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Ejiofor, Okenodo triumph at UK's 'Black Oscars'
Dubbed the UK's Black Oscars, the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2003 (formerly the bfm Awards) - the UK's only awards ceremony to celebrate and reward the achievements of Black professionals in film - took place on Sept 10 at The Empire, Leicester Square. The winners were:Honorary and major ...
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Zhang cranks up Hero follow up
Zhang Yimou has started production on his second big-budget martial arts film following Hero - Shi Mian Maifu (literally Ambush From Ten Directions) - in the Ukraine. The film, which has been the subject of intense speculation in the mainland press for several months, is set to star China's Zhang ...
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ARGENTINA
James Mangold's thriller Identity was unable to shake Bruce Almighty from its top spot last weekend despite a strong launch at 26 screens that saw it score the best screen average of the weekend.Also seeing a stunning launch in eighth place was Dutch foreign language Oscar-nominee Zus & Zo. The ...
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21 Grams
Dir: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. USA. 2003. 124 mins.Emotionally draining but formally brilliant, the long-awaited second feature by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is for those of us who are passionate about cinema, and who don't mind taking a few body blows in a dark room in the process. The high ...
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Touching The Void
Dir: Kevin Macdonald. UK. 2003. 106 minsAn extraordinary story of human survival is transformed into an exceptional human interest documentary in Touching The Void. Director Kevin Macdonald's first theatrical project since the Oscar-winning One Day In September is as dramatic and compelling as any Hollywood fiction but carries a much ...
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The Five Obstructions (De Fem Benspaend)
Dir: Lars von Trier, Jorgen Leth. Denmark. 2003. 91 mins.This two hander by the Great Dane, Lars Von Trier, and his older colleague and compatriot Jorgen Leth, is one of the most thought-provoking slices of cinema we are likely to see this year. It is in many ways a more ...
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Goodbye Dragon Inn
Dir. Tsai Ming-Liang. Taiwan, 2003. 82 mins.Tsai Ming-Liang will once again be taking his new film to all the festivals in sight and will see it displayed at a select choice of art houses around the globe, for another mystifying encounter that will delight his fans and baffle everyone else. ...
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UK partners join forces for urban production
Leaping on the Blair Witch guerilla filmmaking bandwagon, UK production company Samuelson Productions is linking up with BSkyB, Whitecliff Film and Television and British Screen Finance to produce a slate of low-budget, digital films for distribution theatrically, on television and on the Internet.The films - to be shot on digital ...
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Italy's Eagle embarks on Lazarus Child shoot
Shooting is currently underway on Rome distributor Eagle Pictures' first major production, the English-language picture The Lazarus Child starring Andy Garcia and Angela Bassett.The Lazarus Child focuses on a girl who falls into a coma after being hit by a bus. Her only hope for recovery hinges on an eccentric ...
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High Point takes on Godforsaken sales
The producers of Dutch hit and Oscar candidate Twin Sisters, IdtV, have appointed High Point Films to handle international sales - excluding Benelux - on their thriller Godforsaken.Also produced by Reiner Selen of Rinkel Film, Godforsaken is directed by first time director Peter Kuijpers and has been chosen for the ...
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Swiss join forces to promote national cinema
Switzerland's Arts Council Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Film Centre and the Swiss Short Film Agency have joined forces to launch Swiss Films to give the Alpine nation's cinema a higher profile at home and abroad.The new promotion agency will start work at offices in Zurich and Geneva from January 1, ...
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Stars travel to San Sebastian for career prizes
Sean Penn, Robert Duvall and Isabelle Huppert will each receive the career achievement Donostia Award at Spain's upcoming Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 18-27).Huppert, who will receive her prize on Saturday the 20th, has starred in over 80 films. She won the best actress prize at Cannes in 2001 ...
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Merchant Of Venice shoot pushed back
Shooting on Michael Radford's The Merchant Of Venice has been pushed back until the 10 November.Set to star Al Pacino as Shylock opposite newcomer Lynn Collins as Portia, the $20m-$30m Shakespeare adaptation had been scheduled to begin filming last week.Roughly half of the film will shoot in Luxembourg on a ...
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US audiences have a taste for Mexico
The box office bounced back at the weekend as Johnny Depp scoredhis second consecutive number one bow when Columbia's Once Upon A Time InMexico swaggered its way to the top on an estimated $24m.The third and final instalment in Robert Rodriguez' El Mariachi trilogy garnered very good reviews andstars ...
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What Alice Found delights Polanski-led jury at Deauville
In a surprise turn of events, A Dean Bell's What Alice Found took home the trophy for best filmSunday night at the Deauville Festival of American Film. The festival iscentered around independent American cinema and saw ten films compete for theprize. The main jury was presided over by Roman Polanski.The ...
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Invasions, Zatoichi take top Toronto prizes
Denys Arcand's TheBarbarian Invasions won theToronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film and Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi won the AGF People's Choice Award as the 28thToronto International Film Festival wrapped after ten trouble-free days. The Discovery Award,selected by the press corps, went to Rhinoceros Eyes, a US-financed effort directed by Toronto ...
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Audition
Dir: Miike Takashi. Japan. 1999. 115 mins.Prod co: Omega Project. Int'l sales: Omega Project (83 1 5468 1212) Scr: Tengan Daisuke, based on novel by Murakami Ryu. DoP: Yamamoto Hideo. Prod design: Ozeki Tatsuo. Ed: Shimamura Yasushi. Mus: Endo Koji. Main cast: Ishibashi Ryo, Shiina Eihi, Matsuda Miyuki, Ishibashi Renji.The ...
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AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - Prod Lists - Sep 15 2003
AUSTRALIA - September 15PRE-PRODUCTIONThe Human Touch(Illumination Films, Go Patterson Films Productions) Backers: Film Finance Corporation Australia. Int'l sales: Cinemavault Releasing. Dist: Dendy (Aust/NZ). Drama. Anna and David's relationship is tested when a wealthy, charming, worldly gentleman enters Anna's life, causing her to lose some of her sexual inhibitions. Exec prods: ...
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UK Production Update - September 29
UK Update - September 29IN PRODUCTIONUNTITLED MIKE LEIGH 03 (Thin Man Films) Int'l sales: Studio Canal. Exec prods: Alain Sarde, Robert Jones, Gail Egan, Duncan Reid. Line prod: Georgina Lowe. Prod: Simon Channing Williams. Dir/scr: Mike Leigh. DoP: Dick Pope. Ed: Jim Clark. Prod des: Eve Stewart. Costume des: ...
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NEW ZEALAND
Finding Nemo showed good resilience in its second weekend against the launch of BVI stable-mate Pirates Of The Carribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl. The swashbuckler stole the top spot but there was little between them. Speaking of resilience, local picture Whale Rider (also handled by BVI) is still ...