All Screen articles in 10 June 2002

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    Korea's Beautiful Mari wins Annecy animation festival

    2002-06-10T22:00:00Z

    South Korean feature My Beautiful Girl, Mari (pictured) was awarded the Grand Prix for best animated feature at the 26th Annecy International Animated Film Festival, which drew to a close on June 8. The prize for best animated short film was awarded to Barcode, directed by Adriaan Lokman of the ...

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    Telecinco quits Spain's Pay-TV platforms

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Telecinco is to remove its signal from both of Spain's digital satellite TV platforms, Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD).Telecinco said the move was motivated by non-inclusion of its screenings from the digital platforms in audience ratings data compiled by Sofres. This "impedes the channel from ...

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    Piano Teacher is cleared for release in Singapore

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste), which scooped a trio of prizes at last year's Cannes festival, has finally been cleared for release in censorious Singapore.The film, produced and sold internationally by France's MK2, is a study of sexual desperation and involves scenes of frenzied grappling and female self-mutilation. But the ...

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    RTL closes in on Warner Bros German package

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    The KirchGroup's arch rival RTL Television is in talks with Warner Bros to sign a $200m film package spanning such titles as The Matrix, The Lord Of The Rings, Ocean's Eleven and Harry Potter.According to the daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the deal will allow RTL seven screenings of each film ...

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    New Spanish distributor Indisa braves choppy market

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    Former Filmax executive Alberto del Val is braving the difficult conditions facing the Spanish distribution sector and has launched a new releasing outfit, Indisa. The new company aims to handle up to ten local, European and international pictures a year.Spain's distributors have been hit by cutbacks by free and pay-TV ...

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    Borgia project starts search for new finance

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    UK producer Stephen Woolley has been forced to refinance Neil Jordan's Renaissance epic Borgia after failing to agree a budget figure with US-based sales agent Myriad Pictures.Woolley said he was still confident that shooting will go ahead later this year despite the rupture with Myriad on the eve of the ...

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    Columbia said to be heading for Kirch bid

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    A consortium of Germany's Commerzbank, the Rhineland-based WAZ publishing group and US major Columbia TriStar could be setting its sights on the assets of debt-ridden KirchMedia.According to news magazine Der Spiegel representatives of the three companies attended a presentation of a preliminary evaluation of KirchMedia by the Roland Berger management ...

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    RTL Belgium signs BVI output deal

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    RTL-TVI, the Belgian free-TV broadcaster controlled by RTL, has struck a multi-year supply deal with Buena Vista International Television (BVI-TV).The deal covers recent and current feature films such as Pearl Harbor and 102 Dalmatians as well as live action series including Alias. RTL will also create a two-hour slot branded ...

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    The UK's PIRS to become Producers Rights Agency

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    The UK's Producers Industrial Relations Services (PIRS) is changing its name to Producers Rights Agency (PRA) with effect from June 10.The PRA is jointly owned by PACT and ITV and represents UK Television and Film producers in dealings with rights owners, performers and creators organisations, and government.Chief executive, Andrew Chowns ...

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    MEDIA programme aids 29 festivals

    2002-06-10T04:00:00Z

    Film festivals held in Giffoni, Oberhausen, Bergamo, La Rochelle, Dresden, Tampere and Pesaro are among 29 events throughout Europe which have been supported with a total of Euro623,000 by the European Union's MEDIA Plus Programme in its latest round of funding for festivals.Separately, in response to its call for proposals ...

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    News Corp to be Italy's pay-TV king following Vivendi deal

    2002-06-10T00:00:00Z

    News Corp is set to become the sole pay-TV operator in Italy following an agreement to buy Telepiu from Vivendi Universal's Canal Plus division for up to Euros1.5bn.The deal, agreed in London this weekend, is expected to mean Telepiu will be merged with Stream, the smaller pay-operator that News Corp ...

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    Polley, Rea, Perabo join cast of The I Inside

    2002-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Rea, Sarah Polley, Stephen Lang and Piper Perabo have joined Ryan Phillippe in the cast of Roland Suso Richter's UK-set thriller The I Inside which is being financed by Los Angeles-based sales and financing company MDP Worldwide. The film started shooting on Friday in the UK.Based on Michael Cooney's ...

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    Gilles Jacob joins Canal Plus Group board

    2002-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Cannes festival chief Gilles Jacob has joined the supervisory board of Canal Plus Group in a management reshuffle that reflects the agreed sale of Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu to News Corp. Eric Licoys, Vivendi Universal number two, takes over the presidency of the supervisory board - on which Vivendi chief ...

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    Divine Secrets comes second to Sum Of All Fears

    2002-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The Sum of All Fears held on to top spot over the weekend with an estimated $18.7m gross that sees the Paramount thriller sitting pretty on a ten-day total of $61.8m. The new Warner Brothers comedy-drama Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood took second place on $16.4m, while those ...

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    IN-motion hangs on to Neuer Markt listing

    2002-06-07T04:05:00Z

    International media company IN-motion will remain listed on Frankfurt's Neuer Markt exchange after an arbitration panel ruled against the Deutsche Boerse's plans to delist itThis development comes less than a week after IN-motion announced sales of Euros 46.91m and a consolidated net loss of Euros 7.71m for the first six ...

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    Karlovy Vary names first festival jury members

    2002-06-07T04:05:00Z

    The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced the names of six members of the grand jury for the main competition, including Pulitzer-Prize-winning American film critic Roger Ebert.The festival, which takes place in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary on July 4-13, announced that Czech director of photography Jan ...

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    US runaway productions in decline

    2002-06-07T04:05:00Z

    The number of so-called runaway productions from the US to Canada is decreasing, according to a report by the Center for Entertainment Industry Data and Research (CEIDR). The 2001 Production Report, which focuses on "theatrical-length motion pictures released in US theatres", indicates that of 158 films in its 2001 study, ...

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    Couture fashions seamless Canal Plus revolution

    2002-06-07T04:05:00Z

    Xavier Couture, who was plucked in dramatic circumstances in April from TF1 to head Canal Plus, has unveiled a management team that boasts only modest changes, but shorter lines of communication.Despite Couture's TF1 background, there are no appointments from other broadcasters and most new faces come from within the Vivendi ...

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    Medusa busy as Italian distributors unveil autumn slates

    2002-06-07T04:05:00Z

    Medusa, Silvio Berlusconi's Rome distribution powerhouse, has unveiled a bumper slate of new releases including James Foley's crime drama Confidence and Lars Von Trier's widely anticipated Dogville.Medusa is also set to release several of the year's most eagerly awaited pictures, ranging from Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio, to comic blockbuster trio Aldo, ...

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    Australia's Palace furnishes itself with Raitrade slate

    2002-06-07T04:05:00Z

    Australia's Palace Pictures has picked up a package of ten Italian films from Italian sales house Raitrade.The deal sees Palace grab Cannes competition film The Religion Hour (aka My Mother's Smile) by Marco Bellocchio, Gabriele Salvatores' Amnesia, Alessandro Alatri's Casomai and Andrea and Antoni Frazzi's Almost America. The deal is ...