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Boll set to quit TaunusFilm International
Uwe Boll will leave his post as managing director of German production outfit TaunusFilm's international arm - TaunusFilm International - on September 1 to concentrate on his directing career. He will continue to serve as a consultant, while TaunusFilm CEO Wolfgang Grass will oversee the subsidiary.Boll, who used accumulated vacation ...
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War
Dir: Philip G. Atwell. US. 2007. 103mins.A sturdy B-movie thriller with enough style to overcome its formulaic trappings, War finds mid-level action stars Jet Li and Jason Statham riffing on their already established personas to winning effect. A needlessly elaborate plot somewhat spoils the pairing of these martial-arts icons, but ...
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War
Dir: Philip G. Atwell. US. 2007. 103mins.A sturdy B-movie thriller with enough style to overcome its formulaic trappings, War finds mid-level action stars Jet Li and Jason Statham riffing on their already established personas to winning effect. A needlessly elaborate plot somewhat spoils the pairing of these martial-arts icons, but ...
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Celluloidveteran Tanja Meissner joins Memento Films
Former Celluloid Dreams sales executive Tanja Meissner has joined Paris-based producer/distributor Memento Films. Meissner will act as head of world sales and acquisitions for the company.Her first markets will be Venice and Toronto. Memento has recently acquired Philippe Aractingi's Under The Bombs which traces the story of a Shiite woman ...
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San Sebastian unveils full competition and Horizontes programme
The 55th San Sebastian International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its Official Selection and Horizontes Programme. The festival runs Sept 20-29. As previously reported, David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises will open the event in competition. The remaining 15 films in Official Selection are: Battle For Haditha, dir. Nick ...
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Fortissimo takes on Schnabel's Lou Reed film Berlin
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide sales rights, excluding North America, to Julian Schnabel's Berlin, a concert film featuring Lou Reed. Waterboy's Jon Kilik produced with Tom Sarig and Reed. Executive producers are LM Media Gmbh, Stanley Buchthal and Maja Hoffmann. Berlin will world premiere at this week's Venice International Film ...
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Raindance to offer content through Joost
Raindance.tv, the online and mobile film portal founded by the Raindance Film Festival with dandy productions, Dogwoof Pictures and Crucible Media, has partnered with Internet TV platform Joost. Joost users will now be able to view - for free - Raindance.tv's independent features, shorts and documentaries. Offerings include UK thriller ...
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Balls Of Fury
Dir: Robert Ben Garant. US. 2007. 90mins. A rather shockingly enervated treatment of a colourful, wilfully silly concept, Balls of Fury looks to disappoint both those expecting the bawdy underdog tale of a make-good loser and those seeking something a bit more offbeat from its creators, the creative team behind ...
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EastWest picks up San Sebastian title The Bird Can't Fly
Vienna/London-based sales agent EastWest Filmdistribution has picked up world rights to Dutch film-maker Threes Anna's The Bird Can't Fly, which will have its world premiere in the Zabaltegi - New Directors competition section at next month's San Sebastian International Film Festival. Anna's feature debut stars American actress Barbara Hershey as ...
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Weber takes top post at Bavaria Media
Michael Weber has been named managing director of Bavaria Film's rights handling division Bavaria Media. He was formerly head of the company's international sales arm, Bavaria Film International.During his tenure at the sales arm, Weber handled product such as Joseph Vilsmaier's Comedian Harmonists and Volker Schloendorff's Rita's Legends. He also ...
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Sarajevo's CineLink gives out record $68,000 funding
In addition to expanding its selection to projects with some financing in place, the Sarajevo Film Festival's co-production market CineLink has secured record funding of $68,150 (Euros 50,000) in its fifth edition. In addition to the long-term partner Hubert Bals Fund, the Goteborg International Film Festival and France's CNC have ...
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Tonderai starts five-week UK shoot for Hush
Writer/director Mark Tonderai started shooting his debut feature film Hush on Aug 20 for Warp X, Shona Productions and FearFactory. The suspense thriller will shoot on location in Sheffield and the East Midlands over five weeks. Will Ash and Christine Bottomley star in the story of a couple who barely ...
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Lantos unveils new Canadian distribution, international sales outfit
Canadian producer Robert Lantos has officially unveiled his new international and domestic film distribution enterpriese, Maximum Films International and Maximum Film Distribution. As previously tipped on Screendaily, former Celluloid Dreams managing director Charlotte Mickie will head the former while veteran Canadian industry executive Tony Cianciotta will head the latter. Both ...
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ASC dedicates Heritage Award to memory of Kovacs
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has dedicated the 2008 Heritage Award competition for film school seniors and recent graduates in the US to the memory of the Laszlo Kovacs, who died on Jul 22.The organisation simultaneously issued a call for entries in the annual competition. The deadline for submissions ...
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NBC Universal acquires Hallmark global pay-TV channels
NBC Universal has acquired Sparrowhawk Holdings and its global portfolio of pay TV channels from Providence Equity Partners, 3i and management shareholders.The move represents a major step forward in NBC Universal's strategy to more than double the size of its international cable channels in the next two to three years.Terms ...
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First Tropfest@Tribeca competition set for Sept 23
Sixteen short films from four countries have been selected to compete in the inaugural Tropfest@Tribeca competition in New York City on Sept 23.Finalists, chosen from a pool of 161 submissions, were each asked to interpret the word 'slice' in their film.The winner will be chosen by a jury of Rose ...
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Pusan to open with Assembly, close with Evangelion
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has announced that the world premiere of mainland Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's Assembly will open this year's edition. The closing film will be Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, directed by Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki and Masayuki. Feng's filmography includes Chinese hit The Banquet, ...
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Optimum, TWC set October UK launch for Sicko
Optimum Releasing and The Weinstein Company are teaming to release Michael Moore's Sicko in the UK on Oct 26. Optimum previously released Moore's hit Fahrenheit 9/11. Moore 's exploration of the US health care system, Sicko has already grossed about $24m at the US box office. Danny Perkins, managing director ...
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Venice sellers say market is healthy
As the 64th Venice Film Fest opens tonight with Joe Wright's Atonement, thoughts are on expansion and stability. While the Italian industry will have to wait to see if artistic director Marco Mueller and Biennale President Davide Croff will be reinstated for a second mandate - all festivalgoers are wondering ...
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Sogepaq takes on international sales of Bernal's Deficit
Spain 's Sogepaq has taken on international sales, outside Mexico and North America, for actor Gael Garcia Bernal's directorial debut Deficit. Bernal's Mexico-based production outfit Canana Films produced Deficit, which had its world premiere during Cannes Critics Week. The film will also screen in Toronto's Vanguard section, where Sogepaq will ...