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Madman grabs Three Burials for Oz/NZ
Madman Cinema has acquiredall Australian and New Zealand rights to TheThree Burials Of Melquiades Estrada from French sales agent EuropaCorp.The film is the directorialdebut of Tommy Lee Jones, whose performance in the drama earned him the bestactor award at Cannes this year. Writer Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros, 21 Grams) won ...
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Mike Leigh honoured with BFI Fellowship
Mike Leigh has been awarded the British Film Institute (BFI)'s 57th Fellowship in London. Leigh wasgiven the honour by BFI chairman Anthony Minghella atthe National Film Theatre (NFT), where the Bafta-winning director was taking part in an interview abouthis career, following a screening of his 1983 film Meantime."I don't thinkI've ...
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Italian exhibitors lift boycott after phone film rethink
Italian exhibitors today withdrewa boycott of The Interpreter, imposedin protest at plans to stream the film on mobile phones just a week after itslocal theatrical release.The 3 Italia mobile network had planned to offer customers the full-lengthfeature film on Monday for just $10.50 (nine euro) with unlimited viewing.As a result, ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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SF Bio to open 14-screen multiplex in Malmo
Scandinavia's largest exhibitor SF Bio, has struck a deal with Krona Plc, to become an anchor tenant at the new Urban Entertainment Centre in Malmo, Sweden, where it plans to open a 14-screen multiplex.The 2,000-seat cinema will go into construction June next year in time for a 2003 opening. Geographically ...
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French step up anti-piracy measures
The French government has announced a new campaign meant toboost awareness of the "misdeeds of counterfeiting and digital piracy."It forms part of a stronger line on copyright theft whichwill culminate in legal changes to protect film later this year.French culture minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and FrancoisLoos, deputy minister of ...
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46th Thessaloniki festival breaks all-time records
The ThessalonikiInternational Film Festival has unveiled today its full line-up for this year'sevent (Nov 18-27).The festival celebratesits 46th anniversary with an all-time record number of 255 filmsrepresenting 42 nations.The event, the firstunder the new team of president George Corraface and director Despina Mouzaki, promises to bethe most star-studded ever, while ...
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Carnahan Starts Shooting Smokin' Aces
Director Joe Carnahan has started principal photography on dark action comedy Smokin' Aces, a Universal Pictures and Working Title Films production. The feature is shooting on location in Lake Tahoe and Los Angeles. Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing with Robert Graf and Liza Chasin serving as ...
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Edinburgh artistic director steps down after five years
The EdinburghInternational Film Festival has confirmed that Shane Danielsenwill step down as artistic director after the 60th festival in August 2006.The move isanticipated as Danielsen has said since hisappointment in 2001 that he planned to say for five festivals.The EIFF willstart its search for a new artistic director in January ...
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Media fund reprieve is just stay of execution
German media funds in their current form have little chance of survival, despite a change of government and yet another late reprieve.The funds have been a popular way of raising capital for film, allowing investors to offset losses against personal income tax.But it was clear that they were a lucrative ...
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Sheffield documentary festival heads to Chile
The UK's Sheffield InternationalDocumentary Festival has announced that it will hold a three-day seminar inSantiago de Chile during the Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago(FIDOCS).The Catholic University of Chile andthe British Council are organising the seminar, to be held November 30 toDecember 2. The SheffieldInternational Documentary Festival On Tour: New ...
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Entertainment lawyer Jesuele joins Hogan & Hartson in LA
Internationalentertainment lawyer Robert R Jesuele has joined law firm Hogan & Hartson'sLos Angles office as partner.Jesuele bringsto the firm nearly 20 years of experience handling cross-border transactions onbehalf of clients in media and other industries.He representsmajor US, European and Asian media, as well as entertainment, consumerproducts, manufacturing and automotive companies ...
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DDA to stage 35th anniversary event in London on Dec 6
PR and marketing consultancyDennis Davidson Associates is celebrating its 35th anniversary byholding a champagne reception, dinner and concert in London on Dec 6 in aid ofthe Small Faces' All Children's Charity and the Cinema & TelevisionBenevolent Fund.To highlight DDA's earlyrelationships across film and music including some of its earlier work ...
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Warner sends digital Corpse Bride to Japan
Warner Bros TechnicalOperations subsidiaries Motion Picture Imaging (MPI) and Global Digital MediaXchange (GDMX) have created the first ever 4K digital cinema package of apicture for commercial exhibition.The version of TimBurton's Corpse Bride, created incompliance with the recently announced Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI)specifications, was sent from California to Japan by secure ...
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Pathe, Medusa among big-ticket Breed buyers
First Look Internationaldivision has closed major territory sales on horror picture The Breed, which is directed by Wes Craven'sprotege Nick Mastandrea.Rights have gone to Pathe in the UK, Medusa in Italy,Europa Films in Brazil, Nordisk in Scandinavia, Lizard Cinema Trade in CIS,Falcon Films in the Middle East, and Hollywood Entertainment ...
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FFC gets Skase in latest funding round
Australia's Film Finance Corporation (FFC) is backing comedy Let's Get Skase, which draws on events surrounding Australian media mogul Christopher Skase who is currently sheltering from legal action in Majorca, Spain.Skase headed the Qintex group, former owner of Australia's Seven Network and aspiring owner of MGM, which collapsed with debts ...
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BVI lands Flightplan in major territories
Buena Vista International's (BVI) thriller Flightplan sets course for what could well becomeits biggest weekend to date with major launches scheduled in Australia, France,Spain, South Korea and Russia.The picture is currentlycruising at $43.9m and should fly past $50m this weekend with strong debutsexpected in each of the above major markets.It ...
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Charity tie-in boosts UK In Her Shoes launch
The UK launch of Curtis Hanson's In Her Shoes this weekend will be boosted by a tie-in with a majorcharity.The film's 253-siteopening has been accompanied by a celebrity shoe auction in aid of BreastCancer Care.Distributor 20th CenturyFox came up with the online sale for which celebrities have donated footwear. Many ...