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28 March, 2006 Fireworks International – now part of ContentFilm – has a new director of international sales in time for MipTV next week, as well as a new film about human trafficking. Diana Zakis has been promoted, adding responsibility for pan-regional sales to Latin America to her existing terrestrial duties in the region. Also, […]

3 July, 2006 By TOM BIRCHENOUGHSource: Variety MOSCOW – Commercial fare found favor at the Moscow Intl. Film Festival, which closed July 2, while arthouse pic went home empty-handed. Top Gold St. George prize went to Swedish pic “About Sara” from Uganda-born debut helmer Othman Karim. The special jury prize went to debut helmer Jeremy […]

23 April, 2006 What Oscar hopefuls might emerge this week at the Tribeca Film Festival? Last year Harvey Weinstein acquired “Transamerica” in New York and took Felicity Huffman across America to the Kodak Theater. Now there’s a new diva vehicle in the fest lineup that shows off the long-range acting chops of another respected star. […]

5 September, 2006 By Ray Bennett Source: Hollywoodreporter.com VENICE, Italy — Paul Verhoeven’s World War II drama “Black Book” is an ambitious throwback to the days of rousing all-action wartime pictures in which an intrepid loner risks everything to fight a clearly defined enemy. It succeeds on almost all fronts. The epic film is a […]

17 January, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: bbc.com …Felicity Huffman, best known for Desperate Housewives, won best dramatic film actress for Transamerica. Huffman, who plays a transsexual, said she saluted “the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are”. The Globes are seen […]

17 January, 2006 By Gregg Kilday Source: HollywoodReporter.com …Best dramatic acting honors went to the Huffman/Hoffman juggernaut, as Felicity Huffman was named best dramatic actress for embodying a man in the process of becoming a woman in “Transamerica” and Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best actor for playing Truman Capote in “Capote.” Cheered on by […]

31 January, 2006 Brokeback Mountain is leading the field with eight nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, including best film. Ang Lee won a best director nomination for the cowboy romance – building on his Golden Globe success, while its star Heath Ledger is up for best actor. Fellow best film nominees are Good Night, […]

4 July, 2006 By Kirill Galetski Source: Screen Daily Swede’s first feature wins top prize at Moscow Film Festival   Kirill Galetski in Moscow 04 July 2006  The 28th Moscow International Film Festival recovered from the debacle of Michael Haneke’s eleventh-hour refusal to chair the main jury, finishing with a surprise best picture winner. The […]

26 June, 2007 By John Hazelton in Los Angeles Source: Screen Daily Set in war-torn Eastern Europe, Outpost follows a band of mercenaries who undertake a dangerous mission at the behest of a mysterious businessman. The multi-national cast includes Ray Stevenson (Rome), Julian Wadham (The Madness of King George) and Richard Brake (Batman Begins). Steve […]