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Udita JhunjhunwalaThe global economic slowdown has begun to impact the Indian film business, but producers and filmmakers attending the Film Bazaar projects market in Goa (Nov 26-29), say this expect this to have positive effects as well as the obvious negative ones. Panellists at a session entitled 'Financing and Distribution ...
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Little Nicky
Dir: Steven Brill. US. 2000. 90 mins. Prod cos: New Line Cinema in association with RSC Media. Dist (US): New Line. Intl sales: New Line International. Prods: Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds. Exec prod: Robert Engelman. Scr: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler, Steve Brill. DoP: Theo Van de Sande. Prod des: Perry ...
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Screen opinion: Time for a truce
The threat of an actors' strike in Hollywood takes on a somewhat surreal aspect when the global economy is collapsing around our ears. Last year's writers' strike took place against the backdrop of a hedge-fund boom. The studios had fallen spectacularly on their feet after a difficult period. Back then, ...
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In focus: Marketing theatrical documentaries
We don't do documentary,' was the response from Wouter Barendrecht, co-founder of Fortissimo Films, when John Sloss of Cinetic Media approached him to see if Fortissimo might be interested in handling a small-scale film about child abuse called Capturing The Friedmans in 2003.At that time, Fortissimo did not handle docs ...
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United States - Launching Plymouth Rock
New England needs a vitamin injection," says David Kirkpatrick, founder of Plymouth Rock Studios, a new digital film and television studio complex to be built in Massachusetts, the most populous state in the north-eastern region of the US.And while the 25% Massachusetts tax credit for film-makers that was introduced in ...
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Interview: Splinter and Grudge 3 director Toby Wilkins
'My sensibilities tend to be on the darker side,' says director Toby Wilkins. That sounds like an understatement considering that his feature directorial debut, Splinter, has a very memorable scene in which a severed hand comes to life. Yet Wilkins is not about gore for gore's sake. 'For me, the ...
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Profile - Pim Hermeling
At the AFM in Santa Monica, several Dutch distributors were heard to grumble about the prices being charged by international sales companies for Benelux rights.Nonetheless, there was little evidence the Dutch buyers were keeping their wallets in their pockets. A-Film and Dutch FilmWorks both made major acquisitions of high-profile titles ...
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Czech republic - Lighting up the radar
Czech documentary film-makers Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda gained international attention and praise from Morgan Spurlock and Michael Moore for their 2004 debut feature Czech Dream.The documentary, in which the two student film-makers created an entire PR campaign for a non-existent supermarket, won several awards including best documentary at the ...
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Awards countdown Golden Globes - Back to business
In a tumultuous year for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Hfpa), president Jorge Camara anticipates business as usual as the group prepares to announce its Golden Globe nominees on December 11.As the second oldest awards body in Hollywood, after the Academy Awards, the Hfpa has seen and done a lot ...
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Awards countdown foreign-language films - Strong language
In June this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) announced it would be making yet another tweak to its foreign-language film category.In 2007 the process underwent a major revamp, seeing a shortlist of nine films drawn up by the foreign-language committee at large and then the ...
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Awards countdown crafts - The art of the crafts
CinematographyWally PfisterDirector of photography, The Dark KnightDoP Wally Pfister calls The Dark Knight the 'artistic and technical' highlight of his career. He started discussing the look for the film with longtime collaborators director Christopher Nolan and production designer Nathan Crowley when it was still at script stage.'With Batman Begins, the ...
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International - Summit draws blood
Quantum Of Solace held on to the top spot on Screen's international chart for a fourth week as it passed the $300m milestone, adding $40.4m to its tally over the November 21-23 weekend. Now in 67 territories, Sony Pictures Releasing International's film played on 10,373 screens, and yielded a $3,900 ...
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In Focus: Erik Van Looy's Flemish hit Loft
With 500,000 admissions already posted and the Christmas holidays still to come, Erik Van Looy's Loft is the runaway local hit of the autumn in Belgium. Four weeks after its release on October 22, it had not only outperformed Quantum Of Solace and left Mamma Mia! The Movie gasping in ...
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Indian producers sayslowdown could lead to healthier industry
The global economic slowdown has begun to impact the Indian film business, but producers and filmmakers attending the Film Bazaar projects market in Goa (Nov 26-29), say they expect this to have positive as well as obvious negative effects. Panellists at a session entitled 'Financing and Distribution of Specialty Films ...
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UPI Italy pulls out of the distributor's section of ANICA
Universal Pictures International Italy has pulled out of the distributor's section of ANICA, the Italian motion pictures organization.The decision was taken by Richard Borg, Universal Studio's chief in Italy, after rules calculating the year's top distributor award were changed at the last moment moving Universal from first to second place.The ...
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Spanish-German co-production The Anarchist's Wife to go to Sundance
Marie Noelle and Peter Sehr's The Anarchist's Wife (Die Frau des Anarchisten) has been selected for Sundance Film Festival's World Cinema Competition in January.Speaking at a two-day co-production meeting between Catalan and German producers in Berlin, the film's Barcelona-based co-producer Jordi Rediu of Zip Films said that this would be ...
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Croatian Audio-Visual Center awards $5m across 17 projects
The Croatian Audio-Visual Center has selected 17 feature film projects for financing. In total, 71 film projects were submitted for consideration to the Croatian Audio-Visual Center (HAVC) which is Croatia's official film funding body.The HAVC was established in March this year and under Croatian law is completely independent from government ...
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Studio Hamburg scales down feature film activities
Germany 's Studio Hamburg has decided to scale down its feature film activities after the disappointing international performance of its English language projects.The step was taken after the stand alone companies specifically set up to provide the co-financing for by Studio Hamburg International Production's (SHIP) two English language family entertainment ...
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Fox launches Australia in Australia day-and-date with North America
Sony/MGM's Quantum Of Solace remains the one to beat heading into the weekend although the James Bond saga can expect to get shaken and stirred by several new arrivals.The 007 tale has raced to $312m through Sony Pictures Releasing International and should finish the weekend close to $340m through strong ...