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THINKFilm takes worldwide rights to Fuck
THINKFilm has picked up worldwide rights to Fuck, Steve Anderson's documentary about theworld's most common expletive.Fuckrecently premiered at the South By Southwest film festival and featuresinterviews with such luminaries as Ice-T, Kevin Smith and the late Hunter SThompson and features original animation by Bill Plympton.THINKFilm plans a 2006 theatrical release ...
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Haneke adds Austrian prize to list of honours
Michael Haneke's drama Hidden(Cache) took the Diagonale GrandPrix for best Austrian feature film 2005/2006at this year's annual celebration of Austrian cinema in Graz.The film has already won a longlist of awards including the best director and FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes and theEuropean Film Award for best European Film of 2005.In ...
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Controversy counts for The Caiman at box office
Political controversy kept Nanni Moretti's controversial The Caiman on the front page and helped it to a sound opening at the box office.The film opened in Italy on 380 prints on Friday, earning $481,000 (Euros 400,000) onits first day.It wasthe widest release to date for Moretti, whose last film, ...
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Universal's Inside Man steals top spot in North America
Universal's heist thriller Inside Man cracked the box office code as launchedat number one on a powerful estimated $28.9m weekend gross.Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster star in Spike Lee's$45m picture, in which Owen's bank robber engages in a battle of wits withWashington's hostage negotiator.The debut scored career highs ...
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Danielak's Arsenal strikes alliance with Mindfire
Yarek Danielak's fledgling film and television sales houseArsenal Pictures has struck a strategic alliance with Mark Gottwald'sproduction company and magazine publisher Mindfire Entertainment ahead ofMIP-TV and Cannes.Arsenal will represent the majority of Mindfire's upcoming featureand television slate for international sales and pre-sales, while exploitingthe synergy with its film magazines Cinefantastique/CFQ ...
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Sony BMG buys US rights to Slamdance hit Sasquatch
Sony BMG Music Entertainment has acquired US rights in all mediato by Tim Skousen's 2006 Slamdance Film Festival winner, The SasquatchDumpling Gang.The acquisition was made by Sony BMG Film, which was set up inAugust 2005 to develop, finance and produce music-related theatrical releases,together with Sony BMG Music Entertainment.The Sasquatch Dumpling ...
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Vivendi, Canal Plus confirm Seagram talks
Universal Studios is set to change hands once again, passing from Canadian to French ownership within the next few weeks, now that Seagram is back at the negotiating table jointly with utilities and media combine Vivendi and its pay-TV subsidiary Canal Plus.Despite all previous denials, Seagram's boss Edgar Bronfman Jr ...
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Francke to head UK regional screen agency EM Media
Lizzie Francke has been named executive producer for film at UKregional screen agency EM Media.EM Media, which is supported by the UK Film Council among other UKgovernment organisations, recently secured £6m of finance from the EuropeanRegional Development Fund (ERDF) to invest in East Midlands film and media;Francke will be responsible ...
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Universal's The Inside Man pips Panther to the post
Final figures reveal that Universal's The Inside Man was the international champion over the weekend as it grossed $9.9m through UIP in 1,400 sites in 18 territories.UIP executives expect lengthy holds for the adult picture before the major summerreleases launch.Spike Lee's latest directorial offering opened number one in starClive Owen's ...
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The Proposition takes top honours at Bermuda festival
John Hillcoat'sThe Proposition took the Mary-Jean Mitchell Green award for bestnarrative feature at the ninth Bermuda International Film Festival. "We were impressed with the provocative portrait of The Proposition, of whether the humanrace can overcome its base need for violence," said jury chair and actor Peter Riegert. "All the elements ...
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Cissi Elwin takes over leadership of Swedish Film Institute
Cissi Elwin, a 40-year old journalist who hasbeen the editor-in-chief at Sweden's largest weekly magazine, Ica-Kuriren, was appointed the new CEO ofthe Swedish Film Institute (SFI) on Friday. Elwin takes over the position in May after predecessor Ase Kleveland returns to her native Norway where she will be the CEO ...
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Ken Loach to close Celtic festival
Film-maker Ken Loach will deliver the closing interview at this year'sCeltic Film and Television Festival, to be held in Falmouth, Cornwall. The 27th Celtic festival will run from March 29-31, with Loach's talk ending the event on March 31. Other speakers during the event are Hugo Swire,Shadow Secretaryof State for ...
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Triple triumph for Adam's Apple at Brussels Film Festival
Adam'sApple, by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen (Flickering Lights, The Green Butchers), was the big winner of the24th edition of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festivalon Saturday. The film scooped the GoldenRaven (Grand Prize of the Festival), the Meliès d'Argent (Best European Fantastic Film)and the Pegasus (AudiencePrize).The International Jury made ...
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NPA chooses I Love You, Joseff Hughes
The UK's New ProducersAlliance (NPA) has named Sandra Gorel's I Love You, JoseffHughes the winning film in its annual shorts competition. Gorel's short also won theaudience award. Her prize includes a screening at London's East End FilmFestival, a screening at the Cannes 2006 UK Film Centre through the UK FilmCouncil, ...
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Vividas, Prime Time offer stream of The Secret
Videotechnologies company Vividas is working with Melbourne's Prime TimeProductions to offer a feature length film stream over the Internet.The Secret, produced by Prime Time's Rhoda Byrne,is a 95-minute feature that the producers claim "reveals the great secret ofthe universe."The streamcosts $4.95 per viewing and is available at www.whatisthesecret.tv. The streamingtechnology ...
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Shooting begins on Taku Shinjo's kamikaze pilot drama
Today marked the first day of shooting on Japan'slatest WWII drama, Ore wa, Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shinini Iku (literal translation I WillDie for You), which centers around Japan'sfamed kamikaze pilots. The project was announced last August by Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, who is serving as executive producer andscreenwriter ...
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Troma clips headed for mobile phones
Zone Vision Network's ZoneMobile has struck a deal with Juice Mobile and Lloyd Kaufman's Troma Films to distribute film clips through mobiledevices. The clips will beavailable starting in mid-April through Zone's new Horror Channel WAP site. The deal will offer Troma clips that are under two minutes. "Zone Visioncontinues to ...
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Fine Line gets domestic rights to Human Nature
Fine Line Features has acquired North American rights to Human Nature, the much anticipated movie scripted by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) and directed by Michel Gandry.The film, a Good Machine production which is being sold internationally by StudioCanal, is produced by Good Machine's Ted Hope, Anthony Bregman, Kaufman and ...
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German Federal Film Board backs 11 projects with over $5.7m
Newfeature films by Marco Kreuzpaintner, Fatih Akin, Peter Timm and Ben Verbong are among 11 projects backed with over $5.7m (Euros4.8m) by the German Federal Film Board in its latest funding session.Thelargest amount $961,399 (Euros 800,0000) went to Kreuzpaintner'sadaptation of the children's classic Krabat for Claussen + Woebke Filmproduktion, while$841,365 ...
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UK Film Council announces investment in three new films
The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund has announcedsupport of three new films in production, Pawel Pawlikowski's TheRestraint of Beasts, Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger'sSparkle, and Sarah Gavron's Seven Seas.The New Cinema Fund's investment in The Restraint of Beasts is $1.1m(£650,000). As reported by ScreenDaily in February, Pawlikowski's black comedy ...