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Berlinale's Kinderfilmfest unveils line-ups
The Berlinale's Kinderfilmfest sidebar has confirmed the lineups of films for its traditional competition section and 14plus, the new competition for youth films (see ScreenDaily.com, Nov 2003).Twelve feature length films, including Inke Houtmann's Polleke, Richard Berry's Moi, Cesar 10 Ans 1/2 1M 39 and Paul Morrison's Wondrous Oblivion, have been ...
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Ex-bank manager tipped as Biennale president
It is proving to be a very busy week for Italy's cultural minister, Giuliano Urbani: Today (Jan 15), he is expected to name ex-bank manager Davide Croff as the new president of the Biennale, the organization that runs the Venice Film Festival, and on Friday he will present to Parliament ...
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Italian video market posts strong gains in 2003
Italy's home entertainment market had a booming year in 2003 thanks partly to a successful battle against piracy and to the strength of DVDs, national home video organisation Univideo said on Wednesday.According to Univideo's latest figures, the Italian home entertainment sector registered a turnover of Euros 697m in 2003, as ...
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Theatre impresario Teddy Solomon named Showester 2004
TG 'Teddy' Solomon, chairman of the board of Gulf States Theatres, will receivethe 2004 ShoWester of the Year Award at the upcoming ShoWest convention, whichruns in Las Vegas from Mar 22-25.Solomonwill receive his award at the opening ceremony on Mar 23. He founded GulfStates Theatres in 1948 and quickly established ...
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Theatre impresario Teddy Solomon named Showester 2004
TG 'Teddy' Solomon, chairman of the board of Gulf States Theatres, will receivethe 2004 ShoWester of the Year Award at the upcoming ShoWest convention, whichruns in Las Vegas from Mar 22-25.Solomonwill receive his award at the opening ceremony on Mar 23. He founded GulfStates Theatres in 1948 and quickly established ...
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Murdoch to visit Indian politicians
Rupert Murdoch will visit India for five days from March 12 to review the expansion of Star TV. The News Corp boss was facing an arrest warrant in India until recently because a participant on the Nikki Tonight show, broadcast on Star, had abused Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi.The visit will ...
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PGA hooks up with Intel Corp
The Producers Guild ofAmerica (PGA) has formed a relationship with Intel Corporation to bring itsmembers up to speed with the modern age by developing business opportunities,film-making technologies and delivery systems.The partners will create aseries of ongoing programmes and seminars to broaden the skills of its producermembers and marry the requirements ...
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Tribeca launches So You Wanna Be in Pictures' expo
TribecaEnterprises, the latest business venture of Tribeca Film Festival co-foundersRobert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, will launch abehind-the-scenes entertainment show at New York's Jacob JavitsCentre at the end ofthe year.DubbedSo You Wanna Be In Pictures', the event will run from Nov 20-22 and offerinteractive exhibits, hardware and software ...
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Gina Kwon wins Mark Silverman Fellowship New Producers grant
GinaKwon will receive the 2004 Mark Silverman Fellowship for New Producers, anaward set up in partnership with the Sundance Institute to help independentproducers finance their projects.Kwonwill receive a $5,000 cash grant to be used in pre-production on Miranda July'sMe And You And Everyone We Know, which is styled as a ...
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Showtime, Strand pair up on The Mudge Boy
ShowtimeNetwork and Strand Releasing have signed a deal to jointly handle thetheatrical release of Michael Burke's drama The Mudge Boy, which isscheduled for release in April.Thestory centres on a 14-year-old misfit's struggle to connect with his fatherfollowing the death of his mother. Emile Hirsch, whose credits include TheEmperor's Club and ...
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Showtime, Strand pair up on The Mudge Boy
ShowtimeNetwork and Strand Releasing have signed a deal to jointly handle thetheatrical release of Michael Burke's drama The Mudge Boy, which isscheduled for release in April.Thestory centres on a 14-year-old misfit's struggle to connect with his fatherfollowing the death of his mother. Emile Hirsch, whose credits include TheEmperor's Club and ...
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Duda moves up, Keramidas moves on at Showtime
Intwo key changes to Showtime Networks' upper management structure, companyveteran Matthew Duda has been promoted to executive vice president ofacquisitions, planning and distribution while executive vice president ofprogramming Peter Keramidas is leaving after 10 years to pursue otherinterests.Keramidaswas involved in many aspects of daily programming department and assumedgreater responsibility in ...
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Piracy concerns resurface as The Last Samurai found online
Thefate of a second Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences member could hangin the balance as investigations continued yesterday into the appearance of anonline pirate copy of The Last Samurai.WarnerBros alerted the Academy on Tuesday (13) and warned of harsh recrimination,however the provenance of the pirate version and the ...
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HUNGARY
Nothing stood a chance when the third episode of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy invaded Hungarian cinemas last weekend. Following the previews and its opening weekend, The Return Of The King has already passed the two hundred thousand admissions mark and it is likely that records will be broken ...
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Berlin reveals 'political' competition selection
More than half of the 18 films confirmed so far for the Berlinale's Competition next month (5-15 February) are world premieres.Moreover, the 2004 edition promises to feature a remarkable number of politically committed films, according to the festival's selectors.Bjorn Runge's Daybreak, Cedric Kahn's Red Lights, Patrice Leconte's Intimate Strangers, Romuald ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
No big news at the Serbian-Montenegrin market in the second weekend of 2004. Tuck is on top with Return Of The King which sold another 15,328 admissions to total of 138,459 and massive cumulative gross of $533,135 in only three weeks.The same distributor successfully opened with Mona Lisa Smile in ...
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Smith appoints four to BFI board
UK culture secretary Chris Smith has appointed Jenny Abramsky, Terry Ilott, David Kustow and Nasreen Munni Kabir to the board of governors of film and TV body the British Film Institute (BFI).Abramsky was appointed director of BBC Radio last year, while Ilott is a film and media analyst with the ...
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Screen Actors Guild unveils Awards nominees
Miramax's The Station Agent and Warner Bros' Mystic River have earned three nominations each for the upcoming 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, taking pride of place in a list that is noticeably light on big studio titles.Peter Dinklage is the surprise inclusion in the best actors category for ...
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Danish Bodil Award nominations reveal some surprises
This year's Danish film critics' nominations for the Bodil awards reveal some unusual differences from those selected by the Danish Film Academy for The ROBERTS.Common to both, Per Fly's The Inheritance led the field with Lars von Trier's Dogville. Both films were nominated as best film, best actor (Ulrich Thomsen ...
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Cinema Service splits from Plenus parent
Cinema Service, one of the two major distributors that dominate the South Korean film market, has announced plans to separate from its parent company Plenus Entertainment.In a public announcement to the Korean KOSDAQ stock exchange, Plenus Entertainment announced, "A formal separation with Cinema Service [...] is currently underway, and the ...