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Beckham to play in Japan and Korea
It looks like Beckham will be playing in Japan and Korea. UK-based sales outfit The Works has sold Bend It Like Beckham to a host of markets including Japan (New Select) and Korea (Digital Nega).Other markets sold included Germany (Highlight) and Hong Kong (Golden Scene). The soccer drama comedy went ...
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UK cinema advertising bucks downward trend as ticket sales surge
The UK's Cinema Advertising Association is predicting that cinema ticket sales will reach 174m by year's end, an increase of 11.5% on 2001's 30-year record. In addition the UK's cinema advertising sector is growing rapidly, with last years' market up by some 28% - despite a 2.6% downturn in the ...
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Germany's Helkon Media boss steps down
An era has come to an end at Germany's Helkon Media with the decision by Martin Heldmann, co-founder, CEO and major shareholder, to step down from heading the company as well as managing several of its subsidiaries.Helkon's advisory board and board of directors expressed their regret at Heldmann's move but ...
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Competition line-up set for Cologne International festival
TV movies and documentaries by Charles Sturridge (Shackleton), Danny Boyle (Vacuuming Completely Nude In Paradise), Christian Frei (War Photographer) and Coco Schrijber (First Kill) are among 20 national and international premieres selected from more than 600 entries for the 12th International TV & Film Festival Cologne (June 14-21) as ...
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Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
Dirs: Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook. US. 2002. 84mins. There's no denying the passion and expertise that went into Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron, the third traditionally animated movie from DreamWorks SKG. But this perfunctory and serious story about a wild stallion in the untamed American frontier struggling to maintain his ...
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Hollywood Ending gets good beginning in France
Woody Allen has always seen a strong following in France. Indeed when he made the unprecedented decision to present his latest film, Hollywood Ending, at this year's Cannes Film Festival in person he told reporters, "The French were my first supporters and have always been immensely generous toward me."Now that ...
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Balding gets top spot at Australia's ABC
Russell Balding has been appointed to the most important role in Australian public broadcasting: that of managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. An accountant by training, he joined the ABC in 1996 and is currently deputy managing director. The board's decision was unanimous. Former managing director Jonathan Shier and ...
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Germany's Das Werk reports sales increase, film production optimism
German media company Das Werk posted a 14.6% increase in turnover to Euros 26.8m for the first quarter of 2002 compared to the same period last year, thanks to business generated by its new acquisition Centropolis Effects (CFX).In a breakdown of the Group's turnover, the German companies brought in Euros ...
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Everard named chairman of New Zealand Film Commission
Exhibitor Barrie Everard has been appointed chair of the New Zealand Film Commission, the government agency which plays a crucial role in the development and production of most NZ films. Everard is joint owner/operator of the Berkeley Cinema Group and has already been a board member for two years. His ...
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MDP posts near 50% revenue increase
Mark Damon's MDP Worldwide recorded a second quarter revenue increase of nearly 50% on the back of feature film The Musketeer and producing and financing fees from Christian Duguay's The Extremist. It was a company-record sixth consecutive profitable quarter. Six month income was up 90% from the same period last ...
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Major cash boost for German regional film fund
German regional public fund Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg could get a 30% boost to its funding budget for 2003 following an announcement by the Berlin Senate that it intends to provide an additional Euros 2.5m for the subsidy body next year.Assuming that the Land of Brandenburg follows suit, the Filmboard would then ...
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India's Hinduja Group announces Hollywood-style studio for Mumbai
The Hinduja Group, one of the oldest overseas distributors of Bollywood films, has announced plans to set up a Hollywood-style studio enterprise in Mumbai. Their Indian film production and distribution venture 'In Network' company will produce 15 - 20 features a year. The Hinduja group has already entered film financing ...
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Japon returns from Cannes with kudos and contracts
Mexican director Carlos Reygadas' feature debut, Japon, returned from Cannes with more than just a Golden Camera Special Jury Mention, it also secured sales contracts for twelve territories.Screened in a longer version at this year's Rotterdam Festival, Japon was picked up there for international sales by French-German producer and sales ...
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UK's BBC Films, New Cinema Fund team for Entering Blue Zone
Kate Ashfield, David Morrissey and Peter Mullan are to star in Entering Blue Zone, a UK film jointly commissioned from BBC Films and the Film Council's New Cinema Fund for BBC TWO.Directed by Sarah Gavron and produced by Stuart Mackinnon, Entering Blue Zone is the story of a premature ...
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IFC aims to Sex up Breillat's North American appeal
IFC Films has confirmedits acquisition of all North American rights to Catherine Breillat's Sex IsComedy, the well-received OpeningNight selection of this year's Directors' Fortnight in Cannes which ithopes will introduce the provocative French director to her widest statesideaudience yet.The acquisition wasannounced Thursday by Bob Berney, senior vice president of marketing ...
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Once Upon A Time In The Midlands
Dir: Shane Meadows. UK. 2002. 104 mins. Director's FortnightExtensive critical acclaim has failed to generate great audience enthusiasm for the previous films of British hyphenate Shane Meadows. A broad, bittersweet comedy, his third feature Once Upon A Time In The Midlands should tip the balance in the opposite direction. A ...
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Sex Is Comedy
Dir: Catherine Breillat. France. 2002. 92 mins. A welcome reprieve from the joyless intensity of such recent succes de scandale as Romance and A Ma Soeur, Sex Is Comedy allows Catherine Breillat to reveal the kind of light touch and easy humour that some critics may have thought was beyond ...
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Spain's Admira names Martin Marin as new president
Admira, the media subsidiary of Spain's Telefonica last night confirmed the anticipated appointment of Pedro Antonio Martin Marin as its new president, and announced the division of the filial into two separate companies: Admira and Telefonica Contenidos (Telefonica Contents).Martin Marin will preside over Admira, which will contain the company's free-to-air ...
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The Sum Of All Fears takes US box office by storm
Paramount's spy thriller The Sum of All Fears exceeded expectations and shot to the top of the charts over the weekend, overthrowing Star Wars: Episode II, with an estimated $31.2m gross. Clones was shunted to second spot on $20.7m, bringing its cumulative total to $232m after 18 days. Spider-Man slipped ...