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BAFTA sets awards date for 2006
The British Academy of Filmand Television Arts has announced that next year's film awards will takeplace on Sunday Feb 19. The Aviator and Vera Drake shared the major honours at this year's Baftas. MartinScorsese's epic won best picture but it was British director Mike Leighwho took home his first directing ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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CME cements grip on E. Europe with TV Nova deal
Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (CME) has completedits acquisition of TV Nova, the leading broadcaster in Central and EasternEurope.CME is a major film buyer in the region, acquiring broadcastrights to international films for its stations in Croatia, the Czech Republic,Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.The purchase of Nova, with 10 million ...
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Bim snaps up Cannes competitor for Italy
BimDistribuzione has acquired Italian distribution rights to Luc and Jean-PierreDardenne's Cannes competition film The Child (L'Enfant)Sold by Celluloid Dreams, The Child tells the story of 20-year-old Bruno and hispartner, 18-year-old Sonia, who are living off social security and thefts, whenSonia gives birth to their first child. The picture, produced by ...
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Last Train delayed after director injured on set
Filming on the Holocaust drama The Last Train (Der LetzteZug) has been stopped in Prague after onlyone day of shooting following an accident on set involving the director JosephVilsmaier (Comedian Harmonists, Stalingrad).According to press reportsat the weekend, Vilsmaier has had to be hospitalised "for at least aweek" after being injured ...
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Olmi embarks on One Hundred Nails shoot
Israeli-bornactor Raz Degan (Alexander) is to head the cast of Ermanno Olmi's new drama, CentoChiodi(literally, One Hundred Nails) which has started shooting in Bologna.The film tells the contemporary story ofa young Bologna university professor who becomes the subject of a toughinvestigation. He decides to leave everything and everyone behind and ...
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Kingdom of Heaven sweeps international box office
Sweeping into 97 territories day-and-date with its North Americanlaunch, Kingdom of Heaven produced an impressive $56mestimated gross this weekend, putting it firmly at the top of the internationalchart and slightly exceeding the expectations that distributor FoxInternational had for the historical epic with obvious global potential. The big budget Ridley ...
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Kingdom of Heaven sweeps international box office
Sweeping into 97 territories day-and-date with its North American launch, Kingdom of Heaven produced an impressive $56m estimated gross this weekend, putting it firmly at the top of the international chart and slightly exceeding the expectations that distributor Fox International had for the historical epic with obvious global potential. The ...
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Kingdom of Heaven sweeps international box office
Sweeping into 97 territories day-and-date with its NorthAmerican launch, Kingdom of Heaven produced an impressive $56m estimated grossthis weekend, putting it firmly at the top of the international chart andslightly exceeding the expectations that distributor Fox International had forthe historical epic with obvious global potential. The big budget Ridley Scott ...
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Kingdom tops box office in soft US market
Twentieth Century Fox's Kingdom of Heaven debuted at the topof the North American box office chart this weekend but its $20m estimatedgross fell short of some industry predictions and failed to give the summerseason a hoped for kick start. Warner Bros' House of Wax opened in second spot,but its estimated ...
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Hugh Grant named advisor to Internationalmedia AG
Ahead of its floatation on the German stock market this year, Intermedia and Pacifica's recently-formed film and media company IM Internationalmedia AG has added some star-power to its supervisory board by appointing Hugh Grant.The British actor will join other supervisory board members including Munich-based financial consultant Antoinette Hiebeler-Hasner, who acts ...
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Kingdom tops box office in soft US market
Twentieth Century Fox's Kingdom of Heaven debuted at the topof the North American box office chart this weekend but its $20m estimatedgross fell short of some industry predictions and failed to give the summerseason a hoped for kick start. Warner Bros' House of Wax opened in second spot,but its estimated ...
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Downfall snubbed in German Film Awards
Oscar-nominated German hit Downfall has been controversiallyomitted from best film shortlist for this year's German Film Awards.The Bernd Eichinger produced box office smash only mustered three actingnominations for this year's awards including best actor for Bruno Ganz as AdolfHitler. Dani Levy's Jewish family comedy Go For Zucker! - An Unorthodox ...
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Arab festivals co-ordinate to avoid date clashes
The second DubaiInternational Film Festival is to be held from December 11-17, 2005. The date of the week-longfestival was decided after a series of discussions with the organizers of theCairo, Marrakech and Damascus film festivals to enhance synergies between majorfestivals from the Arab world. The discussions focused onthe most appropriate ...
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Warner Bros boards Ant and Dec's Alien
Warner Bros is to handleinternational distribution on Alien Autopsy, the new feature showcasingthe acting talents of diminutive British TV presenters Ant and Dec. The film, produced by MichaelKuhn of Qwerty Films and Barnaby Thompson of Ealing Studios, begins shootingnext month.Alien Autopsy is a comedy abouttwo friends who make a spoof ...
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Brody, Affleck embark on American Way for Focus
Production has begun on AllenCoulter's Truth, Justice And The American Way, the real-life Hollywoodmystery starring Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck and Diane Lane. Focus Features will handlethe North American release and international sales on the picture, which alsostars Bob Hoskins and marks Sopranos director Coulter's feature directorialdebut. Brody stars as a ...
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Monster-In-Law
Dir: Robert Luketic. US2005. 95mins.Jennifer Lopez may get top billing, but Jane Fonda is theonly conceivable reason to see Monster-In-Law, a tepid romantic comedyabout a bride-to-be locking horns with her boyfriend's mum.In the US, where the filmsopens on May 13, box-office may be mixed. Thirty years after the US pulled ...
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Gamblers (Les Mauvais Joueurs)
Dir. Frederic Balekdjian.Fr. 2005. 85mins.Taking place entirely ina garment district of Paris, Gamblers is a French Mean Streets, amessy, gratifying film about life in an ethnically-mixed neighbourhood and theart of making a living however one can. The first feature by the promisingFrederic Balekdjian, it makes for an assured, exciting drama ...
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The Baxter
Dir. Michael Showalter.US. 2005. 91mins.The debut feature fromMichael Showalter, The Baxter harbours noble ambitions - but therein liemost of its problems, with what appears to be an attempt at mixing classicHollywood screwball comedy with elements of Billy Wilder's The Apartment(Jack Lemmon's character was named CC Baxter).In the US, distributor IFCFilms ...