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The History of Cinema: 2011 |
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Andreas Prochaska’s comedy Die unabsichtliche Entfuehrung der Frau Elfriede Ott (The Unintentional Kidnapping Of Elfriede Ott) wins the Best Feature Film Award at the first Austrian Film Awards in Vienna. The film wins three awards in total, as does Benjamin Heisenberg’s Der Räuber (The Robber). [MORE] |
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| 17/1 - | Actress Cécile de France announces she will boycott the Magritte Film Awards in protest at its failure to combine Francophone and Dutch-speaking Belgian films. [ADD] | |||
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Gross box office sales for 2010 rise 61% to a record £0.945 billion (US$1.47bn). Much of the increase is due to Hollywood imports such as Avatar, although domestic successes such as Aftershock also contribute. [ADD] |
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The Czech Union of Film Distributors reveals that Jiří Vejdělek's comedy Women in Temptation was the country’s most popular film of 2010. The film attracted more filmgoers than James Cameron’s Avatar, although the Hollywood blockbuster earned more because of its higher ticket price. [ADD] |
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| Germany | ||||
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Bernd Eichinger, the film producer responsible for such international hits as The Baader-Meinhof Complex, Downfall, and The Name of the Rose, dies suddenly from a heart attack during dinner with friends in Los Angeles at the age of 61. [ADD] |
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Checco Zalone’s Che bella giornata (What a Beautiful Day) is released, and breaks domestic box office records by earning €21m in its opening week. [ADD] |
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| South Korea | ||||
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Park Chan-wook premieres Paranmanjang (Ups and Downs), a short fantasy-horror film shot entirely on an iPhone. [ADD] |
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| 5/1 - | Police confirm the death of actor Per Oscarsson in a fire at his home in the town of Skara on 31st December 2010. 83-year-old Oscarsson’s wife, Kia Ostling, also perished in the blaze. [ADD] | |||
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Babak Najafi’s Sebbe wins the Best Film Award at the 2010 Guldbagge (Golden Beetle), Sweden’s national film awards. [ADD] |
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2011: France
