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Helkon subsidiary wins Heimatfilm contract
Germany's home-grown genre, the Heimatfilm, which was popular in the 1950s with stirring tales of love and adventure set against the backdrop of Alpine landscapes, is to be dusted down and updated by Helkon Media's majority-owned TV production house, Sonne, Mond und Sterne.The Munich-based outfit has won a $13.7m (DM30m) ...
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All The Pretty Horses
Dir: Billy Bob Thornton. US. 2000. 117 mins.Prod co: Miramax Films, Columbia Pictures. US dist: Miramax Films. Int'l dist: Columbia TriStar. Exec prods: Sally Menke, Jonathan Gordon. Prods: Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Salerno. Scr: Ted Tally, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy. DoP: Barry Markowitz. Prod des: Clark Hunter. ...
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Iranian culture minister Mohajerani resigns
Iran's culture minister, Ataollah Mohajerani, has resigned in a move which observers claim will have serious consequences for the country's freedom of expression.Mohajerani, who had held the post since Iran's pro-reform president Mohammad Khatami came to power in 1997, was credited with encouraging creative and political freedom in Iran's cinema, ...
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EIB unwraps Euros500m audiovisual fund
Upwards of Euros500m of new loans will be made available to Europe's audiovisual industries under a new scheme launched Tuesday (Dec 19) by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB)."This financial package is intended to improve the competitivity of the industry and to favour the development of European ...
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Battle Royale joins Rotterdam line-up
Japanese gore fest Battle Royale, which is currently whipping up both public outrage and box office receipts in its home territory, is to make its international premiere at January's International Film Festival Rotterdam.Kinji Fukasaku's futuristic tale of teens on a desert island who are forced to kill each other until ...
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Meet The Parents steals top spot from The Grinch
UIP's final release of the year Meet The Parents had a warm welcome in the UK opening with a healthy $3.3m (£2.3m), clinching the top spot from fellow UIP title The Grinch. Playing at 402 cinemas, the Jay Roach-directed comedy pulled in a robust site average of $8,298 over the ...
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Intertainment, Franchise talk terms
Munich-based licence trader Intertainment is renegotiating its pan-European output deal with Elie Samaha's LA-based Franchise Pictures, which is thought to have soured after resulting in a string of flops.In a statement released Tuesday (December 19), Intertainment said that its subsidiary Intertainment Licensing had entered into negotiations with Franchise: "to clarify ...
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Germany's F.A.M.E. to open London outpost
German film and music production house, F.A.M.E. Film & Music Entertainment, is launching a 100% owned London-based subsidiary, F.A.M.E. UK, on Jan 1, 2001, to develop and produce English-language features.The Munich-based company is expected to appoint a UK film professional to head the operation, which is currently the responsibility of ...
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Broadcast Critics name Crowe, Roberts best of 2000
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA), the largest film critics group in North America, has announced its winners for the sixth annual Critics' Choice Awards to be presented on Jan 22 in Los Angeles.Only one award remains undecided - Best picture for which the BFCA has put forward 11 nominations; ...
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Constantin bonds with IFG for multiple films
Germany's production outfit Constantin Film has closed a multi-picture agreement with LA-based completion bond company International Film Guarantors (IFG) under which IFG will be Constantin's principal completion guarantor. The first film to be overseen by IFG's Los Angeles office is the comedy Slap Her, She's French which began shooting in ...
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ShowBIZ Data restages Sundance Interactive Lounge
Business-to-business entertainment website ShowBIZ Data Inc is to stage its Interactive Lounge concept at the Sundance Film Festival in January for a second year running. The lounge, based at Harry-O's on Main Street, will host online and offline services for the independent film-making community including distribution, production, marketing and educationActivities ...
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Sarah Radclyffe pacts with Miramax
UK producer Sarah Radclyffe has struck a three-year first-look deal with Miramax Films to make family features.Radclyffe will make films with her producing partner Courtney Pledger under her newly-launched banner Jigsaw Films. The co-founder of Working Title Films, whose recent credits include FilmFour's UK comedy There's Only One Jimmy Grimble, ...
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Mexico's Titan brings Frankenstein back to life
The horror genre is about to be revisited in Mexico with upcoming production Viva Frankenstein!, the latest feature from Sex Shame And Tears (Sexo, Pudor Y Lagrimas) co-producer Titan Producciones.The project is to be directed by Daniel Gruener whose credits include All Of Them Witches (Sobrenatural), a psychological thriller that ...
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AWARDS COUNTDOWN
BEST ACTRESS/BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSIt's been a rich year for actresses, but Julia Roberts is the only dead cert for a best actress nomination. Meanwhile, in the supporting actress category, the British are sure to make their now traditional appearance. Mike Goodridge reports.She was Oscar-nominated for her second starring role and ...
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Living Blood wins Italy's St Vincent prize
Edoardo Winspeare's Living Blood (Sangue Vivo) has taken the top award, the Grolla d'Oro, at the prestigious St Vincent Prize, which is designed to promote Italian cinema abroad. Living Blood, a tale of two brothers set in southern Italy against a backdrop of crime and music, was recently selected for ...
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Denmark's TV2 launches development fund
Danish broadcaster TV2/Denmark, which has become one of the biggest supporters of feature films in Denmark, is to provide the industry with an additional $0.72m (DKr6m) in development funding.The public service station is obliged by law to provide an annual minimum of $2.4m (DKr20m) for local feature production, and will ...
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Media[netCom] to launch second VoD trial
Blair Witch Project, Ghost Dog and John Carpenter's Vampires are among an initial 200 features that will be offered by Germany's media[netCom] during its second set of video-own-demand (VoD) trials at the end of January. The trials will initially be launched in 25 test households in the Hamburg suburb of ...
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UK admissions on track to reach 26-year high
Cinema attendance in the UK is expected to reach 143 million admissions this year - the highest number since 1974. These record figures have been predicted by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) despite a drop in attendance during November. Average weekly admissions dropped 30% last month compared to the same ...
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Canadian circuits under competition scrutiny
Canada's two principal exhibitors, Famous Players and Cineplex Odeon, are under investigation by the country's Competition Bureau for possible collusion. The two chains are the dominant players in Canada, with more than 1,600 of the nation's 2,400 screens. Both are controlled by US-based parent operations: Famous Players is a unit ...