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    Sarajevo's CineLink winners include Bosnian Nedzad Begovic

    2006-08-29T10:32:00Z

    The Sarajevo Film Festival'sregional co-production market CineLink has awarded funding to three projects. Each will receive $12,812 (Euros 10,000) in cash provided by partners and $3,203 (Euros 2,500) in services provided by Synchro Studio Vienna. The projects are awardedaccording to criteria of artistic potential and feasibility. The Hubert Bals Fund ...

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    Tanovic lines up first feature shot in his Bosnian homeland

    2006-08-25T11:00:00Z

    Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (No Man's Land) is planning his firstBosnian-shot film.The project is an adaptation of Croatianjournalist Ivica Djikic'sdebut novel Circus Columbia. Speaking after presenting his secondfeature Hell at the Sarajevo FilmFestival, Tanovic explained that fellow Bosnian directorDino Mustafic (whose feature debut Remake appeared in 2003) had intended ...

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    Tanovic lines up first feature set in his Bosnian homeland

    2006-08-25T11:00:00Z

    Oscar-winning Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (No Man's Land) is planning his firstBosnian-set film.The project is an adaptation of Croatianjournalist Ivica Djikic'sdebut novel Circus Columbia. Speaking after presenting his secondfeature Hell at the Sarajevo FilmFestival, Tanovic explained that fellow Bosnian directorDino Mustafic (whose feature debut Remake appeared in 2003) had intended ...

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    Hood takes best British short prize at Edinburgh

    2006-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Dictynna Hood won the Kodak and UK Film Council-sponsored best British short film award at this year's Edinburgh Festival, jointly by Kodak and the UK Film CouncilMain award winnersUK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short FilmThe Other Man (Dictynna Hood)McLaren/ BBC Film Network Award for New British Animation ...

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    Rush Hour 3 starts six week shoot in Paris

    2006-08-24T11:07:00Z

    Brett Ratner'sRush Hour 3 has begun shooting in Paris, marking continued interest from American filmmakersin the capital city.The third installment of the action comedy stars Chris Tucker andJackie Chan along with French actor Yvan Attal, director Roman Polanski and a French actress ofrenown whose name has yet to be revealed.Rush ...

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    Onoma takes on sales for Ferenc Torok's Overnight

    2006-08-24T11:04:00Z

    French sales company Onoma International has taken on the world sales forHungarian filmmaker Ferenc Torok'snew film Overnight.The project has been shooting in Budapest since July 14 and will be moving to Germany on Aug 30 before a final stage of shooting in Bombay.Overnightis the final film in Torok's trilogy about ...

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    Wide Blue Yonder finds funding at first Nordic Co-Production Forum

    2006-08-24T04:00:00Z

    UK producer John Cairns of Parkland Films left theNorwegian Film Festival in Haugesund yesterday with his new feature, Wide Blue Yonder, fully financed, havingrecruited Stavanger's Sydvest Film as Norwegian co-producer at the first NordicCo-Production Forum.Cairns was one of the ten UK independent producers,pitching new feature film projects to potential co-producers ...

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    Richard Laxton starts shoot for The Allotment

    2006-08-22T10:29:00Z

    Warp Films and Art in Action have started shooting a comedywith the working title of The Allotment.Richard Laxton, who recentlycompleted Life & Lyrics, willdirect from a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce with Carl Hunter. The Allotment follows a refugee familytrying to fit into the community of their gardening allotment. The ...

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    Billi Productions plans to expand CGI short into feature

    2006-08-20T13:43:00Z

    BilliProductions and Glasgow Animation are seeking to turn their animated short filmSir Billi into a full-lengthfeature.Theproducers expect they need to raise $5.6m (£3m) to get the CGI feature made in12 months. BilliProductions is a company owned by husband and wife team Sascha and TessaHartmann and Sean Connery, who has signed ...

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    London shoot to start for horror film Credo

    2006-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Alto Films starts principal photography next week on itsfirst feature, Credo.The supernatural horror film is shooting in London's WestEnd. Toni Harman is directing, with a cast including Myanna Buring (TheDescent), ClaytonWatson (The Matrixtrilogy), and singer Stephen Gately from Boyzone.The plot follows a group of theology students in London whosummon a ...

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    UK producers to pitch at first Nordic Co-Production Forum

    2006-08-17T16:53:00Z

    Ten UK production companies will pitch new feature film projects to potential co-producers in Scandinavia at the first Nordic Co-Production Forum, which takes place on Monday, 21 August-Tuesday, 22 August during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund.Organised with UK-German content financing consultancy peacefulfish and Film London, the Forum concludes ...

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    Valderama, Universal to make Partybuddys movie

    2006-08-17T00:00:00Z

    Wilmer Valderrama will produce and possibly star in Universal Pictures'story about Partybuddys founders James King and Jason Roefaro.Mike Samonek is writing the screenplay about the entrepreneurial friendswhose VIP service offers party-goers a ready-made posse, bodyguard, limo,paparazzi detail and nightclub entry.Valderrama's manager Glenn Rigberg will serve as executive producealong with John ...

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    CJ moves into English fare with Kang's West 32nd

    2006-08-16T10:02:00Z

    Koreanstudio CJ Entertainment is set to shoot its first English-language feature, West 32nd. MichaelKang, who previously directed Sundance selection The Motel, will direct from a script he co-wrote with Edmund Lee. TeddyZee (Hitch, Saving Face) will produce. JohnCho, who has appeared in American Pie and Harold &Kumar Go To White ...

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    Gaumont to start Bensalah's Big City

    2006-08-11T04:00:00Z

    French major Gaumont has announced the start of shooting on Djamel Bensalah's Big City,a western starring a cast of children ages 8 to 14.Principal photography willcommence on Aug 14 in Alberta, Canada before movingto Bulgaria. Adult co-stars in the film,which is set in the American west of the 1880s where ...

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    Peep Show team to shoot feature Magicians

    2006-08-10T16:16:00Z

    The team behind the UK TV hit Peep Show is gearing up to shoot its first feature, Magicians, which will start principalphotography in the UK on Aug 20. The comedy is about a double act of magicians whofall out and become rivals years later. It will shoot on location ...

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    FilmFour backs Irish comedy Garage

    2006-08-10T13:41:00Z

    FilmFour is on board for Irish film-makers LennyAbrahamson and Mark O'Halloran's follow-up to theiraward-winning comedy Adam & Paul.O'Halloran wrote and Abrahmsonwill direct Garage, about asmall-town misfit. The new film will star Pat Shorttand Anne Marie Duff. The project willshoot for six weeks starting Aug 14 in Ireland. The filmmakerswill again ...

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    Swiss grants go to projects from Indonesia and Malaysia

    2006-08-09T15:16:00Z

    Two projects from Indonesia and one from Malaysia were selected from the 11 South-East Asian filmprojects presented at this year's Open Doors in Locarno to receive development and production grantssponsored by the Swiss Foreign Ministry's Agency for Development andCooperation (DEZA).The decision on the winnersof two grants of $40,874 (CHF 50,000) ...

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    Walden, Fox give birth to family film label

    2006-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Walden Media has set up a joint venture with Fox FilmedEntertainment (FFE) to release family pictures that encompasses all of Walden'sfuture slate and current and new work from Fox.A dedicated marketing, publicity and promotions team at the as-yet-unnamedcompany will work on the titles, which initially include Mr Magorium'sWonder Emporium, TheDark ...

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    UK's Uli Meyer starts production on $30m MonsterMania!

    2006-08-08T11:51:00Z

    London-based Uli Meyer Animation has started production on MonsterMania!, a $30m computer-animatedfeature. MichaelMarshall Smith and Stephen Jones wrote the script for the monster comedy/adventure,which is based on an idea by Uli Meyer, Jones andSmith. MonsterMania! has beenin active development for three years. Uli Meyer Animation will co-produce withIndia's Ittina Animation ...

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    Parker's I Really Hate My Job starts London shoot

    2006-08-07T04:00:00Z

    DirectorOliver Parker has started shooting comedy I Really Hate My Job in London. Neve Campbell, Shirley Henderson,Alexandra Maria Lara, Anna Maxwell Martin and Oana Pellea star. Thefilm is shooting on location and at Three Mills Studios. Producers are 3DDProductions' Andrew Higgie and Dominic Saville with Matthew Justice and AlanGreenspan. The ...