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Greek box-office admissions down 1m in pivotal winter season
As the European football championships are drawing to a close and the Olympic Games (August 8-24) are around the corner, Greek distributors and exhibitors fear that sporting events could further dampen this year's box office performance. So far this year, Makis Diamantopoulos, generalmanager of the Odeon Cineplex exhibition chain describes ...
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International writers and directors seek new deal
Nothing demonstrates the difference between Hollywood and the international independent sector more than a strike.Earlier this year, Hollywood writers were able to bring prime-time TV shows off the air and halt major film shoots. Now contract negotiations with actors and directors are underway, conducted in a manner that would be ...
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Kolirin, Bernasconi, Toth line up for Locarno short jury
Filmmakers Fulvio Bernasconi (Fuori Dalle Corde) and Eran Kolirin (The Band's Visit) are among the five jury members for Locarno International Film Festival's Leopards of Tomorrow competitions for Swiss and international short films.The other members are the Hungarian actress Orsi Toth, who played the female lead in Kornel Mundruczo's Cannes ...
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Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburghands out$8.7m
Feature films by veteran US actor Dennis Hopper, German comedy star Mario Barth and the Cannes/Sochi prize-winning production house Rohfilm are among 26 German and international projects awarded over $8.7m (Euros 5.6m) by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) in its latest funding session.Hopper received backing for the project River Movie about a ...
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Davaa's new documentary project begins shooting in Mongolia
Principal photography on the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa's new feature documentary project Two Horses Of Genghis KhanstartedMonday(June 23) in the Mongolian city of Ulaanbaatar.Shooting on the musical and mystical journey by the internationally renowned singer Urna will continue in Khentii Aimag, the birthplace of Genghis Khan, on the holy mountain ...
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San Sebastian announces first Official Selection films
This year's San Sebastian International film festival (Sept18-27) will see its official selection include new films from acclaimed directors Daniel Burman, Christophe Honore, Kim Ki-Duk, Kristian Levring and local favourite Jaime Rosales.Multi-award winning Argentinean director Daniel Burman will present his sixth feature, Empty Nest (El Nino Vacio), which has already ...
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Matthew Rhys takes a trip with Marc Evans' Patagonia
Matthew Rhys, currently starring with Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in The Edge Of Love, has come on board to star in Patagonia with Nia Roberts.Marc Evans (Snow Cake) will direct and Rebekah Gilbertson (The Edge Of Love) will produce with Argentina's Oscar Kramer.Laurence Coriat (Wonderland, A Mighty Heart) wrote ...
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Krabbe and Hershey to star in Albert Schweitzer biopic
Jeroen Krabbe and Barbara Hershey are headlining the cast of UK director Gavin Millar's biopic Schweitzer (working title) on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Schweitzer.Set in 1949 in the early years of the Cold War, the film follows Schweitzer (played by Krabbe) as he arrives in ...
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Italian industry bodies threaten festival boycott over film taxes
Leading film industrybodies in Italyare threatening to pull Italian entries to the Venice, Rome and Turin film festivals if the country's new right-wing government abolishes tax credits promised in the 2008 national budget.The threat was including in a joint statement from motion picture organisation Anica, independent producers group Api and ...
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Ben Ammar withdraws from French post-production deal - report
Tarak Ben Ammar has withdrawn his efforts to acquire France's Éclair laboratories, according to reports.Reasons given for the move were deteriorated economic conditions and certain delays imposed by the competition authorities.Ben Ammar, who already holds 43% of the post-production facility, said in December that he would purchase the remaining 57% ...
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Sony unveils first footage of new Bond film
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) showed 10 minutes of exclusive footage of Quantum Of Solace to delegates at this year's Cinema Expo.The sneak peak was prefaced by a brief introduction from Michael G Wilson, co-producer of the James Bond franchise along with Barbara Broccoli, who claimed that the 22nd installment ...
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Sony unveils first footage of new Bond film
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) showed 10 minutes of exclusive footage of Quantum Of Solace to delegates at this year's Cinema Expo.The sneak peak was prefaced by a brief introduction from Michael G Wilson, co-producer of the James Bond franchise along with Barbara Broccoli, who claimed that the 22nd installment ...
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Fox pulls in the stars to promote films at Cinema Expo
Twentieth Century Fox drafted in major stars to support the reel presentations for exhibitors at this year's Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.Hugh Jackman, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson and Rainn Wilson all made personal appearances to promote their upcoming filmsDavid Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) introduced his new film Marley ...
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Snow to open Sarajevo with Ceylan president of the jury
The 14th Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) has announced that Cannes Critics Week Grand Prix winner Snow by Bosnian Aida Begic will officially open the festival at the Heineken Open Air with capacity of 3,000 seats.Other films to screen at the prestigious venue include Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, Ari Folman's Waltz ...
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Wim Wenders and Dariush Mehrjui receive Yerevan honours
Germany's Wim Wenders and Iranian film-maker Dariush Mehrjui are to receive lifetime achievement awards at this year's Golden Apricot International Film Festival (July 13-20) in the Armenian capital of Yerevan.Wenders' Cannes competition film The Palermo Shooting will be screened, while a retrospective of Mehrjui's film will show such films as ...
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Wesle's Atrix takes on sales for Kyrgyzstan love story Tengri
Beatrix Wesle's Munich-based sales agent Atrix Films has picked up international rights to Marie Jaoul de Poncheville's Tengri - Blue Heavens, a love story set in Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia which has its world premiere at the Munich Film Festival this week.The film will then be screened for buyers at ...
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Eye Of The Sun takes Taormina honours
Egyptian film maker Ibrahim El Batout's Eye Of The Sun (Ein Shams) won the Golden Tauro for best film atSicily's Taormina Film Festival.The film was part of the festival's main 'Mediterranean' competition section.Eye Of The Sun, El Batout's second film focuses on a taxi driver named Ramadan whose routes through ...
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Karlovy Vary announces competition line-up
The 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has announced its final line-up.The festival will conclude July 12 with a gala screening of Mamma Mia!, Phyllida Lloyd's adaptation of the musical inspired by the music of Abba.As previously reported, Barry Levinson's What Just Happened' will open the festival July 4.Robert ...
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Eric Lagesse takes control of Pyramide Films
Eric Lagesse has taken a majority stake in French sales and distribution outfit Pyramide Films and will henceforth be the company's president.Fabienne Vonier, who owns the entirety of production company Pyramide Productions, will maintain a minority share in Pyramide Films.In mid-2005, Lagesse became managing director of Pyramide Films after having ...
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Eagle Pictures reveals first slate since Ben Ammar takeover
Eagle Pictures has announced the first titles to make up the 2008-2009 slate of the company since its take over last year by Franco-Tunisian financier Tarak Ben Ammar.Eagle Pictures head of acquisitions Maria Grazia Vairo told Screen the titles announced will be released in Italy, and in some cases will ...