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London Critics honour Scorsese, Sideways
Martin Scorsese was nameddirector of the year for The Aviator at the 25th Awards ofthe London Film Critics' Circle last night.Scorsese was presented withthe award by Cate Blanchett, one of the stars of the film, at a ceremony in aidof the NSPCC at the Dorchester Hotel in London.However The Aviatormissed ...
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Pathe joins Marshall's Descent as shooting wraps
Celador Films has concluded principal photography on TheDescent, Neil Marshall's follow up to his 2002 hit, Dog Soldiers. Pathe Pictures International is to handle worldwide salesand Pathe UK will handle UK distribution.Shooting began on location in Scotland at the end of lastyear and moved to Pinewood Studios in January where ...
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Women In Film, UIP launch third Directing Change scheme
Directing Change, a UK scheme to address theunder-representation of women directors in the industry, is to run for a thirdconsecutive year in 2005.Runby Women in Film and Television (WFTV) and backed by United InternationalPictures (UIP), it gives women directors the opportunity to work alongside anexperienced and internationally established director during ...
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Guadalajara to open with Waters' Shame
TheGuadalajara International Film Festival will open on March 11 with thescreening of John Waters' new film Dirty Shame.The filmis the story of an employee who suffers a brain concussion and becomes a sexaddict. It stars Tracey Ullman, Selma Blair and Johnny Knoxville.TheMexican festival will also play four of Waters' previous ...
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Survey highlights pay inequality for film industry women
Women working in the UK film industry earn less thantheir male counterparts despite being better qualified, according to a majornew survey conducted by the UK Film Council and Skillset.The Feature Film Production Workforce Survey, which isbased on responses from 903 people working in feature films, also found that mostpeople working ...
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Renaissance gets Pretty, sells Dogs
RenaissanceFilms has acquired international rights to Marcos Siega's PrettyPersuasion,and has concluded a string of sales on Rwandan genocide drama Shooting Dogs.UKbased international sales financing outfit Renaissance will give PrettyPersuasion itsfirst market screening at the European Film Market during this year'sBerlin Film Festival. RoadsideAttractions/Goldwyn recently acquired the North American rights at ...
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Vera Drake wins Evening Standard film prizes
Oscar nominees Mike Leigh and Imelda Staunton were bothwinners at the 2004 Evening Standard British Film Awards on Sunday evening.Leigh's Vera Drakewas named best film and lead actress Staunton was named best actress. Otherwinners included Paddy Considine, who won the best actor prize for his role in DeadMan's Shoes. Bridget ...
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Imax to release 3-D live action films within a year
Imax is developingtechnology which will allow it to convert traditional 2-D live action filmsinto 3-D features - and is in discussions with Hollywood studios aboutreleasing its first 3-D feature within the next year."Imagine, for example, iffilms like Star Wars or Harry Potter were in 3-D," said Imaxco-chairman and co-chief executive ...
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Best Man wraps after London, Budapest shoot
The Best Man, a romantic comedy starring StuartTownsend, Amy Smart and Seth Green, wrapped last month after a seven-week shootin London and Budapest. Directed byStefan Schwartz and produced by Neil Peplow, The Best Man will bereleased in the UK by Redbus Film Distribution and sold internationally by TheWorks.Written by EdRoe ...
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Berlinale launch for Arts Alliance's digital film network
A newdigital service that claims to make life easier for buyers and sellers of filmsis being launched at this year's Berlinale.Venture capital outfit Arts Alliance Media, which is anofficial partner of the Berlinale, is rolling out the Arts Alliance FilmNetwork (AAFN) - a digital network which allows films, trailers and ...
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Bond producers confirm Campbell as Casino Royale director
Martin Campbell has been named as the director of the 21stfilm in the James Bond series - which will be called Casino Royale. It is Campbell's second outing as director of a James Bondfilm. In 1995 he directed Goldeneye, thefirst 007 film to star Pierce Brosnan.However,no decision has yet been ...
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Senator acquires Silentium rights for Germany
Berlin based Senator Film has acquired German rights forAustrian box office hit Silentium, while Frenetic Films acquired allSwiss rights.A murder story centring in the city of Salzburg, thethriller has racked up more than 200,000 admissions through Austriandistributor Luna Film. World Sales are handled by Solveig Langeland's Sola Mediaand Beatrix Wesle's ...
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China singled out as major piracy culprit in Asia
China accounted for three quarters of all seizures ofpirated VCDs and DVDs in Asia last year in cases involving the Motion PictureAssociation (MPA), the group said on Thursday. Reuters reported that the MPA, which represents the majorUS studios, estimates its members lose about $900m annually in potentialrevenue in the Asia-Pacific, ...
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Cinemart names project market winners
Two films have won the Arte France Cinema Awards, worthEuros 10,000, at this year's CineMart project market at the Rotterdam FilmFestival.Five Worlds is a five part film project byfilmmakers Sobhi al-Zobaidi (Palestine), U-Wei bin Hajisaari (Malaysia), KamalTabrizi (Iran), Homayoun Paiz (Afghanistan), Garin Nugroho and producer leBrocquyFraser Productions.Dry Season (Daratt), which ...
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Gavin Film strikes Yasmin deals
UK based sales outfit GavinFilm has closed a string of deals on Yasmin,Kenny Glenaan's post 9/11 tale of Muslim life in Britain. It has sold France (LesFilms du Safran), Brazil (California Films) and the UK (3DD Entertainment).Academy Films have the rights for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.In the UK the film ...
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Berlinale unveils full Panorama line-up
The Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama section has unveiled the final additions to its lineup, which now comprising 34 features, 18 documentaries and 26 short films inits main programme and Special,Dokumente and Short Film series. The films come from 30 different countries and 28 of themwill be screened as world ...
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Russia's Return wins BBC Four prize
Russian drama The Returnhas been named winner of the BBC Four World Cinema Award.Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Return previously won the 2003 Golden Lion award at theVenice Film Festival. The prize was presented at an awards ceremony held in Londonon Thursday and hosted by Jonathan Ross.
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Economic boom sees surge in Russian cinema building
The number of modern cinema screens in Russia is expectedto nearly triple to 1,900 by 2009, according to research published this week.DodonaResearch's report CinemagoingRussia says that the growth in newshopping complexes is providing locations for entertainment facilities andunderpinning a rapid expansion in the cinema sector.Several operators have successfully raised investmentfinance ...
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ICM agency recruits Jones for below the line team
Vanessa Jones is to join UK agency ICM on Feb 1 after atwo-year break travelling the world.The former PFD agent joins the below the line team of SueGreenleaves, Chris Smith, Kate Ledger and Rachael Taylor at the agency."Vanessabrings to ICM a wealth of experience and a great personality, and willcompliment ...
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Berlinale names competition jury members
The Berlinale (Feb 10-20) has named the members ofthe International Jury for its main competition films.The jury will decide which of the 21 films set to play incompetition will win the festival's top prizes, the Golden and Silver Bears.As previously announced, German director Roland Emmerichwill head the jury. The other ...