All Screen articles in 1 July 2007
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Breakthrough D-cinema agreement signed with US studios
A potential breakthrough in the 'who pays'' deadlock that has stunted digital cinema rollout is unveiled today at Cinema Expo in Amsterdam.Digital distribution pioneer Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has reached an agreement with Universal Pictures International and Twentieth Century Fox to offer Europe's virtual print fee (VPF), which could cover ...
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Spanish focus for screenwriters' festival
Spanish cinema is to play a prominent role at this year's International Screenwriters Festival.Writers and film-makers from Spain will be be the centre of a series of sessions at the event in the UK town of Cheltenham (July 3-6).Those present will include Ines Paris writer and director of Miguel And ...
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SIFF takes first step on long march to global recognition
Chinese stars Gong Li, Jackie Chan, Aaron Kwok and Fan Bingbing turned out for the closing night of the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), which wrapped with the Jin Jue awards and a screening of Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flight Of The Red Balloon. German feature According To The Plan, directed ...
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Mark Woods to leave Ausfilm when contract expires in August
Ausfilm chief executive Mark Woods today said that he will not seek an extension of his two-year contract when it expires in August. Ausfilm is the government-industry partnership that has responsibility for talking international producers into using Australia 's locations, crews and facilities for their film and television productions. Woods, ...
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Greece gets first digital screens at two Village sites in Athens
Greece will get its first two digital cinema installations as Village Cinemas digitises two of its largest screens in Athens, Village Faliro and the Village Park 20. Spacevision designed the Village system with both Kodak and Christie components, with 3D capability from Real D. Kodak's JMN3000 player has been installed ...
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MDC takes on sales for Meletzky's Shanghai winner Plan
Berlin-based sales company MDC has picked up international distribution rights for Franziska Meletzky's According To The Plan (Frei Nach Plan) which won best film honours at the Jin Jue Awards in the competition section of the Shanghai International Film Festival this weekend. The film, which is Meletzky's second feature after ...
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Medb Films wins Kent Business Award
The Ramsgate-based UK mini-studio Medb Films has just won the top prize in the Creative Industries Category at the Kent Business Awards. Medb was founded by Elaine Wickham and Jan Dunn, the pair behind acclaimd British dogme feature Gypo and the newly completed Ruby Blue, starring Bob Hoskins and Josiane ...
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29 films to receive awards for crossing $100m internationally
This year's Nielsen EDI International Gold Reel Awards for crossing the $100m in international markets will honour 29 films. Special Platinum Reel Awards will also go to the three films that crossed $500m outside the US: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ...
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MGM to launch channel in Netherlands, Flemish-speaking Belgium
MGM Networks, the branded TV channel division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is to launch a new MGM Channel movie service customised for audiences in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium.Subtitled in Dutch, the new channel, 100% owned by MGM, will be transmitted and distributed through an agreement with Chellomedia, the Europe-based content division ...
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Paramount grants license for theme park in UAE
The licensing arm of Paramount Pictures has signed a long-term agreement that will allow United Arab Emirates (UAE) company Ruwaad Holdings to develop a Paramount-branded theme park in the UAE. The park will feature rides, shows and attractions based on Paramount movies, and will also, according to a Paramount statement, ...
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Overture Films takes domestic rights to De Niro/Pacino thriller
Overture Films has come aboard to distribute Millenium Films' Robert De Niro-Al Pacino action thriller Righteous Kill in North America.The film, which will be produced by Randall Emmett and Rob Cowan along with Millenium, is set to start shooting in September in Bridgeport, Connecticut and New York City. Overture's executive ...
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TIFF to hold pre-festival press screenings in New York, LA
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will be press screening select titles in New York City and Los Angeles in advance of the September event, according to TIFF director of communications Andrea Grau. The pre-screenings are part of TIFF co-director Noah Cowan's effort to boost the profile of films that ...
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TIFF to hold pre-festival press screenings in New York, LA
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will be press screening select titles in New York City and Los Angeles in advance of the September event, according to TIFF director of communications Andrea Grau. The pre-screenings are part of TIFF co-director Noah Cowan's effort to boost the profile of films that ...
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TWC shows Sicko trailer on building exteriors near hospitals
In an innovative - and cheeky - marketing move, the Weinstein Company has today (June 25) projected the trailer for Michael Moore's Sicko on the outside of buildings near the headquarters of health insurance companies and hospitals in five US cities. The company said the trailer screenings 'will enable millions ...
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Sony picks up slew of rights to ContentFilm's Outpost
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has acquired all distribution rights to ContentFilm's horror thriller Outpost for a package of territories including North America, the UK and Australia.Set in war-torn Eastern Europe, Outpost follows a band of mercenaries who undertake a dangerous mission at the behest of a mysterious businessman. ...
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Tribeca, William Morris, CIMG create Beijing film event
Tribeca Film Festival organiser Tribeca Enterprises is linking up with the William Morris Agency (WMA) and lifestyle content creator China Interactive Media Group (CIMG) to present a two-day independent film event in Beijing, China.The Tribeca 798 Film Festival Beijing will take place on July 10 and 11 and will centre ...
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Stephen Frears to speak at Screenwriters Festival
Stephen Frears is the latest big name speaker to join the line-up for next week's International Screenwriters Festival in the UK. The director of The Queen, Dirty Pretty Things, The Grifters and High Fidelity will talk about how he collaborates with screenwriters in a conversation with critic Nigel Floyd.Oscar nominee ...
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Warner Bros, HP to streamline post-production, restoration
In a move the studio says will streamline its post-production processes and 'future-proof' films going into its archive, Warner Bros Entertainment is deploying media storage technology from computer maker HP that uses the 4K digital format, the highest resolution format for digital video. Warner and HP formed a strategic partnership ...
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Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free Or Die Hard)
Dir: Len Wiseman. US. 2007. 129mins'You're a Timex watch in a digital age'. So says the smooth master criminal pitted against Bruce Willis' action-hero cop John McClane in Die Hard 4.0 (known as Live Free Or Die Hard in the US), the much anticipated fourth instalment of the franchise. The ...
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Galway bookends with Red Like the Sky and Seraphim Falls
The 19th Galway Film Fleadh will open July 10 with Cristiano Bortone's feature Red Like the Sky, inspired by the true story of Italian sound editor Mirco Mencacci. Bortone will attend for a Q&A session following the screening. The Fleadh will close July 15 with David Von Ancken's western Seraphim ...