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Italy to get first IMAX screen near Milan
Italy will get its first IMAX screen, thanks to a joint venture between IMAX Corporation and the Odeon UCI Cinemas group for the Italian market.
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NewsPatrik Eklund starts shooting debut feature Flimmer
Swedish director Patrik Eklund, whose shorts have been Oscar nominated and awarded in Cannes, has started his first feature, Flimmer, on locations at Luleå in northern Sweden.
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Mario Monicelli dies at 95
Filmmaker Mario Monicelli, considered one of the fathers the famed ‘commedia Italiana’ genre died in Rome Monday night by suicide, Italian media widely reported. He was 95 years old.
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NewsToth leaving Hungarian Film Foundation
Erzsebet Toth is to step down from her role as general secretary of the Hungarian Public Film Foundation once her current tenture is up on Dec 31.
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NewsWinter's Bone wins top award at Stockholm
The 21st Stockhom International Film Festival wrapped this weekend with the Bronze Horse for best film going to Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone.
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NewsPosition Among The Stars takes top awards at IDFA
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced its prize winners on Friday evening.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase this week
A slate of new international co-productions has been added to Screenbase, with Dubai Flamingos, Michael Haneke’s latest film, Love and There Be Dragons among them.
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NewsSandrew Metronome's reorganisation includes closing of Danish theatrical business
Pan-Scandinavian distributor also cancels contract with Warner Bros for Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
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NewsScreen launches Local Markets Report
Territories include Russia, UK/Ireland, France, Italy, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and Benelux.
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NewsSpain’s Pontas sells film rights to best selling Swedish comedy novel
Sweden’s Nice Entertainment and FLX Film have taken the film rights to Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling novel The Centenarian Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared.
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NewsDisney plans to shoot 2-3 films per year in Russia
Disney is considering an active expansion in Russia in the coming years.
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After co-production deal signed, two German-Norwegian features underway
Two German-Norwegian features will shortly roll on Norwegian locations, following Norway’s ratification of the European treaty on co-productions, including German directors Georg Maas’ Two Lives (Zwei Leben/To liv) and Matthias Glasner’s Mercy (Gnade/Nåde).
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NewsHaneke plans February start of shoot for Love
Michael Haneke is currently prepping his next project, Love, with stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and frequent collaborator Isabelle Huppert.
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NewsEurope's LUX prize goes to When We Leave
Feo Aladag’s When We Leave (Die Fremde) has won the 2010 European Parliament LUX Cinema prize worth 90,000 Euros.
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NewsCarlos, Of Gods and Men among Prix Louis Delluc shortlist
France’s prestigious Prix Louis Delluc has announced its preliminary shortlist for this year’s competition. Eight films will vie for the 73-year-old award which last year went to Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet.
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IMAX signs deal with Odeon-UCI in Spain and Italy
The deal is for two new digital IMAX theatre systems under joint venture agreements in Mallorca and Milan.
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NewsEngelke, Avandi to host European Film Awards
German comedian Anke Engelke and Estonian actor Mart Avandi will host the 23rd European Film Awards (Dec 4) in Talinn, Estonia.
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NewsVicente Canales steps down as head of Filmax International
Filmax International director Vicente Canales has left his post after 13 years at the Spanish studio and will be replaced by Ivan Diaz, head of international sales.
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NewsVenice titles head to Brazil for Venezia Cinema Italiano
Competition titles The Passion and The Black Sheep (La Pecora Nera) among slate to play in Brazil as part of the Venezia Cinema Italiano.
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NewsSpanish studio head Martinez appointed president of Spain Film Commission
Elsa Martinez, the director general of Ciudad De La Luz studios in Alicante, has been appointed president of the Spain Film Commission with the intention of “making cinema one of our country’s main industries”.