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Grbavica director Zbanic starts shoot for On The Path
Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic, winner of Berlin's Golden Bear in 2006 for her feature debut Grbavica, began shooting her second feature film On The Path in Bosnia-Herzegovina today.Featuring a cast including Leon Lucev, Zrinka Cvitesic, Sebastian Cavazza and Grbavica's lead actress Mirjana Karanovic, Zbanic's new film centres on a ...
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New Wave takes UK rights to Denis' 35 Shot Of Rum
New UK distributor New Wave Films has acquired Claire Denis' 35 Shots Of Rum (35 Rhums).The deal was struck with sales company Elle Driver.The film is in competition in Venice and will also screen here in Toronto.Bruno Pesery produced for Soudaine Compagnie.Denis wrote the screenplay with Jean-Pol Fargeau.Alex Descas, Mati ...
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Malick, Mandoki turn to Constantin
New projects from Terence Malick and Luis Mandoki are being developed by Constantin Film, the production arm of Bernd Eichinger's Neue Constantin, through its joint venture with Propaganda Films. In addition the German outfit has purchased two books in the UK through its joint venture with Impact Pictures.Malick - who ...
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Warp X, Birds Eye View team for women's comedy features
Warp X and Birds Eye View are working together on a new feature film development initiative, Last Laugh: Women Create Comedy.The programme will champion female comedy talent working in the UK and bring female-led comedy features to the big screen.Skillset is supporting the scheme through its Skillset Film Skills ...
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Stockholm festival to close with Luhrmann's Australia
Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 20-30) has announced that Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia will close its 19thfestival.The romantic drama stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in the WWII-era story of an English artistocrat who inherits a cattle farm in northern Australia. The Stockholm festival will screen more than 170 ...
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Raindance to open with Choke, close with Hush
The 16thRaindance Film Festival (Oct 1-12) in London will kick off with Clark Gregg's Choke starring Sam Rockwell and will close with the world premiere of Mark Tonderai's directorial debut, Warp X horror film Hush. Choke, adapted from Chuck Palahniuk's novel, also stars Anjelica Huston (set to attend the ...
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As industry leaves Venice for Toronto, Italian titles still strong
As a week of screenings at the Venice Film Festival winds up and the industry moves to Toronto, Italian titles are likely to be a focal point of year’s traditional festival migration.That is because seven Italian films will be on this year’s Toronto roster compared to three last year, across ...
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Arthouse strikes multi-territory deal for Rem Koolhaas documentary
New York-based distributor Arthouse Films has acquired all English-speaking territories and French rights to documentary Rem Koolhaas - A Kind Of Architect.Markus Heidingsfelder and Min Tesch direct the feature-length film about the famed architect.The deal was negotiated by David Koh and Lilly Bright on behalf of Arthouse Films and Curiously ...
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Slumdog Millionaire to closeLondon Film Festival
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is to close this year's London Film Festival.It will be the European premiere of the film, which had its world premiere at Telluride, and is also due to be screened at the Toronto Film Festival.Based on the novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, and adapted ...
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EFP's Film Sales Support promotes 42 European films in Toronto
European Film Promotion is working with the Toronto International Film Festival for the 12th year.The MEDIA-backed Film Sales Support initiative is now in its fourth year supporting European sales agents and producers with films in Toronto's official market.This year, Toronto's programme includes about 120 European films -- of which 42 ...
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Vadim Perelman to direct MGM's relaunch of Poltergeist
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) has signed Vadim Perelman to direct its forthcoming relaunch of the Poltergeist franchise.Perelman previously directed House Of Sand And Fog and The Life Before Her Eyes and is currently working on AMC drama pilot Ice.Cale Boyter, Executive Vice President, Production and Luke Ryan, Vice President, Production, are overseeing ...
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Fortissimo capitalises on Asian cinema boom
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up a trio of new films from Thailand and China, the hottest producing countries in Asia. And a string of top sales shows that buyers are now lapping up the Asian resurgence.First addition is Fata La Jone, a romantic comedy from Thailand, by Film Bangkok, ...
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Karina to head Pusan's New Currents Award jury
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced its juries for the New Currents Award and Wide Angle awards. French actress Anna Karina, star of Nouvelle Vague films such as Bande à Part and Alphaville, will head the New Currents jury for Asian feature films.Other members of the jury ...
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David Glasser joins Weinsteins as president of international
David Glasser has left Syndicate Films International to join The Weinstein Company (TWC) as president of international, filling the slot vacated by Glen Basner who departed the company recently after a three-year stint.Glasser joins and will oversee the recently promoted duo of Michael Rothstein, executive vice president of international sales ...
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Lisa Wilson moves from Hyde Park to Graham King's GK Films
Lisa Wilson has segued from Hyde Park International to a new role as president of international distribution at Graham King's GK Films.Wilson will commence work spearheading the company's worldwide sales operations on September 22 and will begin talking to international buyers about the Emily Blunt costume drama The Young Victoria, ...
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North American premieres of Lake Tahoe, Desert Within at AFI FEST
The world premiere of Danny Ledonne's Playing Columbine and the North American premieres of Margarita Jimeno's Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, Rodrigo Pla's The Desert Within and Fernando Eimbcke's Lake Tahoe are among the first 15 titles announced for the AFI FEST 2008, set to run in Los Angeles from October 30-November ...
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Ploning selected as Philippines entry to foreign-language Oscar
An indie film by a first time director beat out other titles as the Philippines' entry to the best foreign-language category of the Academy Awards. Ploning emerged as the final choice by a selection committee of the Film Academy of the Philippines. The modestly budgeted pic is the initial production ...
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Hidden Fortress kicks off Korea's Chungmuro fest
The 2nd Chungmuro International Film Festival in Seoul opened last night with some of South Korea's biggest stars in attendance and the screening of Japanese director Shinji Higuchi's Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess. Local stars that climbed the red carpet included Jang Dong-gun, Ha Ji-won and Kim Jung-eun. Asian stars ...
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Der Baader Meinhof Complex and The Wave among German Oscar picks
Uli Edel's Der Baader Meinhof Komplex and Dennis Gansel's school drama The Wave are among five films submitted for consideration as Germany's entry for the Best Foreign Language Feature Film Oscar.The Constantin Film production of Edel's chronicle of the Red Army Faction terrorist group, starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck and ...
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Kerala film festival announces dates, makes call for entries
The organisers of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) have announced that this year's edition will be held December 12-19 in Trivandrum, Kerala. The festival is also calling for entries for sections including the Competition Section, which will screen films produced and co-produced in Asia, Africa and Latin America ...