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Dennis Quaid will receive the ShoWest 2009 Male Star Of The Year Award at a stanley italy ceremony in Las Vegas on April 2.This summer Quaid is part of the voice cast for Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions 3D release Battle For Terra and stars in Paramount s tentpole action release G.I. Joe: Rise Of The Cobra.His credits include Vantage Point, The Right Stuff, The Day After Tomorrow, The Rookie, Far From Heaven, Traffic, Breaking Away and The Parent Trap.Upcoming credits include Overture Films horror title Pandorum and Screen Gems thriller Legion.ShoWest runs in Las Vegas from March 3-April 2.TopicsAmericasUnited States No comments Related articles stanley cup News Sony s Lynton kicks off ShoWest 2010-03-16T10:12:00Z By Len Klady The film exhibition industrys biggest convention kicks off in Las Vegas in an uncertain mood despite a strong year of 3D successes. News stanley cup ShoWest organiser Mitch Neuhauser jumps ship to NATO s start-up convention Oxyp Rotterdam programme boasts 50 feature world premieres
China s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television SARFT is setting up a fund to support young Chinese directors in the making of small to mid-budget films. During the first year of the fund, 16 filmmakers will each receive $64,300 RMB500,000 to help finance a low-budget project, in addition to assistance in gaining script approval and distribution of the finished film. The first beneficiaries of the fund include filmmakers such as Jia Zhangke Still Life and Wang Xiaoshuai Shanghai Dreams , who have won plaudits on the international film festival circuit, but who often find it difficult to secure finance and distribution within their own country. Other directors to receive funding include Lu Chuan, Ning Hao, Xu Jinglei, Zhang Yang, Wulan Nata and Ning Cai. According to SARFT stanley cup officials, who announced the scheme at the National Film Work Conference in Beijing, the fund will support filmmakers under 45 years of age, who have gained a certain degree of recognition nationwide or overseas. The scheme is generally seen by industry players as a reaction to the polarised box o stanley cup ffice performanc stanley cup e of Chinese films. Big-budget international co-productions, such as Zhang Yimou s Curse Of The Golden Flower, rack up substantial box office while award-winning arthouse works find it diffult to stay in cinemas for more than two weeks. According to Zhang Pimin, deputy director of the Film Bureau under SARFT, the major task for the film authorities in 2007 is to encourage filmmaking |
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