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MIFED: UK's Film Company enjoys bumper sales
Defying the economic and political gloom, UK foreign sales outfit The Film Company enjoyed a busy MIFED.It sold Zombie Dawn of the Dead to Gaga Communications, comfortably Japan's leading buyer in MilanUK independent title The Bunker was sold to Mi-Pic for Japan, AMIK Films for Spain, GMI for South Korea, ...
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Film-makers protest Iran's treatment of Milani
Film-makers' association Facets Multimedia, critics group FIPRESCI and dozens of film directors have voiced their support for jailed Iranian auteur Tahmineh Milani, who faces execution over her recent film The Hidden Half.Industry luminaries who have appealed to the Iranian government to relent include Francis Ford Coppola, Ang Lee, Steven Soderbergh, ...
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MIFED: Paradiso nets magnificent seven for Benelux
Territories making themselves noticed this MIFED by the numbers and activity of their buyers included Benelux, Turkey and Russia. One company from Benelux was particularly busy. Brussels-based independent distributor Paradiso Entertainment bought Benelux rights to The Human Stain and The Adopted from Lakeshore. From New Line, a regular source of ...
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Belgian Film Archive wins funding reprieve
Belgium's federal government decided today to increase annual subsidies to the Royal Belgian Film Archives and Cinematheque by 70% to $1.7m (Euros2m). This comes into effect from 2002.The decision follows months of heavy lobbying by both local and international film personalities, including Cannes festival head Gilles Jacob, Belgian film-maker Andre ...
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Canal Plus Group hires Parize, Jezequel
Vivendi Universal subsidiary, Canal Plus Group has appointed Isabelle Parize as chief operating officer of Canal Plus Distribution and Jean-Francois Jezequel as senior vice president, technology.Parize, who has held a variety of marketing positions within Procter & Gamble and Schwarzkopf Henkel, will be responsible for Canal Plus' distribution businesses in ...
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Steve Golin files suit against Kinowelt
A war of words has erupted between US producer Steve Golin and German powerhouse Kinowelt USA and Kinowelt Productions.Chris Sievernich, head of Kinowelt USA, reacted with surprise yesterday after Golin and his production company Overt Productions Inc filed a breach of contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court saying that ...
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Cannes sales deals
Skouras Films has picked up US rights to two pictures - Pavel Lounguine's The Wedding (La Noce) from Flach Pyramide International and Clara Law's The Goddess Of 1967 from Fortissimo Film Sales.La Noce, which was produced by Catherine Dussart and played in competition at Cannes last year, is the story ...
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Cannes expands out-of-competition line-up
Three more titles have been added to the Cannes festival sidebar Un Certain Regard while the organisers have also announced a special open-air screening of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie From Montmartre, which goes on French release tomorrow (Wed, April 25). Un Certain Regard now takes in Stanley Kwan's gay drama Beijing ...
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Nouvelle Vague meets New Vanguard on Croisette
This year's Cannes Film Festival presents an intriguing clash between enfant terribles of world cinema past and present, as old guard auteurs take on a bevy of recent Croisette favourites plus a smattering of unknown quantities and the first ever Hollywood animation in competition.The Official Selection, as ever an annual ...
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Warner Bros. creates new position in marketing
Diane Nelson has been promoted to senior vice president of family entertainment for Warner Bros. corporate marketing and planning. In her newly created position, she will report to Sandy Reisenbach, executive vice president of marketing and planning.Nelson will be responsible for development and management of Warner Bros.' children's and family ...
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Zucker upped to senior exec VP at Columbia TriStar
Mark Zucker has been promoted to senior executive vice president of distribution for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors Intl.The promotion was announced by Jeff Blake, worldwide president of marketing and distribution, to whom Zucker will report.Zucker, ,who has been with the studio for 11 years, will be responsible for all aspects ...
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Village Cinemas Int'l appeals against ruling
Cinema operator Village Cinemas International (VCI) is facing a possible multi-million dollar payout to Charles Wesoky, former consultant for the company in Europe for breach of contract, according to the Australian Associated Press.After a ruling in the Australian Federal Court which found that VCI had breached its contract with Wesoky ...
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Stolen Summer wins Damon and Affleck's Greenlight
Dino De Laurentiis will be the chairman and keynote speaker at the Montreal World Film Festival's annual industry forum, the Film Market Conference.The producer of films ranging from Serpico and Barbarella to the ongoing Hannibal Lecter franchise is seen an apt speaker for the French-Canadian event due to his experience ...
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UK cinema chain exploits uncertain climate
Amid cinema consolidation in the US and a nine per-cent downturn in the UK television advertising market in the first seven weeks of 2001, UK exhibition giant Warner Village Cinemas has secured a proven vehicle for increasing brand awareness. The company has signed a $1,455,400 (£1m) deal to sponsor the ...
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MARKET UPDATE
SULLIVAN UNVEILS THREE PROJECTS FOR NEW FEATURE ARMToronto-based Sullivan Entertainment Group has put forward three projects,including an animated version of its Anne Of Green Gables franchise, for production through its newly-launched feature film division. The first project, the $8m Anne: The Animated Movie set for completion in September, is slated ...
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Gladiator dominates Baftas, but Bell is best actor
Jamie Bell, the young star of Stephen Daldry's featurefilm debut, Billy Elliot, has won the Bafta award for best leading actor- despite having been overlooked in the Oscar nominations.Bell, who claimed that he almost didn't bother attending theawards, given the caliber of the competition, beat the Oscar-nominated RussellCrowe to the ...
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Video keeps VCL profits on course
While Germany's VCL Film + Medien has flagged ambitions to move into the UK, Benelux and Scandinavia and last year made a splash on the production finance scene, the company delivered on-target results powered by its German home entertainment business. Rated Germany's number two video distributor with a 12.2% market ...
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Additional Berlin Film Festival prizes
Additional prizes at the 51st Berlin International Film FestivalPIPER HEIDSIECK NEW TALENT AWARD:best young actress for her first major role: Angelica Lee Sinje (Ai Ni Ai Wo)PIPER HEIDSIECK NEW TALENT AWARD:best young actor for his first major role ex aequo to Cui Lin and Li Bin (Beijing Bicycle)CRYSTAL BEAR:for best ...
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Danny Boyle to speak at UK's Production Show
Danny Boyle, whose credits include Trainspotting and The Beach and who is now editing two digital films for BBC2, will be discussing his career at the Production Show Movie Day on March 14 at London's Olympia.The Q&A session, which will be chaired by Screen's editor-in-chief Colin Brown, will kick off ...
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Ozon rounds up femmes for next project
Acclaimed French auteur Francois Ozon has unveiled a stellar cast for his next film Huit Femmes. Pitched as a femme whodunnit involving a murder committed on Christmas Eve, the film is set to star Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Virginie Ledoyen, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Danielle Darrieux, Vahina Goicante and Firmine ...