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UK 's Revolver on board for Freestyle project
Revolver Entertainment has got on board for Freestyle , an urban feature film set to shoot early this year. Set in the competitive world of 'freestyle basketball' the film looks at those who combine street dance with shooting hoops. In addition, Revolver is setting up a competition - 'Search for ...
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Hot Docs to spotlight South Korea, National Film Board
To that end, the festival's 'Spotlight On' program will commission guest programmers to select their favourite NFB documentaries. 'The National Film Board of Canada is the reason I am a documentary programmer,' said Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel in a statement. 'I eagerly await the selections from our ...
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Pandemic topples Wall-E's run at top of Japanese box office
Japanese disease thriller Pandemic (Kansen Retto) ended Wall-E's three week run in the number one spot at the local box office this past weekend. Produced by TBS and distributed by Toho on 324 screens, Pandemic earned $3.64m (Y330m) on 225,000 admissions. Toho predicts a final gross of over $22m (Y2b) ...
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Red Cliff II dominates Asian territories
John Woo's Red Cliff II dominated cinemas in Chinese-language territories for the weekend January 15-18. By Sunday, January 18, the film had taken over $30.54m in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and mainland China. The film opened in both Hong Kong and Taiwan on January 15. Its Hong Kong release saw ...
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Selwyn readies Maori Merchant Of Venice
Veteran executive producer-director Don Selwyn has accessed $0.96m (NZ$2.4m) in public funding for a Maori-language adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice (Te Tangata Whai Rawa O Weneti).Films are rarely made in a language other than English in New Zealand and it took Selwyn three attempts in 10 years to ...
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Berlinale announces members of International Jury
The Berlinale has announced the members of the International Jury, joining jury president Tilda Swinton. The jury will decide on the winners of the Golden Bear, Silver Bears and the Alfred Bauer Award in the festival's official competition. The jury members are: Spanish writer-director Isabel Coixet, who has had films ...
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Axiom Films and Journeyman Pictures to co-produce The Girl.
The London-based independent production/distribution company Axiom Films will team up with New York-based Journeyman Pictures to produce The Girl. The Girl was written and will be directed by David Riker, whose award-winning film La Ciudad was also produced by Paul Mezey's Journeyman Pictures. The project, which is a finalist for ...
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Film and music worlds unite for digital release of Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Arts Alliance Media, Universal (USA), Iron Maiden and EMI Records will team up to distribute Iron Maiden: Flight 666 in digital cinemas worldwide on April 21, 2009. Arts Alliance Media (AAM) will join with EMI Records, Universal (USA) and rock group Iron Maiden to distribute Iron Maiden: Flight 666 in ...
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ReviewsThe Winning Season
Dir/scr: James C. Strouse. US. 2009. 98 mins.Transporting The Bad News Bears into the world of high school girls basketball, The Winning Season is no slam dunk, but stars Sam Rockwell and Margo Martindale score enough points to make the game somewhat interesting. In a dramatic ...
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Denmark 's Zentropa moves into Norway
Danish production company Zentropa is to set up Norwegian based Zentropa Norge to focus on the production of Norwegian films. The company will also co-produce films in collaboration other Norwegian and foreign film companies. Zentropa Norge has cited animation as a priority, but it is understood that live-action feature films ...
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Chris Nuttall joins NDreams board
Chris Nuttall has joined nDreams Ltd, the production company and game development studio in the role of business development director. Chris has been with NDreams since early 2008 where he has been responsible for both business development in their games division and audio across the company. He played a key ...
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Fox Searchlight takes worldwide rights to Sundance premiere Adam
Fox Searchlight confirmed late on Monday night (January 19) that it had picked up worldwide rights to Max Mayer's romance Adam following its world premiere screening.Fox Searchlight plans a 2009 release. Executive vice president of worldwide acquisitions Tony Safford, vice president of acquisitions Ray Strache and vice president of business ...
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Sony Classics seals North American deal on Lone Scherfig's An Education
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North and Latin American rights from CAA to Lone Scherfig's well-liked rights of passage drama An Education as business started to heat up in Sundance. Also yesterday IFC Films took US rights from Paris-based sales agency Elle Driver to Tommy Wirkola's Nazi zombie horror ...
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Slamdance competition entry The Ante sold to Panorama
Panorama Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the Slamdance Narrative Feature Competition entry The Ante.Max Perrier directed and Peter Proffit produced the dark comedy about an innocent encounter that escalates into a nightmare game of cat-and-mouse.A festival run is planned, followed by a platform theatrical release in late ...
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Elle Driver swipes international rights to Arlen Faber
Paris-based sales agency Elle Driver has picked up international rights here to John Hindman's romantic comedy Arlen Faber starring Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham.The US Dramatic Competition entry received its world premiere here on January 18 and stars Daniels as the remote author of an iconic book about spirituality who ...
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Khan-Din revs up adaptation for DNA
East Is East writer Ayub Khan-Din is writing an adaptation of Harland Miller's acclaimed novel Slow Down Arthur, Stick To Thirty for Andrew Macdonald and Duncan Kenworthy's UK National Lottery studio franchise DNA Films.The novel, hailed by anyone from national newspapers to pop star Jarvis Cocker as a masterful debut, ...
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UK box office revenues jumped 5% in 2008
UK box-office revenues for 2008 saw a 5% increase on the previous year, according to figures released by the UK Film Council (UKFC). The figures, collated for the UKFC by Nielsen EDI, show that takings at the box office in the UK & Ireland totalled £949.5m in 2008, compared with ...
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Rosen, McManus named interim co-directors of LAFF
Film Independent senior director Sean McManus and director of programming Rachel Rosen will serve as interim co-directors for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, filling the gap left by Rich Raddon following his ignominious departure last November.Raddon resigned his post in the wake of a $1,500 donation to the Yes ...
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David Moscato appointed Managing Director of Universal Pictures Italy
Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) has announced the appointment of David Moscato as Managing Director of Universal Pictures Italy. Moscato, who previously worked with Ingram Micro Inc, and Microsoft, was Logitech Europe's Regional Director from November 2007, managing teams in Italy, Malta and North Africa. He will now be responsible ...