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Indian Film Company makes trading debut on London's AIM
The new Guernsey-registered Indian Film Company (IFC) has started trading on London 's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) today, after raising $109m by going public. Shares rose 20% on their trading debut. IFC, a Bollywood film production and film asset management fund started by Mumbai-based giant Network 18 Group, plans to ...
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Shanghai Film Forum delegates talk finance, festivals
Marketing is no longer a dirty word in the new China and indeed a whole day was devoted to the topic on the second day of the Jin Jue International Film Forum at this year's Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). In a session entitled 'Increasing Film Market Value - Revolution ...
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Sarah Smith promoted as Aardman unveils new feature slate
UK-based animation powerhouse Aardman Features has announced a slate of six films in development, including a Christmas project written by Borat co-writer Peter Baynham, new non-Wallace and Gromit film from Nick Park and company founder Peter Lord's return to directing. These are the first new projects to be announced since ...
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Future Cinema to host Chinese themed tent at Glastonbury
Future Cinema will host the Chinese Cinema Palace at this weekend's Glastonbury music festival, in the Lost Vagueness field. The tent is inspired by Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love. The programme includes international shorts films and music videos presented by Future Shorts. Live theatre will also be ...
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TEA joins forces with trailer company Wonderland
Design and advertising agency TEA - The Entertainment Agency, has joined forces with trailer company Wonderland, and the companies are now known as TEA: Wonderland. TEA has more than 20 years experience in print film marketing, and Wonderland is a year-old company started by Rob Darvell and Joe Pisano that ...
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Huayi Brothers set to shoot Zhou Xun romantic drama
Chinese producer-distributor Huayi Brothers Films is lining up a new project from up-and-coming film-maker Cao Baoping, Something About Limi, which is set to star Zhou Xun and Taiwanese TV drama idol Vic Chou. The $1.3m (RMB10m) romantic drama with suspense elements is scheduled to start shooting in July. It tells ...
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Bertolucci to receive Venice's special Golden Lion
Bernardo Bertolucci will receive the 'Golden Lion of the 75th,' a special prize in celebration of the Biennale's Jubilee anniversary, organisers have said. Bertolucci will receive the prize at Venice's closing night ceremony on Sept 8, just before the announcement of the Golden Lion winner. At this year's edition, Bertolucci's ...
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MPD sale met by low-ball offers, says owner Fund
The proposed sale of Canadian film distributor Motion Picture Distribution LP (MPD) is mired by low-ball offers, according to Movie Distribution Income Fund, the publicly-traded entity which owns 49 per cent of MPD's limited partnership.Alliance Atlantis (AAC) owns the controlling 51 per cent. AAC is in the process of being ...
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Kinowelt first-half turnover soars by 63%
German mini-studio Kinowelt reported a 63% increase in turnover for the first six months of 2000 to $115.5m (DM247.3m) compared to $70.7m (DM151.5m) in the first half of last year.Interim net profit rose to $9.5m (DM20.3m) compared to $10.3m (DM22.1m) for the whole of 1999.Kinowelt's home entertainment division achieved the ...
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Telefilm Canada greenlights six French-language projects
Telefilm Canada has greenlit six French-language feature film projects, including France-Canada coproduction Instinct De Mort, directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Vincent Cassel, Gerard Depardieu and Roy Dupuis; and Belgium-France-Canada coproduction Un Ange A La Mer. Instinct De Mort (Mesrine) partners French producer Thomas Langmann of Paris production house La ...
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Bernstein promoted to senior vp, production, at Universal
Scott Bernstein has been promoted to senior vice president of production at Universal Pictures, effective immediately.Since Bernstein joined the studio in 2004 he has overseen such projects as last summer's hit The Break-Up and Accepted. He is currently supervising Hellboy 2, which recently began production in HungaryBergstein previously served at ...
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Academy ranks swell with 115 new invited members
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has invited 115 artists and executives to swell its membership ranks as voting members in 2007.Membership policies adopted by the Academy in 2003 to limit the number of new members would have allowed 150 new members this year but various branch committees ...
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Glover, Basset, Stiles line up to climb Gospel Hill
Danny Glover, Angela Basset, Julia Stiles, Simon Baker, Adam Baldwin and The RZA have singed on to the political drama Gospel Hill from newly launched Deco Entertainment.The Los Angeles-based company is fully financing the project, which began shooting in South Carolina last week.Giancarlo Esposito makes his directorial debut based on ...
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Garcia, Quinn, Washington serve as LAFF honorary chairs
Andy Garcia, Aidan Quinn and Kerry Washington will serve as honorary festival chairs for the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival, which kicks off on Jun 21.Garcia will host the opening night event and screening of Kasi Lemmons' Talk To Me.Washington and Quinn will announce the winners of the Target Filmmaker ...
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National Board Of Review to announce annual awards on Dec 5
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (NBR) will hold its annual awards gala on Jan 15, 2008 in New York.NBR members will screen more than 250 films for awards consideration this year and will announced the honourees on Dec 5.The NBR recently awarded $55,000 in student grants to ...
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Fox Licensing & Merchandising pacts with Walden Media
Walden Media has appointed 20th Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising as its worldwide licensing agent for its future films.The deal will cover upcoming releases such as The Dark Is Rising, Nim's Island, City Of Ember, and The Tortoise & The Hippo.The abovementioned titles will be distributed by Twentieth Century Fox ...
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Global Universal Film Group signs production deal with Hands Free
LA-based Global Universal Film Group, a subsidiary of LitFunding Corp, has signed a deal with Hands Free Entertainment's production team of James Paul and Cory Hudson.Global is scheduled to become a publicly traded company once it has been spun off from LitFunding.Paul and Hudson will assist Global in producing a ...
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Japan's Movie-Eye lines up Nightmare Detective sequel
Japanese producer-distributor Movie-Eye Entertainment unveiled its production and distribution slate at a press conference in Tokyo yesterday, which includes a sequel to Nightmare Detective, to be again directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. Tsukamoto and star Ryuhei Matsuda were on hand to answer questions about the second instalment in the series, which ...
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Harvey buys first film for theatrical distribution
The Harvey Entertainment Company has acquired US distribution rights to UK/French animated family film A Monkey's Tale from Pearson Television International and plans to release it through a distribution partner on a limited 150-screen release at the end of January 2001. Universal Home Video will then release it on video ...
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India's CCL, Deepak Nayar launch talent search
India 's Century Communications Ltd (CCL) and producer Deepak Nayar have launched an internet-based film competition portal, www.filmaka.in, designed by established filmmakers to discover emerging talent in India. The site has been launched following the success of www.filmaka.com. The huge number of films submitted by Indian filmmakers to the global ...