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11 features lined up for VCU French Film Festival
The 16th annual VCU French Film Festival will take place in Richmond, Virginia, from March 28-30.The event, an initiative of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), is sponsored by the French Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Unifrance, l'ARP and SACD.11 features will screen at this year's festival. They are Laurent Boutonnat's Jacquou Le ...
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Borgerding named CEO of Abu Dhabi Media Company
Edward Borgerding has been named chief executive officer of The Abu Dhabi Media Company, the media and entertainment conglomerate based in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The announcement was made by company chairman Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei.Borgerding most recently had his own private equity firm in London and recently ...
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Torresblanco to speak at US-Mexico Border States conference
Frida Torresblanco, the New York-based producer of Pan's Labyrinth, will be the keynote speaker at a conference entitled US-Mexico Border States Conference: Film-making, Economic Development and Intellectual Property Rights to be held in Tucson, Arizona, March 27 and 28.The event is being sponsored by the University Of Arizona's Hanson Film ...
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World premiere of Mamet's Redbelt set for April 25 at Tribeca
David Mamet's martial arts drama Redbelt will have its world premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and also serve as the gala premiere of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival on April 25. Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) is releasing the film in North America.Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in the film as ...
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TWC to release two different versions of Fanboys
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has announced the home video release of two separat versions of its comedy Fanboys - about a bunch of Star Wars fans who travel cross country in 1998 to raid George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and watch the then unreleased Episode I. The company also says it ...
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Tribeca All Access announces 2008 programme, expansion
The Tribeca Film Institute has announced the 37 projects selected for Tribeca All Access, a programme designed to help foster relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally under-represented communities.The programme takes place April 21-26 during the Tribeca Film Festival, which takes place April 23 to May 4. Participating ...
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Mammoth Movie Man: Interview with Roland Emmerich
'I don't know why I'm the only one who does it,' laughs Roland Emmerich about the speculative auction process whereby he sets up his movies at particular studios. 'It's a perfect system actually.'Emmerich's latest deal was with Sony Pictures, which stepped in to greenlight and finance 2012, a script Emmerich ...
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Vail Film Festival set for April 3-6 with (RED) collaboration
The fifth annual Vail Film Festival will take place April 3-6 in the popular US ski resort, and is continuing its collaboration with Bono and Bobby Shriver's (RED) initiative which aims to raise awareness and money for AIDS charity The Global Fund.(RED) and the festival will premiere the RED Vision ...
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Truly Indie teams with horse racing venue operator on Saturday doc
US horse-racing venue operator Churchill Downs is partnering with Wagner Cuban distribution division Truly Indie on the US theatrical release of Brad and John Hennegan's documentary The First Saturday In May which will open on April 18.The film chronicles the journey of a cast of six hard-working trainers as they ...
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SPC to launch English-language Persepolis on April 11
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) will release the English-language version of Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis in 100 screens throughout North America on April 11.The English-language version features the voices of Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve in the same roles they voiced for the original - Marjane and Marjane's mother ...
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Lovett, Stanton join stellar cast of Odd Lot's The Open Road
Lyle Lovett and Harry Dean Stanton have joined the cast of Michael Meredith's The Open Road which is currently in production in Louisiana and other parts of the south.The film, produced by Odd Lott Entertainment, stars Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara and Mary Steenburgen in the story of a ...
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Participant teams with Tapestry on comedy Minimum Wage
Participant Media is teaming with Tapestry Films for the comedy Minimum Wage, the story of a crooked corporate executive convicted of fraud and sentenced to spend a year living on minimum wage in the town his company bankrupted.Tegan West and Scott Atkinson will write the screenplay for the project which ...
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The Film Department greenlights Zeta Jones, Freundlich comedy
Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's The Film Department has greenlit an untitled romantic comedy starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and written and directed by Bart Freundlich which is set to start shooting on April 17.The project is a romantic comedy set in New York City about a 25 year-old man who becomes ...
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Toby Emmerich to head newly downsized New Line Cinema
As expected, Toby Emmerich has been named president and chief operating officer of New Line Cinema as it segues into its new incarnation as a production label of Warrner Bros Entertainment.The dramatically downsized New Line will continue to maintain its own development, creative and production teams but its marketing distribution, ...
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The Grand, Young@Heart bookend Palm Beach Film Festival
Zak Penn's ensemble comedy The Grand will be the opening night film of the 13th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival in Florida on April 10. Stephen Walker's documentary Young@Heart will be closing night on April 17.A total of 141 films will screen at this year's event, while the Awards ...
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79 shorts selected for Tribeca Film Festival
79 shorts have been selected to play at this year's Tribeca Film Festival (April 23 to May 4) out of a total of 2,497 submissions. The shorts will be presented in 11 thematic programmes as well as preceding features in the festival.Among the shorts are narratives featuring stars such as ...
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AFCI launches new programmes for Locations Trade Show 2008
The Association Of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) will launch Phase Two of its Global Initiatives programme at the 23rd annual ACFI Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica (April 10-12).Over 300 exhibitors from more than 30 countries will participate in the event this year and an estimated 4,000 professionals will attend ...
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Tribeca 2008 announces Spotlight, Showcase and Restored sections
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, which takes place April 23 to May 4, has announced the films in its Spotlight, Showcase and Restored/Rediscovered sections.'Our Spotlight section presents a group of films already acquired for U.S. distribution but not yet released, including hotly-anticipated new titles by Jose Padilha, Julian Schnabel, Harmony ...
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American Teen to open Sundance Institute at BAM
Nanette Burstein's documentary American Teen will have its US premiere as the opening night film for Sundance Institute at BAM, the third annual programme of screenings, theatre and musical performances, panel discussions, screenplay readings, art installations and Q&A sessions held by Sundance at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) in ...
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Tributes continue to pour in for Anthony Minghella
Tributes are flooding in for film-maker Anthony Minghella who died suddenly yesterday at the age of 54.Harvey Weinstein, Minghella's longtime friend, backer and distributor on all his films since The English Patient, issued a statement saying: 'I am shocked and heart broken that we have lost Anthony. He was my ...