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    Pierre Weisbein joins Goldcrest as evp of sales

    2007-05-02T00:49:00Z

    Pierre Weisbein, the former head of sales at StudioCanal and Senator International, has joined Goldcrest Films International as executive vice president of sales.Weisbein, who most recently served with his own company Green Room Pictures, will lead the company's new films division as it builds its inaugural slate. Goldcrest plans to ...

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    Media 8 picks up four including Eichmann, hires Anisi

    2007-05-02T06:00:00Z

    Media 8 Entertainment will arrive in Cannes with four new titles for sale, including the historical drama Eichmann starring Thomas Kretschmann, Franka Potente, Troy Garity, and Stephen Fry.The company also announced that Tannaz Anisi has joined as vice president of international distribution and will jointly handle Media 8 sales alongside ...

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    New Zealand mourns death of film-maker Brad McGann

    2007-05-02T06:22:00Z

    New Zealand has lost one of its most promising film-makers with the death of Brad McGann. Just 43, he had been fighting cancer for some years.McGann directed the international hit In My Father's Den in 2004.The film won ine awards at the New Zealand Screen Awards in 2005 including ...

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    Spider-Man 3 makes record-breaking opening

    2007-05-02T09:33:00Z

    Spider-Man 3 grossed a sensational estimated $29.15m in its first day in 16 international territories on May 1, eclipsing the opening day results of the first two episodes in the same territories. Ten of the territories (eight Asian, seven European and Egypt) generated record opening or single day marks, ...

  • Reviews

    The Gates

    2007-05-02T12:58:00Z

    Dirs: Albert Maysles, Antonio Ferrera. US. 2007. 100mins. The Gates takes its name from the 2005 project in which the artists Christo and Jean-Claude lined the paths of Central Park in Manhattan with orange portals draped with orange fabric. The event, which drew thousands of tourists to the park in ...

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    Dororo

    2007-05-02T13:10:00Z

    Dir: Akihiko Shiota. Jap. 2007. 135mins. It's easy to see why Dororo, a period action fantasy feature, wowed the Japanese box office earlier this year: like its eponymous heroine, it swaggers and blusters, but for those who have an inner child to unlock - or who are simply in the ...

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    The Cake Eaters

    2007-05-02T13:26:00Z

    Dir: Mary Stuart Masterson. 2007. US. 95mins. Mary Masterson's directorial debut, The Cake Eaters, is a drama in a rainy small town about two families coming to terms with death and misfortune, counterpointed with a young couple tasting love for the first time. With a protagonist suffering from a degenerative ...

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    The Power Of The Game

    2007-05-02T14:23:00Z

    Dir: Michael Apted. 2007. UK. 70mins. Michael Apted's new documentary, The Power Of The Game, is a film with a thesis: how football creates a global bond among countries. It also serves as an illuminating reflection of internal tensions within each country that plays the sport, even the United States. ...

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    Upbeat Babelsberg steps up production plans

    2007-05-02T14:49:00Z

    Germany's Babelsberg Studios aims to intensify its involvement as a co-producer on national, European and international productions. On the publication of its annual report for 2006, the publicly-listed Studio Babelsberg AG announced that it would 'invest in promising film productions and thereby use the potential of additional sources of revenue ...

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    Intermedia-backed sales-distribution company will be called IM Global

    2007-05-02T17:09:00Z

    The recently launched Los Angeles and London-based international sales and distribution company backed by Intermedia will be called IM Global, it was announced last night.IM Global, headed by president Stuart Ford and Intermedia chairman Martin Schuermann, will bring a number of Intermedia titles, as well as the slate assembled by ...

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    Rajendra Roy named chief curator at MoMA's Film Department

    2007-05-03T04:00:00Z

    The Museum of Modern Art in New York has appointed Rajendra Roy as the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of the Department of Film. Roy, the artistic director of the Hamptons International Film Festival and the only American programmer for the Berlinale, will succeed Mary Lea Bandy, who retired from MoMA ...

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    Cannes Classics to include Wajda's presentation of Kanal

    2007-05-02T17:33:00Z

    The Cannes Film Festival today announced its program for the Cannes Classics sidebar which aids in the rediscovery of great works via restored prints and theatrical or DVD releases.This year, the section is presented under the patronage of Andrzej Wajda who will introduce a restored copy of Kanal, winner of ...

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    GreeneStreet Films options The Contortionist's Handbook

    2007-05-02T17:41:00Z

    GreeneStreet Films (GSF) has optioned Craig Clevenger's psychological thriller The Contortionist's Handbook through its development finance deal with private financier Sriram Das.Das will produce with GSF the story of a master forger who creates a string of new identities for himself as he runs from a traumatic past. When he ...

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    Rezo's Cannes slate include Sokurov's competitor Alexandra

    2007-05-03T04:00:00Z

    In its third Cannes, Rezo Films' sales division is gearing up for a busy market. Three films on its line up are official selection titles along with two works in Critics' Week and new market films. In the official competition, Alexander Sokurov marks a return with Alexandra about a grandmother ...

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    Truly Indie takes on US theatrical release of Steel City

    2007-05-02T17:50:00Z

    Truly Indie will handle the US theatrical release of Brian Jun's drama Steel City, which will open May 25 in New York with other cities to follow.The story about a small-town family that has to grapple with difficult situations caused by their an alcoholic father.Ugly Betty star America Ferrera stars ...

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    Mehta to serve as visiting artist at Loyola Marymount

    2007-05-02T20:11:00Z

    Deepa Mehta will serve as the inaugural Cosgrove Family Endowment Distinguished Visiting Artist at the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television (SFTV).Mehta's appointment is for the 2007 and 2008 academic years, during which time she will mentor students and participate in workshops, seminars and lectures with an emphasis ...

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    Dreamachine handles Broomfield's improvised Iraqi war drama

    2007-05-02T22:18:00Z

    Fledgling financing and sales house Dreamachine has acquired international rights to Nick Broomfield's drama Battle For Haditha, currently shooting in Jordan.The London, Paris and Toronto-based venture,created through the merger of HanWay Films and Celluloid Dreams last month, will commence pre-sales in Cannes.Battle For Haditha re-enacts the aftermath of an Iraqi ...

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    Artisan buys Hegedus/Pennebaker doc Startup.com

    2000-08-06T23:46:00Z

    Artisan Entertainment has acquired Startup.com, the new documentary from veteran film-makers Chris Hegedus (The War Room, Moon Over Broadway) and DA Pennebaker (The War Room, Don't Look Back, Monterey Pop) in collaboration with first-timer Jehane Nouhaim. The film follows the development, growth and triumphs of an internet startup - govWorks.com, ...

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    Paramount Vantage sales team takes shape with Walton hire

    2007-05-02T22:57:00Z

    Alex Walton has left HanWay Films to join Paramount Vantage as vice president of international sales and will relocate from London to Los Angeles.The specialty division will launch its foreign sales operation in Cannes, a move that has been widely predicted since Nick Meyer joined the studio as co-president following ...

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    Warner Independent hatches two-year deal with producer Bregman

    2007-05-02T23:08:00Z

    Warner Independent Pictures has signed a two-year, first-look deal with producer Anthony Bregman's New York-based production house Likely Story.Likely Story was formed in 2006 and is currently in post-production on Carriers and The Sleep Dealer in association with This Is That, and in pre-production on Synecdoche, New York. The company ...