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Thin wins LFF's Grierson Award
Thin, thedirectorial debut from photographer Lauren Greenfield, has won this year's Grierson Award for the best feature-length documentaryscreened at The Times BFI London Film Festival.The documentary follows fourwomen as they struggle to overcome eating disorders in a US clinic. SandraHebron, artistic director of the festival, described it as a "powerful ...
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Sony boards Armero football comedy in Spain
Columbia FilmsProducciones Espanolas has boarded the new comedy from Spanish director AlvaroFernandez Armero, to be distributed internationally and released in Spain bySony Pictures Releasing International.The as-yet untitledco-production with Madrid-based Morena Films and broadcaster Telecinco'sprolific production arm Estudios Picasso will star Guillermo Toledo and JavierGutierrez, who have previously teamed on a ...
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Wong Kar-wai reunites with Weinsteins on Blueberry
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has swooped on all US, Australian andNew Zealand rights to Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights.StudioCanal is handling international sales on the auteur's first English-languagefilm, which stars Norah Jones as a lovelorn young woman who meets a series ofmemorable characters while traveling across America.Jude Law, David Strathairn, ...
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Warner Bros crosses $1bn in international grosses
Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI) has crossed $1bn inoverseas ticket sales for the sixth year in a row.The strong recent international openings of Martin Scorsese's TheDeparted, ClintEastwood's Flags Of Our Fathers and Christopher Nolan's The Prestige pushed the division over the threshold.WBPI's key drivers this year have been Superman Returns ...
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RoboCop, Red October composer Poledouris dies at 61 in LA
Basil Poledouris, the composer whose credits included Starship Troopers,The Blue Lagoon and FreeWilly, has died ofcancer in Los Angeles. He was 61.Best-known for his powerful music for action-adventure films like TheHunt For Red October, Conan The Barbarian and RoboCop, the Missouri-born composer forged strong working relationshipswith directors like Paul Verhoeven, ...
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Inconvenient Truth wins IDA's Pare Lorentz award
An Inconvenient Truth will receive the 2006 International Documentary Association's(IDA's) Pare Lorentz AwardDirector Davis Guggenheim, will accept the honour at the 2006 IDADistinguished Documentary Achievement Awards Gala on Dec 8 in Los Angeles.'This recognition is for the film that best represents theactivist spirit and lyrical vision of Pare Lorentz,' IDA ...
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Slamdance, Angel Baby team to produce annual horror feature
Slamdance has teamed up with Angel Baby Entertainment andexecutive producer Michael Malagiero to produce an annual feature based on the year'swinner of the fledgling Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition.The winning writer will also receive an upfront payment of $10,000against 5% of the film's budget, as well as net profits participation on ...
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Fox goes out in 17 territories with A Good Year
Fox International's Borat stormed on to the global stage last weekend and will belooking to consolidate its gains over its second weekend.The comedy has amassed $26m to date and executives expect strongholds in active markets and equally impressive launches in a trio of smallercountries.The Devil Wears Prada recently crossed the ...
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Thessaloniki announces record numbers of films
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF- Nov 17-26) celebrates its 47th anniversary with a record 305 films from 44 countries, plus a major push into film market and co-production activities.Among the 14 titles in competition-reserved to first and second films-the festival boasts an unprecedented four international premieres: Marcus Herling's Riding ...
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Dir: Elaine Proctor. South Africa-UK. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Bard Entertainments. Co-prods: BSkyB, British Screen, Arts Council of England. Int'l Sales: Regent Entertainment Int'l (001 310 260 3333). Exec prod: Miles Donnelly. Prod: Margaret Matheson. Scr: Proctor. Dop: Amelia Vincent. Prod des: Mark Wilby. Ed: Nicholas Gaster. Music: Justin Adams. ...
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Sheffield DocFest enjoys record year
Sheffield Docfest boasted a huge leap in attendance, up 400 on last year to to almost 1,000 festival delegates.The festival awarded more than $75,000 (£40,000) in pitches and price funds for film and television work.This year's Channel 4 Pitch winner was Haryum Kim, who picked up $57,000 (£30,000) to make ...
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China experiments with on-demand services
With its huge broadband andmobile phone subscriber base, not to mention its ability to leapfrog entireepochs in the evolution of consumer technology, China is well placed to set trends in the distribution ofmovies over new media platforms. But as with the country's traditional media,high levels of piracy, censorship and patchy ...
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China experiments with movie on-demand services
With its huge broadband andmobile phone subscriber base, not to mention its ability to leapfrog entireepochs in the evolution of consumer technology, China is well placed to set trends in the distribution ofmovies over new media platforms. But as with the country's traditional media,high levels of piracy, censorship and patchy ...
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Cineclick sells Kim Ki-duk's Time to North America
Korea's Cineclick Asia has announced a raft of deals signed during the recentAmerican Film Market, including the sale of North American rights to Kim Ki-duk'sTime to Lifesize Entertainment. The US distributor previously released Lee Chang-dong's Oasis and Kim Ki-duk's Bad Guy - both Cineclick titles."Although the market was abit slow, ...
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Tartan acquires North American rights to Thai duo
Thailand's GMM Tai Hub (GTH) inked a flurry of deals on fourof its horrors at the AFM, including two deals with Tartan Films for NorthAmerican rights to psychological thriller Dormand horror blockbuster Shutter. Last year, New Regencyacquired English-language remake rights to Shutter,but the deal did not cover North American distribution ...
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Five films make Louis Delluc shortlist
Five films have been shortlisted for France's pretigious Louis Delluc prize. Cannes winner Flanders by Bruno Dumont, Lady Chatterley by Pascale Ferran, Jardins d'Automne from Otar Iosseliani, Bled Number One by Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche and Quand J'Etais Chanteur from Xavier Giannoli have all made the cut.The winners will be announced in ...
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Irish film production dropped 50% in 2005
Feature film production in Ireland in 2005 dropped 50% on the previous year, according to the Audiovisual Federation Review produced annually by Irish state and industry bodies.The loss of feature production was more than compensated for by significant growth in television production, much of it single and serial drama.Ten feature ...
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Bradford Animation Festival attracts international names
The Bradford Animation Festival (November 15-18), based at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in the Yorkshire town will include a number of majhor international names .They include Dave Burgess, supervising animator on Over The Hedge. Bafta award-winning film-maker Joanna Quinn and Marc Craste who picked up a ...
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Welsh film agency launched in Cardiff
The Film Agency for Wales will be officially launched in Cardiff tomorrow (Tuesday).The body, established to support the industry in the Principality, will also announce its first co-financing venture for first-time feature director David Howard's Flick.The project has support from the lottery fund of the Arts Council of Wales. The ...
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Welsh film agency launched in Cardiff
The Film Agency for Wales will be officially launched in Cardiff tomorrow (Tueday).The body, established to support the industry in the principality, will also announce its first co-financing venture for first-time feature director David Howard's Flick.The project also has support from the lottery fund of the Arts Council of Wales, ...