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Tongue-twisting challenge faces Oscar foreign language selectors
Some two dozen countries have now unveiled their entries for next year's best foreign-language Oscar, a race that has already thrown up some intriguing choices including an English-language film, The Touch, as Hong Kong's preference, and a Hungarian entry that is entirely dialogue free. The UK, meanwhile, has submitted a ...
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Age of Realism kicks in for MIFED
There's a joke among US sellers that "even the buyers that don't pay aren't buying" at the moment. These sellers certainly lean towards gloom and doom in their conversations; indeed it's unlikely that a movie the size of Gangs Of New York could generate the eye-popping sales numbers today which ...
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Flying Scotsman shooting time-table derailed
The future of The Flying Scotsman was placed in jeopardy yesterday (October 31) with the news that the£3.3 million production has lost one of its main investors. The sudden death of one of the partners in Americana Films has resulted in the withdrawal of their 27% share of the budget. ...
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UPC launches bond programmeLONDON: United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), the Dutch cable operator, has launched a $1.6bn bond programme, the largest-ever high-yield bond deal from a European company. The rapidly expanding UPC previously raised $1.5bn last July. UPC, now Europe's second largest MSO, is one of the bidders for Deutsche ...
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UK submits The Warrior as Academy Award contender
The UK has submitted Asif Kapadia's Hindi language film The Warrior as its official entry in the best foreign language film category at the Academy Awards.It is the first time the UK has submitted a film to the Oscars whose language is not indigenous to the UK. In 2000, Welsh ...
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Universal, Gaga form Japanese joint venture
Universal Pictures Japan and Gaga Communications have teamed up to form a two-picture joint venture which will see Gaga handle theatrical distribution rights on Universal's Blue Crush and Universal handle video rights on Gaga's Kill Bill. The ground-breaking joint venture was initiated by Gaga which approached Universal about Imagine Entertainment's ...
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Ganis acquires feature film rights to Bush docu
Sid Ganis' Out of the Blue... Entertainment has optioned the feature film remake rights to Journeys With George, Alexandra Pelosi's acclaimed video diary of George W Bush's 2000 presidential campaign that will air on HBO on US Election Night, Nov 5. Ganis and Nancy Hult Ganis will produce the feature ...
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Rick Sands gets COO stripes at Miramax
Rick Sands, the chairman of worldwide distribution at Miramax Films, has been promoted again, this time to chief operating officer. Sands, a familiar face on the international festival and market circuit who oversees all international deals for the company, will continue to oversee domestic and international sales and distribution and ...
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Pandora picks up international rights to Polish Brothers' latest
LA-based sales and financing outfit Pandora has acquired international rights, excluding English-speaking territories, to Northfork, the latest film from the eccentric film-making duo of Mark and Michael Polish (Twin Falls Idaho, Jackpot).Paramount Classics has all English-speaking rights to the film which was directed by Michael Polish from a script by ...
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Last call for 2003 festival calendar
On January 10 Screen International publishes its 2003 festival calendar. This will include more film and TV events than any other film and TV industry calendar. If you have not already sent us details of your event, then you only have two weeks to do so. The deadline for entries ...
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The Magdalene Sisters make an impact in Ireland
Peter Mullan's critically acclaimed feature The Magdalene Sisters saw a mighty opening in the country where it is set, Ireland, last week for distributor Momentum Pictures.The drama, which won the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival, has taken $252,100 (£162,100) from 31 screens as of Wednesday Oct 30, ...
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Buskin starts production on Carpi's Intermittenze Del Cuore
Buskin Film starts production this week on veteran Italian arthouse director Fabio Carpi's Le Intermittenze Del Cuore ; marking the young Rome sales outfit's second foray into high-profile Italian feature film production.Carpi's Euros 4m semi-autobiographical picture revolves around the memories of a man who is preparing a film about Marcel ...
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Schoendorffer shoots Spybound for TF1
Irreversible pair and real life couple Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel are to star in Spy Bound (Agents Secrets), a big-budget thriller to be directed by Frederic Schoendorffer.The Euros15m French-language film is produced by Doberman-producer Eric Neve through his company La Chauve Souris and makes its market splash as the ...
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Crabe Dans La Tete joins Oscar race for Canada
Andre Turpin's Un Crabe Dans La Tete has been selected as Canada's entry for the Best Foreign Language film at next year's Academy Awards.Produced by Montreal-based Qu4tre par Quatre Films, the film premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival and also screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival ...
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Via Digital subscriber gains fuel merger talks
Spanish digital satellite platform Via Digital announced a 30% rise in subscribers over the last six months, bringing its total to 450,000. Though the numbers fall short of competitor Canal Satelite Digital's (CSD) 825,000 subscribers, Via is showing a faster rate of growth as well as a slight rise in ...
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Boorman taps Jackson, Binoche for Country Of The Skulls
John Boorman is to direct Samuel L Jackson and Juliette Binoche in South African-set drama Country Of My Skull. UK-based sales company The Works is representing the production worldwide, with shooting scheduled for February.Jackson plays an angry American journalist and Binoche is a troubled young Afrikaaner who encounter a sinister ...
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Constantin latest to dive into Celluloid's Swimming Pool
Constantin Film of Germany has become the latest high profile buyer to sign on for Celluloid Dreams' Swimming Pool.The film by 8 Femmes director Francois Ozon, which is currently in post production, is a Chabrolian thriller starring Charlotte Rampling as a disillusioned British publisher who travels to France and is ...
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Blue Star widens Anglo-Italian financing net
As the Italian film industry continues to struggle to make commercially viable pictures that can travel outside its own borders, local producers have started to recognise the benefits of joining forces with European - and, in particular, UK allies.A pioneering model has been set by a reciprocal financing arrangement that ...
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Eagle and Elysee first buyers for Summit's Blackout
Eagle Pictures in Italy and Les Films de L'Elysee in Benelux are the first major independents to buy territories on Summit Entertainment's thriller Blackout starring Ashley Judd, Samuel L Jackson and Andy Garcia.Directed by Phil Kaufman (The Right Stuff, Rising Sun), the film is produced by Kopelson Entertainment and Intertainment ...