All Screen articles in 13 August 2004
View all stories from this month.
-
News
Everything Is Illuminated wraps in Prague
Principal photography haswrapped on Everything Is Illuminatedin Prague this week. Directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood, thefilm is produced by Warner Independent Pictures in association withproducer/financier Marc Turtletaub and producer Peter Saraf.Turtletaub told Screendaily.com the film was made for amodest $7m, although “it looks like a $40m movie” ...
-
News
Italian producers engage with market forces
Italy's production sector is facing one of its worst everproduction crises:State funding for local films has halted for over six monthsand the government is now threatening to cut over 20% out of its entertainmentfund, leaving the cinema industry with a paltry $19m per year.A number of local, auteur-driven productions which ...
-
News
Locarno director responds to criticism
Locarno Film Festivalartistic director Irene Bignardi has declared herself "very happy" with herfourth event and has defended herself against criticism from former Locarnodirector Moritz de Hadeln."The final result of thisyear's programme saw us able to paint a picture consistent through all thesections showing that we had chosen the right moment ...
-
News
Greece faces up to Olympic competition
Greece's distribution sector has already decided on onewinner of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games - the event itself.Having witnessed a slump in cinema admissions due to theunexpected success of the national soccer team In the European Football Cup,distributors and exhibitors have collectively decided not to open any new filmsduring the ...
-
News
Vietnam appreciates Long Legged Girls
Nhung Co Gai Chan Dai (Long Legged Girls), Vietnam's first privately funded feature filmsince the government ended its state monopoly on film making in 2002, hasbecome a huge local hit, earning an estimated$320,000 (VND5 bn) since its opening on June 17.The Vietnamese tale aboutfashion models was made by first-time director ...
-
News
Australian producers mull alternative distribution models
Amending traditional distribution deals so that producersget more control and a greater share of returns was the dominant theme at Australia's annual conference ofproducers. Splitting rights was proposed, for example, as was adoptingwebsite-based sales systems, forfeiting high sales prices in exchange for boxoffice bonuses and under-reporting sales figures to avoid ...
-
News
Swedish cinema sale sees one exhibitor control 75% of the sector
Sweden's second biggest exhibitor, Sandrew Metronome, has sold its cinema chain to rival SF Bio. The deal means that SF Bio, owned by Swedish media major Bonnier Group, will control 75% of the Swedish exhibition sector.Sandrew Metronome currently manages 22 cinemas with 90 in 15 cities throughout Sweden. Last year, ...
-
Reviews
My Stepbrother Frankenstein
Dir. ValeryTodorovsky. Russia. 2004. 120mins.Mary Shelley'sgothic tale is back, this time comfortably adjusted to fit into modern life inMoscow. But no scientific mumbo-jumbo, expressionistic lighting nor extensivemake-up were needed to create this man-made monster; instead he comes not froma lab but from a dark past. If he has been created ...
-
News
San Sebastian selects seven Films In Progress
The San Sebastian and Toulouse film festivals' joint fundinginitiative, Films in Progress, has announced the seven Latin American titlesinvited to participate in this year's sixth edition, including first-timeentries from Brazil and Uruguay.The projects seek assistance to complete post-production.Various privately sponsored awards provide additional incentive to chosenfilms. The screenings will take ...
-
News
First Sweet HD film festival to open in Edinburgh
The UK Sweet HighDefinition Festival opens its first edition in Edinburgh on August 25. Thefestival, which will screen 23 films in competition, including shorts, featuresand documentaries, runs August 26-30 at two venues: the Radisson hotel and theRoyal Museums of Scotland.The event, founded topromote and demystify the new technology of high ...
-
News
NORWAY 13 August
WillSmith easily snatched the Norwegian box-office crown from King Arthur this weekend as I,Robot raced into the top with a solid NOK 38,389 screen average on 63prints.New localrelease Clorox, Ammonia And Coffeefrom Mona J. Hoel (Cabin Fever) hadmixed reviews calling it both unusual and highly watch able, it was also ...
-
News
German home entertainment market hits new high
Turnover in the German homeentertainment market continues to boom with revenues from sell-through andrental videos and DVDs increasing by 14% to Euros 720m in the first half of2004, according to the German Federal Film Board (FFA).The results for videosell-through were particularly impressive with overall turnover rising by 19%from 2003's Euros ...
-
News
Coppola gets lost in a French translation: Marie-Antoinette
Sofia Coppola is set todirect Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman in her first major studio productionMarie-Antoinette for ColumbiaPictures.Filming is scheduled tobegin in February 2005 in France, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion PictureGroup chairman Amy Pascal said yesterday (11)Dunst is attached to playthe title role and Schwartzman will portray Louis XVI in ...
-
News
Montreal claims Clouds world premiere
A day afterToronto claimed that it would present the world premiere of John Duigan'swartime romance Head In The Clouds, The Montreal World Film Festival has declared that the film willpremiere ahead of Toronto in Montreal.The film stars Stuart Townsend, Charlize Theron andPenelope Cruz.The picture isone of six new additions announced ...
-
News
Euro cinema foundation suspends operations
The MonteCinemaVeritaFoundation, which was one of the backers of this year's Locarno competitionfilm The Hunter (Okhotnik) byKazakhstan's Serik Aprymov, has suspended operations and laid off coordinatorLaurence Hoffmann in order to restructure its organisation.Over the last ten years, theSwiss Foundation has supported the production and post-production of film projectsfrom the South ...
-
News
Local title is hot in Chile
In a summer marked by local box office successes across ahost of international territories, Latin American country Chile has not beenleft out.Local drama Machucalaunched last Thursday (Aug 5) in the country and has quickly become the mostsuccessful Chilean film ever, selling over 100,000 tickets in less than a week.The film's ...
-
News
Cinemark opens two new multiplexes in Colombia, Brazil
Leading LatinAmerican exhibitor Cinemark International is preparing to open two newmultiplexes in Colombia and Brazil this month.The company willunveil its eight-screen San Rafael Theatre in the Paseo San Rafael Mall in thesoutheastern part of Bogota, Colombia, on Aug 13. The 1,645 seater will beCinemark's fifth property in the country.Two weeks ...
-
News
Horror rocks Korean box office
The top eight positions may have remained unchanged fromlast week but there was still plenty going on in the international market. I, Robot cemented its lead with a hostof massive openings led by the UK, Germany and Russia that saw its weekendearnings nearly three times its nearest rival.South Korean horror ...
-
News
Impact of DVD boom on Cinema measured
The DVD boom is having a major impact on cinema-going -but it is a positive one and probably more pronounced in Australia than in anyother territory."As DVD sales continue to grow, and as rental behaviourstays strong, more people - not less -are attending the cinema," Video Ezy chief executive Stephen ...
-
News
Beyond The Sea secures post-production investment
Kevin Spacey's Trigger Productions has secured $500,000 for post-production on his Bobby Darin biopic Beyond The Sea as the first move into film from a new UK investment company.The investment comes through Orientrose, a recently-listed cash shell company formed by UK business advisory company Griffin Group. Orientrose also said it ...