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Gary Hamilton to leave Oz's Beyond Films
Two names that have been synonymous for 12 years, Beyond Films and Gary Hamilton, are to separate. The founder and general manager of Australia's only consistently active film sales agent will step down from his post at the end of the month."Over the 12 years Gary has been with Beyond ...
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Cartoon Movie tribute nominations announced
Seven European companies have been nominated for this year's Cartoon Movie Tributes which will be awarded to three players who have had a positive and dynamic influence on the European animation feature film industry.The final three winners will be voted on by the animation industry professionals attending the 4th edition ...
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Bond 20 officially christened
Ending months of speculation, Bond producers Eon Productions have christened the spy's 20th instalment Die Another Day.The film, which now has the acronym DAD, was rumoured to have been named Beyond The Ice and Beneath The Sea. One website reported last year that it was Final Assignment, only to discover ...
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Last Supper wins short film award in Finland
Christian Lindblad's Last Supper was awarded this year's first Jameson Short Film Award with a purse of Euros 6,000, at the Tampere Film Festival in Finland on March 11.The Jameson Short Film Awards is a joint initiative by Jameson Irish Whiskey and the ECFF (European Coordination of Film Festivals) and ...
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Spain's Telecino appoints Alberto Carullo
Private Spanish broadcaster Telecinco has named Italian-born Alberto Carullo its new head of production, marketing and programming.Carullo moves to Telecinco from Madrid-based film and TV producer BocaBoca, where he has managed contents and marketing since 1999.Prior to that he was head of marketing and promotion for the Italian TV interests ...
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Italian cinema admissions plummet yet again
Cinema admissions in Italy tumbled a sharp 29.4% in February 2002 compared to last year, marking the third consecutive monthly drop during what is traditionally one of the busiest periods at the box office. According to data released by national data body Cinetel, 6,849,000 tickets were sold in February 2002, ...
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Overseas buys worldwide on Hillenbrands' Pinata
Overseas FilmGroup hasacquired worldwide distribution rights to Pinata: Survival Island, a horror thriller being produced by Hill &Brand Entertainment. Written, produced and directed by brothers David and ScottHillenbrand, the film stars Nicholas Brendon, Jaime Pressly, Nate Richert andGarrett Wang.The Hillenbrands have todate made actioner King Cobra forTrimark Pictures and are ...
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Scandinavia's costliest film proves its worth
The most expensive film ever produced in Scandinavia had its world premiere in Norway on national release last week, after having been critically slated by the press.I Am Dina, the $15.9m English-language film by Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch - both Danish and US versions), starring Gerard Depardieu and Christopher Eccleston, was ...
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Kissing Jessica Stein
Dir: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld. US 2001. 96minsHalfway into the gender-bending romantic comedy Kissing Jessica Stein, the 28-year-old, eponymous heroine describes herself as "a Jewish Sandra Dee". A more apt comparison might be Annie Hall, whose physical mannerisms and stammering speech patterns actress/writer Jennifer Westfeldt seems to have appropriated for her character. ...
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E. European successes - though budgets poles apart
After just five weeks on release, a low-budget Hungarian comedy has out-performed all of last year's local films at the box office. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Ukraine, a local production outfit is preparing to release the most expensive film in the country's history.Made with a largely unknown cast and crew on ...
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Kidman & Lee named honorary co-chairs of Spirits
Nicole Kidman and Ang Leehave signed up as honorary co-chairpersons and presenters at the 2002 IFP/WestIndependent Spirit Awards which will be presented on Santa Monica beach onMarch 23. The show is being emceed by John Waters.Other presenters at the eventinclude this year's Oscar nominees Ian McKellan, Ben Kingsley and EthanHawke ...
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Spacey to receive San Francico Fest Owens Award
Kevin Spacey will receivethe Peter J Owens Award at the 45th San Francisco International FilmFestival which takes place this year April 18 to May 2. The award, named afterlocal benefactor and longtime festival board member Owens honours an actorwhose work "exemplifies brilliance, independence and integrity."The award will be presentedto Spacey ...
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Sales veteran Arthur Kananack dies in Los Angeles
Arthur Kananack, thewell-known and well-liked film and TV sales veteran, died in Los Angeles lastweek. He most recently was head of his own company Arthur Kananack &Associates (AKA) which he ran with his two sons Michael and Claude in LosAngeles and New York. They will continue to run the company.Born ...
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Perry, Poirier to scout UK films for Cannes fest
Simon Perry and Agnes Poirier have been appointed as UK scouts for the Cannes Film Festival. The hirings were confirmed earlier this week by Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux during a short visit to London where he screened possible festival films and met leading industry figures.The pair is expectedto maintain ...
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Venice fest set to unveil joint artistic directors
Franco Bernabe, president of the Biennale Venice film festival is believed to be close to naming Piera Detassis, editor of the film magazine Ciak (owned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi), and Pierluigi Celli, former CEO of RAI, as joint artistic directors of the Venice film festival. According to Italian press ...
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French film production volume jumps, so do budgets
A new record in French film production was set last year, with the total number of titles, including French co-productions. reaching 204. That is 33 higher than in 2000, says the French film body CNC, which does not count films in which it has not invested.A massive Euros 749m (up ...
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Village Roadshow sells three more cinema circuits
As part of its drive to re-structure its exhibition arm, Village Roadshow has sold its cinema interests in Thailand, Malaysia and India, consisting of some 135 screens across 19 sites. Village Roadshow has recently been stripping back its under-performing exhibition interests in a bid to restore the company's profitability. The ...
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Fox Phillips receives top Film Council slate fund
The recently-launched production company headed by producers Diana Phillips and Robert Fox - whose combined credits include Smoke, Bad Lieutenant, Iris and The Hours - has secured slate development funding in the latest awards round from UK support body the Film Council.Titled Fox Phillips, the venture received $226,000 (£160,000), while ...
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PT Multimedia posts impressive results
PT Multimedia (PTM), the media subsidiary of Portuguese telecommunications giant Portugal Telecom (PT), posted operating revenues of Euros 625.8m last year, a 152.5% rise over the previous year.The company credits the phenomenal rise to the full consolidation of leading local film distributor-exhibitor Lusomundo after January 1, 2001. PTM bought out ...
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Malaga film festival to honour Angela Molina
Actress Angela Molina will be the recipient of a tribute at next month's fifth annual Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 26-May 4).Molina will be given the first-ever Malaga Award (Premio Malaga) in recognition of an "outstanding career in Spanish cinema." Molina, 56, is one of the best known Spanish ...