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Chum International executives move to Peace Arch
Kevin Byles has joined Peace Arch Entertainment Group as president of international distribution and Victor Rodriguez as executive vice president of international distribution.Both executives arrive from Chum International and will be based at the company's Toronto offices handling the theatrical and television slate.Byles will report directly to Peace Arch Entertainment ...
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Broadband service Clickstar gets 25 Film Movement movies
North American distributor Film Movement has announced it has signed a licensing deal with the broadband entertainment company Clickstar!As reported in Screen recently, 25 Film Movement titles will be made available for electronic sell-through or rental through ClickStar's internet delivery service.Films include Vinko Bresan's Croatian war drama Witnesses from Croatia ...
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Huntsiger named Telluride Film Festival managing director
Julie Huntsinger has been appointed managing director of Telluride Film Festival, set to run this year from Aug 31-Sept 3.Huntsinger will develop and manage all aspects of the festival's business administration including budget, corporate accounting, legal affairs and personnel.She will oversee implementation of company policy and shape festival policy alongside ...
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Bingham Ray to head new Kimmel distribution arm
Bingham Ray has joined Los Angeles-based financing and production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) as president of the newly formed Kimmel Distribution.Ray's appointment begins immediately and he reports directly to SKE president and chief operating officer Jim Tauber.SKE president of marketing and distribution Mark Kristol will continue his duties within ...
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Parzania to open India Now in New York City
Parzania, Rahul Dholakia's account of the 2002 Gujarat riots, has been confirmed to open the India Now exhibition presented by The Museum of Modern Art at New York's Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters on Apr 22.The English-language film recounts a family's search for their missing child during a pogrom organised ...
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Israel venture capital fund JVP launches Animation Lab
Israel-based international venture capital fund Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) has launched Jerusalem and Los Angeles-based Animation Lab.Commercials producer Ayelet Weinerman will serve as president for Animation Lab, Israel's first fully equipped feature animation studio, and has spent the past year scouting creative and managerial talent.Weinerman, who served as executive producer ...
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MGM pacts with Salma Hayek on Latin film co Ventanazul
MGM and business associates Salma Hayek and Jose Tamez have set up Ventanazul to develop, produce and acquire Latin-themed filmed entertainment featuring Latin and non-Latin film-makers and stars. Hayek will serve as president and chief executive officer and Tamez as president of production in the equal partnership with MGM.The company ...
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Withoutabox partners with Cannes Market on Short Film Corner
Independent film online resource Withoutabox will serve as the exclusive partner on Cannes Film Festival's Fourth Annual Short Film Corner.Withoutabox will manage the event's film registration process, including solicitation, management and promotion of films. Film-makers registering films with the Short Film Corner will either use their existing Withoutabox control panel, ...
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Blades continues to dominate North American box office
Easter crowds favoured comedy and family fare as Paramount's Blades Of Glory and Buena Vista's Meet The Robinsons beat off R-rated Grindhouse and three other new releases to hold on to the top two spots.Blades Of Glory added an estimated $23m to raise the running total to $68.4m after two ...
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Seattle Festival to launch Northwest ProductionMarket
The 33rd Annual Seattle International Film Festival, running from May 24-Jun 17, has announced that it will launch the Northwest Production Market programme.The market will provide a forum for film-makers to discuss their projects with production companies and financiers. A companion programme, the Northwest Production Forum, will offer advice to ...
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Telefilm Canada invests in 14 feature projects
Telefilm Canada has announced investments in 14 English-language features including new feature documentaries from Deepa Mehta and Kevin McMahon.Mehta is co-directing Forgotten Women with brother Dilip Mehta, a renowned photographer, on this expose of the destitution, exploitation, and virtual slavery of millions of Hindu widows living in India today. David ...
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Mr Bean goes into 23 new markets including Brazil, Italy, Mexico
Universal/UPI's Mr Bean's Holiday has swept past $50m within the first seven days of release and will be the one to beat overseas as it heads into the second weekend.The comedy sequel opens in another 23 territories including French-speaking Switzerland on Apr 4, Hong Kong on Apr 5, and Brazil, ...
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Film Movement: pick of the bunch
Since it was launched in 2002 by Larry Meistrich, New York-based Film Movement has released more than 100 foreign-language and independent features and shorts from 27 countries through its website, where members and non-members can buy a DVD of the month and peruse the ever-expanding catalogue.'We choose good titles that ...
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US music feature made available for download on Indie911
Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen's music industry documentary Before The Music Dies will become the first feature available for download through the online social network and music store Indie911.Viewers will be able to buy the film free of copyright protection for $9.99 on Apr 6, and can also download a ...
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Moss, Zegers, Rennie star in Bessai's Normal
Canadian writer-director Carl Bessai has begun prinicpal photography on his latest picture Normal with Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers and Callum Keith Rennie in the lead roles. Travis McDonald conceived the story and co-wrote the screenplay with Bessai, who will also shoot the film. Produced by Bessai's Raven West films and ...
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Lucky You, The Gates set for Tribeca world premieres
Tribeca Film Festival top brass have booked the world premieres of Curtis Hanson's romance Lucky You starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore and festival closer The Gates, an art installation documentary from Antonio Ferrera and Albert Maysles.Lucky You, which stars Bana as a poker player wrestling with personal issues while ...
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Alliance Atlantis sale hits legal roadblock after trust seeks consent
CanWest Global's $1.95bn (C$2.3bn) purchase of Alliance Atlantis Communications hit a roadblock this morning. Unit holders of Movie Distribution Holding Trust filed court documents seeking a role in charting the destiny of Motion Picture Distribution (MPD), the releasing arm of AAC. MPD is an income fund: the trust controls 49% ...
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Rice leaves Disney for top marketing job at UA
Dennis Rice has left The Walt Disney Studios to join United Artists as president of worldwide marketing and publicity.Rice, who oversaw campaigns for The Incredibles, National Treasure and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 and Wild Hogs, among others, will report to UA chief executive officer Paula Wagner.Rice will oversee all ...
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Roadside buys the world on Wong's musical Colma
Roadside Attractions has picked up worldwide rights to Richard Wong's Colma: The Musical and plans a summer release in North America.The musical comedy centres on three high school graduates who rebel against their mundane existence in the Northern California cemetery town of Colma.Wong co-wrote the screenplay with HP Mendoza, who ...
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Pinkerton gets senior finance, capital management role at Paramount
Mark Pinkerton has been named senior vice president, finance, capital management at Paramount Pictures.In this newly created position, Pinkerton will take charge of strategic capital financing activities, including securing film financing and driving return on capital measurement for all Paramount business units. He will report to Paramount's chief financial officer ...