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All Features articles – Page 499
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Estonia - Ballroom Blitz
AAutumn Ball (Sugisball) is the sort of risky story of which distributors are normally wary, but which independent film-makers - and the Venice Horizons jury which awarded it the top prize this year - love.Adapted from the book by Mati Unt, Veiko Ounpuu's film is set on a bleak Estonian ...
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European Film Awards - The Glories of Europe
Generalising about European cinema is a fool's errand. Countless films never cross national borders. Many films only have a theatrical life on the festival circuit. Some of the continent's biggest box-office hits (Les Bronzes 3, Natale A New York, and (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 for example) barely register on ...
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European Film Awards - Michael Ballhaus - Recognition for a master
Michael Ballhaus has consistently proven himself as a DoP able to reconcile the demands of cinema to both art and commerce. His 40-year career is distinguished by lengthy collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Martin Scorsese, while his body of work reveals a man as much at home with the ...
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Production - The Baltic assault
The Baltic states, comprising Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are emerging as Europe's newest low-cost production hub, says UK-born Gary Tuck, managing director of Lithuania-based Baltic Film Services, which entices and services international productions. These include Ed Zwick's Second World War drama Defiance, starring Daniel Craig, which is now shooting at ...
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United States - Art class
Donald Krim trained as a lawyer, and he provides a distinct and telling response to the question of how art-film distributor Kino International has survived for three decades in the volatile and constantly changing US marketplace. "Good taste and hard work," he says.The company has recently been celebrating its history ...
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International - India scores again
Indian distributor UTV Communications had an international hit this weekend with Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal, which enjoyed a $3.5m take and was the highest non-US entry in the top 40 chart.The second feature from director Vivek Agnihotri played across 583 screens in 16 territories for a $5,798 screen average. Set ...
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Awards Countdown - Best actor - Awards People
BEN FOSTERThe fast-rising young actor talks to Jeremy Kay about shoot-outs and barbecue with Russell CroweFollowing memorable roles in Alpha Dog, Hostage and Six Feet Under, Foster found himself playing a psychotic gang member alongside Russell Crowe and Christian Bale in James Mangold's Western remake 3:10 To Yuma."To come to ...
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Soundtracks - Meet the music supervisors: Randall Poster - Poster soundtracks a life
"I have an abiding passion for music and movies," says Randall Poster, the renowned music supervisor of films ranging from Rushmore to The Aviator. His skill is evident in a diverse crop of projects including The Darjeeling Limited, The Nanny Diaries, The Savages and I'm Not There, and forthcoming films ...
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Soundtracks - A one-stop shop for film scores
Becky Bentham and Karen Elliott of London-based Hot House Music like to think of themselves as a "one-stop shop" for film music.They are a boutique agency for composers, provide music supervision and score co-ordination, and can even create hypothetical budgets at the financing stage. They are presently working on How ...
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Box office: data - Digital cinema - Continental d-drift'
The decision of French cinema chain Circuit George Raymond to sign a virtual print fee agreement for sharing the cost of digital cinema with Arts Alliance Media represents a significant step in the evolution of d-cinema in Europe.With its 400 screens, Circuit George Raymond (CGR) is the first significant exhibitor ...
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International - Medusa bares its fangs
Italian distributor Medusa Film made a solid imprint on the international top 40 this weekend with two films - Matrimonio Alle Bahamas and Come Tu Mi Vuoi - generating more than $7m and accounting for 5.2% of the chart's total revenue.New entry Matrimonio Alle Bahamas opened at number eight on ...
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United Kingdom - Free agents
Cuba Pictures, the film and TV arm of London-based talent agency Curtis Brown, almost epitomises synergy.In late 2004, Curtis Brown's Nick Marston and Tally Garner set up the division, and they are now launching their successful first feature, Boy A, with a November 26 airing on the UK's Channel 4. ...
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Analysis: International box-office - Weekend November 15-17
ANALYSIS: INTERNATIONAL BOX-OFFICE WEEKEND NOVEMBER 15-17(Last3-dayweek)Film (origin)gross $ScrsCume $Terr1NewBeowulf (US)$17,408,8142,432$17,408,814132NewAmerican Gangster (US)$14,299,2301,477$14,708,907143(5)The Heartbreak Kid (US)$7,492,8411,883$52,014,350344(1)Om Shanti Om (Ind)$6,298,2971,244$25,646,119175(4)Ratatouille (US)$5,935,7112,936$396,702,258256(14)Elizabeth: The Golden Age (UK-US-Fr)$5,789,5351,579$21,797,130127(3)Lions For Lambs (US)$5,574,4172,706$19,489,782528NewMatrimonio Alle Bahamas (It)$4,409,009431$4,409,00919(7)Resident Evil: Extinction (Aus-Ger-UK-US)$3,811,1831,483$86,202,1353910(2)Saawariya (Ind)$3,716,524822$17,064,9251311(8)Lust, Caution (Chi-HK-Tai-US)$3,700,850710$34,034,1901512(6)Stardust (UK-US)$3,767,2092,008$89,054,9924713(10)The Bourne Ultimatum (US)$3,502,068994$202,385,7782214(11)Saw IV (US)$3,420,6211,548$37,726,6662715(12)Sky Of Love (Jap)$3,068,076289$17,835,267116(15)Le Grand Chef (S Kor)$2,862,456330$13,651,042117(9)30 Days Of ...
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United States - Machinima man
"Machinima is a real threat to CGI animation," says Paul Marino, co-founder of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences. "Within the next decade the majority of animation films produced will be machinima."It is a bold claim, considering that most people are still unfamiliar with the machinima concept. But it ...
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International - Indian winter
Indian films came up blazing in this weekend's international top 40 with two films - Om Shanti Om and Saawariya - together taking $31.5m and accounting for more than 20% of the chart's total revenue.Eros International's Om Shanti Om was the highest earner over the three-day period, taking $18.2m in ...
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Indie India - A parallel reality
Just as the US has film-makers working outside the studio system, India has a whole army of directors and producers attempting to carve a niche away from the vast and all-consuming Bollywood film industry.Theoretically, these film-makers have strong export potential as they are outward-looking, open to alternative financing methods, including ...
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Greece - History in the making
Two unprecedented things recently took place at the ancient Acropolis of Athens. One was the transfer of the marble friezes of the Parthenon to the new museum at the foot of the Acropolis hill. The other was the shooting of the US production My Life In Ruins inside the historic ...
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United Kingdom - Flying Free
Jonathan Cavendish is in a position most independent producers would envy. In addition to running his own successful production company, Little Bird, with partner James Mitchell, he has served as producer-for-hire on some of Working Title's most illustrious projects.Aware of his track record for piloting the development process and for ...
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Promotional feature - Films and film-makers to watch
DADDir: Daniel MulloyMulloy has impressed with his emotional shorts. His third film, Antonio's Breakfast, was selected for the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and went on to win a Bafta for best short film.Mulloy's latest film, Dad, is about a sexually active elderly couple and their disgusted son. Produced by Sister ...
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Indie India - The faces of a new generation
RAJNESH DOMALPALLIVanajaRajnesh Domalpalli's first film, Vanaja, won the best debut award at Berlin this year. It has been accepted into 92 film festivals in 38 countries and won 19 awards so far. With world sales picked up by Emerging Pictures, this arthouse film centring on South Indian folk and classical ...