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Douglas, Lewis win honor for supporting Blacklist victim
Kirk Douglas and producer Edward Lewis received the Freedom ofExpression Medal last night (8) for their support of blacklisted writer DaltonTrumbo during McCarthy-era America in the 1950s.The pair defied Senator Joseph McCarthy and his Communistwitch-hunt by crediting "Hollywood Ten" writer Dalton Trumbo as one of the writerson the 1960 epic ...
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Trade groups act to boost Mexican industry
Moving to galvanise whatdelegates described as a desperate Mexican film industry yesterday (9), leadingfilmmakers and trade groups from the US and Mexico signed the Declaration ofSanta Monica.The declaration was issuedat the 10th meeting of the US-Mexico Bilateral Film Industry Committee andresolved to pull the Mexican industry out of crisis by ...
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Project Greenlight comes to Australia
The Movie Network pay TV channel yesterday launched anAustralian version of Project Greenlight, which will result in a 12-partdocumentary series chronicling the making of a A$1m (US$762,000) feature by afirst-time filmmaker.The movie channel's production partner for both theseries and the feature is Screentime, one of Australia's most successfultelevision production companies.Ben ...
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SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 10 November
After last week'sCinemania which offered previews of titles to be released in November andDecember, Serbian-Montenegrin audiences demonstrated once again their taste forboth local product and Hollywood fare.With two moreprints in its fourth weekend, the local Oscar submission Goose Feather remained on top position, selling 10,405 admissionsfor the weekend to cross ...
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HUNGARY 10 November
With yet anotherseven new releases hitting the cinemas last week in Hungary, a decentperformance is becoming more and more of a challenge for any production.While the newlyreleased thriller Forgotten was ableto grab the box office second spot with nearly 20,000 admissions on twentyprints and comedy Dodgeball alsoperformed decently with over ...
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UIP on top as Shark Tale, 7 Dwarfs lead pack
Itproved another great weekend for UIP at the international box office as thecompany's animated hit, Shark Tale, held the top spot narrowly ahead ofGerman comedy smash 7 Dwarfs, a UIP pick-up.Thedistributor also claimed the highest new entry for the week from a filmtechnically yet to open anywhere in the world. ...
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Mouawad's Tideline to open Mannheim festival
Canadian filmmaker Wajdi Mouawad's feature debut Tideline(Littoral) will open this year's Mannheim-Heidelberg International FilmFestival on November 19.Mouawad's political parable about war, exile andintegration will be competing with another 21 films in the InternationalCompetition which includes Sarajevo Film Festival winner Mila From Marsby Bulgaria's Zornitsa Sophia, Crossing Europe's winner How I ...
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Media Luna picks up The Great Water
Ivo Trajkov's labour camp drama The GreatWater, Macedonia's entry for the Foreign Language Film Academy Award, isone of five new titles Cologne-based Media Luna Entertainment has added to thesales line-up.Described as "a powerful and emotionallymoving epic saga of friendship and betrayal between two boys", Trajkov'sfilm will have its world premiere ...
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Lakeshore racks up House Keys sales
LakeshoreInternational has racked up sales on Gianni Amelio's The House Keys (LeChiavi di Casa), Italy's foreign language Oscar, and says it has now closeddeals in 31 territories, including the UK.ArtificialEye has picked up the film for the UK, and the drama has also been sold toSpain, Portugal, Denmark, Greece, Russia, ...
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Teague's Last Drop wraps in Romania
Principal photography is now complete in Romania on ColinTeague's The Last Drop, a heistmovie set against the backdropof World War II, starring Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, Karel Roden and footballstar David Ginola in his first feature film role.The film is the story of British military operationduring World War II to ...
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Somersault continues winning streak
Cate Shortland's Somersaulthas continued its winning streak, picking up the Australian film of theyear at the IF Awards on Wednesday (Nov 10) and the Film Critics Circle ofAustralia Awards on Sunday (Nov 7).It also won best directionfor Shortland, best actress for Abbie Cornish, and best cinematography for BobHumphreys at both ...
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+Entertainment's Tunnel sold to Tartan, Artport
Pejman Partiyeli's BeverlyHills-based international sales house +Entertainment has closed multipleterritory deals at AFM on horror title Death Tunnel and its companion documentary Spooked, which are attracting strong interest for domesticrights.The two-tile package sold toArtport in Japan, Tartan for the UK, Imagine Entertainment for Australia, TotMedia for Spain, and Movie Bank ...
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Saw producers Twisted sign up with Lions Gate
Twisted Pictures is movingfast in the wake of its horror hit Saw and has signed a nine-picture distribution deal with Lions Gate Filmsfor its upcoming slate of horror and thriller titles.Twisted executives arelooking for writers and directors with existing scripts and will considerworking with outside producers willing to work within ...
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Miramax to remake Korean Doll Master
Fast-moving Korean salesCineclick Asia has struck a remake deal with Miramax on The Doll Master, a Korean horror flick which the Dimension genresubsidiary hopes to develop into a franchise.The deal sees Miramaxacquire English-language remake rights as well as North American distributionrights on Jeong Yong-ki's original chiller about a man who ...
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Balkan countries team up for promotional network
Film institutes from 11 Balkan and Southeast European countries are banding together to launch a pan-regional promotional body, dubbed the Network of Southeastern European Cinema Institutions (NSECI).The network was created during a meeting organised by the Greek Film Centre last weekend on the Greek island of Hydra. The meeting aimed ...
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Jiminy Glick In Lalawood
Dir. Vadim Jean. Canada-US. 2004. 90 mins.To the immense credit of star and creator MartinShort, Jiminy Glick In Lalawood almostworks. To the discredit of Short the writer, the film falls short of thecomedian's vision because of a script that is unwilling to push the boundariesthe character does. Like most outgrowths ...
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Return To Sender
Dir: Bille August.Den-UK. 2004. 103minsLike some fine wines,director Bille August doesn't seem totravel well. A universally admired European master for Cannes Palme D'Orwinners Pelle The Conqueror and Best Intentions, he has beenrather less admired for such ropey English-language international ventures as TheHouse Of The Spirits and Smilla's Sense Of Snow.Set ...
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European Film Academy unveils 2004 nominations
Spanish films Bad Education and The Sea Inside and Germany's Head-On lead the pack in the nominations for this year's European Film Awards.The three films have been nominated alongside Lukas Moodysson's A Hole In My Heart, Christophe Barratier's The Chorus (Les Choristes) and Mike Leigh's Vera Drake for the best ...
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Keane
Dir/scr: LodgeKerrigan. US. 2004. 90mins.After a hiatusof six years following his not very well-received second film Claire Dolan,American independent director Lodge Kerrigan is back with Keane, an intense tale of obsession that recalls the triumph of hisdebut film, Clean, Shaven (1993).Like that earlierfilm, Keane focuses relentlessly andclaustrophobically on a single ...
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Sci-fi spoof set for blast off in Turkey
One million tickets have been sold in advancefor the first ever Turkish sci-fi comedy G.O.R.A. which is released byWarner Bros. in 460 cinemas - almost half of the available screens - throughoutTurkey on November 12 (Friday).Speaking to ScreenDaily.com, BirolAkbaba, head of international sales for the film's production company BesiktasKultur Merkezi ...