All Screen articles in 10 June 2007
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Singer's Valkyrie set for Babelsberg shoot
Bryan Singer's Second World War drama Valkyrie is on track to becomethe second large-scale US production this year after the Wachowskibrothers' Speed Racer to shoot at Germany's Babelsberg Studios.Principal photographyon the United Artists production about the 1944 plot to assassinateHitler is expected to commence at the studios outside Berlin on ...
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Rang De Basanti wins best film at IIFA Awards
Rakeysh Omprakesh Mehra's political youth culture tale Paint It Yellow (Rang De Basanti) claimed the top awards, including best film, at the Idea International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards last night in Sheffield. The best actor prize went to Hrithik Roshan for Krrish, while Rani Mukherji won best actress for ...
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24 Frames buys remake rights to Thai horror Alone
Thai producer-distributor GMM Tai Hub (GTH) has struck an English-language remake deal for Alone with US start-up 24 Frames. GTH's Phailin Amnuaiporn and 24 Frames' Ludo Cremers concluded the deal in Cannes following the film's market premiere. The deal also covers US distribution rights to the original film. Cremers was ...
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Family Ties, The Host triumph at Korea's Grand Bell awards
Kim Tae-yong's Family Ties won Best Film at South Korea 's Grand Bell Awards on Friday night (June 8). The dramatic comedy about a totally unconventional but non-dysfunctional family also garnered the award for Best Script for Kim and co-writer Sung Ki-young. Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi monster hit The Host, which ...
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Artificial Eye acquires three more films on the back of Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced three more acquisitions from Cannes, bringing its festival tally to 11 buys. The new acquisitions are Terror's Advocate (L'Avocat De La Terreur), You, The Living (Du Levande), and The Island (Ostrov).Terror's Advocate played in Un Certain Regard. Barbet Schroeder's documentary is about controversial legal ...
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La Caja and Choking Man take top prizes at first Ibiza festival
The Spanish island of Ibiza played host last week to its first international film festival with nightly disco parties and appearances by its all-star patrons: John Hurt, Terry Gilliam and Alan Parker.Last night, the Spanish production La Caja, directed by Juan Carlos Falcon, took the award for Best Film and ...
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Japan's Skip City digital fest unveils lineup
Japan's Skip City International Digital Cinema Festival has announced the lineup for its fourth edition. Competition features include Heartlines, directed by Angus Gibson (Mandela), Children Of The Moon, Climates, Without You, Steen Rasmussen's Skymaster - A Flying Family Fairytale, Maria's Navel, Skies Above The Landscape, Tangier, Paper Dolls, German-set Chinese ...
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New Internet TV company Babelgum launches to public
New Internet TV service Babelgum is now available for public use. The Babelgum network is now offering a capped number of free application downloads daily, and pre-registered and beta tester users are also using the service. Babelgum uses peer-to-peer technology for its service, which is free and will be advertising-supported.Initial ...
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Bollywood invades Yorkshire for IIFA weekend
The Indian film industry has invaded the UK's Yorkshire region for the Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) awards, known as the Bollywood Oscars. The awards themselves will be given out Saturday night in Sheffield, but related events started Thursday and run during the four-day event in Leeds, Hull, Bradford and ...
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Cinema Expo to honour 4 Months actress Anamaria Marinca
Cinema Expo International, held in Amsterdam later this month, will honour Romanian-born British actress Anamaria Marinca with its Excellence in Acting award. Marinca is one of the stars of Cannes Palme d'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days and will next been seen in Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without ...
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Spanish industry bemoans quotas continued in new film law
Spanish producers, exhibitors and TV networks are giving mixed reviews toSpain's controversial new film law, recently approved by the Council ofMinisters.The legislation, expected to receive fast-track treatment in Parliament, has been mired for months by bitter opposition from exhibitors, TV networks and some actors - and the controversy hasn't died ...
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New Dutch scheme to offer $17m annually in matching funds
New Dutch regulations for film investment offer matching funds for films with two-thirds funding in place.Producers with 65% of their financing in place will be able to apply for the other 35% of their film's budget under the new incentive. To access the cash, 25% of total financing must be ...
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Guillermo Del Toro begins shoot for Hellboy 2 in Budapest
Guillermo del Toro begins principal photography today on Universal's Hellboy 2 in Hungary.With an estimated budget of $72m, the film is biggest ever to shoot in Hungary. The production also benefits from the country's 20% tax rebate, which helped Budapest woo the shoot away from Prague, where del Toro filmed ...
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UKFC P&A Fund backs Tell No One and Black Gold
The UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising Fund has announced its latest awards to help with wider distribution of niche films. The latest funding recipients are:$217,553 (£110,774) to Revolver Entertainment for Tell No One (Ne Le Dis A Personne) by Guillaume Canet $123,728 (£63,000) to the BFI for A Throw ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to Sarkies' Out Of The Blue
Metrodome Distribution has acquired all UK rights to Robert Sarkies' drama Out Of The Blue and will release the film later this summer.NZ Film has worldwide sales rights, and NZ Film's Kathleen Drumm and James Thompson negotiated the deal with Metrodome's Tom Stewart and Kate Falconer.NZ Film's Drumm also struck ...
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Hostel: Part II
Dir: Eli Roth. US. 2007. 94mins. Two significant story changes notwithstanding, Hostel: Part II stays close to the first film's successful strategy of mixing unsuspecting American tourists with sadistic Eastern Europeans. Writer-director Eli Roth tries to enliven the formula by switching the genders of his victims and by offering an ...
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Pirates faces international challenge from Shrek
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End should stay at the top of the international box office in its third weekend, although Shrek The Third will pose a challenge.Buena Vista International's high seas adventure stands at a staggering $438m following its $216m launch weekend two weeks ago last weekend's biggest ...
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Scarlet, Schafer promoted at Tribeca, Freccero joins full-time
Peter Scarlet has been promoted to artistic director and Nancy Schafer has been promoted to co-executive director of the Tribeca Film Festival.Jennifer Maguire Isham, who served six years as festival president, becomes executive vice president of Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff's Tribeca Enterprises and will seek out ...
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Participant boards environmental comedy Taildraggers.
Participant Productions is partnering with producers Jay Chandrasekhar and Julia Dray of Broken Lizard to develop the comedy Taildraggers.Participant's director of production Nate Moore will oversee the project about five slackers in Alaska who stumble upon a plot to syphon oil while working as pilots for a low-budget airline. Will ...
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Sundance Institute Documentary Fund gives grants to 25 projects
The Sundance Institute Documentary Film programme has announced the 25 feature projects to receive what the Institute says is a record number of grants from the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund.The recipient projects were chosen from more than 300 applications from 20 countries. The Sundance Institute Documentary Fund was established in ...