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Asshak, Tales From The Sahara (Asshak, Geschichte Aus Der Sahara)
Dir: Ulrike Koch. Switzerland/Germany/Netherlands 2004. 110mins.Effectively an ethnographic documentary reinforced with a slender strand of narrative, Asshak is a generally engrossing portrait of the customs and beliefs of the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara. Given the current favour for films with an ethnographic and environmental slant, notably The Story Of ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC
ScreenDaily.com's latest territory chart addition, Czech Republic, enjoyed strong local input last weekend as two new home-made comedies claimed the second and third chart positions behind Return Of The King - in its second week in the territory.Both released on 25 screens, Falcon's Jak Basnici Neztraceji Nadeji played best in ...
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War (Vojna)
Dir: Jake Mahaffy. USA 2004. 84 mins.Virtually a one-man labour of love, Jake Mahaffy's War is one of those works that French critics sometimes term a 'UFO' - a film that comes out of nowhere, or comes direct and unmediated from its director's unconscious. Working over four years without no ...
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BULGARIA
Despite only playing its third weekend in Bulgaria The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King has already lost its box office crown.The 11-time Oscar nominated fantasy film dropped 63% in its third weekend in the Eastern European territory and saw its number one position go to newcomer ...
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Galaxy signs up stars for April blast off
The cast for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - which is set to shoot at Elstree Studios in the UK from April - is rounding out.Hip-hop star and actor Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel and The Office star Martin Freeman have all been confirmed for the Spyglass Entertainment/Walt Disney Co. ...
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Damon takes control of Behaviour
International sales specialist Mark Damon is taking control of troubled Montreal production and distribution entity Behaviour Communications, potentially halting the piece-meal disintegration of what was once one of Canada''s leading entertainment companies. In a last-ditch rescue operation, Damon, who heads of LA-based Behaviour Worldwide, is converting $5.7m owed him by ...
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BBC in crisis as director general Dyke quits
BBC director general Greg Dyke has resigned in the wake of the official Hutton inquiry into the death of scientist David Kelly.Dyke's decision to step down follows BBC chairman Gavyn Davies' resignation on Wednesday, shortly after the report was published.The BBC has announced that Dyke's deputy Mark Byford will step ...
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Monster launch for new German theatrical player
Leading German DVD distributor e-m-s new media is to launch its own in-house theatrical distribution arm 3L Filmverleih to release the Oscar-nominated Monster for which it holds the German language rights.The new outfit is expected to handle between five and eight releases each year, with Monster being the first 3L ...
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Ex-Deutsche Columbia chief joins Falcom Media
Producer Andrea Willson has been recruited by the Swiss rights trader/distributor Falcom Media Group to manage the company's expansion into German language production as a "second strategic business unit" alongside the core business of rights trading.Berlin-based Willson, who ceased being the managing director of Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion (DCPF) when ...
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Solanas doc set to open Fribourg festival
Veteran Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas, who will receive an Honorary Golden Bear at next month's Berlinale, will be presenting his new documentary La Memoria Del Saqueo as the opening film for this year's Fribourg International Film Festival (March 21-28).According to the festival organisers, Solanas' film will be complemented by a ...
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France's CNC outlines Soficas spending for 2004
France's national cinema centre, the CNC, has announced figures for Sofica funds to be pumped into production in 2004.There are currently nine such tax shelters which collected Euros 40.99m in 2003. Under their obligation to invest 90% of annually raised funds, the Soficas will invest Euros 36.89m.In 2002 Euros 35.14m ...
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Canadian production 'under siege', says report
Competition from off-shore shooting destinations trying to lure US projects is causing concern amongst Canadian producers, according to the annual report issued by the Canadian Film and Television Production Association.Foreign-financed shoots spent US$1.42bn in 2001-2002, nearly 40% of the country's total production volume of US$3.7bn.Although there was an increase of ...
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Berlusconi government boosts support for Italian film
A report has surprisingly revealed that while the Italian government upped its investment in Italian films by 34.8% last year compared to 2002, private investment in local titles dropped a worrying 5.25%,The Italian film industry invested a total of Euros 301.7m in films in 2003, up 8.68% on the previous ...
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Picture This! teams with Forbidden City on Latter Days sales
In an unprecedentedalignment of gay niche companies, Doug Witkins' Picture This! Entertainmentwill handle international sales on Funny Boy Films' Latter Days in association with Forbidden City International.Beverly Hills-basedForbidden City co-produced writer-director C Jay Cox's film with Funny BoyFilms and acquired foreign rights prior to production. It will begin acting asthe ...
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Newmark/Echelon acquires A Tale Of Two Pizzas
Production, financing,international sales and distribution house Echelon Entertainment has acquired Vincent Sassone's romantic comedy A Tale Of Two Pizzas.Newmark/Echelon Entertainment Group plans a domestic releasebefore the summer.Set in Yonkers, New York, the story centres on two families whofeud over a secret pizza sauce recipe and stars Vincent Pastore (TheSopranos) and ...
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Gaumont realigns with Columbia TriStar for French distribution alliance
Columbia TriStar Films France and French studio Gaumont haveformed Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films in a deal that will see the new entitydistribute in France all films produced and acquired for France by SonyPictures Entertainment, Columbia TriStar and Gaumont.Headed up by Columbia Tri Star International's current presidentEric Brune, the joint venture ...
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India's Penta in talks with Digital Domain
Indian computer graphics and animation company Penta Media and US-based Digital Domain are in talks about creating a joint venture.Although details of the talks are not public, the two companies are understood to be discussing both a technical and financial alliance.Meanwhile Penta and Silicon Valley-based 3D animation company 3Dmax Media ...
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Oscar nominees set to capitalise on recognition led by King
New Line International's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return OfThe King shouldcapitalise on its 11 Academy Award nominations in all its markets and nowherewill this be felt more acutely than in Italy, where the film scored a record$12.2m opening last weekend.The fantasy finale has grossed $548.5m at the international ...
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Pixar files for divorce from Disney, relationship to end in 2006
Pixar and Disney broke off talks to extend their existingfive-film deal yesterday (29), leaving the animation cash-cow free to enterdiscussions with other studios competing to distribute its titles beginning in2006.After completing the final two films under the current agreementwith Disney - The Incredibles in 2004 and Cars in 2005 - ...
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Mean Creek
Dir: Jacob Estes. US. 2004. 87mins.One of the hidden treasures at the Sundance Film Festival this year, Mean Creek is a haunting teenage take on Deliverance in which a prank turns to tragedy. Sombre, gripping and often painfully true in its evocation of teenage concerns, it marks a stunning directorial ...