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Venice: A critical preview
The 2008 Venice line-up looks like one of the riskiest major festival selections in recent memory.Cross the Italian contenders, the Coen brothers, Kathryn Bigelow, Jonathan Demme and a few other media darlings off the list, and you are left with directors such as Semih Kaplanoglu from Turkey, Algerian Tariq Teguia ...
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Flashback to 2007
Lust, CautionAng Lee's Lust, Caution was the surprise toast of Venice last year, stealing the Golden Lion from under the nose of critical favourite, Abdellatif Kechiche's Couscous (aka The Secret Of The Grain). It went on to dominate at the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, with seven wins including best ...
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International - Ponyo on the make
Studio Ghibli's Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea has held on to the top slot at the Japanese box office for a fifth week - despite going head to head with the latest Pokemon film, The Dark Knight and a strong $6.97m opening for Asian-themed The Mummy: Tomb Of ...
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International - 3D's looking flat
Can technical innovation save the movie theatre as it faces up to a period of extreme competition'Technology has, of course, fundamentally changed the fortunes of the business before. On October 6, 1927, the talking pictures revolution was launched with The Jazz Singer at Los Angeles' Tower Theater.Sound could not lay ...
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Scottish Screen increases slate funding to $2m over 2 years
Scottish Screen has selected five production companies to receive substantial finance through the organisation's Slate Fund. Launched in March 2008, the Slate Fund was originally intend to offer a share of $741,325 (£400,000) to a maximum of four companies. The quantity and quality of the applications has led to the ...
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NewsBuick Riviera wins prizes for best film, actor at Sarajevo Film Festival
Goran Rusinovic’s Buick Riviera, a co-production between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the big winner in the competition section of the 14th annual Sarajevo Film Festival which closed on Saturday night.
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Buick Riviera
Dir: Goran Rusinovic. Croatia-Bosnia-Herzegovina-UK-US-Ger. 2008. 85mins.The winner of Sarajevo best film, best actor and FIPRESCI prizes, Goran Rusinovic's Buick Riviera takes the war in Bosnia to the frozen plains of Minnesota in a film about racial hatred and personal animosity. A Serb and a Muslem, both from Bosnia, meet accidentally ...
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Thunder holds onto top spot as domestic summer draws to a close
DreamWorks-Paramount's action comedy Tropic Thunder held on to the number one spot in a typically lacklustre late August weekend and added an estimated $16.1m for a $65.7m total.Sony's comedy The House Bunny, which stars Anna Faris as a Playboy bunny cast out of the Mansion who helps a group of ...
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Dark Knight lords it over international box office
The Dark Knight destroyed the competition at the weekend to consolidate its ranking as the second biggest overseas release of the year-to-date behind Indiana Jones thanks to an estimated $34m haul that boosted the running total to $381.2m.The Warner Bros Pictures International release was in action on more than 7,700 ...
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Visit Films acquires worldwide rights to Adolfo Alix Jr's Adela
New York-based Visit Films has acquired worldwide rights to Adolfo Alix Jr's Filipino drama Adela ahead of its premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival's Contemporary World Cinema section next month.The film tells the story of a former radio personality celebrating her 80th birthday in the slums of Manila who ...
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Pre-Toronto buys: SPC takes Paris 36, THINKFilm buys Genova
In two significant pre-Toronto acquisitions, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired US, Australasian and Scandinavian rights from Pathe International to Christophe Barratier's Paris 36 (Faubourg 36) while THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to Michael Winterbottom's Genova.Paris 36, follow-up to Barratier's feted 2004 release Les Choristes (The Choir), is set to ...
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Jaman.com signs over 100 Lionsgate titles to its online service
Online distribution service and film community Jaman.com has signed a deal with Lionsgate to make over 100 Lionsgate titles to Jaman's users.Under the terms of the deal, Jaman.com will showcase Lionsgate titles on its site, some of which will be available for free, ad-supported and instantly streamed in high-definition quality. ...
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Goldcrest forms New York division to co-produce independent films
The Goldcrest Group has formed a new New York-based division called Goldcrest Features which plans to integrate the production process for independent film-makers from pre-production through post-production and delivery all under one roof. The remit is to co-produce up to seven films a year with budgets up to $15m.Gretchen McGowan, ...
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CMG sells Chemical Wedding to North America, France, Benelux
Edward Noeltner's Cinema Management Group (CMG) has closed several major territorial deals throughout the summer on Chemical Wedding, an occult thriller written by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson.Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment has taken rights in North America and Universal Pictures Video (France) bought rights in France, Belgium and The Netherlands.Julian Doyle ...
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Joel B Michaels joins Halcyon as president of production
Veteran producer Joel B Michaels has been named president of production at The Halcyon Company, it was announced today by co-CEOs Victor Kubicek and Derek AndersonMichaels, who is currently serving as executive producer on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for TV, joins the company immediately and will oversee Terminator Salvation ...
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CineLink announces best-pitch awards
CineLink, the industry section of the Sarajevo Film Festival, announced its awards for the best projects pitched in the southeastern Europe co-production market. The EAVE scholarship went to Serkan Cakarer, producer of the Turkish project Broken Mussels, from director Seyeftin Tokmak. Broken Mussels received the ARTE Sarajevo Film Festival award. ...
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Celluloid Dreams picks up two Venice titles
Celluloid Dreams has added two Venice titles to its line up. Amir Naderi's Vegas: Based On A True Story and Matt Tyrnauer's Valentino: The Last Emperor now join Celluloid's slate, the company announced Tuesday. Valentino will have a gala screening at La Fenice and is also set to run in ...
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San Sebastian announces Zabaltegi Pearls and Specials sections
The San Sebastian film festival has announced the full line-ups for the Zabaltegi Pearls and Zabaltegi Specials sections, including titles from some of the biggest names in cinema at the moment.Zabaltegi Pearls showcases films that have already featured prominently on the international festival circuit but have not yet had their ...
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The Very Best Film 2 wraps production in Moscow
In Moscow, Russian director Oleg Fomin has concluded production on The Very Best Film 2, the sequel to the No. 2 box-office hit in Russia this year. Buena Vista Sony Pictures Releasing (BVSPR) will release the film Jan 22, according to Russian Film Business Today.The Very Best Film, directed by ...
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Ealing Studios sells St Trinian's in three key territories
Ealing Studios International has announced that it has concludedanother three key deals for the distribution of UK box-office hit St Trinian's.The deals, announced Aug 26, have Neo Classics taking United States, Alliance taking Canada and Filmax taking Spain.Making the announcement, Barnaby Thompson, Head of Studio, EalingStudios said: 'We've had lots ...