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    Davis joins Liberation as head of worldwide business affairs

    2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

    J Alan Davis has joined Los Angeles-based distribution and saleshouse Liberation Entertainment as vice president and head of worldwide businessaffairs.Davis previously served as head of business affairs at Warner BrosInternational Television Production, and was a principal of media consultingcompany Periscope.Liberation Entertainment was launched earlier this year by mediaentrepreneur Jay Boberg, ...

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    Kaurismaki doesn't want to be considered for Oscar

    2006-10-19T10:45:00Z

    Finnish director Aki Kaurismakihas withdrawn from the race for an Academy Award nomination in the BestForeign-Language Film category. He has told the FinnishOscar Committee that he does not want LightsIn The Dusk - the final film in his losers'trilogy - to be Finland's official submission. With deadline for submission passed, ...

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    Suburban Mayhem leads Australian nominations

    2006-10-19T11:06:00Z

    Suburban Mayhem led the Australian Film Institute Award nominations with nods in 12categories, but was passed over for a best film nomination. The film about an audaciousteenager had its world premiere in Un Certain Regard in Cannes in May, closed the Melbourne International FilmFestival, and finally opens to the Australian ...

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    Scherfig returns to Danish film-making with Hjemve

    2006-10-19T11:47:00Z

    Lone Scherfig isshooting in Denmark again for the first time since making her 2000 dogma hit Italian For Beginners. She will be onthe island of Funen working on a project entitled Hjemve, which can be translated as "longing for home" although anofficial international title hasn't been set yet. The film ...

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    Becker on board for animated Mary & Max

    2006-10-19T12:44:00Z

    Becker International hassigned on to handle worldwide sales on the planned animated feature Mary & Max from Oscar winner AdamElliot.The writer/director won anAcademy Award in 2004 for his short film HarvieKrumpet. His new project is backed by Becker alongside Australiandistributor and sister company, Dendy Films.Becker head Iain Canningwill be talking ...

  • Reviews

    The Unknown (La Sconosciuta)

    2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Giuseppe Tornatore. It-Fr. 2006. 121mins.Giuseppe Tornatore hashardly set world cinema alight in the 18 years since the Oscar-winning Cinema Paradiso.But although it's far from perfect, TheUnknown, the Sicilian director's first film in six years at least has thedramatic substance that lacked in style exercises like Malena (2000) and The ...

  • Reviews

    Crossing The Line

    2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Dir. Daniel Gordon. UK. 2006. 91mins.Perfectly timed to reach Pusanjust as current tensions with North Korean increase once more, Crossing The Linepromises more than it can deliver. The story of former US soldier James Joseph Dresnok, 44 years after he left the American dream andsettled in Pyongyang, DanielGordon's documentary fails ...

  • Reviews

    Boys Of Tomorrow (Woori-Ege Nae-Ileun Eobda)

    2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr. Noh Dong-seok. S Kor. 2006. 93mins.Pursuing similar themes to those covered in his debutfeature Generation, which screened acouple of years ago in Pusan, Noh Dong-seok's Boys OfTomorrow again takes up the cause of lost youth whose hopes and dreams aretrampled by the slum misery into which they are born.Shot ...

  • Reviews

    After This Our Exile (After This Our Exile)

    2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Patrick Tam. Hong Kong, 2006.158mins.Excruciatingly long and exceedingly over-sentimental,Patrick Tam's After This, Our Exilelooks like a daytime soap, save for a couple of torrid love scenes which may beits best achievement.Tam's tear-jerking dramaabout a cook whose family is torn apart by his inveterate gambling and unpaiddebts displays great technical ...

  • Reviews

    Woman On The Beach (Haebyuneui Yeoin)

    2006-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Hong Sangsoo. S Kor. 2006. 128mins.Owing more to French cinema of the 1960s thancontemporary Korean film-making, Hong Sansoo'sromantic comedy Woman OnThe Beach is as intimate, laid back and low-key as his previousefforts. As such it will have a good following among critics and do well with thirtysomething arthouse audienceswho ...

  • News

    61 films submitted for foreign language Academy Award

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    A record 61 countries have submitted films for consideration inthe foreign language film category for the 79th Academy Awards.As previously reported, Finland had submitted Aki Kaurismaki's LightsIn The Dusk, which thedirector subsequently said he wanted to withdraw, claiming his permission tosubmit was not sought. At time of going to press ...

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    Schorr, Hildebrand and Zipser take on roles at River Road

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Bill Pohlad's Minneapolis and Los Angeles-based production companyRiver Road Entertainment has hired three key hires as it expands its LosAngeles operations.Former Sobini Films production chief Robin Schorr joins as head ofcreative production, producer Frank Hildebrand arrives as head of physicalproduction, and former Film Finance Corporation Australia's Deborah Zipser hasjoined as ...

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    New York Film Critics Circle welcomes four new members

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    VA Musetto and Kyle Smith from The New York Post, and David Fearand Joshua Rothkopf from Time Out New York have been invited to join the NewYork Film Critics Circle (NYFCC).The organisation has also voted Stephen Whitty from the StarLedger and Newhouse News as vice-chairman. He will replace Marshall Fine ...

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    Fenkel moves from domestic to international at THINKFilm

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Former THINKFilm vice president of marketing David Fenkel has beenpromoted to vice president of international as the company continues to ramp upits overseas sales business.Fenkel will represent the company at all markets and festivals andwill play a key role in international acquisitions. He will report toTHINKFilm's senior vice president Randy ...

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    Universal to become Canal Plus subsidiary

    2000-07-06T22:58:00Z

    Vivendi chief Jean-Marie Messier has announced that Pierre Lescure - who has already been named COO of the future Vivendi Universal - will also be chairman of Universal Studios, which is to operate as a subsidiary of the new Canal Plus group, itself a 100% subsidiary of Vivendi Universal.Seeking to ...

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    Children Of Men multiplies in four major territories

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's overseas champion The Devil Wears Prada stands a chance of crossing $100m thisweekend as it launches in four territories.The comedy has amassed $83.5m and goes out in smallermarkers this weekend including Sweden on Oct 20. Decent holds in previouslyopened territories should account for another strong weekend haul.Little Miss ...

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    Summit calls for UK business shake-up alongside tax breaks

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The annual Screen International UK Film Finance Summit heard calls for a quick resolution to the current delay in ratification of the planned new tax law.But the clear message from a distinguished series of panellists was that the industry needed to improve its commercial skills and adapt to customer-driven change, ...

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    Love Conquers All, Betelnut take top Pusan prizes

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Malaysian drama Love Conquers All, directed by Tan ChuiMui, and Chinese director Heng Yang's Betelnutwere jointly awarded Best New Asian Filmmaker of the Year at the PusanInternational Film Festival (PIFF) on Friday night (Oct 20). The $30,000 award ispresented to the best film in New Currents, which is the only ...

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    Sega to adapt two games into animated features

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Sega Sammy Group Holdingsand subsidiary TMS Entertainment Co have announced plans to adapt two of itsmost popular game franchises into animated theatrical feature films to bereleased next spring.Osharemajo Love And Berry and Kabutomushi:Oja Mushiking are two of Japan's best selling card and video games for girls andboys respectively. Both games ...

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    PIFF to expand to LA, launch TV channel

    2006-10-20T00:00:00Z

    The Pusan International FilmFestival is collaborating with JoongAng Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) to setup a Los Angeles edition of the festival and also launch aPIFF-branded cable channel in South Korea. The two partners, along withthe JoongAng group's LA-based newspaper KoreaDaily, plan to hold the first edition of the tentatively titled "PIFF ...