• Pandora's Box (Pandoranin Kutusu)
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    Pandora's Box (Pandoranin Kutusu)

    2008-09-09T18:12:00Z

    Dir. Yesim Ustaoglu. Turkey/France/Germany/Belgium. 2008. 112 mins.

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    Pandora's Box wins the Golden Shell at San Sebastian

    2008-09-28T00:29:00Z

    Yesim Ustaoglu's coming home drama Pandora's Box has won the Golden Shell for best film at the 56th edition of San Sebastian.An international premiere at the festival, Ustaoglu's Turkish-French-German-Belgian co-production tells the story of three siblings forced to put their differences aside to find their missing mother.The film beat off ...

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    Toronto reviews

    2008-09-04T14:37:00Z

    Gala PresentationsBurn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)The Duchess (Saul Dibb)Fifty Dead Men Walking (Kari Skogland)La Fille De Monaco (Anne Fontaine)The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell)Nothing But The Truth (Rod Lurie)One Week (Michael McGowan)The Other Man (Richard Eyre)Passchendaele (Paul Gross)Pride And Glory (Gavin O'Connor)Rachel Getting ...

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    Pusan Promotion Plan

    2006-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP)has announced 36 projects for its ninth edition, to be held Oct 15-18 duringthe Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF). Originally a co-productionmarket for Asian projects, the PPP is renewing itself under the inaugural umbrellaof the Asian Film Market with more commercially-oriented fare than in previousyears, along with ...

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    San Sebastian announces more Official Selection titles

    2008-07-24T12:30:00Z

    San Sebastian has announced that international directors Javier Fesser, Hirkazu Kore-eda, Samira Makhmalbaf, Michael Winterbottom, Belen Macias and Yesim Ustaoglu will be showing their latest films in Official Selection at this year's festival.They will join an already impressive list of film makers, including Christophe Honore, Kim Ki-Duk, Daniel Burman and ...

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    Berlinale WCF backsfive new projects with $315,770

    2008-07-02T11:49:00Z

    Five new feature film projects from Lebanon, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and Columbia have been selected by the Berlinale's World Cinema Fund (WCF) from 110 projects submitted from a total of 36 countries for production funding totalling $315,770 (Euros 200,000).The projects supported including co-productions with the Berlin-based production house Niko Film, ...

  • Hubert Bals Fund supports 27 projects with $571, 357
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    Hubert Bals Fund supports 27 projects with $571, 357

    2009-11-04T17:36:00Z

    The Hubert Bals Fund, part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), is handing out $571, 357 (€385,000) to 27 film projects this autumn.

  • Kalev, Schmid and Lioret shortlisted for European LUX prize
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    Kalev, Schmid and Lioret shortlisted for European LUX prize

    2009-09-11T16:37:00Z

    Kamen Kalev’s Eastern Plays, Hans-Christian Schmid’s Storm (Sturm) and Welcome by Phillippe Lioret have been selected to compete for this year’s European Parliament LUX Prize.

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    2008 Review of the Year - Selected Festival prize-winners

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Frozen RiverSUNDANCEGrand jury prize: dramatic awardFrozen River Dir: Courtney Hunt (w'wide gross: $2.3m)Grand Jury Prize documentary awardTrouble The Water Dirs: Tia Lessin and Carl Deal ($481,000)Audience award (dramatic)The Wackness Dir: Jonathan Levine ($2.8m)Audience award (documentary)Fields Of Fuel Dir: Josh TickellGOTHENBERGNordic film awardLet the Right One In Dir: Tomas Alfredson ($2.8m)Wonderful ...

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    Thessaloniki selects 15 projects for festival's co-production forum

    2008-10-13T13:27:00Z

    Fifteen projects from 11 countries have been chosen for the 3rd Crossroads Co-Production Forum at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) from Nov 14-23.Crossroads caters to projects from countries in the Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean regions, introducing them to a network of financiers, producers and leading industry specialists from across ...