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Carrie Bradshaw kicks Indiana Jones off international perch
Sex continued to sell overseas as New Line's hit adaptation Sex And The City booted PPI's Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda into second and third place, respectively.The comedy saga about four Manhattan women added an estimated $38.1m from 25 new territories and robust holdovers to stand at $91.3m. Combined ...
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Panda-monium at North American box office for DreamWorks
Kung Fu Panda ate up the competition as it shot to the top and left no doubt about what was the biggest comedy in North America over the weekend.The DreamWorks Animation hit grossed an estimated $60m through Paramount, approximately 50% more than Sony's Adam Sandler comedy You Don't Mess With ...
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German distributors announce Cannes sales
German distributors Kool Filmdistribution, Arsenal Filmverleih and Piffl Medien have unveiled a number of deals concluded during at the Cannes Film Festival.Freiburg-based Kool Filmdistribution acquired German rights to Belgian actor-director Bouli Lanners' tragicomic roadmovie Eldorado, which screened in the Directors' Fortnight and won the Europa Cinemas label for Best European ...
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Focus: Europe's drive for digital change
'Digital convergence is coming of age.'That's the view of EU Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding (pictured below), who claims 'it is now possible to distribute online content on a mass market scale'.And in a great many areas of new media development, it is fair to say ...
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Denmark's Moviefan launches London sales outfit
Start-up Danish financing house Moviefan Scandinavia has launched a London-based sales company, Moviefan Ltd, with former Beyond Films executive Dee Emerson heading up sales.Moviefan Scandinavia co-owner, Michael Lunderskov, is managing director of the new outfit which will debut at the London Screenings and MIFED. It's initial slate includes four titles, ...
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Classic animationGhost In The Shell gets digital overhaul,re-release
Following a complete digital overhaul, Japanese director Mamoru Oshii's influential 1995 animation classic Ghost In The Shell is set for local re-release on July 12, Production I.G announced today. Although story elements remain unchanged, the new version takes advantage of recent technologies to incorporate 3D CG, add new digital effects ...
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Edinburgh increases industry offerings
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is ramping up its industry events this year, with a record number planned June 20-27. The festival runs June 18-29.The industry initiatives are helped by the festival's new three-year, $4m backing from the UK Film Council.Panels will discuss how to survive as an independent producer, ...
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The Magic Hour puts a spell on Japanese box office
Koki Mitani's gangster comedy The Magic Hour ruled the Japanese box office this weekend, knocking off The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian after its two weeks in the number one spot. Opening on a wide 379 screens, The Magic Hour amassed $4.81m (Y506m) on 370,000 admissions, for a strong per ...
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Shakespeare And Victor Hugo takes prize at Transilvania
The Intimacies Of Shakespeare And Victor Hugo, a feature-length documentary from Mexican director Yulene Hugo, took the top prize at the seventh Transilvania International Film Festival.Director Yulena Olaizola received the festival grand prize, and Euros 10,000, from Catherine Deneuve. Deneuve was likewise honored with a lifetime achievement award, which she ...
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Norwegian Film Institute distributes latest funding of $11.8m
Norwegian director Marius Holst received the largest cheque, as the Norwegian Film Institute allocated $11.8m (Euros 7.5m) production support for a package of new Norwegian features, and set seven films rolling with costs totalling $54.1m (Euros 34.1m).Holst, whose last film wasaward winner Mirush, got $2.9m (Euros 1.8m) for Bastøy, based ...
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Splendid's Cannes buys include Swing Vote, Unshakable
German distributorSplendid Film has acquired German-language rights for a raft of US features currently in postproduction or production.The Cologne-based company's spending spree at the market in Cannes saw Splendid picking up, among others:Joshua Michael Stern's family comedy Swing Vote, starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper and Kelsey Grammer Romantic comedy I ...
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UK line producers, production managers plan US visit
The UK Film Council, in an effort to stimulate inward investment production in the UK, is taking eight UK line producers and unit production managers to Los Angeles next week to meet with US studios and independent productoin companies.British Film Commissioner Colin Brown is leading the trip, also organised with ...
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Tribeca launches Reframe as system to find rare film and video
Tribeca Film Institute has launched the digitised one-stop shop Reframe to help the film community market and locate classic and rare film and video.Reframe converts all content to high quality digital files, returns a digital copy to the rights holder for free and allows them to make their content available ...
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The Film Source picks up horror movie Deadwood Park
Alex Massis' Florida-based sales and marketing company The Film Source has acquired international rights to Eric Stanze's horror title Deadwood Park.William Clifton stars as a young man who returns to his home town in the hope of solving a decades-old mystery surrounding the killing of 26 children, one of whom ...
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Mark Waters to receive AFI's Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal
Mean Girls and The Spiderwick Chronicles director Mark Waters will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 2008 Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal in honour of his 'extraordinary creative talents' on June 12.Waters was a member of the AFI Conservatory's directing class of 1992 and graduated alongside Darren Aronofsky, Doug Ellin ...
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Canadian movie attendance hits 38-year high
Canadians went to the pictures in record numbers in 1998-99 - the biggest years since 1972 - but that hasn't helped exhibitors' profitability, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada, surveying all 692 of the nation's cinemas and drive-ins.Lured by multi-screen theatres with stadium-style seats and expanded common areas ...
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Agreement signed to support German and Irish collaboration
North Rhine-Westphalia's regional film fund Filmstiftung NRW and the Irish Film Board have signed a cooperation agreement to support producers working together on feature films and documentaries.An agreement based on reciprocity was signed in Cologne on Monday afternoon during this year's Medienforum NRW conference by the Irish Film Board's CEO ...
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UK prepares for French invasion
This summer is gearing up to take on a decidedly French feel in the UK.Unifrance, France's film export body, reports that at least 10 French films will have their British debut in the coming weeks supported by a strong presence of French talent.On June 13, Priceless , starring Audrey Tautou ...
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Bruno wins HBO Documentary/Film Independent fellowship
Bruce Dern is among the Fellows and their projects selected by Film Independent for its 6th annual Fast Track film financing initiative.Fast Track connects participants with financiers, production companies and industry professionals during the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF), which takes place from June 19 - 29.Film Independent also announced ...
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Skillset starts new trainee plan for Fund-paying productions
UK training body Skillset has launched a new Film Trainee Scheme.The initiative was announced at a Skillset Connects networking lunch in London.The scheme will let newcomers work on productions shooting in the UK. Trainee positions will be heavily subsidised by Skillset, to help productions get suitable, diverse trainees and to ...