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Roissy sells Caramel to Japan's Cetera
Roissy Films has confirmed the sale of Nadine Labaki's Caramel to Japan's Cetera International.The romantic comedy, centered around a group of women in a Beirut beauty shop, has been a sleeper hit with 500,000 admissions in France since Bac Films released it in August.The film has sold well worldwide with ...
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Ibiza comedy Harry cranks up for Sky
Sky Pictures has started production on Is Harry On The Boat', a TV movie with a cast headed by Human Traffic's Danny Dyer and Davinia Taylor, Kate McGowan, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Will Mellor and Ralph Little. UK comedian Keith Allen is also taking a role.Based on the book of the same ...
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Fallen Angels box-office success spur follow-up package
The theatrical success of Norwegian director Morten Tyldum's Fallen Angels (Falne engler) - the fourth film in the Varg Veum series based on Gunnar Staalesen's best-selling novels - has whetted the appetite for another package of thrillers starring Trond Espen Seim as the Bergen-based private investigator.After 10 days Fallen Angels ...
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Icon takes UK rights to James Marsh's Man On Wire
Icon Film Distribution (IFD) has acquired UK theatrical and home entertainment rights to James Marsh's documentary Man On Wire.The deal was done with UK production company Wall To Wall.Man On Wire won the jury prize and audience award in the World Cinema Documentary competition at Sundance.The film is about Philippe ...
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The Chicken, The Fish And The King Crab ((El Pollo, El Pez Y El Cangrejo Real))
Dir: Jose Luis Lopez-Linares. Spain. 2008. 87mins.Jose Luis Lopez-Linares'nuanced documentary is at once an enjoyable satire on the modern cult of the top-flight chef and a telling human story about shattered illusions and personal growth. Following its late slot at the Berlinale - where the film managed to lift and ...
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Redbelt
Dir: David Mamet . US. 2008. 99mins.Clearly a David Mamet film from its first line of dialogue, Redbelt exhibits many of the tenets of the playwright-film-maker's earlier efforts, although they find a novel new setting in the world of mixed martial arts. Some of Mamet's techniques have certainly lost their ...
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Karlovy Vary announces first titles including Deti Noci
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has offered a first glimpse at its official selection and sidebars.The official selection competition will include Deti Noci, an urban youth story from Czech director Michaela Pavlatova. Pavlatova's short film Words, Words, Words was nominated for an Oscar in 1991. Her short Repete won ...
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Kousaar's Magnus takes two top prizes at goEast
Estonian director Kadri Kousaar's feature film debut Magnus picked up the Golden Lily for Best Film and the FIPRESCI Prize at this year's goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film which closed with an awards ceremony in Wiesbaden tonight.The international jury, headed by veteran German producer Eberhard Junkersdorf, ...
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Redwood Palms, Truly Indie, Magnolia form threeway on Graduation
Redwood Palms Pictures has teamed up with Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's Truly Indie and Magnolia Pictures on the release of Mike Mayer's teen heist film Graduation.Redwood Palms Pictures and Truly Indie will handle the theatrical release in select markets on May 2 and Magnolia Home Entertainment will handle DVD.Riley ...
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Leomax starts shooting Grace next week in Canada
Los Angeles and Berlin-based Leomax Entertainment will begin principal photography on the thriller Grace starring Jordan Ladd on April 21 in and around Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.The story follows a grieving woman who learns that her unborn child has been brought back to life with horrifying consequences.Paul Solet adapted the screenplay ...
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Palm, Vivendi team for US release of New York shorts portmanteau
Vivendi Entertainment and Palm Pictures will team up on the US release of the portmanteau piece New York, I Love You, which will feature directing debuts by Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson.New York, I Love You is produced by Emmanuel Benbihy and Marina Grasic and is currently in its fourth ...
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Brad Bird to receive WGAW animation writing award
Brad Bird has been selected to receive the Writers Guild of America West's tenth annual Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement.Bird, who won animated picture Oscars for Ratatouille and The Incredibles and previously directed The Iron Giant, will collect the honour at the WGA West's 2008 Honorary Awards Luncheon on ...
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Away From The Window
Dir: Jan Jakub Kolski. Poland. 2000. 104mins.Prod co: Close Up, TVP SA: Agencja Filmowa and Agencja Produkcji Filmowej Komitetu Kinemotograffii. Int'l sales: Close Up, tel: (48) 22 851 2042. Domestic dist: Gutek Film. Prod: Witold Adamek. Scr: Cezary Harasimowicz. DoP: Arkadiusz Tomiak. Set des: Bogdan Nobel-Nobielski. Music: Michal Lorenc. Ed: ...
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Indian effects house EyeQube opens its doors in Mumbai
Eros International's previously announced visual effects joint venture, EyeQube Studios, has officially commenced operations in Mumbai with two Hindi-language productions, Aladdin and Drona. A joint venture with visual effects talent Charles Darby, EyeQube occupies 20,000 square feet and uses Auto Desk's Maya for 3D work and The Foundry's Nuke as ...
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TWC's Shanghai to shoot in UK, Thailand from May
The Weinstein Company has confirmed that Mikael Hafstrom's Shanghai, starring John Cusack, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe, will start shooting on May 5 in London. The film will also shoot in Thailand, and possibly China, for a North American release on Christmas day. It was previously refused shooting permission by ...
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Comment
Comments on investment in UK storyIf Ingenious and Martin Smith encouraged people to invest hundreds of millions in Girl With A Pear Earring, Vera Drake, Hotel Rwanda, Bride & Prejudice, Notes On A Scandal, Hot Fuzz and Golden Compass, it's hard totake their opinions on the state of the industry ...
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Polybona sets up international sales outfit
Beijing-based distributor Polybona is entering the international sales arena by taking a 51% stake in start-up sales outfit Distribution Workshop, established by Hong Kong film industry veterans Nansun Shi and Jeffrey Chan. Distribution Workshop will handle projects that Polybona has invested in - the company has been quietly moving from ...
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Rinko Kikuchi, Ryo Kase to voice Sky Crawlers
Oscar-nominated actress Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) and Letters From Iwo Jima star Ryo Kase will voice the two main characters in Mamoru Oshii's The Sky Crawlers, distributor Warner Brothers Japan announced today. Actress Chiaki Kuriyama (Kill Bill) and Shosuke Tanimura will provide voices for supporting characters.The announcement was made ahead of ...
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Kore-eda's latest to walk to Japanese theatres in June
Acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film Even If You Walk And Walk (Aruitemo Aruitemo) will be released on June 28, distributor Cine Qua Non announced today. The announcement comes ahead of the film's potential competition slot at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Other strong Japanese Cannes contenders include Kiyoshi ...
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UKFC P&A Fund backs Happy-Go-Lucky with $412,000
The UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising (P&A) Fund has announced the latest films to get support for distribution.The fund is set up to support distributors releasing films that UK audiences might not otherwise be able to see, to increase viewing choices for UK audiences.The latest funding round went to:Happy-Go-Lucky ...