All Screen articles in 13 August 2007
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Truly Indie takes US rights to Heather Graham thriller Broken
Truly Indie has picked up US rights to Alan White's thriller thriller Broken starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto and Linda Hamilton.Jerry Wayne of Walk on the Beach Productions and producer Brian R Etting are producing and financing the story of a young women haunted by her violent ex-boyfriend. Drew Pillsbury ...
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Kim leaves Lionsgate to head sales at The Film Department
Former Lionsgate senior vice president of international film sales Elizabeth Kim has joined Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's The Film Department to head its film sales division.The new executive vice president of international will be based in the company's West Hollywood offices from where she will oversee the fledgling company's ...
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Aniston, Howard films screen in Palm Springs short film festival
Jennifer Aniston's directorial effort Room 10 is among the expected highlights at the the 13th Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest), which runs from Aug 23-29.All in all the festival will showcase 332 films, including 54 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 20 ...
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Amralla named artistic director at Dubai festival
Dubai International Film Festival has promoted Masoud Amralla Al Ali, previously head of Arab programming, to the position of artistic director. He will work alongside festival chairman Abdulhamid Juma and managing director Shivani Pandya, and be supported by Simon Field, who oversees international programming. Other members of the programming team ...
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Norwegian festival's New Nordic Films market to offer 30 features
Unspoling between Aug 17-24 in Haugesund, the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival will be opened by Norwegian culture minister Trond Giske and the world premiere of Norwegian director Petter Naess' Gone by the Woman.It will show a programme focusing on Nordic and European cinema, with two-thirds of the selection having ...
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German Minister calls for DFFF to be extended beyond 2009
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck has called for the term of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) to be extended beyond its initial three-year period of 2007-2009 after seeing its effectiveness in creating employment and income. The incentive scheme was launched on January 1 with an annual budget of $81.9m ...
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Central European admissions could rise 25% by 2011
Box-office admissions in central Europe could rise by 25% over the next five years with Czech Republic seeing the strongest growth, according to Dodona Research. In the new report Cinemagoing Central Europe, the industry analyst firm reveals that increasing investments in new cinemas throughout the region coupled with strong local ...
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Pathe and BBC Films team for live-action Jungle Book
Pathe and BBC Films are working together on a $50m live-action version of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Books. The comedy adventure will start preparations in September 2007 with director John Downer, who has previoulsy worked on nature-oriented films including Pride. Richard Kurti & Bev Doyle (Robin Hood) are writing the ...
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Edinburgh's Powell jury includes Geoff Gilmore and Kate Dickie
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), which kicks off Wednesday with Hallam Foe, has named the members for its members of the Michael Powell Award jury. The jury includes Sundance Film Festival director Geoff Gilmore, UK writer Jonathan Coe, actresses Natalie Press and Kate Dickie, and critic Jay Weissberg. The ...
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Film Movement takes US rights to Dreams Of Dust
Film Movement has picked up US rights to Laurent Salgues' France-Canada-Burkina Faso drama Dreams Of Dust.The film centres on a Nigerian peasant who travels to the nearby African country of Burkina Faso, where he discovers the gold rush ended years ago and a brave woman and her child are among ...
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Genius secures credit facility from Societe Generale
US home entertainment distributor Genius Products has signed a three-year revolving credit facility arranged by Societe Generale for an initial commitment of $30m rising to a total of $70m based on expected incremental commitments.The debt will be used to provide working capital and to finance acquisitions, production and co-productions, distribution ...
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Rush Hour 3 takes domestic crown with $50.2m opening
New Line scored a late summer hit as the Rush Hour partnership of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker returned to theatres following a six-year absence and opened top on an estimated $50.2m.Studio executives will appreciate the fillip, coming as it does just days after the departure of long-serving marketing guru ...
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Simpsons narrowly beats Potter for international lead
Fox International clinched the weekend crown in a hotly contested overseas market that saw The Simpsons Movie and Die Hard 4.0 both cross $200m, Disney's Ratatouille pass $100m, and Warner Bros' fifth Harry Potter reach $550m.Final results on Monday will determine the true winner, however for now The Simpsons Movie ...
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Edinburgh Film Festival: by populist demand
With a new director, the Edinburgh Film Festival (Aug 15-26) is hoping to enhance its reputation as the home of British film. Allan Hunter reports. Everything is different and everything is the same at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) this year. The first festival under artistic director Hannah McGill ...
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Imax at 40: the bigger picture
IMAX started out as a niche in the exhibition business. Forty years on, the company has created its own distribution window. Now it just needs more screens. Denis Seguin reports.When the Imax Corporation was founded 40 years ago at the Universal and International Exhibition (Expo 67) in Montreal, its creators ...
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Locarno's Maire sees attendance at main venue up 10%
Attendances at Locarno's main screening venue for the International Competition and Filmmakers of the Present Competition are up 9%-10% on last year, according to artistic director Frederic Maire in a review of his second edition heading up the festival.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com, Maire observed that the 2007 lineup for the ...
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The Rebirth becomes Locarno's first Japanese winner since 1970
Masahiro Kobayashi's The Rebirth (Ai No Yokan) became the first Japanese film to receive the Golden Leopard since Akio Jissoji's The Transient Life (Mujo) was an ex aequo winner at the festival in 1970.Described by artistic director Frederic Maire as 'a very strong and edgy film', The Rebirth also received ...
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UTV partners with Virgin for new superhero books and films
India-based UTV Motion Pictures and its SpotBoy production arm are working with Virgin Comics, a division of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, to collaborate on four new superhero franchises. The brands will be leveraged across publishing, film, animation and gaming. The stories will initially be released as graphic novels published worldwide ...
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Cinecitta copes with fire on back lot
A fire broke out on Rome's Cinecitta studios back lot Thursday night at 22:00 local time.'Last night, a fire developed around Cinecitta Studios, exclusively affecting a peripheral part of the back lot where sets are constructed in open air,' the famed studio's Friday statement read.'The fire originated inside a tent ...
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Sparkle
Dir/Scr: Tom Hunsinger & Neil Hunter UK. 2007. 104minsTom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter have built a reputation for making exceedingly engaging, increasingly polished ensemble pieces on the vagaries and vulnerabilities of the human heart. Despite critical acclaim for Boyfriends (1996) and especially The Lawless Heart (2001), they have yet to ...