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Earth And Ashes
Dir. Atiq Rahimi.France/Afghanistan, 2004. 105mins.Any future attempt tocompile a visual history of the destructive folly which took hold of the humanrace at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st,will surely allocate a place of honour to this emblematic debut by Paris-basedAfghan film maker Atiq Rahimi.Going ...
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Taegukgi (Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo)
Dir: Kang Je-gyu. Korea.2004. 148 minsIs Kang Je-Gyu becoming theMichael Bay of Korean cinema' The director made a persuasive claim to the titlewith the slick conspiracy thriller Shiri (Swiri) which grabbedthe Korean box-office crown in 1999. Now, he moves into Pearl Harborterritory with Taegukgi, a sweeping wartime epic that combines ...
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Allied Irish Banks hires Duffield in film finance move
Allied Irish Banks (AIB), the Republic of Ireland's largest bank, is entering film finance under former Dexia-BIL media head Gillian Duffield.Duffield is taking up thepost as head of media finance, based in London. She will focus on developing a new film financingdivision for the bank.Her appointment comes asrival Bank of ...
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BAFTA names date for 2005 award ceremony
BAFTA hasannounced the dates of its Orange British Academy Film Awards for 2005, whichwill be held on Saturday February 12.As inrecent years, the BAFTAs will take place two weeks before the Oscars, which arescheduled for Sunday, February 27, 2005.Thepre-Oscar date has helped the BAFTAs grow significantly in stature, and hascemented ...
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Criminal
Dir: Gregory Jacobs. US.2004. 87mins.Steven Soderbergh'slong-time first assistant director Gregory Jacobs gets a shot at being the topdog courtesy of Soderbergh's financing clout at Warner Bros with Criminal,a remake of 2000 Argentinian hit Nine Queens (Nuevas Reinas).Unfortunately, somewhere in the transfer of the sting caper from Buenos Airesto Los Angeles, ...
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FilMart News: Three...Extremes unites top Asian talent
Hong Kong's ApplausePictures unveiled its mouthwatering contribution to the second instalment ofhorror omnibus Three at Filmart on Thursday. Entitled Dumplings,the horror-thriller brings together some of the territory's top creative talentincluding director Fruit Chan, producer Peter Ho-sun Chan and award-winningcinematographer Christopher Doyle.Scripted by Lilian Lee (FarewellMy Concubine), the film is a ...
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NORWAY 24 June
In Harry Potter's second week ruling overthe Norwegian chart, it remained untouchable by any of the four new releases.JohnnyDepp-starrer Secret Window fared bestmaking it into fourth, but its just 16 prints, which averaged NOK27,666, wereno match for The Day After Tomorrowand Troy's high 63 and 53 prints.Familyfare Agent Cody Banks ...
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FilMart News Shanghai Media Group, Jade Dynasty team for animated Monkey
Hong Kong comic book publisher Jade Dynasty Publications isjoining forces with Shanghai Media Group (SMG) to co-produce an animatedfeature, Monkey King, based on one of its best-selling comics.The $2.4m (RMB20m) film will be produced by teams of animatorsin Hong Kong and China with completion scheduled for early 2006. SMG, one ...
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SWEDEN 24 June
Thenational football team didn't completely prevent Swedes from attending thethird Harry Potter film, which easilystayed on top of the chart with a $5,346 screen average on its massive 163prints.With theschool holidays beginning Scooby-Doo 2made a comeback to the top 10 after 13 weeks on release by moving into fifth.However,not much ...
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FilMart News Hong Kong arthouse cinema goes digital
Hong Kong is set to receive its first permanent digitalcinema installation following a deal between technology provider H2H Digitaland cinema owner Sil-Metropole Organisation.Thedigital screen will be installed in Sil-Metropole's CineArt House - one of HongKong's few cinemas dedicated to screening arthouse product. Under theagreement, H2H is supplying Sil-Metropole with a ...
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FilMart news: Arclight wraps up fresh Beautiful Boxer sales
Beautiful Boxer, the Thai sex change film which plays at next week's Outfest Lesbian and Gay festival, has wrapped up a string of new sales for sales agent Arclight Films.Announced at Hong Kong's FilMart, new sales include a deal with Regent Entertainment's Regent Releasing for US and Canada, with Mikado ...
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Naumann cuts Export Union funding
The German Film Export Union's efforts to promote German cinema abroad have been dealt a blow by the decision of federal culture minister Michael Naumann to cut its financial support by $104,500 (DM215,000) this year.The Munich-based promotion agency said in press release that the reduction in the culture ministry's contribution ...
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Cinema Expo underlines importance of European market
Cinema Expo ended on a high note last night (June 24)with a gala dinner hosted by Walden Media, and organisers claiming successdespite a slight drop in numbers.The annualexhibition conference in Amsterdam saw 1,011 registrations, down about 80 fromlast year. Booths on the trade show floor were down about four or ...
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Critics' Week names new artistic director
The Critics' Week sidebar has announced the appointment of a new artistic director.Jean-Christophe Berion will replace outgoing chief Claire Clouzot following his election by the French Cinema Critics' Union this week.Clouzot, a film director with two credits under her belt, held the post of artistic director for the past three ...
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Databases merge: Hollywood Media Corp buys Studio Systems
Entertainment news outlet Hollywood Media Corp has agreed to buyLos Angeles-based database and information services Studio Systems.The new company will be called Baseline StudioSystems, integratingHollywood Media Corp's Baseline/Filmtracker subsidiary with the new acquisitionto create a database of worldwide film and televisiondata.Subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition includes HollywoodMedia Corp's aggregate ...
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Shrek 2 set for massive French weekend
Two wide releases have ashot at passing $300m this weekend as Warner Bros' Harry Potter And ThePrisoner Of Azkaban and FoxInternational's The Day After Tomorrow both approach the milestone.Studio executives will behoping that Prisoner Of Azkabancan boost its $282.2m international running total with a strong Japanese bow onSaturday (26).The signs ...
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Greenpoint Media steps in to finance African American family saga Cherrys
Greenpoint Media is to produceand finance the family drama Cherrys,which is being directed by Harry Knapp and will star Eartha Kitt, LynnWhitfield and Jurnee Smollett.The multi-generational story is based on a screenplay by DeborahGoodwin about the coming of age of an African-American teenager and the familysecrets she uncovers in the ...
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The Notebook
Dir: Nick Cassavetes. US.2004. 124mins.The positioning ofwomen's tearjerker The Notebook by New Line Cinema in the heart of summer blockbuster season may be oneof the more inspired distribution decisions this year. As gentle, lush andsappy as a thousand TV movies but distinguished by sumptuous production valuesand a great cast, The ...
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Thirty buyers lined up to attend Munich Previews
FineLine, Miramax, France's MK2, Sweden's Nonstop Entertainment, Hungary's BudapestFilm and Australia's SBS are among over 30 international film distributors andTV film buyers attending the Export-Union of German Cinema's Munich Previews,which are being held for the first time during the Munich Film Festival fromJune 27-30.Othercompanies confirmed as coming to Munich are ...
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Nordic Film & TV Fund secures backing till 2009
Thefuture of the 14 year-old Nordic Film & TV Fund has been secured by a newagreement between the Nordic ministers of culture. The deal, which was signedin Reykjavik last week, runs until the end of 2009.The foundation of the Fund was shaken earlier this year whenthe four private Nordic TV-stations ...