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31 Jan 2006: Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Nominees for 78th Academy Awards are: “Travelin’ Thru” from TRANSAMERICA, Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton has been nominated for Alongside “In the Deep” from CRASH “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from HUSTLE & FLOW

1 December 2005 :: 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 upturn in business is […]

John Schmidt, CEO, ContentFilm Greg Philips, President, Fireworks International In the international distribution business it is said over and over that a sales team must believe in their product. Nowhere has this yielded better results than at Fireworks International, the London-based concern that used to be the sales arm of the Canadian media company CanWest […]

Nick Naylor – Aaron Eckhart Polly Bailey – Maria Bello Joey Naylor – Cameron Bright Jack – Adam Brody Lorne Lutch – Sam Elliott Heather Holloway – Katie Holmes Bobby Jay Bliss – David Koechner Jeff Megall – Rob Lowe Sen. Ortolan Finistirre – William H. Macy BR – J.K. Simmons The Captain – Robert […]

Crash lands the top prize at Deauville Screen Daily.com | Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte in Paris 11 September 2005 :: 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 […]

31 Jan 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 […]

Following parent company ContentFilm’s decision to shift its focus towards library content with last summer’s acquisition of Fireworks International, ContentFilm International’s managing director Jamie Carmichael said his company aimed to represent ten to 12 titles a year, co-financing approximately two-thirds of that annual slate. “In this new incarnation of ContentFilm International, the library we built […]

17 January 2006 :: …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 as an indicator to […]

27 October 2005 :: Fireworks International, a division of the UK’s ContentFilm, has racked up a number of sales for Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, following Mipcom last week. Among the deals are: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) licensing series five for its AXN channels in Japan, Israel and central Europe; Calle 13/Universal picking up the rights […]