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Shorts International launches ShortsTV channel
Shorts International has turned on its ShortsTV cable channel airing an extensive catalogue of short films 24 hours a day to audiences in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. As well as Oscar-winning works and commended films from around the world, there will be up to 1,800 new films screened this year. ...
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The Third Day scoops Fajr International Film Festival
Tehran 's annual Fajr International Film Festival came to a close on February 11 with a national awards ceremony that saw the main gongs go to Mohammad Hossein's war drama The Third Day. Despite multiple nominations, critics' favourite The Night Bus, an original take on the war theme by first-time ...
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Eros enters French VOD and Egyptian theatrical markets
Eros International, the UK-based sales company that concentrates on Bollywood projects, will enter the French VOD market later this month. Eros is the only Bollywood provider for CanalPlus' CanalPlay, which will launch with 12 Eros offerings on February 22.Eros is also making headway into Egypt, which had in recent years ...
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Moretti's first Turin sets dates as Nov 23 to Dec 1
The first details of the 25th edition Turin Film Festival, led by Italian art house director Nanni Moretti, were disclosed in Berlin despite Moretti's absence due to a bout with the flu.The festival will run November 23 to December 1 and continue to boost new talent, focus on cutting edge ...
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Starfield, Maybe team on Lebanon drama
Paul Raphael's London-based Starfield Productions is working on After The Summer Rain, a new drama that was partly shot in Lebanon during the war last year. The project, which is already in post-production and will be vying for a slot in Cannes, is directed by Philippe Aractingi, whose Bosta was ...
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Englund to direct The Vij in Hungary for ReDark
Freddy Kreuger is back - but this time he is behind the camera. At the EFM this week, ReDark's Loris Curici has announced two new projects including one that will be directed by Robert Englund, the star of the legendary Nightmare On Elm Street films.Production is due to begin in ...
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Lives Of Others wins four German Film Critics Awards
FlorianHenckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated The Lives Of Others hasadded to its impressive list of distinctions by picking up four of thisyear's German Film Critics Awards: for Best Feature Film Debut, BestActor (Ulrich Muehe), Best Editing (Patricia Rommel) and BestCinematography (Hagen Bogdanski).Lastyear's Berlinale Competition entry Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmidreceived the prize ...
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Tenderness sells for GreeneStreet to Italy, Russia, Scandinavia
Greenestreet Films International (GSFI) has almost sold out the Russell Crowe thriller Tenderness after closing four more key territories.Rights went to Mediafilm (Italy), 21st Century (Russia), Nordisk (Scandinavia), and Alfa (Argentina).GSFI chief Ariel Veneziano is in active negotiations on Germany and France, while Japanese rights are still available. Jon Foster ...
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Monaco's Emerging Talent Festival unveils plans for first event
The first International Emerging Talent Film Festival, slated for Monte-Carlo, Monaco from May 12-15 (just before Cannes), has partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to become one of the few 'green' film events. Marco Orsini, executive director of the IETFF, was in Berlin to spread the word about the ...
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Independent strikes Hallam Foe German deal with Prokino
UK-based sales company Independent has sold Berlinale Competition title Hallam Foe to Prokino for Germany and Austria. The film has also sold to Nordisk for Scandinavia, Rosebud for Greece, Monopole Pathe for Switzerland and VTI/Karantanija Cinemas for the former Yugoslavia. Independent said negotiations are ongoing for a US sale.David Mackenzie's ...
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Buyers line up to scale Red Cliff with Summit
Summit Entertainment is close to completing its patchwork of deals for John Woo's upcoming Chinese military epic The Battle Of Red Cliff - which, at a reported $75m, is the most expensive Asian film in history.The film, which will start shooting in March with a cast led by Chow Yun-Fat ...
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Wild Bunch continues a prosperous Berlin with TWC, SPC
The Wild Bunch selling spree continued in Berlin Tuesday with sales of Michel Ocelot's Azur And Asmar to The Weinstein Company and Laurent Tirard's Moliere to Sony Pictures Classics in the US. Azur And Asmar also sold to Japan's Studio Ghibli.Further sales were also completed on Morgan Spurlock's hunt-for-Bin-Laden documentary ...
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Future and Capri team for Bille August's Burden Of Desire
Bille August, whose Goodbye Bafana made its world premiere in competition here, is in pre-production for his next film Burden Of Desire, which will shoot in January 2008 based on Robert MacNeil's novel of the same name.The film will be a production of Capri Films in Toronto and London-based Future ...
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Irina Palm
Dir: Sam Garbarski Bel-Ger-Lux-UK-Fr. 2007. 103mins It may be the work of a German-born, Belgian-based director, but Euro co-production Irina Palm is a thoroughly British film at heart - the latest in that 'naughty-but-nice' vein of stories that delight in placing genteel English matrons in risque situations. Sam Garbarski's film ...
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The Other (El Otro)
Dir: Ariel Rotter. Argentina/France/Germany. 84 mins.A city lawyer's mid-life crisis becomes an existential odyssey in Ariel Rotter's second feature. Politely received at its Berlinale press showing, this competition entry is intriguing and thought-provoking without ever being truly involving. There is much to admire in the formal devices that the film ...
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Sony grabs multi-platform rights to Afterworld
Sony Pictures Television International has signed a deal to acquire all international television, Internet, digital sell-through, gaming and mobile rights to Afterworld.The futuristic '2.5D' animated project is produced by Stan Rogow and written by video game expert Brent Friedman.This mark SPTI's first acquisition of across all these platforms. The deal ...
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Revamped Rendez-vous to hit London March 29
London will host a revamped Rendez-vous With French Cinema at the Curzon Mayfiar from March 29-April 1.The showcase will offer 12 new French films, with UK distributors hosting gala screenings before their theatrical releases.French directors and actors will be on hand for Q&As. Other events will include masterclasses, meetings and ...
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Mannheim-Heidelberg moves to October
The International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg is being brought forward from November to new dates in October - 9th to 21st - for the 2007 edition, which will bring it up against other international festivals with industry components. The Pusan International Film Festival with the Pusan Promotion Plan co-production gathering runs ...
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Tartan, Legend take on Ex Drummer
Tartan Films has taken North American and UK rights for controversial Belgian feature Ex Drummer, while German rights have been sold to Legend Home Entertainment.Loic Magneron at Wide Management struck the Tartan deal with head of acquisitions Jane Giles. Magneron said other major territory deals will close in the next ...
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Locarno opens doors to Middle East
The Middle East will be the regional focus for the Open Doors platform at this year's Locarno International Film Festival (August 1-11).Filmmakers will be invited from Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Israel, Iraq and Jordan to present projects to potential co-producers.Meanwhile, an innovation at the festival's 60th anniversary edition will ...