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    Festival review: Venice leaves best to last

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    The best was saved for last at the 65th Venice film festival. Darren Aronofsky's Golden Lion-winner The Wrestler was the final film to screen while artistic director Marco Mueller snagged the headlines with the revelation he intends to push back the start of future Venices - to potentially overlap with ...

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    Venice: A critical review

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Rather than dwelling on Venice 65, the festival's artistic director Marco Mueller was keen to emphasise that things will be different for Venice 66. This year he 'chose to gamble on innovation and invention rather than repeat what has been successful in recent years'.But, he admitted, 'two elements were missing ...

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    In Focus: Stewart Till revives spirit of PolyGram

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    The spectre of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE) has haunted the international industry for the last 10 years. Since the European studio was swallowed up by Universal in 1999, the vacuum it left is frequently cited by those seeking a reordering of the international sales and distribution sector.Indeed, PFE has its ...

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    Unified Film Organization creates theatrical arm

    2000-11-01T12:21:00Z

    Unified Film Organization (UFO), the LA-based production and sales operation in which publicly traded German distributor Advanced Medien took a 51% stake earlier this year, has launched a theatrical level division called Consolidated Motion Pictures.First film to come out of the division is $6m New York-set romantic comedy Snatched with ...

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    In Focus: Grosvenor Park

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    When Lionsgate released the spoof Disaster Movie in North America in the last weekend of August, Don Starr, the founding partner and chairman of Grosvenor Park, was in his native Canada anxiously waiting for the opening.Disaster Movie represented a departure for the 26-year-old financing company into single-picture full-financing through discrete ...

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    In Focus: The Ealing Studios revamp

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Even with a new refurbishment and grand future plans, Ealing Studios is not ignoring its own storied history. Some of the shooting stages still feature straw packing dating back to 1932. And in the newly modernised, impressively posh dressing rooms, there are striking vintage posters of classic Ealing comedies adorning ...

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    Preview: San Sebastian International Film Festival

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Set in a pretty horseshoe bay lined with restaurants and cafes, San Sebastian has always been one of the most popular stop-offs on the annual festival circuit. The festival is appreciated for its laid-back approach to business dealings and as a productive breeding ground for Spanish and South American talent.This ...

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    Interview: San Sebastian director Mikel Olaciregui

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Which festivals do you particularly enjoy''I enjoy Cannes. It is a lot of work, meeting contacts and watching films. But in the world of festivals, it is the leader. For years it has been finding new talent, attracting all the stars and all the industry. I love Berlin, where you ...

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    The buzz films - San Sebastian 2008: the lowdown

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    World premieres in official selectionDream (South Korea)Dir: Kim Ki-dukRespected Korean director Kim Ki-duk will be competing in official selection at the Spanish festival for the first time with his new film Dream (Bi Mong), which explores a couple's relationship though a dream state and in the real world.Int'l sales: Showbox ...

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    In Focus: Galicia

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Galicia may be an autonomous state tucked away in the north-west corner of Spain, but that is not stopping a new breed of local film-makers from bursting onto the global scene by working with international film-makers on bigger budget productions.New companies such as Perro Verde and Vaca Films, as well ...

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    VIP Suite - Who to know in Galicia - Perro Verde Films

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Set up in 2006 by Manuel Cristobal who previously worked as an executive producer at Dygra Films, and is a partner in the Madrid-based agency 6 Sales. Cristobal recently bought the rights to Fernando Aramburu's novel The Fish Of Bitterness about terrorist group ETA and is looking for a director.Zombie ...

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    International - Mamma topples knight

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    The total gross of Screen International's international chart was down 7.8% week on week for the first box-office weekend of September. Warner Bros' The Dark Knight was knocked from the top spot for the second time, ousted by Universal Pictures' Mamma Mia! The Movie which opened in a further six ...

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    Final Word: Venice film festival 2008

    2008-09-12T07:00:00Z

    Screen looks back at this year's 65th Venice Film Festival. Click section to see more.Festival reviewCritical reviewReviewsNews

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    Venice news

    2008-09-12T07:10:00Z

    PrizesAronofsky's The Wrestler takes Golden LionApprentice takes Critics Week jury prize FIPRESCI prizes go to Goodbye Solo, Inland (Gabba) Uberto Pasolini's Machan takes Europa Cinemas Label News and sales Venice Film Festival confirms permanent date change Fox Searchlight pays $4m for US rights to The Wrestler Match Factory closes Swiss, ...

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    Media Asia sells packages to Miramax, Medusa

    2000-11-01T12:23:00Z

    Hong Kong's Media Asia has struck two key deals - one a 20-picture North American deal with Miramax, the other a five-year European DVD distribution deal with the UK's Medusa Communications - that together ensure an explosive presence in international markets.Miramax is acquiring theatrical and video rights to a mix ...

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    Moviehouse sings along with LFF selection 1 2 3 4

    2008-09-12T12:24:00Z

    Moviehouse Entertainment is now on board for international sales of 1 2 3 4, which is a music-themed fictional film set to have its world premiere at the Times BFI London Film Festival.Radiohead's Ed O'Brien executive produces.Giles Borg directs (making his feature debut) and Simon Kearney produces for UK-based Carson ...

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    South West Screen adds five to board including Rebecca O'Brien

    2008-09-12T12:27:00Z

    UK regional agency South West Screen has added some major players to its board of director.The five new board members are: Ken Loach's long-time producer Rebecca O'Brien of Sixteen Films; Dan'l Hewitt of Bebo; producer and PACT chair Charles Wace; DCMS veteran Brian Leonard; and media consultant Chris Wensley.Caroline Norbury, ...

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    Fine Cut's Hansel And Gretel heads to Canada

    2008-09-12T14:24:00Z

    Canadian genre film distributor Evokative Films has picked up local rights for Korean horror film Hansel And Gretel from Fine Cut. The film, directed by Yim Phil-sung, recently won a special mention from the European Federation of Fantastic Film Festivals Jury at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) and ...

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    Serbia's The Trap takes top prize at Chungmuro fest

    2008-09-12T14:25:00Z

    The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul (CHIFFS) awarded its Grand Prize to Srdan Golubovic's Serbian thriller The Trap on Thursday night. The five-member jury headed by Michael Cimino also presented a Special Jury Prize to Aida Begic's Bosnian drama Snow and its Discovery Award to local director Hur ...

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    Blow to Germany as Cartoon Movie market moves to Lyon

    2008-09-12T16:38:00Z

    Just days before this year's Cartoon Forum financing market is held in the south-west German town of Ludwigsburg from Sept 16, Brussels-based CARTOON has announced that its annual market for animation feature films, Cartoon Movie, is leaving its venue of 10 years at Potsdam's Babelsberg Studios to be held in ...