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Meistrich's Film Movement makes first three acquisitions
Larry Meistrich's fledgling US distribution outfit Film Movement has acquired three award-winning films for select theatrical and limited DVD release. Yamina Benguigui's Inch'Allah Dimanche, Eric Eason's Manito and Giuseppe Piccioni's Light Of My Eye will be shown in select markets, with free admission for Film Movement members who will also ...
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UK movie software hits Hollywood, first stop ICM
US talent and literary agency ICM became the first licensed user on Monday of a new financial software application designed to facilitate contract negotiations. The application is called movie dealflow and was designed by clearcounsel, a digital solutions subsidiary set up and wholly owned by UK entertainment law firm Olswang. ...
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Romance not welcome in Australia
Australian distributor Potential Films has lodged an appealagainst a decision by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC)to ban French film Romance. Inaddition the film's director Catherine Breillat has written to the to theOFLC's Review Board to protest the decision.The film was banned because of the explicitness of its ...
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Bloody Sunday
Dir: Paul Greengrass. 2002. UK/Ireland. 107 mins The end of this month marks the precise thirtieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the name given to that sickening, catalytic chapter in Anglo-Irish history in which 14 unarmed civilians were slaughtered by trigger-happy British paratroopers who had been ostensibly brought in to control ...
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Panahi dedicates Chicago Gold Hugo to Shirin Ebadi
Jafar Panahi, whose drama CrimsonGold won top honours at the ChicagoFilm Festival last week, has dedicated his award to the Iranian Nobel PeacePrize winner Shirin Ebadi.In an open letter publishedin Iranian newspapers, Panahi, whose previous credits include The Circle,The White Balloon and Mirror, wrote: "The news of your winning the ...
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Luna lined up to star in romantic road movie Solo Dios Sabe
Diego Luna, who seizedglobal attention after his star turn opposite Gael Garcia Bernal in Y TuMama Tambien, has been lined up tostar in Mexican-Brazilian co-production Solo Dios Sabe.Theromantic drama/ road movie, co-written and to be directed by Luna's long-timefriend Carlos Bolado (Bajo California: El Limite Del Tiempo) of Mexico, will ...
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ARGENTINA
Buoyed by favourable reviews and a strong following of the teen slasher franchise, Freddy Vs Jason opened strong to dominate the ranks this weekend. Alejandro Agresti's Valentin held its ground at number two, with an 11% rise in admissions since last weekend. Bad Boys II slipped to third after opening ...
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Canal Plus Image to float by June
France's Canal Plus will float subsidiary Canal Plus Image on the French stock exchange before summer 2000 and probably no later than June according to an interview with Canal Plus chairman Pierre Lescure in French magazine Le Nouvel Economiste.Image regroups all of the French pay-TV giant's film activities and is ...
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UK Spellbound by new releases
The UK saw a quartet of hugely successful openings this week from an eclectic mix of titles. A low budget horror; a documentary about a highly competitive US spelling competition; a computer animated fish tale; and a rip-roaring rampage of revenge sought out audiences in different sectors of the market ...
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Indian Film Development Corp targets Asia
India's National Film Development Corporation has invited buyers from the former USSR, China and Japan to attend the Film Bazaar at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) being held in Delhi. Akhmadjon Kasimov of TV and Broadcasting Company of Uzbekistan and an exhibitor at the Film Bazaar told ScreenDaily.com ...
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Bad Boys II looking good abroad
Following a triumphant session last week, Bad Boys II will be aiming to elevate its $67.4m international running total even further with a raft of major European openings this weekend.Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) opened the action sequel in France on 627 prints on Oct 15, with Russia going ...
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First of many Marlowe films to start shooting
Fast rising British actor Tom Hardy is to star as Elizabethan playwright - and spy, occultist and sexually-ambiguous free thinker - Christopher Marlowe.Hardy, a graduate of the young ensemble casts of Band Of Brothers and Black Hawk Down, is donning the doublet for UK producer Andy Paterson, who is currently ...
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The Good Cop attracts great cast
Danish stuntman-turned-filmmaker Lasse Spang Olsen and actor Kim Bodnia have joined forces to set up their own production outfit, Endaxi Film, to make the action comedy The Good Cop. This is a continuation of the working relationship they have had on three films, the two successful action-comedies In China They ...
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UK Film Council supports int'l co-productions
The UK Film Council is investing a total of £1.7m from its New Cinema Fund in five international co-productions.In My Father's Den starring Spooks lead actor Matthew Macfadyen, currently shooting in New Zealand received £405,000, while French language films L'Ecole and Lila Dit Ça (Lila Says) received £397,330 and ...
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UIP picks up Hof opening film
Michael Schorr's Schultze Gets The Blues, the opening film at this year's Hof International Film Days (Oct 23-26), has been picked up for theatrical distribution by the German arm of UIP. The debut feature, which was produced by filmkombinat Nordost in co-operation with ZDF's Das kleine Fernsehspiel unit, won the ...
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Danish-Swedish film promotion collaboration takes off
In a move to attract film production to the Oresund region - the land around the strait dividing Denmark and Sweden - the Oresund Film Commission has appointed Swede Natasha Banke and Danish producer Ulrik Bolt Joergensen to head a joint initiative between Copenhagen Capacity and Position Skaane. The regional ...
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UK Film Council outlines 'son of Section 48' proposals
UK Film Council chief executive officer John Woodward yesterday outlined the proposals for a replacement to the Section 48 tax break that the support body has presented to the government.Woodward was speaking at the Screen International UK Film Finance Summit, where he gave the keynote address. It came on the ...
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...as Council diverts Funds cash to training, BFI
The UK Film Council plans to reduce the amount of money allocated to two of its three main production funds, and instead invest the cash on training and extra money for the British Film Institute.The Premiere Fund, which has backed commercially orientated films such as Gosford Park and Sylvia, will ...
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AFM: Intertainment sells Franchise pair to France
Barrie Baeres' pan-European rights-broker Intertainment AG has sold two of its specialised Franchise Pictures titles - Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her and The Green Dragon - in France, signalling a move by Baeres to sell off select pictures in certain territories where appropriate. Lisa Wilson of ...
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Moneo to spearhead Euro co-productions for Fox
Inspired by the resurgenceof local-language films in Europe, Fox International has hired former Miramaxexecutive Teresa Moneo to head up European co-productions.In the new post Moneo, whowas previously senior vice president of European co-productions at Miramax,will be expected to source and evaluate material and oversee production on twoto three local-language titles ...