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International - Making waves
Germany's Die Welle was the highest non-US entry in the international top 40 this weekend with $3.5m, falling just shy of the top 10.The drama, distributed by Constantin Film, played on 317 screens for a $10,986 screen average, the second highest of the weekend. The film, based on Todd Strasser's ...
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The International view - Indecent proposal
There is a tendency at events of the nature of ShoWest - the largest congregation of family-rated film exhibitors - to offer advice. The agenda is rife with forums that allow one to wax philosophical, from panels with crystal ball premises, to homage and tributes that turn the spotlight on ...
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Quiet Chaos dominates Donatello nominations
Rome-Domenico Procacci's Fandango-produced Quite Chaos starring NanniMoretti and directed by Antonello Grimaldi leads the race for the David of Donatello awards, with eighteen nominations.Quiet Chaos, which was presented at Berlin and features a cameo with Roman Polanski has performed well at the local box office earning $8.8m (Euros 5.2m) in ...
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Finnish Film Foundation backs seven features
The Finnish Film Foundation has allocated $2.9m (Eu1.9m) production support for seven new features, including four local films, a co-production with Estonia and two Scandinavia ventures.Produced by Riina Hyytiä for Dionysos Films, Johanna Vuoksenmaa's One Foot Under (toinen jalka haudasta) is the story of a 35-year-old man told he has ...
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Croatia makes $9.2m awards to film
Croatia's Ministry of Culture and Croation National Television have finally announced $9.2m in awards after seven months.The funding includes support for 10 features with between them take $6.4m of the $9.2m total.The features are:In The Wonderland (U Zemlji Cudesa)(director: Dejan Sorak, production companu: Interfilm.) $893,617 Children's Kingdom (Djecje Carstvo) (Branko ...
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THE AWARDS: Asian Film Awards and HAF winners
Click on headline to see storySecret Sunshine lights up Asian Film Awards Korea's Secret Sunshine was the big winner at the second edition of the Asian Film Awards (AFAs) last night, scooping best film, best director for Lee Chang-dong and best actress for Jeon Do-yeon's performance.Pang Ho-cheung, Ning Hao win ...
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Billy Elliot leads race for BIFAs
Stephen Daldry's Billy Elliot has garnered five nominations at the forthcoming British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), including nods for best British independent film and best director. The low-budget film, co-produced by Working Title, Tiger Aspect and the BBC, has also picked up nominations for best actress (Julie Walters), best screenplay ...
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HONG KONG 2008: Festival and market round-up
Screen International's team in Hong Kong offered the best coverage of key events at this year's festivals and market.Here we look back at some of the key stories and business.Click on section heading to see morenTHE BUSINESSKey deals and business news from FilmartnTHE AWARDSThe main awards winners, including Asian Film ...
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THE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION Distribution has perhaps always been something of the poor relation in European cinema. This is the continent of auteur theory where the vision of a director is paramount. Great cinema is the work of the genius - production is art, distribution is mere business.For Hollywood, business is its business ...
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THE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION CHAPTER2: OVER-PRODUCTION
The clearest failing of European film is its ability to reach audiences, particularly where that means crossing national borders. The dream of a single European market with a common cultural identity is nowhere further from reality than in the movement of film between countries. Whether the motivation is business or ...
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10,000 edges Horton at international box office
Leading the international field for the third time in a row, Warner's holdover 10,000 BC grossed an estimated $28.2m from 7,400 prints in 62 territories over the Easter weekend, just beating the estimated $25.2m from 6,600 screens in 49 markets grossed by Fox's expanding Horton Hears A Who!With school breaks ...
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Horton holds on in North America
School kids on their Easter holiday helped keep Fox's Horton Hears A Who! on top at the North American box office this weekend, with the computer animated comedy dropping 44% from its debut weekend to gross an estimated $25.1m over three days. Horton's closest competitor was Tyler Perry's Meet The ...
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THE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION CHAPTER 6:PIRACY
Film piracy exercises a profound psychological as well as financial effect on the development of digital platforms. It is the elephant in the room in all discussions. A frequently quoted MPAA study of the 2005 market, suggests US studios are losing about $6.1bn to piracy - and $2.3bn from online ...
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Yubari makes strong return to Japanese festival scene
The resurrected Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival (YIFFF) ended its first successful run yesterday since the cancellation of the event in 2006 due to financial problems.The festival said 8,868 customers attended 58 films over the five-day event (March 19-23).Director Toki Inoue's 21-minute The Woman Who Is Beating The Earth (Daichi ...
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Malaysia's Golden Screen Cinemaspicks up Filmart trio
Malaysia's Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) has acquired three films from Hong Kong's Universe Films Distribution at Hong Kong Filmart.They are the Pang Brothers' The Storm Riders II, Oxide Pang's So What and On The Edge 2 by Herman Yau.It also acquired Ip Man which features Donnie Yen and Simon Yam ...
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THE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION CHAPTER 3: THE NEW MEDIA
It is more than possible to be blinded by science - or business jargon - when discussing new media trends. Everyone will remember the hype that surrounded the rise of the dot coms and perhaps share some of the schadenfreude that accompanied their collapse.Let's not forget that digital distribution was ...
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THE DISTRIBUTION REVOLUTION CHAPTER 4: MARKETING
It is impossible to separate the issues of digital distribution from marketing; the two have a symbiotic relationship. In fact there is a strong argument that marketing will pave the way for distribution rather than the other way around as one might imagine.That is largely because marketing is the one ...
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Vivendi reports 67% rise in first-half profits
France's Vivendi, currently awaiting approval from the European Commission (EC) for its proposed merger with Seagram, has reported a 67% rise in first-half profit to Euros1.4bn on turnover up 16% to Euros19.4bn. The growth came mostly from Vivendi's SFR mobile phones unit.Meanwhile Vivendi has given the EC "voluntary undertakings" over ...
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TWC to release two different versions of Fanboys
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has announced the home video release of two separat versions of its comedy Fanboys - about a bunch of Star Wars fans who travel cross country in 1998 to raid George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and watch the then unreleased Episode I. The company also says it ...
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US exhibitor Regal adds 30 IMAX digital screens
Regal Entertainment Group and IMAX Corp. have signed a joint venture agreement that will see an addition 30 digital projection systems to the Regal Cinemas circuit.The deal, which covers 20 major US markets, greatly expands a previously announced joint venture of eight screens and will raise Regal's IMAX screen count ...