultimedia, Mandarin Films. Budget: US$2.3m. Backers: Yuk Long Multimedia,Mandarin Films, I-Animation. Int'l sales: Mandarin Films Distribution.Animation. Animated feature film (2D and 3D) based on the action-packed comicbook Magic Weapons. Exec prods: Tony Wong, Raymond Wong, Man Kung. Prod: TonyWong. Dir: Tony ...
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Hong Kong pins hopes on history, horror
The summer boxoffice period has been disappointing for Hong Kong productions. Although localfilms were starting to claw back market share earlier in the year, they've lostout whenever they've squared off against Hollywood's tentpole summer releases.But Hong Kong producers remain bullish in the long-term and several big-budgetprojects - aimed at the ...
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Horas De Luz joins San Sebastian competition
Spanish production HorasDe Luz has been added to the official competition of the San SebastianInternational Film Festival (Sept 17-25).The Sogecine title from director Manolo Matji stars EmmaSuarez (former Julio Medem muse) and Alberto San Juan (Football Days) in the true story-inspired tale of redemption andlove between a convicted murderer and ...
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French producers decry planned tax credit change
French producers are up in arms following news that fiscallegislators are proposing changes to the tax credit system which came intoeffect in January of this year.The tax credit, or credit d'impot, currently allowsproductions and co-productions, which qualify as French under French film board(CNC) guidelines, to write off between 10% and ...