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Ster Kinekor backs out of Zimbabwe exhib sector
South African exhibition giant Ster-Kinekor is to pull out of neighbouring Zimbabwe by the end of June.The move is reportedly due to shortages of foreign currency within the Zimbabwean operations making it difficult to acquire foreign films and to pay for company houses. Two complexes, said to be the best ...
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Mediastream, F.A.M.E. unveil new German funds
The launch of two new film funds this week underlines the growing gulf in fortunes between Germany's high flying private media funds and the struggling Neuer Markt media outfits.Duesseldorf-based fund manager GVP has launched its second Mediastream fund to raise Euro 141.4m for the financing of two Universal Pictures productions ...
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Artificial Eye buys two more Cannes titles for UK
Closing a busy festival for the company, UK art-house distributor Artificial Eye Film Distribution has picked up Cannes competition titles Va Savoir! and I'm Going Home (Vou Para Casa).Feted in Screen International's review as "resplendent from first frame to last" Jacques Rivette's Va Savoir! centres on the drama created by ...
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Amores Perros sweeps Mexico's Ariel awards
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros) grabbed 11 awards from its 15 nominations at this week's 43rd Ariel Awards ceremony in Mexico City. The three-part urban drama made a sweep of all the major awards except for Best Actress which was shared between actresses Ximena Ayala (Perfume De ...
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First Look buys world on Griffin Dunne comedy
First Look Media has acquired worldwide rights to Griffin Dunne's digital video film Lisa Picard Is Famous which first screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2000 with the title Famous. First Look's international sales division Overseas Filmgroup will handle international sales while domestic distributor First Look ...
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Benjamin, Dubrow promoted to head Pacifica
IMF-backed Pacifica Film Development, a wholly owned subsidiary of Internationalmedia and sister company to Intermedia, has promoted Linda Benjamin and Chris Dubrow to the positions of co-presidents. Dubrow will continue to oversee production and development, while Benjamin oversees business affairs and operations.Both will report to Internationalmedia co-chairmen Moritz Borman, Nigel ...
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Alliance sells Egoyan's Ararat to Miramax in US
Miramax Films has acquired US distribution rights to Ararat, the latest film from Canada's Atom Egoyan, from Alliance Atlantis and Serendipity Point Films. The film is the first Egoyan picture to be released by Miramax in the US since Exotica in 1994; The Sweet Hereafter in 1997 was handled by ...
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Alliance Atlantis boards Girard's $25m Magician
The vigorous drive into larger-scale film productions by Canadian entertainment giant Alliance Atlantis continued this week with the closure of a deal to finance Francois Girard's latest - the $25m historical drama The Magician's Wife in which Geoffrey Rush will star. Kate Winslet is negotiating to join him, although her ...
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Italian court greenlights Telemontecarlo take-over
Paving the way for a third broadcasting force in Italy, the country's highest appeal's court has cleared Telecom Italia and multimedia group Seat Pagine Gialle to take over debt-ridden television station Telemontecarlo (TMC) from the troubled Cecchi Gori Group.The Council of State decided to reject a telecom watchdog's appeal against ...
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Kandahar (Safar E Ghandehar)
Dir: Mohsen Makhmalbaf. Iran/ France. 2001. 85 mins. An astonishing journey through the archaic, rarely seen world of Afghanistan, Kandahar is a polished, sumptuously photographed indictment of conditions there. Aimed, with its part English-language soundtrack and scenes spelling out the political situation, squarely at an international audience it is, if ...
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Ridley Scott heads Tout Ecran short film jury
Ridley Scott will head the jury for an internet shorts competition being launched for the first time this year by Switzerland's Cinema Tout Ecran Film and Television Festival, the event has announced.The Geneva event, which runs October 22-28, will dedicate its annual showcase of TV work from leading film-makers to ...
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Brotherhood Of The Wolf opens Fantasy Filmfest
Christophe Gans' Brotherhood Of The Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups) will open this year's Fantasy Filmfest.The peripatetic event begins its tour of Germany in Munich on 18 July and then travels to Stuttgart (25 July - 1 August), Cologne and Frankfurt (1 - 8 August) and Hamburg and Berlin (8 ...
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Mummy still overseas king, but pretenders in sight
The Mummy Returns dominated the international box office for a second week running, claiming the top position in yet another major territory, France.The action comedy secured with 756,465 admissions (equivalent to $4.5m) in the market. The film, which is distributed in most territories by United International Pictures (UIP) now reigns ...
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T Joy opens second e-cinema complex in Japan
T Joy, a member of the Toei Group, is to open its second all digital multiplex cinema next month in Niigata, northern Japan.The eight-screen complex with a 1,600 seat capacity has cost $6.7m (Y800m) and will open on July 13 in. The company opened its first multiplex of this type, ...
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Shaw Bros expands Movie City studio plans
Plans for a new film studio complex in Hong Kong have taken an expansive turn.Mona Fong, managing director of Shaw Brothers, which owns 35% of the planned "Movie City," will increase from 300,000 sq ft to 450,000 sq ft with a grant for extra land expected to come from the ...
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Filmax closes more Cannes slate deals
Spanish mini-studio Filmax has announced a string of deals that it closed at Cannes, including three films to Japan's Gaga and a package of titles to all Latin American pay-TV platform LAPTV. Two titles included in both deals were Carlos Saura's forthcoming Bunuel And King Salomon's Table (Bunuel Y La ...
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PCG exits Loews Cineplex bailout as closures mount
One of three buyers involved in the $850m Loews Cineplex Entertainment distress sale is backing out but the remaining two partners say the bailout plan will go ahead regardless for the exhibition giant.Pacific Capital Group revealed on Thursday that it has decided to withdraw from the bankruptcy reorganization plan proposed ...
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New Line ties up Burger King for Lord Of The Rings
New Line Cinema has signed a massive promotional agreement with Burger King to support the Dec 19 worldwide openings of The Fellowship Of The Ring, the first in its keenly awaited Lord Of The Rings trilogy.The deal is the single largest promotional arrangement New Line has ever reached with a ...
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Hedwig to open Outfest, All Over The Guy to close
Hedwig And The Angry Inch, the New Line Cinema-backed rock opera musical which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, will open this year's Los Angeles Gay And Lesbian Film Festival aka Outfest on July 12.The film, which also screened at the Berlin Film Festival, will be released in the US ...
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AMC says it will close 249 more US screens in 2001
Publicly traded US exhibitor AMC Entertainment is to close 249 screens this year in addition to the 66 it has already said it will close. The closures come the day after AMC reported a $63.6m net loss for the fourth quarter ending March 29 on revenue of some $290m.Losses in ...