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20 December, 2005 ContentFilm PLC announced a raft of sales for its newest acquisition, Transamerica, whose star, Felicity Huffman, received the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Dramatic Actress, as did Dolly Parton for Best Original Song. ContentFilm acquired the international distribution rights to the dramatic comedy (excluding North America) in April this […]

30 April, 2005 The winners of the Tribeca Film Festival were announced this evening at a ceremony at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Stolen Life, a film by China’s Li Shaohong. El Perro Nego: Stories of the Spanish Civil War was the winner of the Best […]

13 June, 2005 By Archie Thomas Source: Variety.com Stephen Frears’ London-set period drama “Mrs. Henderson Presents” is among 12 pics world preeming in the publicly funded London U.K. Film Focus market. In all, 43 British films will be screened in the June 27-30 showcase launched last year by Film London to help British sales companies […]

28 October, 2005 By Jeremy Kay Source: Screendaily.com ContentFilm International has lined up a prestigious slate of titles for AFM including work by Peter Greenaway, Keith Gordon and Paul Verhoeven, as well as comedy pick-up The Moguls from Michael Kuhn’s Qwerty Films. Following parent company ContentFilm’s decision to shift its focus towards library content with […]

25 April, 2005 By Jeremy Kay Source: Screen Daily.com ContentFilm International has picked up all international rights to Duncan Tucker’s road movie Transamerica, which had its North American premiere at Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend. Transamerica, received its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. ContentFilm International will represent the picture at the […]

25 April, 2005 Source: Variety A Belladonna production. Produced by Linda Moran, Rene Bastian, Sebastian Dungan. Executive producer, William H. Macy. Directed, written by Duncan Tucker. Bree – Felicity Huffman Toby – Kevin Zegers Elizabeth – Fionnula Flanagan Margaret – Elizabeth Pena Calvin – Graham Greene Murray – Burt Young Sydney – Carrie Preston “Sideways” […]

11 September, 2005 By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte in Paris Source: Screen Daily.com Paul Haggis took home the grand prize Sunday night at the 31st Deauville Festival of American Film for his directing debut, Crash. The ensemble look at race relations in Los Angeles, is the first time behind the camera for the Million Dollar Baby screenwriter […]

1 December, 2005 By Staff Reporter Source: videoageinternational.com Lately, when a TV distributor is asked which territories are becoming more receptive to their international business, he or she will often mention Asia – be it Korea, Japan or even the territory known as Australasia. And the market that is set to benefit most from this […]

19 April, 2005 By Sandy George in Sydney Source: Screen Daily.com The shooting schedule of Ana Kokkinos’ The Book of Revelation has had to be rapidly re-arranged after lead actor Tom Long broke his ankle on Friday (April 15) while filming in Melbourne. The film was one week away from wrapping. The injury occurred when […]