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Film Festival of India moves dates
The government-sponsored International Film Festival of India now in its 32nd year is being held in Bangalore from Oct 10 - 20. The dates have been moved from early January to mid October to accommodate more International and Indian films. For the first time the festival will showcase Indian films ...
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Chung reassigned at Media Asia Group
Hong Kong film production and distribution company Media Asia Group has announced the reassignment of group managing director Thomas Chung, ending speculation that Chung would leave the company. At a board meeting last Friday, Chung was appointed as executive director, concentrating on producing The Touch, a $20 million joint venture ...
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Madden takes spotlight at Chichester Film Festival
John Madden, director of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Shakespeare In Love, heads the guest-list at the 10th Chichester Film Festival.Amelie, Battle Royale and Baise Moi are amongst the international titles screening at the event, which runs from August 23 to September 9. Other previews and premieres include Brotherhood Of The ...
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New Zealand suffering from parallel imports
The 1998 removal of parallel importation restrictions and the failure of the DVD zoning system are being substantially blamed for a box office battering in New Zealand. If the decline matches that experienced in Singapore, the only other OECD country where the theatrical window has effectively disappeared with the removal ...
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Szabo, Chelsom, Cox and Saura premiere at Toronto
New films from Istvan Szabo, Peter Chelsom, Paul Cox and Carlos Saura will have their world premieres at the 26th Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 6-15. At the final press conference before the event, Festival Director Piers Handling announced the titles rounding out the programme including Closing Night selection Lantana, ...
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AMPAS names 15 films on documentary feature Oscar shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 documentaries that will advance to the voting process for the 79th Academy Awards.The documentary branch screening committee viewed all 81 films that originally qualified in the category, and will now narrow the list down to the final five ...
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AMPAS names 15 films on documentary feature Oscar shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 documentaries that will advance to the voting process for the 79th Academy Awards.The documentary branch screening committee viewed all 81 films that originally qualified in the category, and will now narrow the list down to the final five ...
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AMPAS names 15 films on documentary feature Oscar shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 documentaries that will advance to the voting process for the 79th Academy Awards.The documentary branch screening committee viewed all 81 films that originally qualified in the category, and will now narrow the list down to the final five ...
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AMPAS names shortlist of 16 for animated feature Oscar
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) has announced a list of 16 films which are expected to compete for the animated feature Oscar this year. Since the category allows five nominations if there are 16 eligible films or more, 2006 could be the first year since 2002 ...
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Edward Noeltner joins Miramax Int'l as senior vp
Edward Noeltner has joined Miramax International as senior vice president of sales and distribution, reporting directly to Miramax Films chairman of worldwide distribution Rick Sands.Noeltner, a well-known face on the international festival and market circuit, comes to Miramax from AB Svensk Filmindustri where he was senior vice president, international distribution, ...
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Bafta sets 2007 awards for February 11
The awards are sponsored for the tenth year in a row by mobile phone company Orange. BBC One will broadcast the event in the UK. In 2006, the awards were broadcast to 231 international territories.
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Red Road makes clean sweep of Scottish BAFTAs
Andrea Arnold’s film takes the major honours in Scotland to add to Cannes win.
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Red Road makes clean sweep of Scottish BAFTAs
Andrea Arnold’s Red Road has added Best Film at the Lloyds TSB BAFTA Scotland awards to its previous honours, including the Cannes Jury Prize and five BIFA nominations.
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Red Road makes clean sweep of Scottish BAFTAs
Andrea Arnold's Red Road has added Best Film at the Lloyds TSB BAFTA Scotland awards to its previous honours, including the Cannes Jury Prize and five BIFA nominations. The win was universally predicted, as was the film's easy dominance of the evening's other film prizes - Best Actress for Kate ...
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We Are The World: The Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 under the name The Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association by one William Mooring, a correspondent in Los Angeles for The Daily Mail in the UK.
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Light relief from the Globes
The Golden Globes show not only brings together the world of film and TV but it also includes categories in comedy and musical categories, one of the major differentiating features of the Globes from other awards bodies.
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Light relief from the Globes
The Golden Globes show not only brings together the world of film and TV but it also includes categories in comedy and musical categories, one of the major differentiating features of the Globes from other awards bodies.
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Fireworks to release The Believer after Showtime
Henry Bean's multiple award-winning The Believer will be released theatrically in the US in Jan 2002 by Fireworks Pictures through Independent Distribution Partnership (IDP) - despite and subsequent to its domestic premiere on Showtime in September.The controversial film, which stars Ryan Gosling as a former Yeshiva student turned neo-Nazi skinhead, ...
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Almodovar and Loach head EFA nominations
Nominations for the European Film Awards were announced on November 4, with Pedro Almodovar's Volver leading the field, appearing in six of the seven major categories. The Wind That Shakes The Barley , which surprised many by taking beating the much-fancied Volver for the Palm d'Or, has five nominations, including ...
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Ten Canoes and Jindabyne shine at critics awards
It was always going to be a film that pleased the critics and Ten Canoes did just that, winning best film at the Film Critics Circle of Australia awards. Rolf de Heer's film, which brings to life the story an Aboriginal hunter tells his younger companion while on an expedition, ...