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stanley italy se for Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal in November 2007, Indian production house UTV Motion Pictures has managed to get Race a Pakistan censor certificate.Aamir Khan s directorial venture Taare Zameen Par has also got censorship clearance on exceptional grounds in Pakistan and is scheduled for a March-end release.Distributed by Karachi-based Eveready Pictures, Race will have a 15-print release across nine cities including Lahore, Karachi and Hyderabad. Geo TV will release Taare Zameen Par with 15 prints.D
stanley cup han Dhana Dhan Goal, which did average business in India, has grossed $500,000 so far from Pakistan, making it the fourth largest overseas market after US, UK and the Middle East.UTV Motion Pictures director Siddharth Roy Kapur said: We are glad that the Pakistan authorities have opened their cinemas to India films, and are particularly proud that three of our films have been cleared for release. Pakistan is slated to become an important overseas market for our cinema with an audience that mirrors the sensibilities of our domestic audience. The multi-star thriller Race, distributed worldwide by UTV Motion Pictures, was released across 1,600 screens in 26 countries last weekend.Top
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The fifthSarasota Film Festival SFF , which runs from Jan 24-Feb 2 with a programme ofinternational and US independent features, shorts, documentaries, student filmsand educational events, will open with Vanessa Parise s romance-drama KissThe Bride, starringAmanda Detmer, Sean Patrick Flanery and Talia Shire. Announcing the line-uptoday Jan 9 , event organisers
stanley kubek said they will be inaugurating a competitionaward for new US independents and a children s critics forum as well asspecial events featuring Richard Dreyfuss, Elmer Bernstein, Todd Haynes, JeffGoldblum, Andrew McCarthy and Olympia Dukakis, among others. The festival willtake place in the Gulf Coast resort city of Sarasota, Florida.Festivalhighlights include acclaimed composer Elmer Bernstein conducting the FloridaWest Coast Symphony on Jan 25 in some of his most celebrated film scores includingThe Magnificent Seven,The Great Escape and FarFrom Heaven. A screeningof Far From Heavenwill take place earlier in the day, followed by a panel discussion in whichBernstein will be joined by director Todd Haynes. Women s Voices on Jan26 presents international films by and about women, including Reno: RebelWithout a Pause, areflection on 9/11. The Tropicana KidsFest reappe
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