All Screen articles in 13 August 2008
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Red Cliff to open Tokyo International Film Festival
John Woo's epic martial arts drama Red Cliff will be the opening film of this year's Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 18-26). The news was announced at a Tokyo press conference for the upcoming Japanese release of Red Cliff on November 1.The film will be distributed by Toho-Towa and Avex ...
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Dance Of The Dragon wins in West Hollywood
John Radel's Singaporean drama Dance Of The Dragon was crowned best festival picture as the first annual West Hollywood International Film Festival concluded its four-day run.The film earned best director editing and cinematography prizes.Festival founder Martin De Luca and his team corralled more than 100 films during the event, which ...
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Media Luna picks up Locarno competition title Autumn
With the Locarno film festival kicking off last night, Media Luna Entertainment has picked international distribution rights for Turkish director Özcam Alper's feature debut Autumn (Sonbahar) which has its international premiere in Locarno's International Competition on Thursday.Onur Saylak, Megi Koboladze, R. Gulefer Yenigul and Serkan Keskin are the cast in ...
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Cinema City International goes digital in 3D
Cinema City International is in the process of equipping its theatres in Central and Eastern Europe and in Israel with D-Cinema technology suitable for 3D projection.The multiplex operator has ordered 50 Kinoton DCP 30 Digital Cinema Projectors with integrated Dolby 3D system, several of which have already been installed in ...
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Polish exhibitor Multikino plans 10 Ukraine cinemas
Polish multiplex operator Multikino is planning to open 10 cinemas in Ukraine in the next five years. The first of these, in Lviv, will open at the end of 2009.The company further plans to open four additional multiplexes in Poland by the end of 2009.Wojciech Kostrzewa, CEO of International Trading ...
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Sarajevo lines up shorts jury; Kevin Spacey to attend fest
The jury of the 14th Sarajevo Film Festival's short films competition will be comprised of Michael J. Werner, co-chairman of Fortissimo Films; Sejla Kamerlic, artist and filmmaker whose short film What Do I Know had premiere at last year's Venice Corto Cortissimo, and won the best short film award at ...
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Jonathan Demme to chair San Sebastian jury
Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme will chair the official jury at this year's San Sebastian film festival.Demmeis known for films includingThe Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Stop Making Sense and Neil Young: Heart Of Gold. He will also be presenting a 'work in progress' version of his ...
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First Branchage festival to open in Jersey with Man On Wire
The programme has been unveiled for the first Branchage Jersey Film Festival, taking place on the island Sept 25-28.The festival will open at the island's Opera House with a gala screening of the multiple-festival-winning Man On Wire and close at the historic Gorey Castle with Vertigo/Film4's MySpace user-generated film Faintheart, ...
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Shorts International offers 21 sci-fi shorts on iTunes
Shorts International has struck a deal with the iTunes Store in the US, UK and Canada to offer The Sci Fi Collection, a group of 21 shorts.The shorts include Josh Lee Kwai's Eli starring Heroes actor David Anders; Australian drama Sleeper by Andrew Milner; Youngwoong Jang's animation Mirage; Ransom Riggs' ...
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KOFIC submits Crossing as Korea's Oscar entry
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has announced North Korean refugee drama Crossing as its entry to the 81st Academy Awards best foreign-language film nominations. Based on real-life interviews from North Korean defectors, the film follows the story of a father and son tragically separated and trying to find each other, ...
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Bahman Naraghi joins GK Films as COO
Bahman Naraghi has joined Graham King's GK Films in the newly created role of COO and will lead the Santa Monica-based company's financial and operational development and plan and implement the distribution structure. Naraghi reports directly to King and arrives from Netflix, where he spearheaded that company's push into ...
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Brad Pitt joins Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards for TWC/Universal
Brad Pitt has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's upcoming second world war drama Inglorious Bastards for The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Universal Pictures.Pitt, who had been in talks with the director for several months, will play Lieutenant Aldo Raine, the leader of a band of convicts sent on a ...
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Mummy should continue to dominate Dark Knight with 23 territories opening
Universal's The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor should dominate the international arena for the second consecutive weekend after knocking The Dark Knight off its perch.The adventure sequel has raced to $80.7m after breaking a string of records last weekend and touches down in a further 23 territories through UPI.Highlights ...
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India's PPC, Mirah join forces to distribute US films
Indian production and distribution company, Percept Picture Company (PPC), has signed a $21m (Rs900m) deal with Mirah Entertainment to jointly produce and distribute films in Hindi, English and regional languages. Both companies will make an equal contribution to the $21m which will be allocated to the production of five Hindi ...
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TrustNordisk picks up Glasner's This Is Love
TrustNordisk will handle worldwide distribution for Matthias Glasner's latest feature This Is Love which is currently shooting on location in Berlin before moving to North Rhine-Westphalia next week.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com, co-producer Jörg Schulze of cine plus Filmproduktion explained that the contact to the Scandinavian sales company had come via ...
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The Match Factory picks up Turkish Venice title Milk
Cologne-based The Match Factory has picked up international distribution for its third Venice competition title with the acquisition of Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu's Milk (Süt), the second part of his Yusuf trilogy.With a mother-son relationship as its main focus, Milk stars Melih Selçuk, Basak Köklükaya, and Riza Akin, and is ...
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Cast lines up for New York feature Fighting Fish
Val Emmich, Anna Moore and Halley Feiffer will star in Slew Pictures' family drama Fighting Fish, set to begin principal photography in the Woodstock/Saugerties area of New York state on Aug 11.The story tells of a brother and a sister from a troubled family who struggle to stay close.Annette Apitz ...
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John Riccitiello joins USC Cinematic Arts board
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has joined the USC School Of Cinematic Arts board of councillors.The 25-member board offers insight on industry trends, developing resources and setting long-term goals for the school.Members include George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Robert Zemeckis, Brad Grey, Brian Grazer, Laura Ziskin and Barry Diller.Riccitiello ...
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Stephen Cookson attached to direct UK feature Acts Of God
Stephen Cookson is attached to direct Acts Of God, a new UK feature now in development.Joe Stephenson and actor Ryan Sampson (Doctor Who) are writing their first feature screenplay.UK equity financier CKM Entertainments Ltd is financing the development and the production could be shooting in spring 2009.The road movie is ...
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Melbourne's Emerging award goes to Jonathan auf der Heide
The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) tonight presents the Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award to director Jonathan auf der Heide for his short film Hell's Gate, one week before he goes into production on a feature-length version.The low-budget privately-financed feature, like the short, is a dramatic thriller about the human instinct ...