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Spanish producers and distributors forming coalition to tackle piracy
Leading Spanish producer associations FAPAE and Egeda are forming a coalition with the local anti-piracy organisation, FAP (supported bythe Motion Picture Association), the Federation of Spanish distributors (Fedecine), the music producers association Promusicae and representatives from the publishing sector to help build relations with internet service providers and clamp down ...
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Eros strikes DVD deal with Wal-Mart for Canada stores
Indian film powerhouse Eros International and retail giant Wal-Mart have announced a collaboration to sell Bollywood content through the latter's distribution network in Canada.Eros DVDs will be available in 27 Wal-Mart stores in Canada and the distribution deal will subsequently be extended to the entire Canadian Wal-Mart network.One of the ...
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Fortissimo takes on Jordan's Sundance hit Captain Abu Raed
Fortissimo Films has taken worldwide rights (outside the Middle East and North America) on Amin Matalqa's Captain Abu Raed.The film won the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance and Best Actor for Nadim Sawalha at Dubai.Captain Abu Raed marks the first feature from Jordan to be exported internationally.Fortissimo will give ...
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The Cottage (2007)
Dir: Paul Andrew Williams. UK . 2008. 92 mins.London To Brighton (2006) was one of the most admired British debut features in recent years, with writer/director Paul Andrew Williams being widely hailed as the next great hope of British filmmaking. How fortunate that The Cottage wasn't his first feature. A ...
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Ripstein wins San Sebastian's Golden Shell
Arturo Ripstein's The Ruination Of Men (La Perdicion De Los Hombres) walked away with the Golden Shell award for best film at the 48th San Sebastian International film festival (September 21-30).Shot in black and white, the black comedy about two women who fight over the body of a dead lover ...
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Metrodome strikes UK deal for Fear(s) Of The Dark
Metrodome Distribution has acquired all UK rights to French animated feature Fear(s) Of The Dark from Celluloid Dreams.Pierre Menahem of Celluloid Dreams negotiated with Metrodome CEO Peter Urie, general manager-home entertainment Tom Stewart and acquisitions & business affairs manager Kate Edwards.Metrodome plans an autumn 2008 release.Sara Frain, Metrodome general manager-theatrical, ...
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Barbarian Princess starts UK, Hawaii shoot
UK-based Matador Pictures and Hawaii-based Island Film Group have started production today on Barbarian Princess, which director Marc Forby is shooting in Honolulu and in Norfolk, UK.As previously reporter, Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper, Will Patton and Shaun Evans star.The film becomes the first feature to shoot inside Honolulu's Iolani Palace.The ...
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Prague to host Paramount's $170m GI Joe
Barrandov Studios has signed a contract to host Paramount's $170m GI Joe.The $170m action film would be one of the most expensive ever in the Czech studio's history, between the estimated $150m Casino Royale and the $180m Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And the Wardrobe.Set construction for for ...
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The Light to launch digital cinemas in Romania
UK-based exhibitor The Light has announced it will open its first two digital cinemas, in Romania, this autumn.Both eight-screen cinemas -- one at Liberty Center in Bucharest and the other at the Tiago Mall in Oradea -- are scheduled to open on Nov 1. The cinemas will offer up to ...
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Horton Hears A Who!
Dirs. Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino. US. 2008. 88minsBefore he ever heard a Who, Dr Seuss's idiosyncratic elephant Horton hatched an egg. While pundits have been predicting that this all-animated Blue Sky Studios adaptation would be it, they're wrong.Everyone loves the Dr Seuss books, but they've been a creativedisasters cinematically - ...
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Diminished Capacity to open Gen Art Film Festival in NYC
The 13th annual Gen Art Film Festival will open on April 2 in New York City with Terry Kinney's Diminished Capacity starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda and Virginia Madsen. The comedy had its world premiere at Sundance in January.The festival - which has a programme of seven features and seven ...
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Rupert Evans joins cast of Amenabar's Agora
Hot English actor Rupert Evans has joined Rachel Weisz and Homayoun Ershadi in the cast of Alejandro Amenabar's English-language project Agora which goes into production this month in Malta.The film, being produced by Maxmedia, is the story of the efforts by a small group to free the slaves in Egypt. ...
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Hollywood Film Festival launches trailer awards for film previews
Carlos de Abreu's Hollywood Film Festival is launching the Hollywood Trailer Festival and Hollywood Trailer Awards to honour feature film previews. The awards and festival will recognize film previews in 12 categories - action, animation, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, independent, romance, thriller, most original, blockbuster and trailer of the decade.A ...
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New markets, 3-D, local films to spur growth, say international distribs
Senior executives of the six American majors' international divisions provided a surprisingly candid and freewheeling discussion in the rather amorphously titled panel 'The Industry Speaks Out' as part of opening day activities at the ShoWest exhibition convention.'We have to stop dividing the world in two,' said Paramount Pictures International President ...
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Film Movement buys Silvio Soldinis Days And Clouds
North American distributor Film Movement has acquired domestic rights to Silvio Soldini's Italian drama Days And Clouds (Giorni E Nuvole).The story charts a couple's near breakdown as they try to provide for their daughter. Following a job loss the couple split up and suddenly realize that what matters most is ...
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Horak named president of Warner Home Video North America
Mark Horak has been promoted to president of Warner Home Video North America from his previous role as executive vice president and general manager of worldwide operations and new packaged media at Warner Home Video.Horak will continue to oversee the worldwide global sales process and category management and now takes ...
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Len Wiseman reunites with Lakeshore, Sony on Shell Game
Len Wiseman is reuniting with Lakeshore and Sony on his follow-up to the Underworld franchise with the sci-fi action thriller Shell Game.Wiseman is also producing the story of a detective faced with a devastating moral dilemma while investigating the black market trade in immortality. Wiseman and Chris Morgan wrote the ...
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Gareton promoted to evp of international at WBDD
Marc Gareton has been promoted to executive vice president of international, at Warner Bros Digital Distribution (WBDD).Gareton will continue to oversee the studio's digital strategy, partnerships in digital services and emerging business activities outside the US. He reports to WBDD president Thomas Gewecke.Prior to the promotion Gareton served as senior ...
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THINKFilm, Liftime, Red Envelope all team on Phoebe in US
In an innovative three-way play, THINKFilm, Lifetime Networks and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have jointly acquired North American rights to Daniel Barnz's Phoebe In Wonderland.THINKFilm will release the drama in exclusive engagements this autumn, while Lifetime takes exclusive television rights and Red Envelope holds non-exclusive DVD and streaming rights.All three ...
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UPI's Kosse calls for new ways of doing business
Despite ongoing concerns over piracy, the slow rate of digital conversion overseas compared to North America and incremental short term costs accruing from that process, international distributors were in bullish mood about the market on the opening day of ShoWest.In his keynote address UPI president David Kosse reminded delegates that ...