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21 May, 2006 Sony Classics has picked up the North America distribution rights to “Driving Lessons,” which features Oscar-overdue Julie Walters giving a 100 m.p.h. performance. Fortunately, she’s not behind the wheel, which could prove dangerous considering Walters portrays a flamboyant over-the-hill British actress with a lusty thirst for alcohol. But she hires a protégé […]

24 January, 2006 By Jenn Kuzmyk Source: C21media.net Launching a new Canadian-produced scripted comedy here in Vegas, Greg Phillips of ContentFilm-owned Fireworks International said the company is back on track and aims to secure distribution rights to new programming worldwide. Last April, UK-based ContentFilm acquired international rights to the Fireworks library, effectively transferring the company, […]

31 January, 2006 Best Actress Nominees for 78th Academy Awards are: Judi Dench, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, Felicity Huffman, TRANSAMERICA, Keira Knightley, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, Charlize Theron, NORTH COUNTRY, Reese Witherspoon, WALK THE LINE

23 April, 2006 By Sara Brady.Source: PREMIERE.COM Kirk’s film is a masterfully gloomy dirge, a Northern Irish neo-western that approximates High Noon if Gary Cooper had been a rigid cleric. Which is not only possible in one film, but plausible as well. The film opens with young Gabriel Hunter, played as an adult by Matthew […]

1 September, 2006 By Derek Elleys Source: Variety.com An A-Film Distribution release (in the Netherlands) of a Fu Works presentation, in association with Egoli Tossell Film, Clockwork Pictures, Studio Babelsberg, Motion Picture Investment Group, Motel Films, Hector, ContentFilm Intl., of a VIP Medienfonds 4 production, in association with AVRO. (International sales: ContentFilm Intl., London.) Produced […]

1 August, 2006 By Melanie Rodier Source: Screen Daily For the first time in Venice’s history, all 21 films in competition will be world premieres. “This year we can be really happy as all the films we wanted in Venice are here,” artistic director Marco Mueller said at a press conference in Rome. With new […]

Shochiku has taken Japanese rights to Richard Attenborough’s Closing The Ring, in a deal here at the AFM with ContentFilm International. ContentFilm also has closed deals on the film with Hopscotch in Australia, TeleMunchen in Germany, Alliance Atlantis/Odeon in Canada, A-Film in The Netherlands, Lusumundo in Portugal, Monolith in Poland, Gussi in Mexico, Paris in […]

Peter Greenaway has wrapped a seven-week shoot in Poland and Wales for his Rembrandt story Nightwatching, which is timed with the 400th anniversary of the painter’s birth. Martin Freeman stars as the Dutch master, with the cast also including Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Emily Holmes and Chris Britton. The mystery/drama is set in 1642 follows […]

1 September, 2006 By The Associated Press Source: International Herald Tribune VENICE, Italy — Dutch prison guards humiliate suspected collaborators jailed after Holland’s liberation from the Nazis in director Paul Verhoeven’s “Black Book,” which premiered Friday at the Venice Film Festival. The scene brings to mind images of Iraqi prisoners being abused by U.S. soldiers […]