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Kontroll named as Hungarian Oscar contender
NimrodAntal's debut feature Kontroll has been named as the official Hungarianentry for the 77th Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category.Antal's featurefilm was premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes where it won the Prix de la Jeunesse.Since Cannes, Kontroll has been invited to numerous film festivals including ...
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The Wog Boy sails past A$10m mark
The Wog Boy, a broad Australian comedy with a strong Greek influence, has passed the A$10m mark at the local box office, and now has only four titles to overtake to make it into the all-time top 10 of locally-produced films.A mainstream film that reaches A$10m is regarded as a ...
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Final bids tabled for Odeon cinema chain
The three final bidders for Odeon couldlearn as early as today who has succeeded in buying the UK cinema chain formore than £380m ($683m), according to wire and newspaper reports.U.S. buyout giant Blackstone, Britishfinancier Guy Hand's Terra Firma Capital Partners and Iranian property investorRobert Tchenguiz were all set to submit ...
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Fox International embarks on Dodgeball roll-out
Surprise US hit Dodgeball launches in its first majorinternational territories this weekend and Fox International will be hopingthat star Ben Stiller - whose Starsky & Hutch is now coming to theend of its better-than-expected international run - can drive the film to astrong international total.Dodgeball's broad comedy resulted in a ...
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Chiocchi earns creative advertising stripes at Universal
Veteran Hollywood marketing executive Frank Chiocchi has beenpromoted to executive vice president of creative advertising at UniversalPictures.Chiocchi will report to Universal's marketing president AdamFogelson and will oversee all aspects of creative advertising for upcomingUniversal releases including Friday Night Lights, Cinderella Manand American Gangster.Previously serving as senior vice president of creativeadvertising, ...
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The Machinist, Brother To Brother bookend IFP market
Brad Anderson's The Machinist and Rodney Evans' BrotherTo Brother will bookend the 26th annual IFP Market & Conference, whichruns from Sept 19-24 in New York.The Machinist, which stars Batman-to-beChristian Bale and is set to be released in the US through Paramount Classicson Oct 22, will get the Sept 20 opening ...
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DreamWorks COO Hahn's exit fuels succession rumours
Veteran Hollywood executive Helene Hahn is to retire from her jobas DreamWorks' chief operating officer, fuelling speculation that Miramax chiefoperating officer Rick Sands will step in to replace her.While no replacement announcement seems to be imminent, DreamWorksis believed to be negotiating with Sands.Hahn's decision to leave the company she has ...
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Evans to receive Leadership Award at Toronto
Legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans is to be presented withthe Leadership Award at a gala evening for charity Best Buddies during thisyear's Toronto International Film Festival.The Sept 13 event will see Evans, producer of The Godfatherand Chinatown among other classics, join a list of previous awardwinners that includes Muhammad Ali, ...
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Balaguero cranks up Flockhart thriller for Filmax
Spain's Filmax begins shooting today (Monday) on itslatest English-language outing, Jaume Balaguero's Fragile starring Calista Flockhart and rising Spanishactress Elena Anaya.The thriller, Balaguero's follow-up to 2002's Darkness and co-scripted with Jordi Galceran, will shoot fornine weeks between Barcelona and England's Isle of Wight. The budget wasnot disclosed. Filmax's Julio Fernandez ...
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Pusan project market shortlists 23 Asian features
New projects byThai director Nonzee Nimibutr (Jan Dara), Taiwanese actor-turned-director Lee Kang-Sheng (TheMissing) and Korean BongJoon-ho (Memories Of Murder) are among the 23 Asian features that will compete for financing atthe 2004 Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP).Asia's biggestproject market has cast its net particularly wide in its latest edition,encompassing projects from ...
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Soda snaps up Untold Scandal for UK
UK distributor Soda Pictureshas closed a deal with CJ Entertainment to pick up UK and Ireland rights tosumptuous Korean drama Untold Scandal. The film had previously been selected for the ongoing Edinburghfestival, but was recently upgraded to become the closing film. It will closethe festival on Sunday (29 Aug).Directed by ...
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San Sebastian names Floor as closing film
Tod Williams' The Door In The Floor has been selected as the closing film for theupcoming San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 17-25).Jeff Bridges and Tod Williams are expected to be on-hand forthe festival's closing gala. The film co-stars Kim Basinger, Jon Fosterand Mimi Rogers in the tragic tale of ...
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Human Resources (Ressources Humaines)
Dir: Laurent Cantet. France. 1999. 100 mins.Prod Co: A La Sept Arte/Haut et Court production with the participation of Centre National de la Cinematographie, Procirep, BBC Films. Int'l Sales: Celluloid Dreams. US sales: Menemsha Entertainment. Prods: Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta. Exec Prod: Barbara Letellier. Scr: Laurent Cantet, Gilles Marchand. DoPs: ...
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Denmark selects Obstructions as Oscar choice
Lars von Trier and Joergen Leth's provocative andplayful experimental documentary The Five Obstructions has been selected as Denmark's official Oscarcandidate for best foreign language film category.The film had its world premiere in Venice last year and hassince won acclaim across the world, screening in Toronto, Amsterdam andSundance among others. Two ...
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New Yorker takes My Eyes for US
Spanish sales house Sogepaq has closed a deal with NewYorker Films for US distribution of award-winning local drama Take My Eyes.New Yorker is expected to premiere the film in 2005. The USwas the last of the major territories to sell excluding Germany, which Sogepaqsays it is near to closing.Take My ...
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Leigh's Vera Drake to open London Film Festival
Mike Leigh's Vera Drake has been named as the opening night film for The Times bfi 48th London Film Festival on October 20.David O. Russell's I Heart Huckabees will close the festival on November 4.The Opening Night Gala will be the UK premiere ofLeigh's Vera Drake, which starsImelda Staunton and ...
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Fox, UGC to end French distribution partnership
Twentieth Century Fox and UGC are ending their French theatricaljoint distribution venture UGC Fox Distribution (UFD) and will launch separatedistribution operations in the territory at the start of 2005.In a joint statement, the companies attributed the end to volumeand shifting conditions in the French marketplace."With the number of titles UGC ...
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ThinkFilm, New Line Home Entertainment sign US video deal
Independent distributor ThinkFilm has signed a US videodistribution deal with New Line Home Entertainment.Among the first titles to be released on DVD and VHS under the newpartnership will be Stephen Fry's British period drama Bright Young Thingsand Bayambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni's German-Mongolian documentary TheStory Of The Weeping Camel.Though the ...
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Evergreen gets AMC digital roll-out
Under what the parties involved describe as a "unique partnership",independent US feature Evergreen will be digitally distributed to 115AMC theatres in 27 major US markets.The family drama, written and directed by newcomer Enid Zentelis,will premiere on Sept 10, being presented digitally using AMC's proprietaryDigital Theatre Distribution System (DTDS).The system eliminates ...
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Indie icon Smith readies The Passion Of The Clerks
Ten years after he burst onto the US indie scene with Clerks,filmmaker Kevin Smith has decided to make a sequel to the now almost legendaryno-budget comedy. Smith will direct The Passion Of The Clerks from hisown screenplay, with principal photography set to begin next January andMiramax set to distribute.Brian O'Halloran ...