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Industry - UK - British youth get film bonanza
2008-06-06 12:00:13The UK's leading film organisations have joined hands to craft the first countrywide film education strategy. Film: 21st Century Literacy aims to enhance film education in the UK so that the youth have better opportunities to watch, understand and make films. The initiative is being led by the British Film Institute, FILMCLUB, First Light Movies, Film Education, and the UK Film Council...
Events - Italy - Cannes in Rome and Milan
2008-06-06 12:00:13Starting today and running through June 12, the 13th edition of Cannes a Roma offers previews not only some of the competition titles picked up by Italian distributors and announced for the upcoming season (such as Palme d'Or winner The Class by Laurent Cantet, Philippe Garrel's La frontière de l'aube, Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir), but above all many films that will never be seen in Italy....
Releases - Germany - Rock me Falco
2008-06-06 12:00:14Mass-appeal US films may dominate today's line-up of releases, but they face serious competition in the form of a film about cult Austrian pop star Falco, who died in the Caribbean in 1998 in a car accident whose circumstances remain unclear. Thomas Roth's Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! retraces the highs and lows of the life of Hans Hölzel, alias Falco. The film looks at his...
Industry - Spain/France - Madrid meetings hosted by ICAA and Unifrance
2008-06-06 12:00:14After the first gathering in Paris in January 2006, the second Franco-Spanish Film Meetings will be held from June 6-7 in Madrid. Opened by Fernando Lara (director general of the ICAA) and Margaret Menegoz (president of Unifrance), the event will bring together over 170 participants from both countries. Representatives from the French film industry include Eric Altmayer (Mandarin),...
Releases - Austria - Little secrets, major projects, songs and warring brothers
2008-06-07 12:00:04An enticing selection of European titles are hitting Austrian screens today, including local co-production Little Secrets, produced by Red Lion (Luxembourg) and Vienna-based Amour Fou. Directed by Pol Cruchten, the film is released by Polyfilm under the title Kleine Geheimnisse (German translation of its international title Little Secrets). The feature had a successful avant-première in Vienna...
Box Office - Italy - Gomorrah and Il Divo scale the charts
2008-06-07 12:00:05Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Gomorrah rose quickly to the top of the box office following its May 16 release, and in its third week is, according to Cinetel, the top Italian grosser with €1.87m (and an overall €6.67m by June 1), taking second position after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Distributed by RAI Cinema on 383...
Industry - France - Eric Lagesse takes over helm at Pyramide
2008-06-07 12:00:05There is to be a change of majority shareholder at Pyramide, the French independent production, distribution and international sales company. Fabienne Vonier is handing over the reins to Eric Lagesse, who is to become president and director general. Vonier will nonetheless continue to work within the company as a producer. Founded in 1989 by Vonier, Claudie Cheval, Francis Boespflug,...
Festivals - Poland - Documentaries in the spotlight at Krakow
2008-06-07 12:00:05At the 48th edition of the Krakow International Film Festival (May 30-June 5) audiences had the chance to discover 350 documentaries, animated films and shorts screened in the 20 different sections. The event's juries and audiences awarded a total of 26 prizes, which were presented yesterday evening at the closing ceremony. This year's guest of honour was Alan King, who was awarded the...
Festivals - Italy - An “Archipelago” of shorts
2008-06-09 12:00:10The 16th Arcipelago International Festival of Shorts and New Images (to be held June 13-19 in Rome) will feature two tributes: a focus on the 30 years of the Clermont-Ferrand Festival (with historical titles such as Mike Leigh's A Sense of History and Peter Mullan's Fridge) and the other dedicated to François Ozon. Six shorts will be seen from the director of Under the Sand, including...
Institutions - Switzerland - Maire leaves Locarno Fest for Swiss Cinémathèque
2008-06-09 12:00:10Appointed in October 2007 to succeed Hervé Dumont, Vinzenz Hediger (39) has decided to step down as director of the Swiss Cinémathèque in Lausanne (see news). The official reason given is that the young professor - who teaches the history and aesthetics of film at the Ruhr University of Bochum - has decided to “focus on his academic career in Germany”, as announced tactfully...
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