All articles by Patrick Frater – Page 12
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Breaking News added to Cannes line-up
In a late addition to its official line-up, the Cannesfestival is to show Breaking News, the latest picture by legendary HongKong action director Johnnie To.The film will screen in official selection, out ofcompetition on 12:30am on Friday 21 (00:30 Saturday 22 May) in the main SalleLumiere.Festival organisers confirmed that the ...
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Breaking News added to festival line-up
In a late addition to its official line-up, the Cannesfestival is to show Breaking News, the latest picture by legendary HongKong action director Johnnie To.The film will screen in official selection, out ofcompetition on 12:30am on Friday 21 (00:30 Saturday 22 May) in the main SalleLumiere.Festival organisers confirmed that the ...
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Justice enters new orbit with Lunar
MatthewJustice, the producer who has headed production activities at the successful UKfinancier Invicta Capital, is to strike out on his own.Justice istaking full control of the production company ICL Films that he set-up forInvicta which he joined in late 2001. Renamed as Lunar Films, the company willcontinue to plough the ...
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Strong Venice line-up taking shape
Marco Mueller may onlyyesterday have received board approval for his planned changes to theinfrastructure of the Venice festival on Tuesday, but he has wasted no timecoming up with big plans for the programme.His forward-thinking shouldallow the industry more of a chance to plan ahead than this year's Cannes,where many selections ...
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Forman to be honoured at Europe Day
Celebrated director, Milos Forman is to be the guest ofhonour for the "Europe Day" being organised by the Cannes festival on 18 May.The event is intended to celebrate the growing EuropeanUnion (EU) and the accession next week of ten new countries including Forman'snative Czech Republic. It will take as it ...
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Forman to be honoured at Cannes Europe Day
Celebrated director, Milos Forman is to be the guest ofhonour for the "Europe Day" being organised by the Cannes festival on 18 May.The event is intended to celebrate the growing EuropeanUnion (EU) and the accession next week of ten new countries including Forman'snative Czech Republic. It will take as it ...
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Comcast turns its attention to MGM
MGM, the venerable US studio, could be among the newacquisition targets being weighed up by Comcast, the US cable network giant.Comcast this week decided not to pursue its hostile takeoverapproach to Walt Disney. Earlier this year it had offered $54bn for Disney, butthe bid had been rebuffed by the Disneyboard ...
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Cannes launches DVD label
In an effort to build itself a year-round brand and keep up with moderntechnology the Cannes festival has launched a DVD label and a new prize.The festival will not be moving into the rights market, but rather givea badge of approval to a number of titles handled by existing homeentertainment ...
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Cannes Festival launches DVD label
In an effort to build itself a year-round brand and keep up with moderntechnology the Cannes festival has launched a DVD label and a new prize.The festival will not be moving into the rights market, but rather givea badge of approval to a number of titles handled by existing homeentertainment ...
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Mikhalkov to head short film competition jury
Russiandirector Nikita Mikhalkov is to head the jury that will judge the short filmcompetition at Cannes.Also on thejury are actress-director Nicole Garcia, actress Marisa Parades and directorsNuri Bilge Ceylan and Pablo Trapero.They willpreside over the short and medium films from film schools presented in theCinefondation section.Prizes forthe Cinefondation will be ...
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Mikhalkov to head Cannes short film competition jury.
Russiandirector Nikita Mikhalkov is to head the jury that will judge the short filmcompetition at Cannes.Also on thejury are actress-director Nicole Garcia, actress Marisa Parades and directorsNuri Bilge Ceylan and Pablo Trapero.They willpreside over the short and medium films from film schools presented in theCinefondation section.Prizes forthe Cinefondation will be ...
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Asian jewels to shine at Udine
Udine's festival of Far Eastern Film (23-30 April) looks set to present many of the most commercially successful films of the year from Asia.Bookended by Feng Xiao Gang's Cell Phone and Kang Je Gytu's Tae Guk Gi the main programme is a line-up of 41 films from China, Hong Kong, ...
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NEW Slimline Cannes hides its surprises in the detail
Cannes' competition holds few surprises in that the line-up has been widely predicted. But it contains a number of innovations and presents a genuinely diverse panoply of film-making around the world.In the spirit of small is beautiful, the number of films in main competition has been cut from 23 last ...
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Slimline Cannes hides its surprises in the detail
Cannes' competition holds few surprises in that the line-up has been widely predicted. But it contains a number of innovations and presents a genuinely diverse panoply of film-making around the world.In the spirit of small is beautiful, the number of films in main competition has been cut from 23 last ...
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Reviews
Goddess Of Mercy
Dir: Ann Hui. China. 2004. 109mins.A word of warning for viewers of a nervous disposition: there is precious little mercy in this lifetime for anyone, especially the men, connected with the heroine An Xin. But Goddess Of Mercy is not a man-hating diatribe. Experienced director Ann Hui delivers an understated ...
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Fortissimo earns Forgiveness
Hong Kong and TheNetherlands-based Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up international rights to Forgiveness,a timely South African drama from the DV8 stable.With a cast headed by TheMummy star Arnold Vosloo, the story is that of an anti-hero. A former Apartheidpoliceman is psychologically tormented by the atrocities he committed in hispast. ...
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Wild Bunch picks up Mar del Plata winner
French sales house Wild Bunch has picked up international sales duties on Buena Vida Delivery, the Argentinian dark comedy which won last month's Mar Del Plata festival and the Toulouse festival of Latin American films."We don't often board such obviously cinephile pictures, but we feel strongly that this film will ...
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BVIT to sell Miramax reality TV show
Buena Vista International Television, Walt Disney's film and TV sales division, has picked up its first TV product from Miramax Television.BVITV will handle Project Runway, a reality show offering a 'behind the catwalk' look at the fashion industry, and the associated format rights. The US show features supermodel Heidi Klum ...
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High Point strikes MIP-TV deals on feature slate
At the recent MIP-TV, UK sales house High Point Films And Television secured a number of deals for its feature film slate.Dutch blockbuster Peter Bell was sold to Belgium's VRT, Hungary's (HBO) and TV Markiza of the Slovak Republic. TV Markiza also picked up another Dutch film, Bella Bettien, while ...
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Baober In Love (Lian Ai Zhong De Bao Bei)
Dir: Li Shaohong. China. 2004. 100minsHad the Berlin festival in February been just a touch more adventurous it might have scheduled Baober In Love as the Chinese film in competition rather than Sylvia Chang's pleasant but predictable 20 30 40. Programmed in the International Forum sidebar, the surprising Baober was ...