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Paris Je T'Aime to open RiverRun festival in North Carolina
The portmanteau feature Paris Je T'Aime and a Technicolor print of 1938's The Adventures Of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn bookend the 9th RiverRun International Film Festival.Mark Evan's drama Snow Cake is the centerpiece premiere at the festival, set to run from Apr 18-23 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Overall 34 features ...
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Spendlove named president of music at Paramount
Randy Spendlove has been promoted to president of music at Paramount and will manage all music-related matters for the studio including film scoring, music supervision, and soundtrack production.Spendlove, who joined Paramount in 2006 as executive vice president of music and creative affairs, replaces Burt Berman, who stepped down to head ...
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Korean film industry angered by free trade agreement
Amidst heated protests, South Korea and the US yesterday completed talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) which will have significant effects on local film and media if ratified. The local Ministry of Culture and Tourism also quickly announced contingency plans. Foremost in local filmmakers' concerns, the new FTA would ...
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Locarno to launch new sidebar for 60th anniversary
Ahead of its 60th anniversary, the Locarno International Film Festival is planning to introduce a new sidebar, 'Here and Elsewhere,' presenting a selection of documentaries and fictional features 'sharing an original vision of contemporary life, which touch on politics and history as much as they do society and the arts.' ...
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MI:2 pushes Gladiator off top spot in France
Mission: Impossible 2's opening in France last Wednesday scooped an impressive $6.8m in its first five days. Playing on 769 screens across the country, the John Woo-Tom Cruise picture pulled in 1,312,595 admissions ousting Gladiator from its five-week rule at the top of the box office chart. Although this ...
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Taiwanese drama Spider Lilies blossoms in home market
Zero Chou's idol drama Spider Lilies had a strong opening this weekend in Taipei, securing $71,400 on four prints for independent distributor Atom Cinema, and clinching fifth position in the chart. The film's striking screen average of $17,850 is the third largest of the year, behind only 300 and Ghost ...
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Thai horror Alone opens at top of local box office
Thai horror Alone, the hugely anticipated follow-up to smash hit Shutter, lived up to expectations with a strong opening weekend in Thailand, earning approximately $1m. The film beat Mr Bean's Holiday which debuted in second place and edged out last week's number one Ghost Rider which dropped to third place. ...
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Guadalajara gives Ibero-American prize to Contrera's Blue Eyelids
Mexican and Brazilian productions, most from first-time directors, swept the floor at the the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival during the awards ceremony on March 30. The ten different juries handed out a record-setting $1m in awards. Ernesto Contrera's debut Blue Eyelids (Parpados Azules) from Mexico was named best film ...
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Marchal starts shooting thriller MR 73 for Gaumont and LGM
French director Olivier Marchal has begun shooting thriller MR 73 in Marseilles with Daniel Auteuil and Olivia Bonamy in the lead roles. Principal photography began in mid-February on the film, about the complex relationship between a loner cop and the young woman he protects when her parents' murderer is released ...
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BFI scouts locations for new Film Centre to open by 2012
The British Film Institute (BFI) is already looking at the third of four potential sites in London 's Southbank for its new 'British Film Centre' to be completed in time for the London Olympics in 2012. 'We are quite far down the line on the new site,' BFI president Amanda ...
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Yubari film festival to relaunch under original name
The Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (YIFFF) will reopen under its original name and mandate in late February 2008. The announcement was made by the non-profit organisation (NPO) Yubari Fanta which is the nickname of the festival. The NPO was set up by the citizens of the financially troubled city ...
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HanWay and Celluloid Dreams merge to create dreamachine
In a move that will shake up the international sales world, Jeremy Thomas' UK-based HanWay Films and Hengameh Panahi's Paris-based Celluloid Dreams are planning to merge. The new sales, production and financing venture, dreamachine, will be based in London, Paris and Toronto. Financial terms have yet to be disclosed, but ...
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Provoked: A True Story
Dir: Jag Muhndra. India-UK. 112mins. Provoked is based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman living in London who, in 1989, killed her abusive husband and was imprisoned for murder. Her battle for freedom eventually ended in the British legal definition of 'provocation' being re-defined in the ...
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Euphoria wins best film at goEast with The Trap taking best director
Russian dramatist Ivan Vyrypaev's feature film debut Euphoria picked up the Golden Lily for Best Film at this year's goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, which closed with an awards ceremony in Wiesbaden tonight. The international jury, headed by veteran Romanian director Lucian Pintilie, praised the film ...
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Marc Klocker moves to Senator Film from X Verleih
Marc Klocker has moved from X Verleih back to former employer Senator Film to take over the post of head of marketing since the beginning of this week. Klocker had worked at Senator from 1994 to 2000 before moving to X Verleih in 2001 to head up marketing and film ...
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SF Norge mulls lawsuit against Oslo Cinema chief
Norwegian distributor SF Norge is considering suing Oslo Cinema managing director Ingeborg Moreaus Hansen after she launched a blistering attack on Liv Ullmann's latest picture Faithless in the Norwegian daily Dagsavisen.Hansen describes Faithless as "banal and speculative" in an interview with the paper, and accuses Ullmann of making a "too ...
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Odeon and Sky Filmworks signs up Contender as DVD partner
Odeon and Sky Filmworks, the joint distribution venture between the companies, has signed a deal with the UK 's Contender Entertainment Group for DVD distribution The deal covers an initial period of one year, for DVD releases of all titles that Filmworks acquires during the next 12 months. The first ...
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Dutch FilmWorks co-founder Roelofs takes on freelance role
Wiljan Roelofs, one of the founders of Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) has decided to take a step back from his role as commercial director and will take up a freelance role at the Netherlands distributor.Roelofs will now oversee the DVD rental arm of the company, but will continue to work closely ...
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Gruffudd joins voice cast of animated Agent Crush
Ioan Gruffudd has joined the voice cast of Agent Crush, a $20m animated adventure from LA-based Fantastic Films International and UK-based Crush Productions.Gruffudd, who won acclaim for portraying the abolitionist William Wilberforce in Amazing Grace and reprises his role as Reed Richards this summer in Fantastic Four: Rise Of The ...
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Lakeshore sets cast for horror movie Pathology
Lakeshore Entertainment has announced casting on the upcoming horror film Pathology, which will star Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren Lee Smith, Alyssa Milano, and Johnny Whitworth.Filming is set to begin in April on the story of medical students who devise a sinister game to see who among them can commit the perfect ...