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Euro quartet team up for feature-length docs
Tapping into the growing demand for feature-length documentaries, four European producers have launched a joint venture to produce a slate of creative docs.The quartet is made up of Fabienne Servan-Schreiber of France's Cineteve, Domenico Procacci of Italy's Fandango, Karl "Baumi" Baumgartner of Germany's Pandora and Rosa Bosch of UK-Mexican production ...
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FilmFour to lie within Channel 4 commercial arm
UK features operation FilmFour is to be spun off from parent broadcaster Channel 4 into a new company, 4 Ventures Limited.Channel 4 confirmed in a statement on Monday that the new holding company would include the film production, distribution and sales subsidiary alongside the channel's commercial ventures such as pay-TV ...
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Brotherhood is a hit but no record breaker
The Brotherhood Of Wolves, backed by StudioCanal, has attracted a strong 1.5 million admissions in its first five days in France, but the $29m (FFr200m) title has yet to top records set by other domestic films such as Taxi 2 and Asterix Et Obelix Contre Cesar.The Christophe Gans-directed title, which ...
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Das Werk launches Spanish production-sales outfit
German facilities giant Das Werk has launched a new production and sales company in Spain under the name 42nd Street Productions.Headed by CEO Thomas Spieker, the new company will invest some $200m in film and television production through 2005 with five-year plans encompassing nearly a dozen feature films developed in-house, ...
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Bench takes top honours at Danish film awards
Per Fly's intense and realistic drama The Bench won five awards including best film, best director and best actor (Jesper Christensen) at the Danish Film Academy's Robert awards on Sunday night.The Zentropa-produced title also won awards for best costume and best make-up. After an unprecedented number of nominations, Zentropa titles ...
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Sundance Channel buys US TV on The Woman Chaser
The Sundance Channel has acquired US TV rights to The Woman Chaser, Robinson Devor's debut feature which screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival in the American Spectrum section. It was released theatrically in 14 US markets last summer by Bob Berney's Inwood Films.The deal was negotiated by Larry Greenberg, ...
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John Burnham moves to ICM from William Morris
John Burnham, one of the most senior talent agents in Hollywood, has left the William Morris Agency (WMA) to become head of the motion picture department at International Creative Management (ICM).He is known to have clashed with WMA's new chairman Jim Wiatt, who himself defected from ICM last year. Burnham ...
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Sundance-Toscano script lab projects named
The Sundance Institute International Program has selected ten projects for its annual Sundance-Toscano Screenwriters Lab which is set to take place Feb 14-18 in Oaxaca, Mexico. The lab will allow the participating screenwriters to collaborate in story meetings with a group of creative advisors to develop their works. Those advisors ...
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Kevin Bacon joins Canton/Senator's 24 Hours
Kevin Bacon has signed star alongside Charlize Theron and Courtney Love in Luis Mandoki's latest picture 24 Hours which is being produced by The Canton Company, Mandolin Entertainment and Propaganda Films.A thriller about a family in jeopardy, the film is produced by Mimi Polk Gitlin and Mandoki and executive produced ...
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Fukasaku to flesh out Battle Royale
Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku is preparing a director's cut of his controversial gore fest, Battle Royale, which should enable its target audience of under 16-year-olds to see the film for the first time in Japan.The dark, futuristic thriller, about a group of 15-year-olds on a desert island who are picked ...
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Danish Film Institute dips into the mainstream
Denmark's main public funding body, the Danish Film Institute (DFI), is moving towards commercially-driven fare in its latest funding round by awarding $1.89m (DKr15m) to three mainstream, family-oriented films.Danish national broadcaster TV2 is also co-financing the projects. "We need films which can draw a lot of people to create a ...
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Media Park to co-produce Risi's Three Wives
Spanish content broker and producer Media Park has boarded its third feature film, Three Wives (Tres Esposas) from Italian director Marco Risi.Wives follows Media Park's first two forays into feature films: Mi Dulce, a co-production with Tusitala starring Aitana Sanchez-Gijon and now in post-production; and Universal Pictures Spain's Km. O, ...
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Pons to make English-lang debut for 42nd Street
Spanish director Ventura Pons is preparing his English-language debut, Food Of Love, which he will co-produce with start-up production and sales outfit 42nd Street Productions, backed by German facilities giant Das Werk (ScreenDaily, February 5). 42nd Street CEO Thomas Spieker said he is seeking international partners for the project, a ...
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India's Toonz lines up Taj Mahal animation
India's Toonz Animation is producing a 70-minute animated feature, aimed at international audiences, based on the tragic love story between Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The Shah built the Taj Mahal when Mumtaz died.Canada-based animator Ishu Patel will oversee the project, which according to Toonz president and CEO ...
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Valentine
Dir: Jamie Blanks. US. 2000. 96mins. Compared to most of today's amped up teen slasher flicks, Valentine stands out in its restraint and subtlety. The approach takes a while to pay off and may, together with the relative dearth of sex'n'gore, test the patience of some members of the target ...
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Women gives Gibson his biggest UK opening
Icon Film Distribution's What Women Want clocked up $4,956,132 (£3,375,126) over the weekend, giving star Mel Gibson his biggest ever opening in the UK, beating all four of his Lethal Weapon action films and BVI's 1997 thriller Ransom (see chart below).The romantic comedy had the biggest opening gross of the ...
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Andersson's Songs reigns at Swedish film awards
Roy Andersson's long-awaited return to feature films, Songs From The Second Floor (Sanger Fran Andra Vaningen), swept all the major awards at the Swedish film awards, the Guldbagga, which took place in Stockholm on Monday night. The critically-acclaimed film, which took a jury prize at Cannes last year, won in ...
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Telefonica appoints Juarez to strengthen US links
Industry veteran Ele Juarez will leave his post as president and CEO of HBO Latin America Group and HBO Brazil to take over the newly created position of managing director of strategic alliances, international sales and music for Spain's Telefonica Media. In a company statement, the multimedia subsidiary of telecoms ...
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Spielberg, Schwartzman join BAFTA LA board
The British Academy Of Film & Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA LA) has elected Steven Spielberg and retiring chairman Arnold Schwartzman to the Board of Governors. They joing current governors Peter Beale, Barbara Broccoli, Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Su Lesser, Ronald Neame, Michael Oliver, Marion Rosenberg, Martin Scorsese and Peter ...
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Jane Startz signs first-look deal with Miramax
Producer Jane Startz has signed a first-look production deal with Miramax Films which will allow her to bring projects to the company to produce as well as serving as a consultant on various family entertainment projects.Startz, who previously produced The Mighty for Miramax, is currently producing Ella Enchanted, a film ...