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Berlinale expecting record numbers for market
Less than four weeks before the beginning of this year's Berlinale, the European Film Market (EFM) is is expecting to host more than 400 exhibitors from 50 countries at its market venues in the Martin Gropius Bau and the EFM Exhibitor Offices.To date, 420 exhibitors are registered with the EFM, ...
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Ilan de Vries replaces Van Leer at Jerusalem Cinematheque
As expected, Ilan de Vries has been officially appointed to follow Lia Van Leer as the new director of the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Israeli Film Archive.De Vries, who has been associated in the past with the Jerusalem institution and was viewed for a while as ...
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Dutch box office stabilizes in 2007 with local market share increasing
With over 22.1m tickets sold, the Dutch film industry stabilised its number of visitors with a strong 2007. Total gross of all theatres nationwide was $228.5m (Euros 153.8m).That's holding mostly steady from 22.5m tickets and Euros 154.5m in 2006. (It should be noted that 2006 was calculated at 53 release ...
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Berlinale Co-production Market selects 35 film projects
New projects by Agnieszka Holland, Bernard Rose, Deepa Mehta and Eran Riklis are among 35 film projects from 25 countries that have been selected for the fifth edition of the Berlinale's Co-Production Market. The event runs Feb 10-12 at the Berlin House of Representatives, opposite the European Film Market's Martin ...
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Rotterdam programme boasts 50 feature world premieres
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced more details of its feature film programme, which will include 50 world premieres, 30 international premieres and 25 European premieres.Further, Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund will show 22 new films at the festival (nine are world premieres), all competing for the new Dioraphte ...
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Berlinale's Forum selects strong Asian titles
Asian cinema is well represented in the first batch of films confirmed by the Berlinale's International Forum section including titles by Singapore's Tan Pin Pin, Japan's Takahashi Izumi and Korea's Mun Jeong-hyun.In addition, the Forum's programme will present the international premieres of Jalla! Jalla! director Josef Fares' new film Leo ...
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Berlin Panorama selects four docs including Heavy Metal In Baghdad
Documentaries on rock icon Patti Smith, gay Muslims, the South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys and an Iraqi heavy metal band have been selected to screen in the Berlinale's Panorama programme.The four films, which have been previously shown at other festivals, are:Patti Smith: Dream Of Life, by Steven Sebring (US). ...
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Gaumont completes acquisition of animation house
French major Gaumont has concluded its acquisition of animation house Alphanim.Alphanim was founded by Christian Davin in 1997 and is one of France'sleading animation producers.The company delivered more than 45 hours of programming in 2007 including hits Robotboy, Galactik Football, Toufu Tounu and the feature Franklin & Le Tresor Du ...
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French director Gilles Behat to shoot $10.4m thriller with Depardieu
MK2 has announced a $10.4m (Euros 7m) film from director Gilles Behat starring Gerard Depardieu and Olivier Marchal. Diamond 13 will begin shooting in February in Belgium and is expected to be released by MK2 in the autumn of 2008.Also starring Valeria Golino and Aissa Maiga, the thriller is adapted ...
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French films sustain solid overseas admissions
French films scored a healthy 53.7 million admissionsoutside France for the year 2007 with revenues of $369m, export body Unifrance announced Thursday.But at home, the box office fell with local market share falling 36.5% from 44.6%, though admissions were still above average.Unifrance's provisional figures, while above average for the past ...
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The international view - The big pictures
Impressive-looking 2007 box-office revenue figures have already been tarnished by questions about the profitability of the films. But there are other questions that should be concerning the industry.The North American box office generated revenues of $9.7bn in 2007 while the international arena rang in with an estimated $15.2bn to bring ...
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Dutch producers IDTV Film and Motel Films join forces
Dutch film- and television production companies Motel Films & IDTV Film have joined forces. From January 1st, two parties continued together under the name of IDTV Film.IDTV will also house its drama activities in IDTV Film. Motel Films chairmen Jeroen Beker and Frans van Gestel had concluded that in order ...
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Kings, Garage lead Irish Film & Television Awards Nominees
Kings and Garage lead the nominees for the fifth-annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs), which take place in Dublin on February 17.Kings, an Irish-language feature submitted as Ireland's first Foreign Language Oscar entry, has received 14 nominations while the multi award-winning Garage has 11 nominations. Kings and Garage were ...
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Sony signs VOD deal with Belgium's Belgacom
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has signed a video on demand (VOD) agreement with Belgian telecom operator Belgacom.The deal was negotiated by Andreas Brosjo at SPTI and Ingrid De Coninck at Belgacom.Under the deal, SPTI will provide movie content from the Sony Pictures current slate as well as library titles. ...
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Gothenberg announces 450-film line-up
This year's Gothenberg International Film Festival (Jan 25-Feb 4) will comprise 450 films from 67 countries, with around 40 seminars, the Nordic Film Market andnumerous concerts.The festival will be bookended by two local films, both about brothers in conflict - Jens Jonsson's The Ping Pong King (Ping-pongkingen), competing in Sundance's ...
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Emir Kusturica launches new Kustendorf Film Festival in Serbia
Emir Kusturica has announced a new international film festival to be held in his villageDrvengrad at the mountain Mokra Gora in the Southwest of Serbia. The first Kustendorf Film Festival will be held Jan 14-21, organised by Kusturica's production company Rasta Film International and under the auspices of the Ministry ...
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Berlinale adds competitors including Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky
New films by Mike Leigh, Isabel Coixet and Amos Kollek are among another nine titles confirmed for this year's Berlinale Competition section in addition to the eight previously announced last month.The nine additions are all world premieres except for the international premieres of Kabei and Quiet Chaos:Elegy by Isabel Coixet ...
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International box office drops 22% week on week with few openers
An absence of heavy-hitting new releases could be attributable to the 22.2% week-on-week drop in the international top 40 this weekend, with the only four new entrants all failing to enter the top 30. The top 40 international films generated $208.8m from 49,452 screens for the period of January 4-6. ...
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Karlovy Vary to honour Dusan Hanak and Juraj Jakubisko
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced that its two Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema in 2008 will go to Dusan Hanak and Juraj Jakubisko.Both of the legends turn 70 in April. Both are natives of Slovakia and well regarded for their decades of work ...
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Italian box office rises 12.28% in 2007
The Italian industry is jubilant over 2007 box office results, with Italy's exhibitor organisation ANEC calling it 'one of the best in the past 20 years.' The exception is 1998 - when Titanic reigned at the box office and 118m tickets sold. According to estimates, 2007 will see 115m tickets ...