All Berlin articles – Page 221

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    Empire Of Silver (Baiyin Diguo)

    2009-02-12T15:00:00Z

    Dir: Christina Yao. China-Taiwan-Hong Kong. 2009. 115mins.Savings and loans crises meld with an unrequited love story in Taiwanese stage director Christina Yao’s first feature. Set in mainland China around 1899, this odd epic has a polished and well-crafted look - it’s clear that reams of research ...

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    Arthouse takes on Shulman doc Visual Acoustics

    2009-02-12T14:29:00Z

    Arthouse Films has acquired North American and worldwide rights to feature documentary Visual Acoustics: The Modernism Of Julius Shulman.Eric Bricker directed the film, which explores the career of 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who works with human models and striking landscapes to explore how nature mixes with urban design. Dustin ...

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    Garapa

    2009-02-12T13:03:00Z

    Dir: Jose Padilha. Brazil. 2009. 110mins.

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    Match Factory floats with Vinterberg's Submarino

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    The Match Factory has taken on sales for Thomas Vinterberg's low budget feature Submarino which is based on the novel of the same name by Jonas T Bengston. The deal continues Match's collaboration with Danish production house Nimbus Film after handling international sales on their previous productions of Ole Christian ...

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    Rapid Eye picks up Phantom'sLove Exposure

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Rapid Eye has acquired all German-speaking rights to Forum title Love Exposure from Japan's Phantom Film. Directed by Sono Sion, the four-hour drama follows a young boy who falls in love with a girl who later becomes his step sister. He is then forced to rescue her, along with her ...

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    Eurimages plans contribution systemrestructure

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    A clearer picture is beginning to appear of how Eurimages (the Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works) might change its contribution system. Last month, it emerged that Holland and Italy were considering withdrawal from Eurimages on the grounds that they put more ...

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    Latido closes number of deals on Sex, Party & Lies

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Madrid-based sales outfit Latido has closed several sales on Sex, Party & Lies by Albacete and Menkes. The film, to be released by Sony Spain on 250 prints in late March, has gone to Korea (Planis Entertainment), Greece (Art Free) and the US (Multivision). France, Italy and Russia are in ...

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    WKW's Jet Tone recruits Chengto directProtein Girl

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Wong Kar-wai's production outfit Jet Tone Films hasbrought on boardTaiwanese director Cheng Hsiao-tse to write and direct urban comedy drama Protein Girl. Scheduled to start shooting this summer, the film follows three characters - a thirty-something woman, a boy who is growing up to become a young Casanova and another ...

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    Universum Film developing Tractors bestseller with UK's Trijbits

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    German distributor Universum Film has joined forces with UK-based producer Paul Trijbits of Ruby Films for the development of an adaptation of Marina Lewycka's A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian. The culture clash comedy about a dysfunctional Ukranian family living in Peterborough in the 1990s was a bestseller in ...

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    Wild Bunch swims in Oceans of Berlin deals

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Wild Bunch was striking an upbeat note as the company announced its EFMdeals yesterday. Despite the credit crunch, it emerged that the French powerhouses has closed multiple territories on its packed Berlin slate. 'I think the worst is still to come. We were all afraid that Berlin would be a ...

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    Media Asia closes slew of saleson The Sniper

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Media Asia has closed deals on Dante Lam's The Sniper for territories including Germany, France, the UK and Turkey. The film, about a police sniper who vows to take revenge after he is unjustly imprisoned, has gone to KSM in Germany, Wild Side in France, Showbox in the UK, Horizon ...

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    Dieter Kosslick extends Berlinale contract till 2013

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Dieter Kosslick is staying put at the Berlinale - the festival director confirmed to Screen that his contract as festival director has been extended by another two years until April 30, 2013, four weeks before his 65th birthday. It was originally scheduled to expire in 2011. He also expressed optimism ...

  • Happy Tears
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    Happy Tears

    2009-02-11T20:05:00Z

    Dir/scr: Mitchell Lichtenstein. US. 2009. 96mins.

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    An Englishman In New York

    2009-02-11T18:36:00Z

    Dir: Richard Laxton. UK-US. 2009. 74mins.

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    Yang Yang

    2009-02-11T18:10:00Z

    Dir/scr: Cheng Yu-chieh. Taiwan. 2008. 112mins.

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    It Might Get Loud

    2009-02-11T16:38:00Z

    Dir: Davis Guggenheim. US. 2009. 97mins.When you get down to it, that much-idolised object the electric guitar is basically a plank of wood, some strings and a chunk of circuitry. It’s the person wielding it who makes the noise: that’s the level-headed gist of It Might ...

  • Katalin Varga
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    Katalin Varga

    2009-02-11T16:24:00Z

    Dir/scr: Peter Strickland. Romania-UK-Hungary. 2009. 84mins.

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    Sweetgrass

    2009-02-11T15:18:00Z

    Dir: Lucien Castaing-Taylor. US. 2009. 115mins.

  • Eccentricities Of A Blond-Haired Girl (Singularidades De Uma Rapariga Loura)
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    Eccentricities Of A Blond-Haired Girl (Singularidades De Uma Rapariga Loura)

    2009-02-11T14:36:00Z

    Dir: Manoel de Oliveira. Portugal-France-Spain. 2009. 63mins.

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    Double Take

    2009-02-11T13:59:00Z

    Dir: Johan Grimonprez. Belgium-Germany-Netherlands. 2008. 80mins.