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UK 's Digital Screen Network heads into phase two
The UK FilmCouncil-backed Digital Screen Network is cleared to go into phase two of itsinstallations. During phaseone, the Film Council's partner Arts Alliance Media set up the first 50 systemsstarting in autumn 2005. The 50th screen was installed on February 24, ahead ofschedule. After a formalreview of that process, the ...
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Sardinia sets up film fund and first regional tax law
TheItalian island of Sardinia is to establish aregional film fund, along the lines of existing regional funds in Germany and Belgium.TheSardinian Film Fund will have an annual budget of $2.4m-$3.6m (Euros 2-3m) tobe invested in development, production and promotion.Eligibleprojects will be required to spend 120% of the funds they received ...
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Germany gets first download-to-own service
Warner Bros Entertainment and arvatomobile have joined forces to launch in2movies, the first German-languagedownload-to-own platform, for TV series and feature films, simultaneously withtheir release on DVD.The user canchoose from such blockbusters as Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, TheMatrix or The Last Samurai through classicssuch as Gone With The ...
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Rogue boards Hot Fuzz as domestic distributor
Rogue Pictures will handle the domestic release on Working Title'saction comedy Hot Fuzz,which began production in the UK last month and comes from the creative teambehind Shaun Of The Dead.The Working Title production in association with Big TalkProductions is being directed by Edgar Wright from a screenplay he co-wrotewith Simon ...
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Lucas named guest director at Los Angeles Film Festival
George Lucas has been named guest director at the 2006 Los AngelesFilm Festival, which runs in from Jun 22 to Jul 2.In this capacity Lucas will create a sidebar programme of filmsthat have inspired his work and will play host to the festival retreat at hisSkywalker Ranch in Marin County, ...
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Intertainment to raise $163m for production push
Fast-expanding German rights broker Intertainment plans to raise more than $163m (Euros170m) to fund its drive into film production.The Munich-based company today said that it will increase its share capital by some two million shares in a rights issue in mid-July. Intertainment's financial advisers will set the price for the ...
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Goldcrest pitches in finishing funds to Freeman's Tribeca drama
GoldcrestFilms International has provided finishing funds for the road trip drama JustLike The Son from director Morgan JFreeman.MarkWebber, Antonio Ortiz, Rosie Perez and Brendan Sexton III star in the story ofthe friendship that develops between a young man and an orphaned boy as theyjourney to Dallas to find the child's ...
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MI:III will have US premiere at Tribeca
Mission: Impossible III will receive its US premiere on May 3 at the 2006 TribecaFilm Festival, following the world premiere in Rome on Apr 24.Tom Cruise will attend a high profile day of events in Manhattanknown as Mission: NYC.Cruise will kick off with a live appearance on MTV's TRL studiosin ...
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Pflug, Zukerman team up for Principal
Corporate communications executives Paul Pflug and MelissaZukerman are teaming up to launch the Principal Communications Group (PCG).Based in Los Angeles, PCG will focus on strategic positioning,corporate brand development, transaction representation and crisis counsel inthe fields of entertainment, business and philanthropy.The firm will officially launch on May 1, 2006 and both ...
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The Wild
Dir: Steve "Spaz" Williams.US. 2006. 84mins.The wilderness may be unmanageable and out ofcontrol, but Disney's The Wild is very much a beast offamiliarity, albeit a somewhat colorful one. Disney's rift with animationpartner Pixar now healed, it will be June release Cars that gets the bigger promotionalpush and is most likely ...
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New UK Film Council measures embraced by producers
British producershave given an enthusiastic response to two new measures that the UK FilmCouncil (UKFC) is putting into place with effect from April 15.The first is totry to ensure that producers using funding from UKFC do not defer "theirindividual fees and/or production company overheads." Stating that the UKFCwould do all ...
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UK distributor sets eyes on Lights In The Dusk
In the run-up to Cannes, UK distributorArtificial Eye has taken UK rights to Aki Kaurismaki's Lights In The Dusk (Laitakaupungin Valot).The film,strongly tipped for a Cannes competition berth, is the third part ofKaurismaki's trilogy that started with Drifting Clouds(1996) and continued with The Man Without A Past (2002.) Thetheme of ...
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Karlovy Vary creates CenEast Film Event
The latest films fromCentral and Eastern Europe are set to have a new promotional platform at thisyear's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 - July 8) with thecreation of the CenEast Film Event.The new initiative is opento films from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, CzechRepublic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, ...
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Kinepolis posts first quarter success
European exhibition major Kinepolis Group reports admissionsof 6.1 million across its 20 sites in five European territories.The company has seen a 3.2% overall admissions improvementin the first quarter of 2006 over that of 2005 when 5.9 million tickets weresold.Following territory trends Kinepolis sites in France(+13.3%) and Poland (+19.7%) provided the ...
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Fugard leaves Pathe to join Paramount specialty arm
Berenice Fugard has joined Paramount's specialty division as vicepresident of acquisitions and co-productions. She comes to the studio afterseven years as head of acquisitions at Pathe Distribution in the UK. Prior tothat, she was acquisitions executive from 1997 to 1999. Fugard (pictured) will continue to be based in London and ...
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Brune to replace Dassonville at Columbia France
Eric Brune, currently sales director at French distributor UGC Fox Distribution (UFD), is to replace Richard Dassonville as CEO of Columbia TriStar's French outpost.Prior to UFD, where he has spent the last five years, the 38-year-old Brune has worked at Pathe, Disney and Warner.UFD - a joint venture between French ...
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Frazier takes over from Richardson at MPAA
Greg Frazier has been appointed senior vice president for internationaltrade policy at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).Frazier has served as special advisor to MPAA chairman DanGlickman since August 2004 and succeeds Bonnie Richardson, who is leaving afternearly 14 years.In his new post Frazier will lobby the US and ...
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BVI takes out The Wild, Scary Movie 4 day-and-date
Ice Age: The Meltdown will soar past $200m in its third weekend as it opens in sevensmaller markets including Hong Kong on Apr 13.Fox International executives remain in jubilant mood following astring of number one debuts and last weekend's astonishing $90m-plus haul.The animated sequel has amassed more than $192.3m and ...
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G-Jones joins New Films as co-production finance specialist
Film Financier and producers representative Luke G-Jones, hasjoined New Films International (NFI) as director of co-production finance.The appointment comes as the Beverly Hills-based internationalproduction and distribution group continues to expand its production slate,having recently announcing a co-production deal with John Woo and TerenceChang's Lion Rock Productions.Luke G-Jones, who previously served ...
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Journey opens LA Asian Pacific Film Festival
Ham Tran's Journey From The Fall and Eric Byler's AMERICANese bookend the 22nd VC FILMFEST: The LosAngeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, set to run from May 4-11.Julia Kwan's Eve & The Fire Horse is the centerpiece screening and theline-up includes more than 140 features, shorts and videos including 16features from ...