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Profile: Film Movement
With many old-school distributors worrying how new technologies could eat into their theatrical models, it is safe to say a company like Film Movement has all its bases covered.The New York-based firm launched in early 2003 with the unique proposition of distributing one arthouse film per month on DVD to ...
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Profile: Donald De Line
When former studio chief Donald De Line left the executive suite to become a producer, he decided to get his hands dirty rather than produce from afar. 'There are producers who sit in an office and producers who like to be on set, in the midst of the action,' De ...
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Profile: Nick Fraser, editor of BBC's Storyville
The economy of docs is more fragile than it was five years ago,' says Nick Fraser, one of the world's key players in the field as the editor of the BBC's Storyville, the public broadcaster's renowned international documentary strand. 'The promise has been fulfilled in the quality of titles but ...
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NewsReview: Power To The Pixel
Power To The Pixel, the UK-based outfit which helps independent film-makers make the most of the opportunities offered by the new-media world, last week hosted a digital distribution and film innovation forum as part of TheTimes BFI London Film Festival.
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AFM buzz - California Dreaming
THE USWhat are the commercial English-language titles coming out of the US right now' Jeremy Kay has the lowdown.The US financial meltdown, coupled with ongoing logistical difficulties caused by punishing exchange rates and the possibility of an actors strike by the end of November have traumatised the US production sector.The ...
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AFM buzz - Australia and New Zealand
A slew of Australian genre projects will be on offer to buyers at the AFM. One of several market debuts from Arclight is Jamie Blanks' thriller Long Weekend, a remake of the highly regarded 1977 film of the same name. Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan will star as a couple ...
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AFM buzz - The UK
Following a quiet Cannes, the UK had a particularly strong Toronto with 22 features in the programme. The AFM will be the first official market for many of the Toronto premieres. They include the documentary Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary for Intandem, The Secret Of Moonacre for Velvet Octopus, ...
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AFM buzz - Germany
German sales agents will be at the AFM presenting a diverse range of product from the territory. Bavaria Film International will have a promo-reel of Esther Gronenborn's mystery thriller Kaifeck Murder, starring Benno Furmann and Alexandra Maria Lara, which is inspired by one of Germany's most infamous crimes.Telepool will screen ...
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Deveeri
Dir: Kavitha Lankesh. India. 1999. 100 mins.Prod co/Int'l sales: Navajeevana Films (tel: 0091 80 560004). Prod: Kavitha Lankesh, Bharathi Gowda, Arathi Gadasali, Hanumanth Reddy. Scr: Kavitha Lankesh. DoP: S. Ramachandra. Editor: MN Swamy. Prod des: Shashidar Adapa. Main cast: Manja, Kandita Das, Bhavana, Kashi, B. Jaishree, Asif Faroodi. Language: Kannada.Deveeri ...
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AFM buzz - France
There are a handful of big projects headed for the AFM from France - including one that could provoke a bidding war - but some sales agents are holding back on announcing new projects, for the moment at least.Yohann Comte of Roissy Films says: "The AFM is a market where ...
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AFM buzz - Italy
This year, leading Italian sales agents Intramovies, Istituto Luce and the newer Fandango/Portobello Sales are not attending the AFM. Instead, they launched their new titles at the Rome International Film Festival's film market, The Business Street, in October."The AFM is a market concerned only with English-language commercial movies, with almost ...
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AFM buzz - Japan
Despite successes at home, Japanese films continue to be a difficult sell to English-speaking territories.Even in Asia, where pre-sales were once commonplace, skittish buyers are demanding to see finished product. While Japanese companies introduce new titles at continental events such as Hong Kong's Filmart, Pusan's Asian Film Market and Tokyo's ...
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AFM buzz - South Korea
The South Korean investment/production bubble has popped and the local industry is suffering from the after-effects of an injection of too much blind and eager money into the sector. But the few new films that have managed to struggle through are worth checking out.Period films are going strong. CJ Entertainment ...
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AFM buzz - Thailand
It has been a difficult year for the Thai film industry, coping with the double whammy of political unrest and inflation which have battered the economy and impacted on audience spending power. But although local studios have been cautious and there have been delays to production schedules, there are some ...
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AFM buzz - Hong Kong, China and Taiwan
The Chinese-language production sectors, in both Hong Kong and Beijing, were hit badly this year by a slow-down in mainland China's censorship process in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. As a result, there will not be a huge amount of new Chinese product at this year's AFM.Indeed, one of ...
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International - Saw V shows its teeth
The big international story this weekend may have been Walt Disney Smpi's High School Musical 3: Senior Year (see review, p24, and box office, p31) but a number of diverse openers also managed to scare up big business at the box office. Mandate International's fifth instalment in the Saw franchise ...
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High School Musical 3 takes brand-building to new level
High School Musical's (HSM) third instalment lived up to its billing as the right film for the right time: pure escapism in a global recession.High School Musical 3: Senior Year set a new opening record for a musical in the US with a three-day debut of $42m. Internationally, it opened ...
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Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler to open 49th edition of Thessaloniki
The Wrestler , winner of this year's Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will open the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 14th. It will be presented by Evan Rachel Wood who plays the role of Rourke's daughter in the film. Director Aronofsky has been a Thessaloniki ...
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Le Pacte acquires world rights to Bonnell's La Dame De Trefle
French sales and distribution company Le Pacte has acquired world rights to the latest film from director Jerome Bonnell, La Dame De Trefle. Le Pacte will handle the French release and will commence sales at the AFM next week.A drama with a thriller bent, the film stars Malik Zidi, Florence ...
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Once star Market Irglova turns down Darkness
Marketa Irglova has backed out Darkness, a new film from veteran Czech director Juraj Herz, which began shooting this week.Lenka Krobotova (Karamazovi) replaces Irglova, who will spend the time on a concert tour with Once co-star and recording-artist partner Glen Hansard. Krobotova will star opposite Ivan Franek.Shooting is taking place ...