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NuVision chief steps down
Pedro Rodriguez Domecq has resigned from his post as president of Mexico-based, Latin American distributor NuVision. Domecq's resignation comes amid reports that NuVision and sister production company Altavista have both been cutting staff following slow returns and less than successful productions since last year's Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros). Federico ...
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TV-Loonland to acquire majority stake in Metrodome
European media group TV-Loonland (TVL) is to acquire a majority stake in UK DVD and video distributor in a bid to boost the fortunes of its nascent home entertainment business.In a complex deal Metrodome will acquire TVL subsidiary rights-holding company Loonland Home Entertainment Ventures Ltd for£1.25m which will be paid ...
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Donostia-San Sebastian announces line-up for Zabaltegi sidebar
The Donostia-San Sebastian Film festival (19-28 Sept) has announced the line-up for this year's Festival's Top strand, part of its Zabaltegi sidebar.According to San Sebastian organisers, the Festivals' Top section has been chosen to feature the most interesting films previously shown at festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Sundance. Festivals' ...
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AIME TON PERE
Gerard Depardieu re-teams with son Guillaume for a powerhouse two-hander that will appeal to upscale arthouse audiences, writes Sheila JohnstonAIME TON PEREReviewed by Sheila Johnston in LocarnoScreened in CompetitionDir: Jacob Berger. Fr/Switz/Canada/UK. 2002. 100 mins. Two powerhouse performances drive Aime Ton Pere (provisionally entitled A Loving Father in the UK), ...
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Lord Of The Rings breaks UK video & DVD sales record
The UK video and DVD release of The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring has outsold previous record-holder Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone by 20,000 copies on its first day - despite going on sale on a Tuesday as opposed to Potter's Saturday release.UK distributor Entertainment in ...
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British Indie film awards secures new sponsor
The British Independent Film Awards has secured a new headline sponsor, the independent financial services group Park Caledonia. A new venue has also been found for the fifth annual award ceremony, which will be held at Pacha London on 30th October The full list of BIFA nominations will be announced ...
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New research reveals the real value of cinema food sales
With a current global value of $4.5bn, cinema concessions revenues are set to rise this decade, increasingly providing more profit for many exhibitors than that from movie ticket sales.According to new research from trade analyst Screen Digest, and the first time that such an in-depth study has been undertaken, if ...
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Michelle Yeoh finds Midas Touch in Asia
Han Entertainment's The Touch, produced by and starring Michelle Yeoh, topped the box office in all four Asian territories in which it opened over the weekend.The $20m romantic action drama, directed by Peter Pau, opened Thursday, August 1, in Hong Kong, mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore.In Hong Kong, where Golden ...
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NYC's No Borders co-production market unveils full line-up
A total of 36 projectshave been accepted into No Borders, the international co-production section ofthe IFP Market that will run from Sept 27-Oct 4 in downtown Manhattan. In additionto the 13 previously-announced international entrants, No Borders will includenew works from US indie veterans Jay Craven and Barbara Hammer, the firstdocumentary ...
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Spain's Manga seeks investor for $19.5m capital increase
Spanish distributor Manga Films is seeking an investor to provide a capital increase of $19.5m to finance its local expansion plans.Manga president Luis de Vals, told Reuters that the addition of a new major shareholder would herald a consolidation of the company's activities with the objective of expanding in ...
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First Spanish titles announced for San Sebastian
At least four Spanish films are to compete in the official section of the 50th Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival, which runs from 19-28 September.Two further Spanish titles have been selected for the Zabaltegi section - dedicated to the most contemporary works available, whether from other festivals or elsewhere.The initial ...
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Disney enters branded consumer electronics market
The Walt Disney Company is entering the consumer-electronics market in a licensing deal with Motorola to develop a line of themed Disney products beginning with cordless telephones and walkie-talkies.Further down the line, Disney plans to enter additional licensing agreements to offer its own branded TV sets, DVD and CD ...
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Mexico's widest-ever release threatened with ban
El Crimen Del Padre Amaro - due to get the widest release ever for a Mexican film, on 300 prints - is provoking controversy ahead of its scheduled local release on August 16th. A Catholic group has launched a website inviting people to petition for the ban of Carlos Carrera's ...
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Packer nets $130m from sale of Cinemex exhibition stake
Australian entrepreneur Kerry Packer has sold his stake in Mexican exhibition company Cinemex to Canadian investment firm Onex and Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management, netting a profit of $130m, according to local newspaper The Australian.Packer acquired the 35% stake in Cinemex in 1999 when his Consolidated Press Holdings bought ...
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Bewkes named entertainment overlord at AOL Time Warner
HBO's top executive JeffBewkes has been put in charge of AOL Time Warner's entire entertainmentportfolio, including both Warner Bros and New Line Cinema, as part of amanagement re-shuffle that sees the back of the troubled media empire'schief operating officer Bob Pittman.Pittman, who becameincreasingly frustrated at being made the media scapegoat ...
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Legendary costumier Monty Berman dies aged 90
Monty Berman, the legendary British costumier, died in Monte Carlo on Monday after a short illness. Berman was head of the London-based costume house Berman's, which later became Berman's And Nathan's.His list of clients encompassed some of the biggest names in movies including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Katharine Hepburn, Rex ...
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Mad Love opens 6th LA Latino int'l film festival
The 6th Annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) presented by co-founder/actor Edward James Olmos kicks off today (Friday July 19th) with Vicente Aranda's Juana La Loca (Mad Love) from Spain. To be held at its traditional venue, the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, from July 19th to July 28th, ...
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Focus takes the world on Inarritu's 21 Grams
Focus Features, the newly formed specialised arm of Universal Pictures, has acquired worldwide rights to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's long-awaited English-language debut 21 Grams. The hotly contested deal, closed today (Monday), marks the first time that Focus has acquired worldwide rights to a film since it was founded earlier this year ...
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Vivendi Universal chief financial officer resigns
Guillaume Hannezo, Vivendi's Universal's chief financial officer has resigned, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Friday July 12.The unconfirmed report said that Hannezo had tendered his resignation on Tuesday (July 9) and was expected to leave within the next few weeks.Hannezo's departure had been widely anticipated as he was a ...
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Copestake joins Buena Vista International Television
Buena Vista International Television has appointed Steve Copestake as vice president of marketing, reporting to Tom Toumazis, senior vice president and managing director, BVI - TV.Copesake joins BVI - TV from the UK's BSkyB, where he was head of marketing communications.