All articles by Patrick Frater – Page 36
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Dutch tax credit system grinds to bureaucratic halt
Bureaucracy may have killed off The Netherlands' attractions for foreign producers and potential film investors alike.The famously lucrative tax credit system which allowed production investors to shelter their income and avoid capital taxes was put on temporary hold this July when the tax authorities decided to review the system yet ...
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Kim Ki-duk title springs to Bavaria
Sales outfit Bavaria Film International has a growing number of reasons to be positive as it expands its slate of non-German titles.It kicked off MIFED with two strong sessions at Saturday's Milan Screenings, where it showed Peter Bay's Swedish comedy The Man Who Couldn't Say No and Boran, the debut ...
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European distributors form six way buying alliance
Six European distributors have teamed up to form a buying alliance, that is the re-working of a similar deal announced this time last year. The companies involved include pure distributors Switzerland's Frenetic, Spain's Alta Films and Cinelibre-Cineart and producer-distributors Haut Et Court from France, Fu Works-A-Films from The Netherlands and ...
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European distributors form six way buying alliance
Six European distributors have teamed up to form a buying alliance, that is the re-working of a similar deal announced this time last year. The companies involved include pure distributors Switzerland's Frenetic, Spain's Alta Films and Cinelibre-Cineart and producer-distributors Haut Et Court from France, Fu Works-A-Films from The Netherlands and ...
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Schoendorffer shoots Spybound for TF1
Irreversible pair and real life couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are to star in Spy Bound (Agents Secrets), a big-budget thriller to be directed by Frederic Schoendorffer.The Euros15m French-language film is produced by Doberman-producer Eric Neve through his company La Chauve Souris and makes its market splash as the ...
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First Look takes My Kingdom to North America
Specialist US distributor First Look Pictures has picked up My Kingdom, a modernistic re-telling of the King Lear story, that was the last leading role for acting legend Richard Harris who died last week.The picture, bought from sister company Overseas Filmgroup, will be given a US release on Dec 6, ...
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Emperor's Wife prepares to shoot
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Max Beesley head the cast of The Emperor's Wife, an adult fairy tale directed by Julien Vrebos, which goes into production on Friday Nov 1. The cast also includes Spanish actresses Rosana Pastor, recently seen in Land And Freedom, and Leticia Dolera of The Other ...
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Overseas' Emperor's Wife prepares to shoot
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Max Beesley head the cast of The Emperor's Wife, an adult fairy tale directed by Julien Vrebos, which goes into production on Friday Nov 1. The cast also includes Spanish actresses Rosana Pastor, recently seen in Land And Freedom, and Leticia Dolera of The Other ...
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Metro Tartan acquires Secretary
UK independent Metro Tartan Distribution has acquired local rights to Sundance festival sensation Secretary (pictured) by Steven Shainberg.The film, which features Maggie Gyllenhaal as a woman who enters a sado-masochistic relationship with her demanding lawyer boss (James Spader), was originally sold by the UK's Alibi Films. Lion's Gate picked up ...
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Crunch year for both MIFED and London Screenings
A boycott by AFMA-affiliated sales companies has reduced London's pre-MIFED Screenings to a shadow of their former selves and given MIFED a major boost. But there is now mounting talk of the AFM challenging MIFED to be the premiere autumn film market.Next week's London Premiere Screenings sees the number of ...
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Nordisk Film Sales takes on Science Fiction
Nordisk Film Sales has taken on international sales duties for Belgian director Danny Deprez children's film Science Fiction. The film about two kids who believe that aliens in disguise are plotting to take over the world, was written by Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem. Shot in Flemish, Science Fiction is released this ...
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Nordisk Film Sales takes on Science Fiction
Nordisk Film Sales has taken on international sales duties for Belgian director Danny Deprez children's film Science Fiction. The film about two kids who believe that aliens in disguise are plotting to take over the world, was written by Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem. Shot in Flemish, Science Fiction is released this ...
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Senator shares boosted by KirchMedia licence deal
German distributor and licence trader Senator Entertainment has struck a "wide ranging deal" that will see its films licensed to the bankrupt KirchMedia group. The films will be shown on free-TV channels ProSieben, Sat 1 and Kabel 1.Senator did not disclose the terms of the deal, nor say how many ...
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John Maybury to take on Super-Cannes
John Maybury, who previously directed experimental Francis Bacon biopic Love Is The Devil, is set to direct an adaptation of JG Ballard's futuristic thriller Super-Cannes. The project marks the revival of a relationship between veteran British producer Jeremy Thomas' Recorded Pictures Company (RPC) and the controversial Ballard. Ballard, who wrote ...
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Buena Vista Int'l TV signs deal with Portugal's SIC
Buena Vista International (BVI-TV) has signed a new agreement with Portuguese free-TV broadcaster SIC. The multi-year, multi-genre agreement will provide SIC with features including Toy Story, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Disney's The Kid, Remember The Titans and The Royal Tenenbaums. Live action series include Alias and the channel will ...
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Granada, Carlton announce details of merger plan
Granada and Carlton, the UK's two largest commercial broadcasters, today announced details of the long awaited merger that will put most of Britain's free-TV under one management. But the impact for the film industry has yet to become clear.As their finances have become increasingly strained, both groups have pulled away ...
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Financial reprieve imminent for peppermint
Peppermint, the Munich and Kuala Lumpur-based film and programme sales company, is set for an financial reprieve having been sideswiped by the collapse of rights trader and producer Helkon.Prior to last week's announcement that Helkon would not emerge from insolvency protection, peppermint boss Michael Knobloch bought back the 51% stake ...
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MIPCOM buyers go in search of value for money deals
MIPCOM, the television programmes market in Cannes, is turning out to be more memorable for its publicity stunts than its high-profile deals. But behind the hoopla is a new-found emphasis on getting value for money.The opening night party was topped by a performance by dance troupe La Cirque Du Soleil, ...
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3DD, Lorber Media to sell classic AFT films package
British programmes sales company 3DD Entertainment has picked up a package of classic films that have been out of circulation for nearly a decade.The package consists of critically acclaimed films made under the American Film Theatre (AFT) banner between 1973-1976. Directed by cinema greats including Joseph Losey, Lindsay Anderson and ...
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Mexico's Televisa takes film package from Universal
Hit films including The Scorpion King, The Mummy Returns and Gladiator headline a package of feature films and made-for-TV programming licensed by Universal to leading Mexican broadcaster Televisa.The deal, announced at MIPCOM, is a multi-year contract giving Televisa exclusive terrestrial free-TV rights in Mexico. It spans new and library product. ...