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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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Premier PR expands with Flagship acquisition
Premier PR, the London and LA-based entertainment public relations agency, has acquired Flagship Publicity, the UK based celebrity representation and fashion/luxury goods brand PR..Premier also recently brought in Deborah Harpur to run their Events Management department. Harpur was formerly in charge of Lilac Events at Purple PR. PPR already ...
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Valentin leads Argentine Condor de Plata nods
Valentin, Argentina's official entry for the Oscars, swept the nominations for the country's own Academy awards, the Condor de Plata. Alejandro Agresti's semi-autobiographical comedy/drama grabbed 12 Condor de Plata nominations.Now in its 52nd year, the awards are bestowed by the Association of Film Critics of Argentina. The ceremony is scheduled ...
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Bertolucci's Dreamers to get NC-17 US release
Fox Searchlight is to release the uncut version of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers in February, reviving the dormant NC-17 rating due to its graphic and explicit sexual content.The move marks the first time in its history that Fox Searchlight has released an NC-17-rated film, and the first time a studio ...
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Daybreak leads Sweden's Guldbagge race
Daybreak (Om Jag Vänder Mig Om) by Björn Runge scooped eight Guldbagge nominations, Sweden's equivalent of the Oscars, yesterdayThe drama was nominated for: best film, best director, best actor (Jacob Eklund) and best actress (Ann Petren). Daybreak also got received two supporting actress nominations, as well as for supporting actor ...
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Ray parts company with United Artists
Bingham Ray has left his job as president of United Artists, MGM's speciality division.A key supporter of many European film-makers, Ray has headed UA since August 2001. His contract was due to expire in May, but both he and the studio recently agreed to go separate ways."We discussed this last ...
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UK Film composer Wiseman awarded MBE
Film and TV composer/conductor Debbie Wiseman has been awarded an M.B.E in the Queen's New Years Honours Lists 2004 for services to the film industry.Wiseman has composed over 150 scores for film and television productions including Wilde, Haunted, Before You Go, P.O.W., Judge John Deed, Tom & Viv, The Secret ...
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Master And Commander, Young Adam lead London award noms
Master And Commander and Young Adam lead the nominations for this year's London Film Critics' Circle Awards.Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World received six nominations including film of the year, best director, best actor for Crowe and best British actor for Paul Bettany.Meanwhile, Young Adam leads the ...
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Mexican box office slumps in 2003
Mexico's national film institute Imcine and Chamber of Commerce Canacine are nit picking over details but the final assessment of the country's film industry in 2003 remains dire. Canacine has concluded that Mexican cinema captured a 4.5% share of the overall market but Imcine has given a rosier figure of ...
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Berlinale unveils first Panorama titles
The Berlinale's Panorama section has unveiled the first films to play in its programme at next year's festival (Feb 5-15).Almost a third of next year's selection has now been confirmed, following screenings in Asia, North and South America, as well as Europe.According to the Panorama organisers, this year's main programme ...
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Mexico grants reprieve for endangered film institutions
Fierce pressure from home and abroad has forced President Vicente Fox's government to back pedal on its plans to sell or shut down Mexico's key film institutions. Local legislators have agreed not to include state-backed national film institute Imcine, film school CCC and studio Churubusco in their budget cutback proposal ...
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Golden Globes: full list of nominations
Best Motion Picture - DramaCold MountainThe Lord Of the Rings: The Return Of the KingMaster and Commander: The Far Side Of the World Mystic RiverSeabiscuitBest Motion Picture - Musical Or ComedyBend It Like BeckhamBig FishFinding NemoLost In TranslationLove ActuallyActor In A Leading Role - DramaRussell Crowe Master and Commander: The ...
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Chilean producers develop a taste for horror
For full Chilean production listings click HERE Film production in Chile has not only quadrupled from the average annual output of five to a potential 20 releases next year. Judging from the various titles in post production, filmmakers in Chile are also experimenting in styles and genres. They range ...
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Miravista's Ladies Night is a Mexican smash
Like a much-awaited Christmas present, Mexican cinema finally hasreceived its much needed box office hit. Romantic comedy Ladies Night debuted Wednesday December 10 to becomethe third largest local opening ever in Mexico. The first Mexican production of fledgling Disney Latin Americanproduction label, Miravista, Ladies Night opened with $310,000 (3.1m PESOS) ...
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ARGENTINA
Disney's Brother Bear opened to top the charts this week. However, Clint Eastwood's drama Mystic River achieved the best screen average of 1,975 admissions. Columbia TriStar's SWAT opened in third followed by teen gross out comedy American Pie: The Wedding which came in fourth and benefited from an earlier opening ...
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Brazilian bank BNDES ups investment in local films to $5m
Brazilian bank BNDES has raised its level of commitment to thefilm industry, announcing an increased budget of $5m in support of 41 projects.The investment more than doubles last year's commitment and brings it back inline with the 2001 budget.The announcement comes following the recent news that state-ownedoil company Petrobas has ...
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Stephen Fry awards£10,000 Oscar Moore screen-writing prize
The £10,000 Oscar Moore Screen-writing prize for 2003 has been awarded to Ben Gooder and Philip Greenacre for: A Fine Line - the gripping true story of the rise and fall of Eric Hebborn and his career as an expert art forgerThe Oscar Moore Foundation was set up in 1996, ...
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Checkpoint walks off with top IDFA prize
Israeli director Yoav Shamir has won this year's $15,000 (Eu12,500) Joris Ivens Award at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) for his documentary film Checkpoint.The competition jury, led by German film-maker Monika Treut, also awarded a special jury prize to Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott's The Corporation.Meanwhile, Erik Gandini's ...
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Trio make Joris Ivens shortlist
After an intense week of deliberation that ended yesterday first with a canal trip and then with a closed session at the Hotel Vondel, the jury of this year's Vpro Joris Ivens Award have decided on the shortlist for this year's $15,000 (Eu12,500) prize. Led by German film-maker Monika Treut, ...
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Discovery Docs seeks new talent to mentor
Discovery Docs, the theatrical documentary initiative set up in May this year, is looking for up-and-coming directors which its 'dream team' of heavyweight directors that includes Barbara Kopple, Michael Apted, Peter Gilbert and Nanette Burnstein can mentor. Andrea Meditch, Discovery Docs head of development, who is visiting IDFA for the ...