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Production - Shanghai International Film Festival - Gateway to the east
Shanghai-born Wong Kar Wai heads up the international competition jury of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff), replacing the late Anthony Minghella. Sixteen films will compete for the festival's main Jin Jue Award, which is heavy on European entries. Local films are represented by Hasichaolu's Urtin Duu and Gao ...
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Production - Eastern Europe - Hungary shoots put to the test
The tap-tap of numbers being punched into calculators greeted the news that Hungary is expected to introduce a cultural test for productions hoping to access its 20% tax rebate: international film-makers are rapidly re-examining their production plans to see if Hungary will still work for them.Proposed changes to the Hungarian ...
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International - Raj against the machine
Indian film Sarkar Raj was this weekend's highest non-US entry in the international arena, taking $5.4m from 1,433 screens in 17 territories.The film is one of 17 that crossed the $1m mark over the June 6-8 weekend, as the top four films - all Hollywood offerings - saturated the market.Sex ...
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The Critical View - True Class
Films can be innovative in different ways. Sometimes they invent a new way of staging and shooting traditional dramas (see Dogme), and sometimes it's the story that is original while the film's visual style remains relatively mainstream (see most films with which Charlie Kaufman has been involved).But occasionally a film ...
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Rondi becomes president of Rome Film Fest
Gian Luigi Rondi has become the new President of the Rome Film Fest after his candidature was voted unanimously by the fest's board of directors yesterday.Rondi is stepping in to lead the Fest after Goffredo Bettini, the Rome Fest's former president opted to cede the role as a means to ...
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A Company buys out Prorom and Cinemania in EEAP
A Company Consulting & Licensing AG has acquired all of the shares in EEAP Eastern European Acquisition Pool which were held until now by Munich-based Prorom Media-Trade und the Ljubljana-based Cinemania Group. With this step, A Company now owns 100% of EEAP.In order to streamline the corporate structure, the license ...
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The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced that along with the Heart of Sarajevo Awards, itsCompetition Programme will for the first time compete for a FIPRESCI (Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) award.The FIPRESCI Jury at the 14th SFF will include international film critics Atilla Dorsay from Turkey, Screen International's US ...
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Icon takes UK, Australiarights to Transporter 3 from Europa
Icon Film Distribution (IFD) has acquired all UK and Australian rights to Transporter 3 from EuropaCorp.This third instalment of the franchise again stars Jason Statham in the lead, with Francois Berleand and Robert Knepper. Transporter 3 is directed by Olivier Megaton from a script written by Luc Besson and Robert ...
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German fund backs new Wayne Wang feature
Germany's regional fund Filmstiftung NRW is backing Wayne Wang's next feature project 920 Sacramento with $1.86m (Euros 1.2m).Based on a true story from the 19th century about a woman who finds her calling in the brutal reality of San Francisco's Chinatown, the production by Cologne-based Pandora Film is set to ...
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Cannes sets up Residence for new talent
The Cannes film festival has opened a film-making facility, "Residence", which will be made available to a selection of young film-makers from around the world.Those selected will be able to use the facility to work on their first or second features for four and a half months.The CNC (Centre National ...
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Magnolia buys US rights to SXSW hit Humboldt County
Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs's SXSW favourite Humboldt County.The story centres on a man whose one-night stand with a free spirit leaves him stranded in a community of marijuana farmers in Northern California.Jeremy Strong and Fairuza Balk star alongside Peter Bogdanovich, Frances Conroy, ...
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy starts shooting for Endgame
Principal photography has begun in North Carolina on Endgame Entertainment's comedy A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.Pete Huyck and Alex Gregory make their directorial debuts and co-wrote the screenplay about a rich kid who plans one final party in his parents' home in the Hamptons before they sell the place.Things begin ...
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Marvel's Hulk goes out in 38 territories, Fox's Happening in 61
Click on film title to see reviewAn intriguing battle is shaping up ahead of this weekend's wide launchess of Marvel's The Incredible Hulk - mostly through Universal/UPI - and M Night Shyamalan's paranoia thriller The Happening through Fox International.While both films boast recognisable talent - Ed Norton and Liv Tyler ...
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Emily Weiss named marketing chief at Autonomous/After Dark
Emily Weiss has joined Autonomous Films/After Dark Films as executive vice president of marketing, media and promotions.Weiss will take the lead on the studio's marketing efforts with executive vice president of creative affairs and acquisitions Stephanie Caleb.She started her career at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising and became corporate media director ...
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Malaysia's KRU Studio backs US thriller Deadline
Malaysia's KRU Studio is co-producing US psychological thriller Deadline, starring Brittany Murphy, marking its first foray into financing Hollywood films. Directed by newcomer Sean McConville, the film is currently shooting in Louisiana and also stars Thora Birch, Tammy Blanchard and Marc Blucas.KRU, which is co-producing with US indie outfit Enso ...
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Screen Australia appoints Fitchett, Brady to interim roles
Chris Fitchett has been put in charge of production support and investment on an interim basis at the new super agency Screen Australia, while Tait Brady is temporarily in charge of marketing. Fitchett, whose responsibilities also include development, is the existing chief executive of the Australian Film Commission (AFC). This ...
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Icewhole adds to industry panel judging online shorts
Icewhole.com, the new social networking site for aspiring film-makers and actors, have added new experts to its Independent Panel of Judges.The panel includes more than 170 producers, directors, writers, casting directors, talent agents, and actors including Morgan Freeman, Richard Attenborough, Derek Jacobi, Marjane Satrapi and David Yates.Each month, Icewhole.com gives ...
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Serbia gets two competitive festivals in Novi Sad and Sopot
After last year's first National Film Festival of Serbia which was held in Novi Sad, organized by Film Center Serbia under the concept of Cinema City, in co-operation with lauded music festival Exit, a complete confusion started when Film Center Serbia left the concept of Cinema City to Exit and ...
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Swedish government pumps $16.5m into commercial films
From an initiative by the Swedish Film Institute and the Swedish Association of Film Producers, the Swedish government decided yesterday to allocate $16.5m (Euros 10.7m) for a new one-time subsidy scheme, to benefit features with a strong commercial potential.The money comes from the budget for audience-related support, which has since ...