Patrick Frater
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MTV, A Film strike Asian film deal
MTV and leading Dutchdistributor A Film have struck a wide-ranging licensing and co-branding dealcovering Asian films.
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Spike Lee readies Brazilian music documentary
Spike Lee is to turn documentarian for his next venture behind the camera. Lee is to direct Fusion, a music picture being billed as the director's answer to Buena Vista Social Club.The picture, which will go before the cameras in late May and early June, is a highly polished coverage ...
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French, Chinese film-makers eye closer co-operation
Searching for a new sort of entente cordiale betweenfilmmakers from France and China was at the heart of "French Day" at HongKong's Entertainment Expo.
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Darclight Films picks up kung-fu drama SPL
Darclight Films, the genre division of Australian-US saleshouse Arclight, has picked up international sales rights outside Asia to WilsonYip's forthcoming SPL.
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Quinta names Alatan as head of development
Tarak Ben Ammar's rapidlyexpanding group Quinta Communications has appointed Faruk Alatan as its head ofdevelopment.
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Wedding flies off with Polish Eagles
Wojtek Smarzowski's The Wedding(Wesele) and Kyzysztof Krauze's MyNikifor were the big winners at last weekend's Polish Eagle film awards.
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EU waves through ContentGuard acquisition
The European Union (EU) today agreed to the takeoverof anti-piracy software firm ContentGuard by Microsoft, Time Warner andFrance's Thomson.
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France gears up for Printemps cinema promotion
Films set to benefit includenew releases Hitch, Before Sunset, Saw and local hopeful The BeatThat My Heart Skipped (De Battre Mon Coeur S'Est Arrete). Currentfilms on release include chart-topper Ray, The Ax and Meet TheFockers, which will be in its fifth week
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Investors tune into Premiere's German flotation
Shares in Premiere the German pay-TV operator startedtrading today on the Frankfurt stock exchange at a healthy premium to the offerprice.
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Universal Japan leads buyer rush for April Snow
Koreanproduction house Show East has licensed its now-in-production melodrama AprilSnow acrossAsia, including a key sale to Universal Pictures Japan.
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Korea's LJ Film aspires to international market
LJ Film, the productionhouse behind Sundance and Forum title This Charming Girl, is positioningitself as the gateway between the Korean and international production sectors.
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Bavaria Film closes deals on Berlinale prize-winner Sophie Scholl
Bavaria Film International(BFI) has closed further deals for Marc Rothemund's prize-winning Berlincompetition film Sophie Scholl - The Final Days.
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UPI to set up operations in Russia
Universal PicturesInternational (UPI) is taking its home entertainment operations into Russia, acountry widely seen as one of the major sources of video piracy.
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Bielinski's Aura shines on Celluloid
France'sCelluloid Dreams has picked up international sales rights to The Aura (ElAura), the latest film by Fabian Bielinsky, the Argentinian director ofbreakout hit Nine Queens.
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The Works ties up Berlin deals
The Works licensed PawelPawlikowski's My Summer Of Love to Brazil's Europa. Tara Road was soldto Svensk for Scandinavia, Cinearts bought festival title Tickets forBenelux, while Dongsong bought it for Korea. Israel's Orlando Films boughtcompetition film The Sun for Israel. Off market title The AlzheimerCase was sold to Media Soso for ...
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Films Distribution lives well with Live And Become
Radu Mihaileanu's LiveAnd Become (Vas Vis Et Deviens) which screened in Panorama was a bigseller for Films Distribution.
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New Line, CJ pact for Shadowless Sword
Korea'sCJ Entertainment and New Line Cinema have struck a pioneering co-productiondeal for The Shadowless Sword. The period action film is written anddirected by Kim Jung-joon and is billed as a sequel to breakout internationalhit Bichunmoo.
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Turtles to fly at Mar Del Plata
Bahman Ghobadi's TurtlesCan Fly has been set as the opening film at the massively expanded Mar DelPlata festival (10-20 March).