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Molfenter named as Babelsberg managing director
Babelsberg's new owners have appointed Henning Molfenter asmanaging director of Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures (SBMP).It is the first major personnel decision made by CarlWoebcken and Christoph Fisser since they officially took over the German studiosfrom Vivendi Universal on September 1.Molfenter replaces Thierry Potok, who attempted anunsuccessful management buyout of the ...
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Rosetta director to head short film jury at Cannes
Belgian director Luc Dardenne, who directed last year's Palme d'Or-winning feature Rosetta, will this year head the Cannes jury for the short film and Cinefoundation sections.Other members of the jury include directors Francesca Comencini, Claire Denis and Abderrahmane Sissako and the actress Mira Sorvino.Dardenne, who shared writing, producing and directing ...
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EuropaCorp bankrolls Brazilian drugs thriller
Two Brazilian brothers have secured $1m investment from LucBesson's studio EuropaCorp for the European company's firstco-production in Latin America. The deal was announced at the Rio InternationalFilm Festival.The deal with Erik and Christian de Castro is for adrugs-based thriller called Federal whichwas written by Erik, aged 33, and is being ...
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Foreign hopefuls jockey for position in Oscar race
The foreign language Oscar race kicks off in earnest thisweek after the deadline for submissions closed on Friday (Oct 1).The last few days before the deadline saw a flurry ofheavyweight films added to the long list of contenders (see list, below).They included Venice prize winner The Sea Inside by Spain's ...
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here! Films takes US rights to Horizon's Eternal
Paul Colichman and Stephen P Jarchow's US distribution outfit here! Films has acquired domesticrights to Wilhelm Liebenberg and Federico Sanchez's thriller Eternal from Horizon Entertainment.here! Films will release Eternal in early 2005; Horizon willhandle worldwide sales and premiere the feature at AFM in November.Eternal wasproduced by Liebenberg and Sanchez, who ...
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Wimbledon stays top at UK box office for Universal/UIP
Universal's Wimbledon remains the top picture in the UK after adding $2.8m in itssecond weekend for 19% market share and a $7.6m running total.The romantic comedy opened third in Australia through UIP on anestimated $1.4m on 210 screens, while $180,000 on 45 in New Zealand was goodenough for fourth place.Overall ...
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Shark Tale breaks October opening record for DreamWorks
DreamWorks' animated Shark Tale snapped up the biggest October openingof all time at the weekend, defying a broadly unenthused critical response togross an estimated $49.1m.In a debut that bodes well for the proposed spin-off ofDreamWorks' animation unit, Shark Tale recorded the studio's second biggest ever opening behind Shrek2's $108m back ...
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DreamWorks scores second animated megahit of '04 with Shark Tale
DreamWorks' animated Shark Tale snapped up the biggest October openingof all time at the weekend, defying a broadly unenthused critical response togross an estimated $49.1m.In a debut that bodes well for the proposed spin-off ofDreamWorks' animation unit, Shark Tale recorded the studio's second biggest ever opening behind Shrek2's $108m back ...
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The Syndicate hires Rainin for feature after short wins award
Filmmaker Michael Rainin has been hired by LA production companyThe Syndicate to shoot the $1m feature Learning To Fly after his short Waiting For Woody Allen won the Discovering New Artist Award atthe Los Angeles International Short Film Festival.The Syndicate sponsored theaward and chose Rainin from 500 short filmmakers as ...
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Bacon, Winslet to receive honorary awards at Santa Barbara
Kevin Bacon and Kate Winsletare to receive honourary awards at the upcoming 20th annual Santa BarbaraInternational Film Festival (SBIFF), which runs from Jan 28-Feb 6 2005.Bacon, who is generating buzz for his role as a paedophile in theupcoming drama The Woodsman, will receive the American Riviera Award highlighting his career,while ...
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IFC Films, Focus team to co-acquire Bier's Brothers
IFC Films and Focus Features have jointly acquired US rights fromTrust Film Sales to Susanne Bier's Danish language drama Brothers, the Toronto hit that earned top actinghonours for Connie Nielsen and Ulrich Thomsen at San Sebastien.The collaboration marks the first time the distributors haveteamed up. IFC will take the lead ...
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Arcand's awards run continues with Directors Guild of Canada accolade
Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions continued its winning ways, earning Arcandthe Directors Guild of Canada Outstanding Achievement in Direction - FeatureFilm prize and earning the film the Outstanding Team Achievement prize.Accepting the prize, Arcand quipped that the win was necessarybecause four months had passed since he had last received an ...
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Circus
Dir: Rob Walker. UK. 2000. 96 mins.Prod Co: Film Development Corporation. US dist: Sony Pictures. Int'l dist: Columbia TriStar. Prod: Alan Latham, James Gibb. Scr: David Logan. DoP: Ben Seresin. Prod des: James Merifield. Ed: Oral Norrie Ottley. Mus: Simon Boswell. Main cast: John Hannah, Famke ...
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Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes)
Dir. Luis Mandoki. Mexico. 2004. 120mins.Luis Mandoki, the Mexican film-maker whohas built a comfortable career around middling Hollywood melodramas such as WhenA Man Loves A Woman and Message In A Bottle, returns to his LatinAmerican roots with a powerful true story about a young boy growing up in themidst of ...
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Yesterday
Dir. Darrell James Roodt.S Africa. 2004. 91mins.Yesterday, DarrellJames Roodt's touching and only too familiar African tragedy, which claims tobe the first Zulu-language feature, has more to offer than unfamiliar language,spectacular landscapes and a touch of exoticism.Without entering any of thepolitical minefields that many films about South Africa (Forgiveness, CountryOf My ...
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HONG KONG 4 October
New Police Story, starring and produced by Jackie Chan, beatTom Hanks vehicle The Terminal to thetop spot at the Hong Kong box office, grossing US$1,263,166 from 58 screens inits first six days on release.Produced by JCEMovies, Chan's joint venture with local tycoon Albert Yeung, the film has beenlauded as a ...
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Civilian Content celebrates Summer sales
Pawel Pawlikowski's My Summer Of Love has racked up$2.3m worth of international sales, according to financing and sales outfitCivilian Content.Ina statement to the London Stock Exchange it said the sales significantlyexceeded management's expectations. The sales were handled by Civilian's salessubsidiary The Works.At last month's Toronto Film Festival, the Works sold ...
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Danish Film Institute names Ramskov as production chief
The board of the Danish Film Institute has appointed JoergenRamskov as its new manager for production and development. He will beresponsible for the DFI department charged with spending Euros 16.5m on backingDanish film.Ramskov replaces Lars Feilberg who resigned earlier thisyear.Atrained journalist, the 47 year-old Ramskov has worked for the DanishBroadcasting ...
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Germany's Downfall proves a hit with buyers
Germany's EOS Distribution saidthat Germany's Oscar hopeful The Downfall by Oliver Hirschbiegel has nowbeen sold in more than 25 territories and demand from buyers is still strong.Thefilm, which puts a human face on tyrant Adolf Hitler, was last week sold toSandrew Metronome for Scandinavia and to Best Hollywood for Hungary. ...
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League Of Gentlemen starts Dublin, London shoot
Principal photography has begun on the feature film The League of Gentlemen - Royston Vasey (working title).Directed by Steve Bendelack, The League of Gentlemen - Royston Vasey is from the team behind the award winning UK comedy TV series TheLeague of Gentlemen, created by and starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton,Reece ...