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Singapore strides ahead with digital cinema roll-out
Singapore exhibitor Eng Wah Organization is collaborating with Barco and two government agencies to install 20 2K digital projectors - a move that pushes the tiny city-state of Singapore to the forefront of digital cinema technology.The roll-out is backed by Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) - a government body which ...
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Scanbox, Paradox strike co-production deal
Nordic distributor Scanbox Entertainment, which has emerged in a strong position after a major restructure in 2001, has through its Norwegian arm signed a co-production agreement on six feature films with the prolific production outfit Paradox Spillefilm AS. The deal will see the companies select, develop, produce and market the ...
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Trust strikes Third Wave deals at MIFED
Trust Film Sales sold Anders Nilsson's Swedish box-office hit The Third Wave (Den Tredje Vagen) to a number of territories at last week's MIFED. Among the buyers were Summerstorm Entertainment (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan), ATLAS Film + Medien (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) and Intersonic Inc. (Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republic). ...
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Fresh blow for Graz's Diagonale festival
The future of Graz's Diagonale festival under the new management of Miroljub Vuckovic and Tillmann Fuchs has been dealt another blow with the news that Graz's city council has decided to also provide funding for the rival event being planned by the filmmaking community (ScreenDaily.com, 29 Oct).According to the Austrian ...
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Germany's Loonland on the prowl for UK sales agent
The acquisition of a UK-based sales agent is on the 'to do' list of German animation powerhouse TV-Loonland when it joins the ranks of media companies listed on Frankfurt's Neuer Markt exchange on March 22.The Munich-based enterprise, which produced internationally successful series such as Ned's Newt and The Fantastic Flying ...
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MIFED 2003: market deals round-up
The Agronomist (Wild Bunch)UK (Optimum), Italy (Bim)Arahan (Cinema Service)Thailand (Nontanund)Black Dahlia (Signature)Japan (Toho-Towa)Blizzard (First Look)US (Private Planet Releasing)Bright Young Things (Icon)Netherlands (RCV)Capturing The Friedmans (Fortissimo)Spain (Karma)The Card Player (Adriana Chiesa)Japan (Gaga) UK (Arrow)Coffee And Cigarettes (Fortissimo)UK (Tartan); Benelux (A-Film)Cold Mountain (Miramax)Netherlands (RCV)Cowboys And Angels (Media Luna)Hong Kong/Taiwan (I-Movie)Crash (Arclight)Japan (Movie-Eye ...
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Toronto's Handling steps aside from programming duties
Piers Handling, thelong-time director of the Toronto International Film Festival, is steppingaside from his main programming duties to concentrate on his other job title,that of CEO of the umbrella Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG).Meanwhile, the organization is entertaining a dozen applications for the job ofco-director of the festival proper; ...
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11 animated films make the shortlist for Oscar
Eleven films have been namedeligible for the 2003 Best Animated Feature Film Academy Award by the AcademyOf Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Per the rules of the category, thatmeans that a maximum of three films can be nominated.They are The Jungle Book2, Piglet's Big Movie and BrotherBear from Walt Disney ...
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Dennis Rice returns to Disney, Trotta promoted to senior vp
Marketing veteran DennisRice has re-joined Buena Vista Pictures Marketing (BVPM) as senior vicepresident, publicity, while Heidi Trotta has been promoted to senior vicepresident, communications, for Walt Disney Studios.Rice, who will reportdirectly to Oren Aviv, president of BVPM Marketing, will oversee all areas ofpublicity on a national and field level for ...
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SWEDEN
Though Finding Nemo swam safely into the top spot on its massive 181 prints and a strong screen average of $9.879 Matrix Revolutions clung to second place despite falling off 51%. The local box-office hits Evil and The Third Wave continued their successful runs, but for the first time in ...
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4th Floor (Planta Cuarta)
Dir: Antonio Mercero. 100 mins. Spain (2003).4th Floor (Planta Cuarta) didn't create much of a buzz in Spain while it was in production, nor even after winning a special mention for its young cast at the Spanish Film Festival of Malaga last May. So it was all the more ...
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FRANCE
Although it remains in the number one spot, the final Matrix instalment is certainly not The One. The shine fell off the film in its second week out with the largest fall-off seen in any major market of 69%. With last week's release schedule virtually barren, distributors who tried to ...
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European box office flatlines in 2003
After a period of sustained growth, the European box office is heading for its second consecutive year of stagnation. With Germany last week recording a slump of 13.3% for the first nine months, this year's box office in all five of the big European markets is expected to be more ...
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CineAsia wraps on positive note for local language pics
The resurgence of local-language product across the Asia Pacific region was a recurring theme at this year's CineAsia convention for distributors and exhibitors which wrapped on Thursday (Nov 20) in Bangkok.At a seminar on the last day of the market, the increasing volume and quality of local-language films was credited ...
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Fox takes Thai rights to local drama Beautiful Boxer
Twentieth Century Fox has picked up Thai distribution rights to local action drama Beautiful Boxer produced by GMM Pictures - the film arm of Thai entertainment giant GMM Grammy.Directed by Singapore's Ekachai Uekrongtham, the film tells the real-life story of Parinya Charoenphol, affectionately nicknamed Nong Toom in Thailand, a kickboxer ...
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PMP announces Meers, O'Halloran double act
The Premium Movie Partnership (PMP) has confirmed that Sam Meers and Nuala O'Halloran - the two people who worked most closely with former acquisitions and production head Marion Pilowsky - will be covering for her. Former business affairs director Meers becomes director of investment responsible for all film development and ...
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South Africa unveils US, European alliances at Sithengi
A string of international alliances between Southern Africa, Europe and Hollywood were unveiled at this year's Sithengi in Cape Town (13-16 Nov).The major event of the TV and film market was the signing of a co-production treaty between Italy and South Africa. It is the country's second treaty with a ...
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German exhibitors rage at funding proposals
German exhibitors are considering taking legal action against the new Film Funding Law (FFG) which is set come into effect on January 1, 2004.The law means that cinemas will be obliged to contribute an average of 2.7% of their gross turnover to the financing of the Federal Film Board (FFA), ...
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Cosmic Africa scoops top South African award
Feature length documentary Cosmic Africa won the best film prize at South Africa's National Television and Video Association (NTVA) annual Stone Awards this week.Aland Pictures' documentary - which is currently on theatrical release - also won seven other awards at the ceremony, including best direction, cinematography and art direction.The film ...
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Universal looks to spread Love around Europe
Universal will be looking to spread Love Actually around major European territories this weekend, in a bid to repeat the film's excellent $2.2m number one launch in Italy last weekend. Germany (505 prints) and The Netherlands (108 prints) received the ensemble film yesterday (Nov 20). It rolls out in the ...