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stanley cup ctor and best picture Oscars for both Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, will collect the accolade at the 15thAnnual Britannia Awards on Nov 2 in Los Angeles. ClintEastwood is an undisputed international icon and an enormous creative force,both behind and in front of the camera, BAFTA/LA chairman Peter Morrissaid. It is our distinct pleasure to honour him with our highest filmaward. Eastwood mostrecently produced and directed the second world war drama Flags Of OurFathers, which will openin October 2006. Paramount is handling the domestic release and Warner BrosPictures International holds overseas rights.That picture scompanion film, Letters From Iwojima, which is told from the Japanese perspective, will openinternationally through Paramount later this year. Warner Bros plans a 2007North American release.Previous StanleyKubrick Britannia Award recipients include Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, MichaelCaine, and Martin Scorsese. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register Bzhu A Midsummer s Night Dream
EXCLUSIVE: MK2 boards the only Chinese film in Official Selection this year.Frances MK2 Films has acquired French rights to Un Certain Regard title Walking Past The Future, which is the only Chinese film in Cannes Official Selection this year.Hong Kong-based Edko Films is handling international sales on the film, directed by Li Ruijun, whose previous films Flying With The Crane and River Road premiered at Venice and Berlin respectively. The film receives its world premiere in UCR this morning May 20 .Edko Films was also one of the producers of the film along with QiTai Ocean Cultures Media, Irresistible Alpha, PULIN Production and Hucheng No. 7 Films.Set in contemporary China, the film stars Yang Zishan So Young as the daughter of aging migrant workers, who takes part in a series of highly-paid but risky medical exper
stanley cup iments as a way of providing her parents with their own home.Edko Films is also selling documentary The Posterist, about Yuen Tai-Yung, who hand-drew iconic movie posters during the golden era of Hong Kong cinema.TopicsCannesCannes MarketChinaDealsDistributionFrance No comments Related articles News Jasper Basch rejoins Greenwich E
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