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Finland - The war zone
Marko Makilaakso is a tenacious film-maker. When film school turned him down, he started making his own short films and music videos, eventually establishing an award-winning career.A few years later, when the Finnish Film Foundation refused to fund his debut feature on the grounds it was a horror film, Makilaakso ...
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Challenge sees Roeg in his element
Rather unusually for my movies, it does have a beginning and an end,' Nicolas Roeg says as an introduction of his new feature Puffball at the Galway Film Fleadh in July.That is not to say the 79-year-old director, who made his mark with challenging films including Don't Look Now, Bad ...
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United Kingdom - East meets west
A chance meeting on holiday set Donal Fernandes on the previously untrodden Estonian route to Cannes.The first-time producer was on a trip to the Eastern European country when he bumped into local film-maker Kadri Kousaar, who was struggling to produce her first feature, Magnus.He had previously met her in 2006 ...
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Industry moves
PPI FILLS KEY POSTSParamount Pictures International has hired new executives in two key territories. Ichiro Okazaki, who comes from BVI, will take up the role of president of Paramount Pictures Japan from September 1. Pierre Auger will become general manager, Paramount Pictures Spain, from December 2007.ODD LOT BOOSTS TOP LINEOdd ...
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The little black book
When deciding where to locate a shoot, the crucial factors might seem cut and dried. What are the tax breaks' Are there decent production facilities' Is there a skilled local workforce' What locations are needed'But such hard-headed considerations overlook an aspect of film-making that has a major impact on the ...
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Locations - 'I've always tried to enjoy wherever I go'
When it comes to hardened veterans of international film production, they don't come much more experienced than Anthony Waye.Executive producer of Casino Royale, he has worked on no fewer than 10 Bond films, and his remarkable record includes working as assistant director on the original Star Wars, The Elephant Man, ...
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Montreal World Film Festival - Second life
Serge Losique is on the phone and he is laughing. The president of the Montreal World Film Festival (Mwff) is not unlike the captain of a storm-tossed ship now entering safe harbour. The distributors who refused to give him films are now providing top titles (see sidebar). The agencies that ...
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MWFF 2007: World competition
WORLD PREMIERES1 Day (Une Journee) (Switz-Fr)Dir Jacob BergerSales Vega Film, (41) 44 384 80 90The Other Side (A Outra Margem) (Port-Br)Dir Luis Filipe RochaSales Madfilmes, (351) 21 325 58 00Ben X (Bel-Neth)Dir Nic BalthazarSales MMG NV, (32) 2 453 03 04The Other Boy (Der Andere Junge) (Ger)Dir Volker EinrauchSales Josefine ...
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Creating the legend
In the next month or so, film festivals in Montreal, Venice and Toronto will debut hundreds of new films. Some will be world premieres; others will be the first screenings outside the country of origin; and still others will be a picture's North American or European premiere.Many of these films ...
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Yellow fever still contagious
Springfield's favourite family held on to the top spot as The Simpsons Movie generated $24.1m in its third week, pushing it well past the $200m mark. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix trailed behind, taking $23.8m over the three-day period for $548.4m to date. And Disney's Ratatouille continued ...
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International box office - That rising feeling
Japan's overall box-office earnings for the first half of 2007 totalled $778.2m (Yen92.5bn), a tiny 0.7% increase from the same period last year, according to data from Japan's top 13 largest distributors.Toho, Japan's largest distributor, topped the list with earnings of $194.1m (Yen23.8bn), but managed only 75% of last year's ...
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Der Baader Meinhof Komplexawarded $3.6m from German fund
Producer-distributor Constantin Film has been allocated $3.6m(Euros 2.7m) - the fourth largest amount so far this year - from the German (Federal Film Fund (DFFF) for its production of Uli Edel's Der Baader Meinhof Komplex which began shooting in Berlin last week. The support, which is only exceeded by the ...
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Venice adds selections including Gitai's Disengagement
Marco Mueller has added several new titles to the line up of the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival completing his official selection, theBiennale announced Friday.The new films include Israeli director Amos Gitai's Disengagement,which stars French actress Juliette Binoche.Tipped as a story of family sentiments set amidst Israel's pull ...
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French box office celebrates summer bonanza
The French box office in July saw a staggering 57.8% increase in ticket sales over the same month last year. The total box office for 2007 thus far, however, is down 2.5% compared to the same period in 2006. While July was not the best month of this year, ...
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Fantastic Four postponed as China cools down foreign film market
The opening of Fox's Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer in mainland China release date has been postponed to an indefinite date, Beijing's cinema owners confirmed today. The film, originally scheduled for August 29, will be replaced by a few smaller foreign titles imported on a flat-fee basis.Twentieth ...
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Reprise enjoys triple win at Norwegian film awards
Norwegian director Joachim Trier's feature debut, Reprise, became a triple winner of the Amanda awards, the Norwegian national film prizes.The honours were handed out at a TV2-televised ceremony from Haugesund's Festiviteten Concert Hall, preceding the opening of the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival. Reprise cashed in on four nominations, ...
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Baldwin, Gallagher land Protection roles
Stephen Baldwin and Peter Gallagher are to star in Protection, a mob thriller being produced by Alliance Atlantis' genre division Le Monde Entertainment. The film, which is scheduled to start principal photography in Montreal on Oct 2 this year, will be directed by John Flynn whose credits include Rolling Thunder ...
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Superbad proves domestic superstar for Sony
Sony's teen comedy Superbad dominated the weekend session as it opened top of the charts on an estimated $31.2m. The film, which is headlined by the unfamiliar Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, demonstrates the growing critical and commercial power of its producer Judd Apatow. Apatow is the hottest ...
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The Simpsons Movie regains international lead
Homer's remarkable box office odyssey saw The Simpsons Movie reclaim the number one overseas spot by a nose at the weekend as preliminary results put it ahead of Universal/UPI's The Bourne Ultimatum by an estimated $23.4m versus $22m. Last weekend Fox International's animated hit appeared to have vanquished the ...
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Biggs joins cast of Lionsgate's Bachelor #2
Jason Biggs has joined Kate Hudson and Dane Cook on the cast ofLionsgate's romantic comedy Bachelor #2. Lizzy Caplan has also comeaboard.Cook stars as Tank, an inveterate Casanova who falls for his bestfriend's girlfriend, played by Hudson. Biggs plays the best friend andCaplan, a TV actor who appeared in Mean ...