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13 September, 2005 Fireworks to launch Streetsmartz at MIPCOM 2005 LONDON, September 13th, 2005 – Fireworks International has announced they will launch the brand new kids drama series Streetsmartz at MIPCOM 2005. Produced by Paul Barron of Great Western Entertainment, Streetsmartz is an innovative kid’s drama based on the streets of Fremantle in Australia. Streetsmartz […]

12 September, 2005 ProSieben GmbH set to bring Primetime Emmys back to Germany Fireworks International today announced a series of additional international sales for the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards® to be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Sunday 18th September. Fireworks International has successfully represented the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the international […]

27 October, 2005 EXCLUSIVE TO JEREMY KAY, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL A month after the company celebrated its third anniversary, ContentFilm International managing director Jamie Carmichael today announced a number of new projects on its AFM slate, including new films by Peter Greenaway, Keith Gordon and Paul Verhoeven, and that the company has picked up the star-studded […]

26 January, 2005 Indie Circle – the highly selective Pan European consortium – has today announced its acquisition of Room 9 Entertainment and ContentFilm’s Thank You For Smoking for all of its territories. The Indie Circle team is made up of Lucky Red (Italy), Haut et Court (France), Cineart (Belgium), A-Film (The Netherlands) and Frenetic […]

While investigating a young nun’s rape, a corrupt cop tries to change his ways and find forgiveness. He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He’s a gambler, a thief, a junkie, a killer — and a cop. Now he’s investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to […]

Adapted from a cult novel, the story charts the spectacular rise and brutal fall of a black drug dealer (DMX) as it is relayed to a young white journalist (David Arquette) posthumously through the dead hustler’s diaries. The book’s author, Donald Goines, is one of the most successful black authors of all time, despite his […]

The feature-length documentary AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE explores the hidden history of the American Exploitation Film. The movie digs deep into this often overlooked category of U.S. cinema and unearths the shameless and occasionally shocking origins of this popular entertainment. Exploitation Cinema has left an indelible mark on American culture, and this informative and amusing documentary proves […]

Neal Oliver is turning 23, an age where everyone should know what they want to do with their life – right? At his birthday party he makes a wish to ‘get an answer to his life for the new century’. After making his wish and opening his presents Neal is hit on the head with […]

ALL THE WAY is a wonderfully crafted comedy drama based on the true story of Frank Sinatra’s uproarious visit to Sydney in 1974.All hell breaks loose when reporters hound him and he retaliates – in true Sinatra style – calling the Australian press ‘fags and hookers’ at his opening concert. The trade unions then blackball […]