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Industry - UK - Miranda Bowen gets Direct Access to Wolf Man
2008-06-02 14:06:17British director Miranda Bowen will spend the next few months shadowing Hollywood director Joe Johnston on the sets of werewolf horror film The Wolf Man, under the Direct Access scheme. Direct Access is an observer scheme for up and coming British film directors run by the Directors Guild Trust in association with Skillset and Film4 that grants candidates the opportunity to observe the...
Animation - Belgium - Belgium gets animated
2008-07-18 05:00:06Cartoon - the European Association of Animated Film - has just announced the five finalists for the Golden Cartoon Award, which will be presented on September 18 at the Cartoon Forum, set to be held in Ludwigsburg (Germany). A total of 32 productions were originally vying for the prize, pre-selected from films that have received one or more awards at the nine major European animated film...
Institutions - Latvia - Latvian film scheme gets €43m in EU support
2008-07-21 05:00:06The European Commission last Thursday approved a €43m film support scheme to help Latvia cope with the difficult screening conditions of local and European films, in particular in rural areas. The scheme, under EC Treaty state aid rules, will runs through the end of 2013. It covers all of Latvia's film support measures, including film development, production and distribution of...
Box Office - France - Gomorrah gets off to an excellent start
2008-08-23 05:00:06Having garnered 140,876 admissions in its first week on release in French theatres, Italian director Matteo Garrone's compelling Gomorrah (see Focus) has got off to an impressive start. Winner of the Grand Prize at the latest Cannes Film Festival, the title boasts the second highest per screen average (1164 viewers), after US blockbuster The Dark Knight (1551 viewers). Launched by Le...
Sales - Scandinavia - Nordic animation gets sales push
2008-09-11 05:00:05Denmark's Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms and Finland's Moomin and Midsummer Madness are getting a sales push by their respective sales representatives Sola Media and NonStop Sales. The German-based sales outfit Sola Media has announced a couple of new sales on Thomas Borch Nielsen's 3D family film Sunshine Barry, which just screened at Toronto's Sprocket Family Zone. Territories that...
Awards - Italy - Mid-August Lunch gets Pasinetti from film press
2008-09-25 05:00:34The Pasinetti Awards, chosen every year by the members of the SNGCI (Italian National Film Journalists Union) accredited at the Venice Film Festival , were presented today in Rome. The prize-winners, already announced at the closing of the festival, are picked from among the Italian films in all the sections at Venice. Best Debut Film went to Gianni Di Gregorio's Mid-August Lunch, a...
Box Office - France - The Class gets off to excellent start
2008-10-06 05:00:05Launched by its producer Haut et court on 368 screens, Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or winner, The Class (see Focus), has claimed top spot at the box office after its first week on release. The title thus relegates Christophe Barratier's Paris 36 to second place, even though the latter was released by Pathé on a far more generous print run of 594. Unanimously praised by critics, Cantet's film...
Box Office - France - Bond and Public Enemy hit targets
2008-11-05 05:00:08US/UK co-production Quantum of Solace by Swiss director Marc Forster has got off to a dazzling start in French theatres. Launched by Sony Pictures on 787 screens, the latest James Bond has attracted 1.3m viewers in three days (and €7.64m at the box office). French films are also performing well. Jean-Francois Richet's Public Enemy Number One (Part 1) has garnered 1.23m admissions...
Festivals - Spain - Liverpool gets top award at Gijón
2008-12-01 05:00:16Argentinean director Lisandro Alonso's Liverpool - a co-production between Argentina, Spain, France, Netherlands and Germany (see news) - won Best Film at the Gijón Film Festival, whose 46th edition ended Saturday. The award is in keeping with the festival's preference for radical films over market-oriented work. “The award was a declaration of intentions,” says jury member and...
Production - Sweden - Antichrist gets SFI grant
2009-01-03 05:00:26Lars von Trier's much-anticipated English-language film Antichrist has been granted SEK1.5m in production support from the Swedish Film Institute (SFI). Von Trier's first foray into the horror genre is now in the editing phase after filming in Germany. Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg star in the psychological thriller/horror film as a married couple who withdraw to a secluded...
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