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The Venice International Film Festival has announced that director Takeshi Kitano will be the inaugural recipient of the newly-created Glory To The Filmmaker Prize . The prize is named after Kitano s latest feature Glory To The Filmmaker! Kantoku Banzai! and will be awarded for recognition of directorial talent. Kitano is set to accept the prize in person on August 30 before the international premiere of the film in the Out Of Competition category. Kitano has a strong relationship with Venice, previously winning the Golden Lion for Hana-bi in 1997. Zatoi
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chi 2003 also won a selection of prizes in Venice, including the Special Director s Prize and the Audience Award. In total, s
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even of Kitano s films have be
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en invited to screen on the Lido. Glory To The Filmmaker! was released domestically on June 2 against comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto s directorial debut Dai Nipponjin, which had its world premiere in Cannes Directors Fortnight section. The latter won the box office battle, remaining in the top ten for five weeks and earning just under $10m, while Glory struggled to top $1m. However, Kitano s international reputation is far more established. Bandai Visual releases a 12-film Kitano DVD box set on October 26 and Glory To The Filmmaker! on November 11. International sales for Glory To The Filmmaker! are being handled by Celluloid Dreams. Venice runs August 29 to September 8.TopicsAsia No comments Ljxq Before We Vanish : Cannes Review
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ds crime thriller had the biggest opening weekend for a local film in Denmark since at least 2001.Danish crime thriller A Conspiracy Of Faith has set the best opening weekend for a local title at the countrys box office in 15 years.Hans Petter Molands film has clocked 154,342 admissions since its release on March 3, in addition to a further 53,327 from previews.The opening is the best for a local film since 2001 title Anja Vikt
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or, according to sales agent TrustNordisk.The third film adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsens Department Q book series, A Conspiracy Of Faith passed the openings of predecessors The Absent One 194,500 admissions including previews and 2013s The Keeper Of Lost Causes 175,314 .Adapted by screenwriter Nikolaj Arcel A Royal Affair the film stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas Angels Demons , Fares Fares Zero Dark Thirty , Jakob Oftebro Ko
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n-Tiki and P氓l Sverre Hagen Kon-Tiki in the story of a Danish detective who discovers a message in a bottle that leads him to a gruesome crime.TrustNordisk is handling international sales on the title, and has closed deals in more than 60 territories including: North America IFC Films , Germany and Austria NFP , Switzerland Frenetic Films , Benelux Lumiere , France Wild Bunch Distribution , Spain Vertigo Films , Turkey Medyavizyon , Estonia Estin Film , Poland Kino Swiat , Russia CIS Russian Report .Zentropa Group produced A Conspiracy Of Faith with TV 2 Danmark, ZDF German Television Network