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Mongrel, Sienna, Foundry launch screenwriting lab
Two Toronto production companies are banding with boutique distributor Mongrel Media to launch The Writers Unit (TWU), a screenplay development lab. Mongrel president Hussein Amarshi, Sienna Pictures' Julia Sereny and Jennifer Kawaja, producers behind such films as How She Move and A Touch Of Pink, and Danny Iron of Foundry ...
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Reviews$9.99
Dir. Tatia Rosenthal.Israel/Australia, 2008. 78 mins.Dealing with such lightweight issues as ‘the meaning of life’ and ‘happiness’ may seem a bit excessive for a stop-motion animated film weighing in at less than 78 minutes. But the film doesn’t take itself that seriously after all, defusing some ...
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ReviewsFifty Dead Men Walking
Dir. Kari Skogland. UK/Canada. 2008. 118 mins.It was only in the aftermath of the Vietnam War that filmmakers were able to create a substantial body of work reflecting the complexities of what had happened there. The same is proving to be true of the recent ‘Troubles’that ...
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Abu Dhabi's Circle Conference plans new directors showcase
His Excellency Mohamed Khalaf al-Mazrouei and The Circle Director Adrienne Briggs welcomed industry guests to the Film Lounge on Saturday night for the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage Reception, to celebrate the growth of film in the region.The Circle Conference is growing in its second year to a ...
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Permut signs Swank, sets DreamWorks remake
Hollywood producer David Permut has signed Oscar winner Hilary Swank to star opposite Richard Gere in Julia Pastrana, a romantic epic to which director Taylor Hackford has finally committed as his next film after Proof Of Life.Both this film and another, Thief Of Light, are being financed by a foreign ...
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Martin McGartland settles with Fifty Dead Men Walking producers
The producers of Fifty Dead Men Walking have settled with Martin McGartland, whose autobiography provided the basis for the film. McGartland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary mole who infiltrated the IRA and survived two attempts on his life, had taken issue with the film's misrepresentation of true events. Since viewing a ...
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ReviewsThe Other Man
Director: Richard Eyre. UK/USA. 2008. 90mins.Richard Eyre is fast becoming the new master of unhealthy obsession. After Judi Dench’s creepily predatory school teacher inNotes On A Scandal, it is now the turn of Liam Neeson to play a fool for love inThe Other Man.Well-heeled literary adaptation ...
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Nothing But the Truth
Director: Rod Lurie. US. 2008. 107mins.A dramatic fictionalization thatconflates the political scandal of former covert intelligence officerValerie Plame and controversial journalist Judith Miller, Rod Lurie's Nothing But the Truthis a miscalculated piece damaged by poor direction, mediocre writingand performances that feel consistently misguided and off-key. Lurie (The Contender) is acontemporary ...
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Palisades extends Bergman UK library deal with Svensk
Palisades Pictures new UK subsidiary Palisades Tartan UK - formed when Palisades acquired the library of shuttered UK distributor Tartan - has negotiated a deal with Sweden's Svensk Filmindustri to extend the rights of the Ingmar Bergman library.Terms of the deal were not released but the UK distribution rights have ...
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Rotterdam 2009 to examine Asian horror, post-cinema screens
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is planning two special programmes for its 2009 edition: Hungry Ghosts, devoted to Asian horror; and Size Matters, about the omnipresence of multiple screens in the post-cinema age.The festival's director Rutger Wolfson, confirmed in March for a four-year term after a temporary helming of ...
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ICM to package sci-fi thriller Falling Awake with Anagram
ICM has signed to package Falling Awake, the upcoming sci-fi thriller from Anagram Pictures, the Vancouver production company behind zombie comedy Fido. ICM will rep the film for the US and the rest of the world. Scott Weber and David Jones wrote the screenplay; Weber is set to direct the ...
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Rory Buckley joins SPI as London-based sales director
Warsaw-based film and TV company SPI has appointed Rory Buckley as its London-based Sales Director. He will be responsible for all TV sales in Central and Eastern Europe. Buckley most recently served as Senior Sales Manager for Disney in Central & Eastern Europe.Buckley said: 'I am thrilled to take on ...
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Boy A, Helen, Escapist among competitors in Dinard
As the UK has an exceedingly strong Toronto, the Dinard British Film Festival has announced its lineup for the 19th edition (Oct 2-5)The competition line-up for the Golden Hitchcock is:Chris Waitt's A Complete History Of My Sexual FailuresJohn Crowley's Boy ANeil Thompson's ClubbedRupert Wyatt's The EscapistChristine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's ...
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Apprentice takes Venice Critics Week jury prize
The winner at Venice Critics Week was French entry The Apprentice(L’apprenti) by Samuel Collardey. That jury is composed of three international critics, and the winning film gets a prize of nearly $5,000 (Euros 3,000). This year the Critics Week section also took the Lion of the Future award - as ...
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New German buyer turns up the heat at MIFED
A new all-rights buyer from Germany, E-M-S New Media, has emerged at MIFED and is set to get more aggressive once it goes public on the Neuer Markt later this month. With an initial public offering set for Nov 21, E-M-S (short for European Multimedia Services) has snapped up all ...
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Fox teams with Star to launch Asia-wide studio
Twentieth Century Fox and regional broadcaster Star, both of which are owned by News Corp, arelaunching an Asia-wide joint venture, Fox Star Studios, to produce and distribute local-language movies. Star CEO Paul Aiello revealed the move, which has been an open secret for several months, at the Asia Media Summit ...