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Full competition line-up
Venezia 60 - In CompetitionBuongiorno, Notte dir Marco Bellocchio,Segreti Di Stato, dir Paolo Benvenuti,Le Cerf-Volant, dir Randa Chahal Sabbag, Raja, dir Jacques Doillon,Twentynine Palms, dir Bruno Dumont,Alila, dir Amos Gitai, 21 Grams, dir Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Imagining Argentina, dir Christopher Hampton, A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baram-Nan Gajok), dir Im Sangsoo, ...
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HONG KONG Production Listings - June 27 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalHong Kong - June 27 PRE-PRODUCTIONANNA AND SHAOLIN (working title)(People's Production) Budget: $3.2m. Backer: Universe Entertainment. Int'l sales: Universe Films Distribution. Action comedy. Prods: Chan Hing Kai, Jimmy Law. Dir: Raymond Yip. Scr: Chan. Main cast: Ekin Cheng, Miriam Yeung. Shooting from July 2003 in Zhengzhou, Guangzhou and ...
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CANADA Production Listings - June 20 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalCanada - June 20PRE-PRODUCTIONCAMPING SAUVAGE(Lyla Film, Cine-Roman) Budget: $3.7m. Int'l sales/dist: Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (Can). Backers: Telefilm, Sodec, Radio Canada. Comedy. Prods: Lyse Lafontaine, Tony Roman. Dir: Guy A Lepage. Scr: Luc Dery, Andre Ducharme, Luc Lapierre. Main cast: Sylvie Moreau, Lepage. Shooting from July 3 to Aug ...
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Italy's Bim swoops on four festival titles
Bim, one of the most muscular buyers in the Italian market, has acquired local rights to four films in the Venice International Festival, including the hotly anticipated 21 Grams.21 Grams, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's second feature after international hit Amores Perros, centres on the lives of three people fatefully brought ...
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Russia's Return racks up pre-festival sales
Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev's debut feature The Return has struck two international sales in advance of its competition screening in this year's Venice International Film Festival. All rights for the film have already been sold to distributor Lucky Red for Italy and to Frenetic for Switzerland. Moscow based international sales ...
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Festival considers collaboration with Mifed, Cinecitta
Cinecitta holding president Pupi Avati has approached the Venice Film Festival and Mifed with plans to establish a new film market on the Lido to run alongside the festival.The collaboration between the three organisations is believed to involve several initiatives, although the market element is likely to create the most ...
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SOUTH KOREA Production Listings - June 13 2003
South Korea - June 13PRE-PRODUCTIONTHE GOD HAND(Dream Search Entertainment) Budget: $3m. Int'l sales/dist: Showbox. Drama. Based on the story of a legendary martial arts fighter who left Korea for Japan in the early 20th century. Exec prod: Victor Hwang. Prod: Jung Yong-il. Dir/scr: Yang Yun-ho. Ed: Park Soon-duk. Music: Park ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC Production Listings - June 6 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalCzech Republic - June 6PRE-PRODUCTIONADVERSE WINDS (protipoly)(Simply Sirena) Co-prod: Non Stop (Russ). Budget: e3m-e3.5m. Int’l sales: Fortissimo. Melodrama. Exec prods: Mathieu Bonpoint, Blanche Neumann. Co-prod: Yelena Yantsura. Dir: Artemio Benki. Scr: Benki, Armelle Verenka, Gilles Taurant. DoP: Igor Luther. Shooting from January to April 2004.Contact: Blanche Neumann, Simply ...
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BVIP seduced by F&ME's Loving Glances
UK-based independent production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) has struck a deal with Bjorg Veland's BVIP to represent its UK/Serbia and Montenegro co-production Loving Glances (Sjaj U Ocima) for international sales.The move comes ahead of the film's competition screening at the Venice International Film Festival and its presentation in ...
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Vivendi sale marathon moves into final lap
Vivendi Universal's board meets this afternoon in Paris to review the final bids for the company's US entertainment assets.However, insiders at Vivendi are cautious when it comes to confirming a formal decision today. "The board will either say they want to go into deeper talks with all of the remaining ...
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India's GV, Asian Online form webcasting venture
Madras-based production outfit GV Films is linking up with UK internet portal Asian Online to create a joint venture focusing on internet broadcasting and related ventures.A memorandum of understanding was signed in London between GV chairman and managing director G. Venkateswaran and Asian Online on February 18. The board of ...
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Locarno and Venice tussle over Russian selection
Given the close proximity of their dates and the subsequent programming rivalry, there never has been much love lost between the Locarno (Aug 6-16) and Venice (Aug 27 - Sep 6) festivals. It's situation that was highlighted recently by a squabble over the competition programming of a Russian film.The Return, ...
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IRELAND Production Listings - May 30 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalIreland - May 30PRE-PRODUCTIONAURORA ISLAND(Magma Films [Ire], Art Oko Film [Ger]) Co-prods: Future Films Ltd [UK]. Budget: e5m. Backers: Buena Vista Germany (Ger), First Look Media (US). Dist: First look Media (RoW exc North Am, Canada); Buena Vista (Ger). Thriller. Exec prods: Ralph Christians, Stephen Margolis, Michele Berk. ...
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Fortissimo takes on Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes
Fortissimo Film Sales has acquired world rights to Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes. Written and directed by Jarmusch, Coffee & Cigarettes will screen in Official Selection out-of-competition in Venice and as a Special Presentation in Toronto next month. Sales have already been completed for France (BAC Films), Italy (BIM) and ...
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SPAIN Production Listings - May 23 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalSpain - May 23PRE-PRODUCTIONBOHEMIAN SOUL (alma de bohemio)(Tesela Films) Drama. An Argentinian man living in Spain returns to Buenos Aires for his mother's funeral. Dir: Adolfo Aristarain. Scr: Aristarain, Kathy Saavedra. Main cast: Juan Diego Botto. Shooting from Aug 4 to Oct 10 in Spain and Argentina. Contact: ...
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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Prod Lists - May 9 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalAustralia & New Zealand - May 9AustraliaPRE-PRODUCTIONDECK DOGZ(b:j Films) Backers: Australian Film Finance Corporation, The Movie Network. Int'l sales: Arclight. Dist: UIP (Aust/NZ), Universal International (UK, Japan, Lat Am). Teen. The one big aim of a trio of skateboard riders is to meet their hero. Exec prod: Richard ...
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Hong Kong pair benefit from bank loan guarantees
The Hong Kong government has approved the first two projects under its Film Guarantee Fund (FGF) initiative, designed to help local production companies secure bank loans for film production. The first project, Shaolin Vs Evil Dead (working title), produced by My Way Film Company, has secured a loan of US$320,000 ...
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MEXICO Production Listings - May 2 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalMEXICO - May 2PRE-PRODUCTIONANIMA SOLITARIA (working title)(Media Pro) Budget: $1.5m. Backer: Melodrama. Drama. The 1913 Mexican revolution: a heroine fights against her destiny in search of her true love. Prod: Jorge Castillo. Dir: Ernesto Medina. Scr: Carmen Limon. Ed: Castillo, Medina.Contact: Media Pro, (52) 55 5662 1624AMAPOLA(Altavista Films) ...
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Kitchen Stories takes top prize at Norway's Amandas
Bent Hamer's Kitchen Stories picked up the best film award at this weekend's 19th Norwegian film and TV awards, the Amandas.Hamer's Cannes title was the clear favourite for the prize, and was up against Jonny Vang (Jens Lien) and Dark Woods (Paal Oie).Swedish actress Lena Endre's won the best actress ...
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EASTERN EUROPE Production Listings - April 11 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalEASTERN EUROPE - April 11ESTONIAPRE-PRODUCTIONAND THERE IS HELL IN YOUR HAND (sinu kates on pogutuli)(F-Setse) Tragi-comedy. A man comes to Estonia, gets rich and loses in love. Prod: Reet Sokmann. Dir/scr: Valentin KuikContact: Reet Sokmann, F-Setse, (372) 601 5983DOMINOES (doomino)(Kairiin Studio) David Lynch-style thriller. A Western businessman who ...