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Von Trier dances away with Palme d'Or
Danish director Lars von Trier, always prepared to experiment with genre, technology and his own reputation, took the Palme d'Or with Dancer In The Dark at Cannes.While the critics have argued that this may not have been the best film von Trier's ever made, none were left unmoved by his ...
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Venice Festival goes for Brokeback
AngLee's Brokeback Mountain has won the Golden Lion at the 62nd Venice Film Festival.The Grand Jury prize went to Abel Ferrara for Mary, while George Clooney'sheavily-tipped Good Night. And Good Luck won two consolation prizes - Best Actorfor David Strathairn's portrayal of journalist Edward R Murrow, and a Lion forClooney's ...
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Arclight hits the spot with The Oh
Arclight Filmshas picked up worldwide rights to Ambush Entertainment's comedy The Oh InOhio, which boasts acast including Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, and Liza Minelli.Posey stars as awoman whose seemingly ideal life masks the fact that she has never had anorgasm, which prompts her to embark upon a quest ...
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McLean, Weinsteins reteam for crocodile horror
The creative team behind red hot Australian horror movie Wolf Creek, including writer/director Greg McLean, is preparing to shoot Rogue, a film about a giant crocodile stalking tourists in the Australian outback that will be majority financed by The Weinstein Co.A large staff is known to be well into pre-production ...
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InDigEnt starts 16th film with Maggenti, Mol
Independent DigitalEntertainment, aka InDigEnt, the New York-based digital production collectivehas begun shooting its 16th feature in New York City this week.The as-yetuntitled film was written and is being directed by Maria Maggenti, who hasn'tmade a film since 1995's The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love.The romanticcomedy stars Gretchen ...
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Civilian Content rebrands as The Works
Publiclylisted UK entertainment outfit Civilian Content has changed its name to TheWorks Media Group, in an effort to reflect the integrated nature of thefinance, production, distribution and sales house.Production andfinance company The Film Consortium has been renamed The Works Production. Thecompany's credits include Pawel Pawlikowski's Toronto 2004 drama My SummerOf ...
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Bim kneels to Frears' Queen
In one of asmattering of deals signed at the Venice Film Festival, veteran arthousedistributor Bim has acquired Italian rights to Stephen Frears' next film, TheQueen, about thedeath of Princess Diana. StarringHelen Mirren as the Queen, the picture delves into the relationship betweenTony Blair and the British Royal Family from the ...
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Cuaron, Vergara launch Anhelo production outfit
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron and the producer of his latest film Y Tu Mama Tambien, Jorge Vergara, have formalised their relationship in a new production company Anhelo to make Spanish and English-language films, some of which Cuaron will direct. The outfit has already boarded Guillermo Del Toro's ghost story The ...
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Dinard unveils festival of British film line-up
The 16th DinardFestival of British Film, the France-based film festival for British featuresto be held October 6-9, has selected the six titles for this year'scompetition. They are: Brian Cook's ColourMe Kubrick, starring John Malkovichas a man impersonating the great director; Jan Dunn's Dogme-style drama Gypo; Opal Dreams from The Full ...
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Beauvois' Lieutenant wins Europa Cinemas Label prize
Cult Frenchdirector Xavier Beauvois has won the 'Europa Cinemas Label' for hiscop thriller, Le Petit Lieutenant which screened in the Venice Festival's 'Venice Days'sidebar last week.The award willgive Le Petit Lieutenant a healthy fillip as it hits the internationaldistribution trail. The film is now eligible for extended theatrical exposureand additional ...
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Viva Zapatero earns Venice buzz
One of thefilms that has earned the biggest round of applause on the Lido is Italiandocumentary Viva Zapatero! which focuses onthe thorny subject of censorship in Italy.Thefilm is directed by comedian Sabina Guzzanti, whose satirical program RAIOT wasremoved from the airwaves after only one episode in November 2003. VivaZapatero,which screened ...
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Charlie tops international box office with $11.3m
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory returned to the top of the internationalbox office over the weekend as the Warner Bros Pictures International (WBPI)release added an estimated $11.3m on approximately 4,100 prints in 49 countriesfor a $155.7m running total.The weekend haul was led by Japan, where Charlie opened top on $4.3m ...
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Crash lands the top prize at Deauville
Paul Haggis took home thegrand prize Sunday night at the 31st Deauville Festival of American Film forhis directing debut, Crash.The ensemble look at racerelations in Los Angeles, is the first time behind the camera for the MillionDollar Baby screenwriter and will bereleased in France this week by Metropolitan.The jury prize ...
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Guns drawn over Smoking deal in Toronto
A high drama erupted Saturday night over the sale of hot festivaltitle Thank You For Smoking, with both Fox Searchlight Pictures and Paramount Classicsclaiming they have bought all available worldwide rights for the film includingNorth America.Paramount Classics co-chiefs Ruth Vitale and DavidDinerstein claim they had reached a deal with Cassian ...
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Exorcism a demonic success for Screen Gems with $30.5m weekend
Screen Gems/Lakeshore Entertainment's The Exorcism OfEmily Rose frightenedthe life out of the competition over the weekend as it opened top on anestimated $30.2m.Scott Derrickson directedthe $20m project about the trial of a priest accused of negligent homicideduring the exorcism of a college student.Jennifer Carpenter, Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson and Campbell ...
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Guns out over Smoking deal
A high drama eruptedSaturday night over the sale of hot festival title Thank You For Smoking,with both Fox Searchlight Pictures and Paramount Classics claiming they havebought all available worldwide rights for the film including North America.Paramount Classics co-chiefsRuth Vitale and David Dinerstein claim they had reached a deal with CassianElwes ...
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...as 'American' Venice wraps on a high
MostLido regulars agreed that it was the strongest Venice in years, if one lookedbeyond the merely average competition to consider the festival as a whole. But it was also one of the most front-loaded festivalsanyone could remember. In the first four days, Ang Lee, George Clooney and ParkChan-wook led the ...
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Kinowelt on board for next Rivette pic
Germany's Kinowelt has boarded the next film from French director Jacques Rivette, Va Savoir, which is to start shooting this summer. The film, which is being produced by Pierre Grise Productions' Martine Marignac and co-produced by Italy's Mikado, is currently being cast. The deal was brokered by Roissy Films' Raphael ...
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Mehta plots Exclusion as Water follow-up
Still riding the strong reaction to her Toronto festivalopener Water, hot Canadian director Deepa Mehta is already preparing hernext project, Exclusion, with Water star John Abraham in thelead. Mehta is looking to shoot in Calcutta and Vancouver next summer.The screenplay, written by Mehta, concerns the little-known Komagata Maruincident of 1914, ...
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Dubai recruits Field, Scarlet
Heading into its second year,the Dubai International Film Festival is beefing up its presence by appointingfive high-profile new programmers, including former Rotterdam chief Simon Fieldand Tribeca's executive director Peter Scarlet.South Africa's Nashen Moodley,Arab cineaste Raouf Tewfik and Iraq's Ziad Khuzai join a team which alreadyincludes former LFF director Sheila Whitaker, ...