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Reuters: Akin takes German-Turkish "Edge" to Cannes

German-Turkish director Fatih Akin's latest film "The Edge of Heaven," showing at the Cannes festival, carries on from his 2003 success "Head On." Akin, who shot to prominence when "Head On" won the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, looks at some of the same issues of iden...

iW NEWS | "Once" Rules the Specialty Box office

John Carney's "Once" topped the indieWIRE box office chart (iBOT) in its second weekend in release, racking up a nearly $31,000 per site average. The Fox Searchlight release screened at two locations. Vitagraph's "Brand Upon the Brain!" placed second in the chart, as ranked on a per screen average, with a nearly $19,000 per site average. The film, directed by Guy Maddin, played three sites. "Chalk," which is being released by Arts Alliance America played one screen, taking in $13,363, while the late Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress" jumped to 116 screens, grossing over $1 million and placing fourth on the chart with a solid $9,319 average. "Paris ...

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CANNES '07 CRITICS NOTEBOOK | Competition Heats Up With Seidl, Van Sant, and Schnabel

Cannes may have kicked off last week, but the race for the Palme d'Or really only began to pick up speed on days five and six of the festival, with screenings of Ulrich Seidl's "Import/Export," Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park," Carlos Reygadas' "Silent Light," and Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell an...

iW NEWS | Lynn Hirshfield Named VP at Participant

Lynn Hirshfield has joined Participant Productions as Vice President of Business Development, it was announced today by Ricky Strauss, the President of the L.A. based production company announced Tuesday. Hirshfield will report to Participant heads of marketing Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones and will lead the development of strategic marketing partnerships and integrate these partners into social action and advocacy campaigns. In addition, part of Lynn's duties at Participant will be to launch a publishing division to support the company's films and social action campaigns. Throughout 2006, she consulted for Participant Productions on the social...

iW NEWS | Sony Announces New Asian Collaboration, Acquisition

Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia announced a new multi-feature production collaboration with Stephen Chow's production company Star Overseas. The two companies will work on a series of films featuring new and emerging Asian talent. Chow's own film, "Jump," will be the first project of the joi...

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iW NEWS | Roadside Buys "Caramel"

U.S. rights to Nadine Labaki's "Caramel" have been acquired by Roadside Attractions. The Cannes Directors Fortnight film is the story of five Lebanese women in a Beirut beauty shop. Roadside co-president Howard Cohen negotiated the deal with Raphael Berdugo of Roissy Films. Labaki wrote the first fe...