All articles by Mike Goodridge – Page 99
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Full listing of AFMA's newly elected board of directors
The 2003 boardof directors for AFMA was elected at the annual membership meeting of theindependent film association yesterday, according to a statement from AFMAchairman Kathy Morgan. Morgan stressed AFMA's increasing internationalprofile, with 40% of member companies now headquaretered outside the US includingUK executives Jane Barclay, Nicole Mackey, Michael Ryan and ...
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PGA announce Celebration Of Diversity
The Producers Guild OfAmerica (PGA) is to hold a brand new annual Celebration Of Diversity in LosAngeles to honour the contributions of African Americans, Asians, Latinos, gaysand lesbians and women to the industry. The event will take place on Oct 28 andwill honour Ang Lee, Danny Glover, Moctezuma Esparza, Marian ...
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Bill Butler wins ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
Veteran cinematographer BillButler will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) LifetimeAchievement Award presented annually to 'an individual who has created adistinguished and enduring body of work'. He will receive his tributeduring the 17th annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awardscelebration on Feb 13, 2003, in Los Angeles.Butler has over 70 featurecredits ...
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Together (Han Ni Zai Yiki)
TOGETHER (HA NI ZAI YI QI)Screened at Toronto (Masters)Dir: Chen Kaige. China. 2002. 116mins.US buyers scrambled to buy Chen Kaige’s latest Chinese film when it world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival - and it’s easy to see why. Wearing its heart on its sleeve, Together is a crowd-pleasing ...
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Newmarket makes it four with Whale Rider
Marking its fourth film acquisition in the last two weeks, upstart US distribution outfit Newmarket Films has acquired all North American rights to Whale Rider, Niki Caro's magical fable from New Zealand, which won the AGF People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend.The film, which world ...
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Moonstone sells Chen Kaige's Together to five territories
Etchie Stroh's Moonstone Entertainment has closed a slew of deals on Chen Kaige's latest film Together which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last week and was swiftly sold to United Artists for North America.Momentum Pictures bought the film for the UK, A-Film for Benelux, Vertigo for Spain, ...
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Wellspring acquires two for US from Celluloid Dreams
Wellspring Media has picked up US rights to two European films - Alexander Sokurov's acclaimed Cannes title Russian Ark and Bille Eltringham's UK DV thriller This Is Not A Love Song. Both films were sold by Paris-based sales outfit Celluloid Dreams. Russian Ark is slated for a release before the ...
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Rudolph's Dentists go to Manhattan
Manhattan PicturesInternational, the New York-based US independent which bought domestic rightsto Michael Apted's Enigmaand Jean-Luc Godard's In Praise Of Love, has resurfaced, taking all North American rights toAlan Rudolph's Toronto festival hit The Secret Lives Of Dentists. The deal was closed by ShaunRedick of ICM and attorney Andrew P Hurwitz ...
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Palm scores new funding from Colombian media giant
Chris Blackwell's PalmPictures has secured a new round of funding anchored by a"significant" investment from Latin America's Grupo SantoDomingo and also including additional funding from long-time Palm Picturesinvestor Avalon Capital Group. Grupo Santo Domingo is adiversified Latin American company with assets in broadcast television, radioand print media; Avalon is the ...
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Sundance opens its doors to international docs
The SundanceFilm Festival is opening its doors to international documentaries, launching asection of approximately eight films from around the world beginning at nextyear's event which will take place Jan 16-26, 2003 in Park City, Utah.The international documentary section will co-exist with the World Cinemaprogramme which features some 32 international dramatic ...
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Fradis & Cohen team for new film investment fund
Anatoly Fradis of Alfa FilmEnterprises Inc and Joseph N Cohen of American Entertainment Investors Inc haveformed a new film investment outfit called Marching Band Productions. Fradisand Cohen have already closed their first deal for the company - forthree pictures with Nigel Sinclair and Guy East of Spitfire Productions kickingoff with ...
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Alcon buys Pemberton script
Alcon Entertainment, theWarner-based production outfit behind Insomnia and The Affair Of The Necklace, has purchased the comedy spec script The WholePemberton Thing written byfirst-time screenwriter Mike Samonek. The story deals with the volatile relationshipbetween a young executive and his Machiavellian, oddball office mate.Samonek has simultaneouslysigned a first-look deal with Alcon ...
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Cinesite (Europe) wins Tomb Raider 2 effects deal
London-based Cinesite(Europe) Ltd has won a contract for a portion of the visual effects for TombRaider 2 with Paramount Pictures.The company, which worked on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, will produce some 3-D animation sequences whichconstitute a large portion of the total visual effects shots in the film whichwill again star ...
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Newmarket, Lions Gate seal two more Toronto acquisitions
Two more films screening at the Toronto International Film Festival secured domestic distribution deals over the weekend. Newmarket Films took US rights to Lukas Moodysson's Lilja 4-ever from Trust Film Sales, while Lions Gate Films beat out competitors including Miramax and New Line to buy North American rights to ...
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Newmarket, Lions Gate seal two more Toronto acquisitions
Two more films screening at the Toronto International Film Festival secured domestic distribution deals over the weekend. Newmarket Films took US rights to Lukas Moodysson's Lilya 4-ever from Trust Film Sales, while Lions Gate Films beat out competitors including Miramax and New Line to buy North American rights to horror ...
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Lions Gate International gets into Bed with Spanish comedy
Lions Gate FilmsInternational has acquired international rights to Spanish romantic comedymusical The Other Side Of The Bed(El Otro Lado Del La Cama)directed by Emilio Martinez Lazaro. The film, which screened at the TorontoInternational Film Festival as a gala premiere, marks the second collaborationbetween Lions Gate Films International and production outfit ...
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UA wins rights to Chen Kaige's Together
United Artists (UA), the specialised film division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), has made its first acquisition at the Toronto International Film Festival, taking North American rights to Chen Kaige's heartwarmer Together. Ironically it was MGM which was scheduled to distribute Kaige's last film Killing Me Softly, his first English language effort ...
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UA wins rights to Chen Kaige's Together
United Artists (UA), the specialised film division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), has made its first acquisition at the Toronto International Film Festival, taking North American rights to Chen Kaige's heartwarmer Together. Ironically it was MGM which was scheduled to distribute Kaige's last film Killing Me Softly, his first English language effort ...
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Independent peppermint gets in with The Guys
peppermint, the worldwide distribution company that has recently undergone a management buy-out from Helkon Media AG, has acquired international distribution rights to The Guys, the film of Anne Nelson's hit play which deals with the aftermath of 9/11. The film, which world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday, ...
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Two more domestic deals at Toronto
Two more films sealed domestic distribution deals at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday. IFC Films made its first acquisition since the departure of former chief Bob Berney, taking US rights to Jean-Pierre Limousin's Novo, while Lions Gate Films Releasing followed up its purchase of Gaspar Noe's Irreversible by buying ...