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New distributors emerge out of Argentinian crisis
Two new arthouse distributors have surfaced in Argentina to bring edgier and more ambitious fare to a recovering marketplace. Luis Perez Endara, who has acquired the rights to United Artists catalogue from MGM leads Compania General de la Imagen (CGI). Perez Endara went into theatrical distribution in 2000 with Darren ...
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Bavaria takes on sales for Tradewind pair
Cologne-based production house Tradewind Pictures has entered into a "first look" style agreement with world sales agent Bavaria Film International (BFI).Bavaria has picked up two of Tradewind's current international co-productions - Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's Niceland and Peter Timm's Mein Bruder Ist Ein Hund - for international sales.The Euros 2.5m Niceland, ...
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Veteran Polish director named jury head of Dehli festival
Polish film-maker Krzystof Zanussi is to head up the five strong jury of the 34th International Film Festival of India in New Delhi (Oct 9-19). The Jury will award Golden Peacock prize of US $10,000 for the best Film by an Asian Director, and a Silver Peacock prize of US$ ...
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Hit Serbian producer readies Zamfir's Zona follow up
Serbian outfit Dream Company, which produced local hit Zamfir's Zona, is producing a new film, a World War II comedy The Robbery Of The Third Reich.Zamfir's Zona has grossed a total of $2m to date. Producer Miroslav Mitic is reuniting with Zona's writer/director Zdravko Sotra, and most of the Zona's ...
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Prime time TV outing for Exorcist scares up Italians
A new storm of controversy has been raised in Italy over the country's virtually non-existent film classification system, after The Exorcist was broadcast in the Catholic country last week on prime time TV.""It is a slap in the face for our children," said Italy's parents association, Moige. "The story and ...
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Danish Fakir conjures up impressive cast
Danish director Peter Flinth's family adventure The Fakir has attracted an impressive cast including Germany's Moritz Bleibtreu (Taking Sides), Denmark's Sidse Babett Knudsen (Old New Borrowed And Blue) and Sweden's Fares Fares (Jalla! Jalla!). They join the two young leads Julie Zangenberg (Catch That Girl) and Aksel Leth (Olsen Gang ...
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Mill Valley unveils fest programme, 11 world premieres
Eleven world premieres, 14US premieres and tributes to Lili Taylor, Peter Coyote and Denys Arcand areamong the highlights of the 26th Mill Valley Film Festival, which runs in MarinCounty, California, from Oct 2-12.Featured among the worldpremieres are Brigitte Brault's harrowing examination of life under theTaliban in Afghanistan Unveiled,David Hickson's South ...
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Basque politics loom large over San Sebastian opening
Charlize Theron, MarkWahlberg, Isabelle Huppert and Harvey Keitel provided the star wattage for theopening weekend of the Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival butit was a controversial Basque documentary and a strike by workers at thefestival's traditional social hub, the Hotel Maria Cristina, that dominatedconversations here. By Sunday evening, JulioMedem's La ...
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Underworld a triumph for Screen Gems, despite critics
North American audiencescontinued to gobble up the horror genre as Screen Gems' Underworld opened top at the weekend on an estimated $22m.Four of the top five werenew entries, while Woody Allen's Anything Else disappointed outside the top 10. The top 12 filmsgrossed $94m, up 37% against the same period last ...
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Spanish film industry in flux
Key changes to the Spanishfilm industry were announced this weekend at the Donostia-San SebastianInternational Film Festival (Sept 18-28).Production, facilities andrights management giant MediaPro unveiled its acquisition of post-productioncompany Molinare and a majority stake in another, Mozart. The new acquisitions givethe company a strong new foothold in the film, TV and ...
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Chicago unveils 94-film lineup, Downey, Hopkins to attend
Robert Benton's The HumanStain and Billy Ray's timely biopicof a plagiarising reporter in Shattered Glass bookend the 39th Chicago International FilmFestival, which runs from Oct 2-16 and features tributes to Benton, RobertDowney Jr and Taye Diggs.Among the roster of 94 filmsfrom 40 countries are Gold Hugo international competition entries Noi ...
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Summit has Panic attack
Summit Entertainment has acquired all international rights to Panic - the Sundance American Spectrum entry which was picked up by Artisan Entertainment for domestic release earlier this week.Panic stars William H Macy as a man having a mid-life crisis drawn to a manic young woman (Neve Campbell) he meets in ...
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IFP Market outlines panels, lineup for this week's event
The 25th annual IFP Marketwill run in Manhattan from Sept 21-26, featuring more than 200 screenings inthe Emerging Narrative and Spotlight on Documentaries sections and the NoBorders International Co-Production Market.The event opens with apresentation of Wonderland, JamesCox's account of the fall of porn star John Holmes starring Val Kilmer, andcloses ...
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Ondricek to receive ASC International Achievement award in 2004
Miroslav Ondricek, theacclaimed director of photography whose credits include Ragtime, Amadeus and Silkwood, will receive the 2004 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)International Achievement Award in Los Angeles on Feb 8 2004.The award is presented atthe annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards to an individual who, in thewords of the ASC, has ...
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English-speaking directors' bodies club together in new alliance
English-speaking directors'bodies from seven countries including the UK, US and Australia have signed acode of practice asserting the creative and economic rights of film and televisiondirectors.The organisations, whichfeature two UK representatives as well as figureheads from Canada, Ireland andNew Zealand, also agreed to establish an affiliation known as the InternationalAssociation ...
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T3 takes Italy by storm, with $2.6m on 601 prints
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines completed its remarkable run of openingnumber one in every international territory at the weekend as it debuted top inItaly, its final market, on $2.6m on 601 prints.A combined $3.8m weekend grossbrings the film's running total to $267.2m, which comprises mostly ColumbiaTriStar Film Distributors International ...
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HONG KONG
Warner Bros' first foray into Chinese-language film production, Johnnie To's Turn Left, Turn Right, had a strong opening in Hong Kong, grossing US$988,574 and a screen average of US$26,718 in its first week. The results are particularly impressive for a romantic drama - amongst local productions, comedies usually dominate the ...
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COLOMBIA Production Listings - Sept 22 2003
COLOMBIA - Sep 22 2003PRE-PRODUCTIONA LAND WITHOUT WISHES (UNA TIERRA SIN DESEOS)(Jorge Echeverri Films) Co-prod: Dago Garcia. Budget: $170,000. Backers: Ministry of Culture TBA. Drama. A disenchanted man seeks refuge in the love of his daughter. Exec prod: Jorge Echeverri. Prod: Diana Camargo. Dir/scr/ed: Jorge Echeverri. DoP: Oscar Bernal. Prod ...
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Film20 readies second half of Euro Expansion Conference
Following the extension of the German film20 producer pressure group's membership to the Association of Austrian Film Producers (aafp), the two bodies have prepared two conferences: in Vienna and Berlin, to focus on the economic potential of the film industry following the European Union's enlargement eastwards.The Vienna event between September ...
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Coppola's Lost translates into Athens prize
Sofia Coppola's second directorial outing, Lost In Translation, was named best film at the 9th Athens International Film Festival-Opening Nights which wrapped on Sept 21 with the out of competition gala presentation of Stephen Norrington's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The festival kicked off on Sept 12 with the presentation ...