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Man Without A Past sells internationally for Bavaria
In what was described as a "substantial deal" on the eve of its main competition screening Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without A Past was sold to BIM Distribuzione for Italy. The film is now handled by Bavaria Film International, having previously been sold by Orfeo/Christa Saredi.Previous sales include Filmcoopi for ...
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Locarno announces two new prizes for expanded festival
Sydney Pollack will be awarded a Leopard Of Honour at this year's expanded Locarno festival, while Portuguese-French-based producer Paulo Branco will be given the inaugural Raimondo Rezzonico prize for best independent producer.The new awards were announced by festival director Irene Bignardi, who detailed the practical impact of Locarno's changed status ...
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Ruiz, Clark to get first Backup assistance
A project by Raoul Ruiz and another executive produced by Larry Clark are the first pictures to be assisted by one of Europe's newest producer's representatives Backup Films.The company, founded earlier this year, sees itself as a financial specialist that can put together packages of funding solutions on behalf of ...
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South Africa's Mbalo happy with NFVF progress
'Big strides have been made over the three years of the NFVF's existence,' said an upbeat Eddie Mbalo, chief executive of South Africa's National Film & Video Foundation for the last year.'We were originally conceived as a funding body, but now see ourselves in a much wider role, responsible ...
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E Pictures adds Euro-Asian thriller One For The King
E Pictures, the Korean sales house that was set up a year ago, is launching a new big-budget picture from Zenith Entertainment, the production outfit behind last year's $25m blockbuster My Boss, My Hero. The picture Four For The King: Code Paris is an Asian action suspense thriller with European ...
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Fortissimo strikes slew of sales on Cannes market slate
Fortissimo Film sales has completed a clutch of sales on its Cannes market slate. Thai director Danny Pang's The Eye was sold to Europa Corp for France, Deaplaneta for Spain, Fu Works for Benelux and AudioVisual for Greece.Peter Pau's The Touch, starring and produced by Cannes jury member Michelle ...
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UK openers affect but can't dethrone Episode II
Two major openers made a huge dent in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones' UK box office this weekend but failed to dethrone the blockbuster.UIP's Josh Hartnett vehicle, 40 Days And 40 Nights, scored best of this week's openers with $1.5m (£1.03m) from 324 sites. With a ...
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Svensk Filmindustri boards Bergman's Saraband
Svensk Filmindustri (SF) has boarded legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's new picture Saraband. The film, previously titled Anna, is a long-delayed sequel to Bergman's classic 1973 drama Scenes From A Marriage. Marainne decides to contact her ex-husband Johan after many years of estrangement, they rekindle an autumnal romance, but both ...
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News Corp's Fortune Star unveils first projects
Fortune Star, the new production company housed at News Corp's Star TV group, has unveiled its first projects made for the ancillary markets."I don't expect to unveil our theatrical slate until much nearer Mifed," said Fortune Star general manager Peter Poon. "We refuse to produce the kind of low budget ...
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Italy's Adriana Chiesa seals Cannes deals
Italian seller Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACE) had a busy Cannes.On its Directors' Fortnight film Angela it sold a package of Japanese and European rights to France's MK2. The film is the story of a Mafiosa woman who is emotionally torn between her husband and a man she takes to ...
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Distant Horizon takes world rights to Promised Land
Anant Singh's Distant Horizon has picked up world rights to Promised Land, the directorial debut of Jason Xenopolous.The South African film is a drama about one man's journey to find truth and a nation's struggle to hide it. It stars Nick Boraine, Yvonne van den Bergh, Daniel Browde and Ian ...
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Allen to receive Spain's Prince of Asturias Award
Woody Allen is set to receive Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts at the hand of the country's Prince Felipe next October, an honour which could lift the director's spirit this week as he defends his highly publicised lawsuit against producer Jean Doumanian.A sparse turnout in the ...
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Langhelle reveives Norway's prestigious Aamot Award
The coveted Aamot Award, given by Norway's film distribution professionals and theatre managers, has been bestowed on local actor Joergen Langhelle for his contribution to Norwegian film. The prize has existed since 1959 and is considered to be the finest, as it for some 30 years was the only major ...
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Australia's film industry to overhaul trailer policy
The Australian film industry is to get together to try and overhaul the rules that govern the screening of trailers in the territory. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) gets more complaints about trailers than about any other subject, while the industry wants to be able to show ...
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New Zealand film awards cancelled due to lack of films
While New Zealand's filmmaking profile is at an all-time high because of the worldwide success of The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring, The New Zealand Herald reports that the local film awards will not be going ahead this year because of a shortage of films. Three films ...
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Ireland's Film Fleadh shows international flair
Ireland's 14th Galway Film Fleadh from July 9 to 14 will host an actors' masterclass and public interview with Irish American actor Aidan Quinn. Quinn, who is in Ireland for two films - TV project Dark Eagle (previously titled Benedict Arnold), and Song For A Raggy Boy, scheduled for a ...
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Holmes, Euston Films partner for The Farmer Wants A Wife
Shooting Fish and Waking Ned producer Richard Holmes has partnered with Euston Films, the reincarnation of UK broadcaster Thames Television's film division, to co-produce $10m romantic comedy The Farmer Wants A Wife. The true story of a campaign to find wives for lonely farmers marks Euston's first step in a ...
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Beyond International adds second London executive
Sydney-based Beyond International has named Liliana Lombardero as general manager of television arm Beyond Distribution. With the news leaking out at Cannes that Hilary Davis from Alibi Films International was replacing Gary Hamilton as head of sales at Beyond Films, this is the second London-based divisional head to be appointed ...
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Toronto appoints new programmers, promotes Free
The Toronto International Film Festival has appointed two new programmers for its 27th outing and promoted press office veteran Gabrielle Free to replace outgoing director of media and public relations Nuria Bronfman.Joining the programming team are Diana Sanchez, who will select Spanish-language and Latin American films, and Jane Schoettle, who ...
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UK's Channel 4 mulls FilmFour options
UK broadcaster Channel 4 is in talks to bring in a partner for its loss-making film arm FilmFour, chief executive Mark Thompson said on Wednesday.The statement came after reports in the local press said the broadcaster had already decided to make significant cuts at the film operation, which has suffered ...