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    Osian's launches fund for Asian, Arab filmmakers

    2007-07-25T15:28:00Z

    Indian arts organisation Osian's, organiser of the Cinefan film festival which is currently in progress in Delhi, is launching a development fund to support filmmakers from India, Asia and the Arab region. Dubbed the Film Fund: Osian's Originating Development (FOOD), thefund will provide grants ranging from $10,000-$25,000 for pre-production expenses ...

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    Bangkok Market closes with a whimper due to poor attendance

    2007-07-25T18:10:00Z

    The fourth Bangkok Film Market quietly came to a close today (Wednesday) in much the same manner as it opened softly two days ago.As in past years, the market is still plagued by the poor attendance of buyers. The situation has worsened this year when no free flights were given ...

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    Kelly Reilly to lead cast for Watkins' thriller Eden Lake

    2007-07-25T18:14:00Z

    Kelly Reilly will star with 300's Michael Fassbender and This Is England newcomer Thomas Turgoose in Eden Lake for director James Watkins.Celador's Christian Colson (The Descent) is producing with Waking Ned producer Richard Holmes. The $4m (£2m) project will shoot July 29-Sept 8 in the London area.The thriller, which Watkins ...

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    Iggy Pop and Andrea Arnold join forces for Raindance jury

    2007-07-25T18:29:00Z

    The London-based Raindance Film Festival has announced the jury for this year's 15th anniversary edition.Continuing tradition of including musicians on the jury, Raindance confirmed that Iggy Pop and Mick Jones will both serve as jurors for the 2007 festival (Sept 25-Oct 7).Other jurors will be film-makers Penny Woolcock, Andrea Arnold, ...

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    Axiom and Matador wrap shoot for UK drama There For Me

    2007-07-25T18:46:00Z

    Director Sallie Aprahamian has wrapped principal photography on UK romantic drama There For Me.The film is the first collaboration between Axiom Films and Matador Pictures. Axiom developed the film in association with Matador and Regent Capital's Cinema Two. Arts Alliance Media's MetFilm is also co-financing.Douglas Cummins of Axion produces with ...

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    Burnett Fefferman gets top publicity job at IDP/Samuel Goidwyn Films

    2007-07-25T18:50:00Z

    Liza Burnett Fefferman has been named senior vice president of publicity at IDP/Samuel Goldwyn Films.Effective immediately, Fefferman will head the PR department overseeing the company's film slate in addition to managing corporate publicity and branding. Based in New York, she reports to IDP president Michael Silberman.She most recently served as ...

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    Bavaria takes on Free To Leave ahead of Locarno premiere

    2007-07-25T18:51:00Z

    Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up Austrian director Peter Payer's fourth feature Free To Leave (Freigesprochen) ahead of its world premiere in official competition at next month's Locarno International Film Festival. A co-production between Austria's Lotus-Film and Luxembourg's Iris Productions, Payer's universal tale of guilt, lies and obsession ...

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    Spottiswoode Rwanda drama to open Atlantic Film Festival

    2007-07-25T23:02:00Z

    Roger Spottiswoode's Rwanda genocide drama Shake Hands With The Devil will open the 27th Atlantic Film Festival on September 13. Based on the memoir by Canadian Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire, leader of the UN force that was unable to prevent the 1994 atrocity, the film stars Roy Dupuis in the lead ...

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    IMAX to install cinema in Nanjing multiplex

    2007-07-25T23:05:00Z

    IMAX Corp and Nanjing Deji Plaza Co, based in the Chinese city of Nanjing, have signed an agreement that will see an IMAX cinema installed in the new Deji Plaza Mall shopping complex. The cinema, which will be capable of playing both IMAX 2D and 3D pictures, will be part ...

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    Global Film Initiative appoints six new board members

    2007-07-25T23:08:00Z

    The Global Film Initiative has announced the appointment of six new members to its board of directors.The new recruits join the current six-member board in advising the Initiative and its ongoing expansion of the Global Lens touring film series and related programmes.Now in its fifth year, the Initiative recently introduced ...

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    Mandalay to produce comedy Mental for Summit

    2007-07-26T02:00:00Z

    Summit Entertainment has acquired Bear Aderhold and Tom Sullivan's speculative comedy screenplay Mental.Mandalay Pictures will produce and Summit's production president Erik Feig and vice president of production Jean Song will oversee for the company. Summit holds worldwide rights.The story centres on a harried orderly who has 10 hours to transport ...

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    Utah increases rebate to film-makers from 10% to 15%

    2007-07-25T23:59:00Z

    The Utah Film Commission has increased by 50% the rebate available to film-makers through the State's Motion Picture Incentive Fund (MPIF).The incentive package rises from 10% to a 15% post-performance rebate for every dollar spent in the state of Utah.The cap on the fund remains at $500,000 and the budget ...

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    Rpin Suwannath to direct The Lotus Caves for Walden Media

    2007-07-26T00:01:00Z

    Effects pioneer Rpin Suwannath will make his directorial debut on Walden Media's John Christopher adaptation The Lotus Caves.Suwannath, who has worked closely with Walden on pre-visualisaing Walden's The Chronicles Of Narnia films, is currently in development on the project with executive producer Steven Granat.Set in a 2068 when humans have ...

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    Sundance names participants in Documentary Composers Lab

    2007-07-26T00:05:00Z

    Seven documentary film-makers and six film music composers have been invited to participate as Fellows in the Sundance Documentary Composers Lab, which runs from Aug 5-9 in Utah.The documentary subjects cover an Iraq War training simulation in the US, peace activists in Colombia, and Ethipian teenagers who move to America ...

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    50 shorts programmed for third annual HollyShorts in LA

    2007-07-26T00:41:00Z

    Adrien Grenier's coming-of-age tale Euthanasia is among more than 50 entries from seven countries that will screen at the third annual HollyShorts Film festival, which runs from Aug 11-12 in Hollywood.The line-up of events include two industry panels looking at how experience on short films can benefit a feature film-making ...

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    UK cinema admissions up 6% in first half of the year

    2007-07-26T06:32:00Z

    UK admissions rose 6% year-on-year for the first half of 2006, according to the country's distributors' organisation.Visitor numbers rose to 76.9 million with box-office revenues reaching $815m (£396.8m.)The figures from the Film Distributor's Association highlight two key factors:The popularity of local films, including Mr Bean's Holiday, Hot Fuzz , Miss ...

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    Sarajevo Film Festival announces full competition

    2007-07-26T10:11:00Z

    The Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the competition programme of its 13th edition, running from Aug 17 to 25. The feature film competition will include two world premieres, Macedonian-Slovenian-Belgian-French co-production I Am From Titov Veles (Jas Sum Od Titov Veles) by Teona Mitevska and Bosnian-Slovenian-Serbian-German-UK It's Hard To Be Nice ...

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    Venice Film Festival announces its line-up

    2007-07-26T10:54:00Z

    The Venice Film Festival has announced its line-up. Films from Woody Allen, Ken Loach, Paul Haggis, Todd Haynes, Ang Lee, Wes Anderson, Miike Takashi, Brian De Palma, Andrew Dominik, Peter Greenaway, Kitano Takeshi, Eric Rohmer and Kenneth Branagh among others will play the festival which runs from Aug 29-Sept 8. ...

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    UK anti-piracy groups celebrate charges brought against market owners

    2007-07-26T11:48:00Z

    The UK's anti-piracy groups are welcoming a judgment handed down at St Albans Crown Court that says a market can be held accountable for pirated materials sold by its traders. The case was brought by Hertfordshire Trading Standards against Wendy Fair Markets Ltd and its directors Nicholas Hobday and Sally ...

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    Vivendi Universal eyes Indian content

    2000-08-23T12:13:00Z

    Following the merger of Seagram, Vivendi and Canal Plus, the new entity, Vivendi Universal, plans to invest in Indian film and TV production and build up an Indian music catalogue, according to local press reports. The entertainment powerhouse will reportedly produce local-language TV programming and has already committed $7m to ...