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Control and Band's Visit among EFA discovery nominees
Four films have been nominated for the European Discovery award at the forthcoming European Film Awards. They are: Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit from Israel, Anton Corbijn's Control from the UK, Jan Bonny's Counterparts (Gegenuber) from Germany and Ozer Kiziltan's Takva (A Man's Fear Of God) from Turkey/Germany. A total ...
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Scorsese signs on for George Harrison documentary
Martin Scorsese is set to direct a documentary feature film about the life and work of late musician George Harrison. Scorsese will also produce through Sikelia Productions with Olivia Harrison through Grove Street Productions and Nigel Sinclair through Spitfire Pictures. Olivia Harrison, the widow of the ex-Beatle, said that work ...
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Rome Film Fest unveils full line-up include Ruiz world premiere
The second Rome Film Fest, which runs Oct 18-27, has announced its full programme.World premieres in the Cinema 2007 programme include:La Recta Provincia (Raul Ruiz)Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola) August Rush (Kirsten Sheridan)Hafez (Abolfazl Jalili)L'Abbuffata (Mimmo Calopresti)And The Spring Comes (Chang Wei Gu)The Three Robbers (Hayo Freitag)The Private Man ...
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Salmenpera honoured at Finnish director of year
Finland 's Love & Anarchy (the Helsinki International Film Festival) will host the annual awards from the local directors and producers associations.Aleksi Salmenpera, director of Finnish Oscar entry A Man's Job, will be honoured as director of the year. Producer of the year will be shared by Petri Jokiranta and ...
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Catherine Linstrum plans IVF script Perish
Catherine Linstrum, who co-wrote Cristian Nemescu's Un Certain Regard winner California Dreamin', is now working on a new script entitled Perish with her artist husband David-John Newman. Linstrum, based in South Wales, has financial backing from the Film Agency For Wales. Perish is about a young couple who lose their ...
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European Film Awards announce 13 short film nominees
The European Film Academy has announced the short film nominees for the 2007 European Film Awards. Nominees are determined by the Prix UIP at a year-long series of European festivals. The 1,800 members of the EFA will now vote for the winner. The nominees are: Salvador by Abdelatif Hwidar (Spain), ...
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NBC Universal International starts new digital strands
NBC Universal International has restructured its digital business to maximise its digital growth strategy. NBCUI will now organise its digital efforts in two strands: New Media Licensing and Digital Assets. LA-based Beth Minehart has been promoted to Executive Vice President, International New Media, NBC Universal International Television Distribution. She will ...
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Von Trotta comes to Utrecht for Binger & Screen International talk
Margarethe von Trotta will discuss her work and the future of European cinema during this year's Binger - Screen International Interview at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht on Sept 28. Screen International's US Editor Mike Goodridge will conduct the public interview with the lauded German director, actress and screenwriter. ...
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Brick Lane added to LFF schedule after royal snub
The annual Royal Film Performance has been cancelled for the first time in more than 60 years.This year's event was to be a screening of Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane in November, due to be attended by Prince Charles. Officials said the decision was a diary clash with an overseas trip ...
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LFF adds UK premiere of Gavron's Brick Lane
The forthcoming London Film Festival has added the UK premiere of Sarah Gavron's Brick Lane. The film will screen as a Film On The Square screening the night of Oct 26. Gavron said: 'I am delighted that the film will be in the London Film Festival. It is a film ...
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3DD takes on international rights to Meat Loaf doc
UK-based 3DD Entertainment is taking on international sales for the full-length documentary Meat Loaf: In Search Of Paradise. 3DD plans to start sales of the feature documentary and one-hour TV version at MIPCOM. Bruce David Klein directed the story about rock icon Meat Loaf on tour. Atlas Media Corp produced ...
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Jimi Mistry and Joanne Whalley line up for Eating Dust
Jimi Mistry, Joanne Whalley, Joseph Beattie and Clive Standen have signed up to star in Eating Dust for Glasgow-based director Jade Carmen. Carmen wrote the script with producer Louis Paltnoi. The film will start shooting at the end of October. The project, described as a 'modern Celtic comedy' is set ...
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Cuerda starts shoot in Galicia for Blind Sunflowers
Spanish director Jose Luis Cuerda started shooting in Galicia for his 10th feature film, The Blind Sunflowers, based on Alberto Mendez's novel by the same name. Javier Camara and Meribel Verdu star. The film follows Elena (Verdu), who is living in post-war Spain hiding secrets about her family. Her teenage ...
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The Class enters foreign Oscar race for Estonia
The Class has been put forward as the Estonian contender for the foreign-language Oscar.Ilmar Raag's debut feature beat out the other Estonian choice, The Autumn Ball, among the local Oscar committee.The drama, based on true events, is about a class geek and a friend who stands up for him to ...
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AAM works on digital release of Queen Rock Montreal
Arts Alliance Media is working with Eagle Rock Entertainment and Empire Cinemas to digitally release concert film Queen Rock Montreal in cinemas across the UK. The project was shot in November 1981 and has only been seen on the big screen at its Cannes debut in 1984. The film has ...
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Keith Potter leaves Dan Films for Film Agency For Wales
Keith Potter has joined the Film Agency for Wales as its head of talent.Potter had been in charge of development for London-based production company Dan Films, working on Christopher Smith's Triangle, Tom Rob Smith's Put Together, and Jeff Noon's Creeping Zero.He is also a member of the advisory board of ...
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United Kingdom - Joy Ride
Without any A-list stars or red-carpet posing, one of the hottest titles to emerge from the recent Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) was music documentary Joy Division, which had its world premiere in Tiff's Real to Reel section (Endeavor is handling North American sales while Katapult is handling international).The band's ...
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Helsinki's Love & Anarchy kicks off with Corbijn's Control
The 20th anniversary edition of Helsinki International Film Festival - also known as Love & Anarchy - starts tonight with a screening of Anton Corbijn's Control and it will close Sept 30 with Roy Andersson's You, The Living. Following the Helsinki run, the festival tour goes to Espoo, Tampere, Turku, ...
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Cosijntakes new strategic post at Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has appointed Pieter Cosijn as vice president of planning and development -- Southern Europe & Emerging Markets. In the newly created position, Cosijn reports to Gary Ferguson (SVP Emerging Markets), Marc Caux (SVP Southern Europe) and Richard Crook (VP International Licensees. He assumes the new ...
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Macedonia pushes Manchevski film for Oscar consideration
Milcho Manchevski's new film Shadows will represent Macedonia in the Foreign-Language Oscar race. A committee of Macedonian filmmakers made the decision.Shadows premiered at this month's Toronto International Film Festival and stars Borce Nacev as a young physician who encounters shadowy figures after a car crash.Manchevski previously represented Macedonia in 1996 ...