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Lars Bredo Rahbek leaves Denmark's Nimbus
In a surprise move, producer Lars Bredo Rahbek (the man behind Denmark's biggest box-office hit of the year Flame & Citron) is to leave Nimbus after 11 years to take up a new position as Chief of Fiction at state broadcaster DR TV.The move comes as Nimbus appears to have ...
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France 's annual IFCIC production prize goes to Les Films du Poisson.
Film financing institute's $14,600 purse for most promising young independent production company goes to Les Films du Poisson. IFCIC, France's film financing institute, has given its annual prize to Les Films du Poisson. The award comes with a $14,600 (Euros 10,000) purse and is given for the most promising young ...
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Sicily $6.2m funding initiative set to become annual
The region of Sicily in Italy has now closed applications on what looks to be a successful first edition of a $6.2m (Euros 4.25m) film fund. The Sicily Film Commission says it intends the fund to be annual, although it will be subject to approval in the annual regional budget.Project ...
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Czech box-office admissions down 10%
Czech admissions have dropped nearly 10% year-on-year, according to new data from the Czech Union of Film Distributors, but local distributors have reason to hope that year-end results will rebound. The first 10 months of this year saw 10.1m admissions at the Czech box office, compared to 11m for Jan-Oct ...
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Production fund to double for German film funder MFG
Christmas has come early for film producers in Germany's Baden-Württemberg region as Prime-Minister Günter H. Hettinger and Media Minister Wolfgang Reinhart have agreed to more than double regional film fund MFG Baden-Württemberg's production budget.Mug's $6.3m (Euros 4.3m) production fund budget will be increased by $4.4 (Euros 3m) in 2009 and ...
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Six world premieres selected for Berlinale's Generation section
World premieres of new films by Sweden's Fredrik Edfeldt and Germany's Lars Büchel are among the first 13 titles selected for Generation, the Berlinale's section for children and young people. The section is in its first edition under the direction of Maryanne Redpath who succeeded Thomas Hailer earlier this year.The ...
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Allan Hansen is new CEO at Nordisk Film
Allan Hansen is the new CEO of Denmark's Nordisk Film.Hansen has worked in several departments at Nordisk Film since 1989 most recently as director of Nordisk's distribution wing.Hansen takes over from Michael Ritto who has been with the company for nearly three years and is credited with the company's successes ...
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White Lightnin' earns Berlinale Panorama spot
Dominic Murphy's Sundance-bound directorial debut White Lightnin' is among the first titles to win a place in the 2009 Panorama section at Berlin.The story of Appalachian mountain dancer Jesco White, starring Carrie Fisher, newcomer Edward Hogg and Muse Watson earned its place following the Berlinale's December screenings.Mike Downey, who produced ...
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Alexandra Maria Lara to star in groundbreaking Dubai-set drama
An international cast including Control and The Baader Meinhof Complex actress Alexandra Maria Lara, Bollywood rising star Sonu Sood, US-based, Egyptian-born comedian Ahmed Ahmed, The Tudors' Natalie Dormer and hip-hop starThe Narcicyst are lining up for City Of Life, a new feature film to shoot in Dubai.UAE national Saoud Al ...
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In Focus: Film Festivals brace for the recession
As the 2009 festival cycle approaches, organisers are huddling down, hoping the economic storms will pass them by. However, at a time when both state funding and sponsorship for arts events is under increasing pressure, most acknowledge film festivals are bound to be buffeted eventually.'In these times, sponsorship is not ...
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Profile: Spain's OscarEntryThe Blind Sunflowers
Harrowing dramas and horror films, including the like of Pan's Labyrinth, (Rec) and The Orphanage, are enjoying their success at the Spanish and international box office. Now Jose Luis Cuerda's The Blind Sunflowers (Los Girasoles Ciegos) has emerged to join that illustrious group.The drama, about a persecuted Republican family in ...
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Tarantino to receive Legend Award at Capri, Hollywood festival
Quentin Tarantino, currently racing to get his wartime action story Inglourious Basterds ready for a Cannes world premiere, will receive the 13th Capri, Hollywood - Honda International Film Festival's Capri Legend Award.'Quentin Tarantino is one of Hollywood's most prolific film-makers, revered and respected by the entertainment industry and movie audiences ...
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Dubai International Film Festival and Market opens
The fifth Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) opens today with Oliver Stone's W ., kicking off a week long programme that includes 181 films, 11 world premieres and runs parallel to the inaugural Dubai Film Market. Dubai Film Market For Ziad Yaghi, director of the Dubai Film Market, the market ...
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Arts Alliance Media gains $56m boost to D-cinema ambitions
Arts Alliance Media's (AAM) ambitions for digital conversion of Europe's cinemas hasreceived a $56m (Euros 43m)boost with the signing of a financing agreement with European services company Econocom and various private investors.The company has also announced a strategic partnership with Arqiva Satellite & Media for the satellite distribution of content.Bothdeals ...
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Moget new managing director of Paramount Pictures France
Andrew Cripps, President of Paramount Pictures International, has announced the appointment of Frederic Moget as Managing Director of Paramount Pictures France (PFF). Frederic Moget will move shortly from 20th Fox (France) where he is currently director of the marketing division. Steve Summersby will continue as Acting Managing Director of the ...
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Hunger takes top prize at Black Nights Film Festival
Steve McQueen's Hunger won the Grand Prix at the 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF).The EurAsia competition included 18 films with the jury headed by film director Jos Stelling from the Netherlands.The first Tridens Baltic Film Award went to Three Men And Fish Pond from Latvian documentary film makers ...
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France: box office 2008
Pathe's comedy Welcome To The Sticks saw off all-comers in 2008, garnering a record-breaking 20.5 million admissions. The second biggest film of the year was Pathe's Asterix At The Olympic Games with 6.8 million admissions. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is the highest non-French film with ...
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Spain: box office 2008
Spanish films struggled to hit their stride in 2008, with Alex de la Iglesia's English-language, UK-set thriller The Oxford Murders the most successful local film of the year at $10.2m (EUR8.1m). Paramount's Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulltopped the charts with $26.4m (EUR20.9m). Admissions have plummeted,reaching 93.6 ...
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First four films named in Swedish Rookie initiative
The Swedish Film Institute has announced the first four films in the Rookie project, instigated last year with Swedish Television (SVT) and regional film centre, Film i Väst, to invigorate Swedish film. Set up as one of the institute's counter-measures to meet declining admission figures for domestic cinema, the ...
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Nanni Moretti to step down as Turin Film Festival head
Rome-Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti has said he will not continue on as director of the Turin Film Festival in 2009. Moretti took over the festival in its 25th edition in 2007 and remained at the helm in 2008. Alberto Barbera, President of Turin's Cinema Museum and Steve Della ...