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  • News

    Brokeback leads US Broadcast Critics nominations list

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    BrokebackMountain leads theBroadcast Critics Association nominees roster with eight mentions includingbest film, director for Ang Lee, actor for Heath Ledger and supporting actorfor Jake Gyllenhaal.Ang Lee'sacclaimed Western will face stiff competition from Crash, which earned six nominations includingfilm, director for Paul Haggis, supporting actor for Matt Dillon and TerrenceHoward, and ...

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    Two films of comic book Witchblade to shoot in China

    2005-12-13T08:00:00Z

    Platinum Studios, Relativity Media, IDG Films and Arclight Filmshave jointly arranged financing on back-to-back stories adapted from Top CowProductions' comic book Witchblade.Principal photography is set to begin in 2006 in China on the twopictures, with Platinum, Relativity and IDG producing and Arclight handlinginternational sales. The parties will announce a domestic ...

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    Memoirs star signs on for Penal Colony Of Love

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Koji Yakusho, lately seen inMemoirs Of A Geisha, is set to starin an adaptation of hit serial novel AiNo Ryukeichi (Penal Colony Of Love)for Japanese major Toho. The novel - which is writtenby Junichi Watanabe and is currently running in Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) - has become notorious ...

  • Reviews

    The New World

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Terrence Malick. US. 2005. 150mins.A sweeping historical narrative and exquisitely renderedlove story, Terrence Malick's The New World is a majestic, electrifying feature experience that forsome will rank as the most artistically accomplished US studio release this year.Demanding and complex, it possessesextraordinary beauty and comes close to silent cinema, with ...

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    Preserving Australia's film heritage

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Fifty classicAustralian films made from 1955 through to 1992 have benefited from a preservationproject begun five years ago. Theproject combines the expertise and resources of film stock supplier Kodak (Australasia), laboratory AtlabAustralia and the National Film and Sound Archive(NFSA). The films selected included: Jedda, Breaker Morant, The CarsThat Ate Paris, ...

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    UIP breaks $2bn international box office mark in 2005

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    United InternationalPictures (UIP) has proven that international audiences are there to be found in2005 having broken through the $2bn international box office mark last weekend.With the mega-studio'spotentially biggest film of the year, KingKong, still to come UIP is already (as of December 11) tracking 4% ahead ofits 2004 numbers - ...

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    Like father like son, new director for Toho

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Toho has announced that GoroMiyazaki, the 38-year-old son of anime auteur HayaoMiyazaki, will direct a new feature based on the third and fourth novels in Ursula K. Le Guin'sEarthsea saga. He will work with the animators of Studio Ghibli,his father's creative home since 1985. Toho will release the film in ...

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    Breaking news: Golden Globe nominations

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Best Motion Picture - Drama Nominees: Brokeback Mountain (2005) The Constant Gardener(2005) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) A History of Violence(2005) Match Point (2005) Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nominees: Mrs. Henderson Presents(2005) Pride & Prejudice(2005) The Producers(2005) The Squid and theWhale ...

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    Klaus Haro's film, Mother of Mine, wins Golden Pyramid

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Mother of Minewas awarded last weekend both at the 29th Cairo International FilmFestival and at the Tallinn Black Nights Festival (PÖFF). In Cairo the film won: bestdirection (Klaus Härö), best lead actress (Maria Lundqvist) and the Golden Pyramid, the main prize for bestfilm.In Tallinnat the 9th Black Night's Festival Mother ...

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    Star TV, HKT scrap pay-TV, Internet venture

    2000-06-02T17:01:00Z

    Star TV, News Corp's Asian broadcast subsidiary, and Cable & Wireless HKT have called off their plans to set up a joint venture pay-TV and Internet service in Hong Kong.The two companies' only explanation for the "mutual and amicable" policy reversal was that they no longer shared the same ...

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    Piracy high on the agenda at Beijing CineAsia

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    China'srampant piracy was a recurrent theme during the first day of the CineAsia trade show and conference which is being held forthe first time in Beijing(Dec 13-15).Duringhis keynote speech at the opening night ceremony, Motion Picture Association ofAmerica CEO Dan Glickman spoke of the "common enemy"afflicting both the US and ...

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    Six directors are selected for the Cannes Film Festival bi-annual Residence program

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    The Cannes Film Festival has announced thelatest group to make up its bi-annual Residence program. Director Bruno Dumontwas charged with heading up the jury to select the six directors who will takepart in the 12th Residence session beginning February 28, 2006.Over four months, filmmakers working on theirfirst or second feature ...

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    Girl power boosts Japanese comic-book shoots

    2005-12-13T00:00:00Z

    It often seems as though everyproducer of commercial films in Japan is playing follow the leader, chasing afterhot novels, comic-books and TV shows - while seldom developing originalmaterial themselves.It's all for one reason. Mostof these films are financed and produced by media consortiums - and it's easierand usually more profitable ...

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    Mountain towers over Golden Globe nominations

    2005-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Brokeback Mountain led the field at the 63rd Golden Globenominations ceremony with seven mentions including best picture (drama), bestdirector for Ang Lee, best actor (drama) for Heath Ledger, and best screenplayby Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.It was the first year inGlobes history that all five pictures nominated for best drama ...

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    12 finalists announced for Sundance/NHK Film-makers Awards

    2005-12-14T00:00:00Z

    The SundanceInstitute and Japanese broadcaster NHK have announced 12 finalists for the 2006Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Awards.The annualaward, now in its 10th year, honours emerging directors from four globalregions. One winner each from Europe, Latin America, the US and Japan will bechosen by an international jury and presented with their awards ...

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    Morden Kichaven promoted to Hollywood executive director at SAG

    2005-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Ilyanne Morden Kichaven has been promoted to Hollywood executivedirector at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).Kichaven, a five-year SAG veteran, will commence her role in theNew Year and play a key part in representing the interests of the HollywoodDivision board.She will oversee strategic planning on behalf of SAG's nearly70,000 Hollywood members, ...

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    C.R.A.Z.Y., Cronenberg among Canada's Top Ten

    2005-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Jean-Marc Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y.and David Cronenberg's A HistoryOf Violence were among the titleslisted in the Toronto International Film Festival Group (TIFFG)'s annualCanada's Top Ten.The yearly roll-call,published in alphabetical order as opposed to merit, honours achievement inCanadian film. Other titles include Deepa Mehta's Water, which has earned more than C$1m at the ...

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    Kong kicks off global reign today in over 10,000 theatres

    2005-12-14T04:00:00Z

    Universal's much-anticipated King Kong opens in North America today [Wednesday]on more than 7,500 screens in 3,568 theatres.The scope of the holiday tentpole opening matches the scale ofPeter Jackson's picture, which clocks in at just over three hours.This is Universal's second biggest domestic release of all timebehind Hulk, whichlaunched in more ...

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    Disney unveils first China co-production

    2005-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Disneyhas unveiled its first Chinese co-production - family-themed feature The Secret Of The Magic Gourd - which iscurrently shooting in Hangzhouin southern China. The film, which wasannounced at the CineAsia conference today in Beijing, is a co-production between Disney's internationaltheatrical arm Buena Vista International, Hong Kong-based visual effects houseCentro Digital ...

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    Hella Joof to direct a slew of films

    2005-12-14T00:00:00Z

    Popular Danishdirector Hella Joof hassigned to direct two Nordic features in 2006. First up is the Swedish drama Lina's Diary, (Under Ombygning) its preliminaryinternational title with a budget of $1.2-$2.1m (1-1.8m Euros). SF will beproducing. It is based onthe true story of a teenager's struggles with alcohol, from ...