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International box office set for second Royale weekend
The spectre of Bond will continue to loom large over the globalmarket place this weekend as Casino Royale charges towards its first $100m.Since taking the worldwide arena by storm a week ago, the latest007 instalment has amassed more than $53m and could more than double its tallyover the next few ...
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Lumina sells thriller Straightheads to Sony
Sony PicturesEntertainment has acquired the majority of worldwide rights including NorthAmerica to revenge thriller Straightheads from London-based Lumina Films.The fllm whichstars Gillian Anderson (pictured) and Danny Dyer, is the feature directingdebut of documentary film-maker Dan Reed and tells the story of a coupleattacked on their way home from a party ...
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How the revised UK tax credit system will work
The revisions of the UK tax incentive by the European Commission make a number of significant changes.Under the original UK proposals, there were three main criteria for judging qualification. Each element was awarded points with 16 needed from a possible maximum of 32.* Cultural content - settings, British characters, subject ...
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Serbian exhibition in crisis as Beograd shuts 8 cinemas
The leading Serbianexhibitor, state-owned Beograd Film has decided to close eight cinemas in thedowntown area of the key city which accounts for 50% of Serbia's overall box office. The board of thecompany's union announced a strike because of unpaid salaries, inadequate workconditions and poorly equipped theaters as a consequence of ...
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Pact encourages extension of UK tax definitions
UK producers organisation Pact has welcomedyesterday's European Union approval of the UK's new film tax credits as well as the UK government's announcement of transitionalarrangements from the old credits to the new. The new tax credit isexpected to take effect from Jan 1, 2007 and the government has extended the ...
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German films set new market share record
German films have been sosuccessful with domestic cinemagoers this year that the 2006 market share forlocal production has already broken the record 24.5% posted two years ago. According to figurescollated by Nielsen EDI from Jan 2 to Nov 19, German films now have a marketshare of 25.7% thanks to the ...
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Kearns and Chater join London's Peepshow Post
Peepshow Post Production hasadded editors Tony Kearns and Jerry Chater to its team based in Soho, London. Kearns has worked on commericals for Ikea, videos for Blurand Radiohead, and the Florida Anti Tobacco Project. Chater has varied experiencewith commericals, music videos and documentaries. The team already includesAndrea MacArthur, Mark Edinoff ...
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Warner Bros. picks up New Line titles for Benelux
Warners Bros. Benelux hasacquired all distributions rights of four new titles of New Line Cinema. It isthe first time both parties have closed a distribution deal for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The three titles will be distributed during 2007.The deal covers Chris Weitz'sThe Golden Compass, starring NicoleKidman, Daniel Craig ...
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AFI Awards get record number of entries
Twenty-five films have been submitted for the 2000 AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards, the biggest number of entries for nearly 10 years. Titles range from box office winners The Wogboy and Looking For Alibrandi, to highly-anticipated features such as Chopper and Bootmen, to tiny privately-financed fare such as Chasing Parked ...
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Rutger Hauer to lead Rotterdam masterclass
The Rutger Hauer FilmfactoryRotterdam Foundation will an eight-day masterclass ledby Rutger Hauer.The Masterclass will be heldfrom Jan 24-Feb 1, 2007, to coincide with next year's edition of the International FilmFestival Rotterdam. During the masterclass, seven short films will be made andpremiered.During this intensiveeight-day masterclass, actor and film-maker Rutger Hauer will ...
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Spain's Gijon festival opens with The History Boys
The 44th annual edition ofthe independent cinema-minded International Film Festival of Gijon, Spain (Nov23-Dec 1) kicked off Thursday with a line-up of international titles vying forofficial competition prizes. The top prize carries a $25,888 (Euros 20,000)purse for the Spanish distributor.Nicholas Hytner'stheatre-inspired UK hit The History Boys opened the festival, and ...
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IDFA launches with film by new talent Rickels
The 19th InternationalDocumentary Film Festival Amsterdam began last night (Thursday) with ascreening of Jiska Rickels' 4 Elements. The film, a debut feature, was producedand partly financed by Black Book producer San Fu Maltha through his company FuWorks. Along with 17 other feature documentaries, it is in contention forIDFA's most prestigious ...
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Court throws out most family claims over Etre Et Avoir
The Paris High Court has dismissed most of the complaintslodged by a group of families seeking damages for their children's roles inNicolas Philibert's award-winning 2002 documentary Etre Et Avoir .The families attacked the filmmakers for illegal use oftheir children's images as well as an indemnity tied to the commercial use ...
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Gaumont and Columbia dissolve joint venture
French and US majors Gaumont and Columbia TriStar Films havedecided not to renew a joint distribution venture they created in 2004. GaumontColumbia TriStar Film France was launched in July of 2004 for a period of threeyears and, according to a Gaumont press release Thursday, the partners havedecided to go their ...
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Japanese films moving towards 50% market share
The market share of Japanesefilms released in 2006 currently stands at 47% and is fast closing in oncombined Hollywood and foreign releases, according to Japan's leading businessnewspaper, the Nikkei Shimbun.In 2002, local filmsaccounted for an all-time low of 27.1% market share, but the past four yearshave seen year-on-year increases. In ...
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Adelaide festival offers cash prize for new competition
The biennial Adelaide Film Festival has introduced a feature film competition which will see the director of the winning film go home $19,400 (A$25,000) richer.Festival director Katrina Segwick says the move means Adelaide is now one of a small number of festivals throughout the world that offers substantial cash awards. ...
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Exile, Love share top honours at Golden Horse Awards
Aaron Kwok secured best actorfor the second consecutive year at the 43rd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei on Saturday night for his role in Patrick Tam's After This Our Exile. The film also took best filmand best supporting actor for child star Goum Ian Iskandar. Jackie Chan hadpreviously won best ...
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Dragon Fruit wins top prize at Taiwan projects market
Ivan C. Shih's ambitious 3Danimation fantasy project The Adventures Of Dragon Fruit took the main prize at the second TaiwanFilm & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP) event in Taipei yesterday. The presentations were amajor component of the 4th Taipei International TV, Film and Digital ContentsExhibition, held Nov 23-25.The Adventures Of DragonFruit ...
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Prooptiki takes Greek and Balkan rights to BBC's earth
During the Thessaloniki FilmFestival, BBC Worldwide and Greenlight Media have signed a deal with Balkandistributor Prooptiki for the $15m feature earth.The company, soon to beknown as Audio Visual/Prooptiki, will distribute the 90-minute feature inGreece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.The deal was brokered by Prooptiki'sEugenia Mitropoulos, and Sophokles Tasioulis on ...
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Sony strikes North American deal for Vitus
Sony Pictures has pickedNorth America rights to Fredi M. Murer's Vitus, which is Switzerland's official entry in theforeign-language Oscar race and was the winner of the audience award for bestfeature film at AFI Fest earlier this month. The film's sales agent MediaLuna Entertainment also sealed a deal at the AFM ...