All Screen articles in 13 March 2009
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NewsThierry Potok steps down from Germany's VIP fund
Thierry Potok, the head of private German media fund VIP Medienfonds, is returning to producing after almost a year in the role.
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Costa-Gavras to receive film-maker focus at COLCOA in April
Costa-Gavras will be the subject of this year's 'Focus On A Film-maker' at the 13th annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COLCOA), the annual showcase of new French cinema in Los Angeles which this year takes place April 20-26.The director's latest film Eden Is West, which closed Berlin this ...
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First Run takes US rights to documentary Four Seasons Lodge
First Run Features has acquired US rights to New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs' documentary Four Seasons Lodge and will announce the theatrical release date shortly.Jacobs' picture recounts the final season for a group of Holocaust survivors that gather each year in a mountain idyll located in New York's Catskills. ...
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Arts Alliance Media push digital rollout in Spain
Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed a deal with Yelmo Cines, one of Spain's leading exhibitors to extend their digitalofferingsadding a further 18 digital screens across Spain with 3D and satellite capabilities. Yelmo Cines already has five digital screens at its Isla Azol multiplex in Madrid thanks to an agreement ...
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Tribeca lineup has world premieres from Polish Brothers, Kirby Dick
Citing a ‘panorama’ of generational US independent film-makers and a strong international contingent in the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival’s world narrative and documentarycompetition strands, director of programming David Kwok struck a defiant note in the face of budget cuts inflicted by the recession.
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Russian International Film Market gets underway in Moscow
The 77th edition of the Russian International film market (the IRFM) has opened with the world premiere of Sergei Solovyev's rock-music drama 2-ASSA-2, a sequel to his cult 1987 film ASSA. In addition the festival has confirmed that, in response to industry feedback, it will now take place three times ...
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Colson's Cloud Nine Films signs five-year deal with Pathe UK
Christian Colson, has formed his own company, Cloud Nine Films and struck a five-year development, production, sales and distribution deal with Pathe UK. Colson, who left Celador Films on March 1 2009, remains a shareholder in Celador, while Celador chairman Paul Smith was made a director of Cloud Nine Films. ...
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Japan's Top 10 International Films 2008
JAPAN TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL FILMS, 2008 Title (origin) Distributor Gross 1 Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (US) PPI $59.1m (Yen5.7bn) 2 Red Cliff Part 1 (Ch) Toho-Towa/Avex $52.3m (Yen5.1bn) 3 I Am Legend (US) Warner Bros $44.6m (Yen4.3bn) 4 The Golden Compass (US) Shochuku/Gaga $38.8m (Yen3.8bn) ...
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Berlinale film The Secret Of Kells wins at Cartoon Movie Tributes
Brendan And The Secret Of Kells was the big winner at this year's Cartoon Movie in Lyon, winning best European director and best producer. More than six hundred participants voted for the Cartoon Movie Tributes which recognise companies or personalities exercising a positive and dynamic influence on the European animation ...
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The Combination
Dir: David Field. Aust. 2008. 96 mins. A high-energy, low-budget, independently-financed tale of gangs, guns and racial hatred in the hot, flat western suburbs of Sydney, The Combination has hit the headlines at home after violent outbursts at some of its screenings. But the film, which went out on February ...
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UK's Potboiler Productions and Slate Films join forces
Simon Channing Williams and Gail Egan of Potboiler Productions are teaming up with Andrea Calderwood of Slate Films.They will work together across a range of upcoming projects including John Le Carre’s The Mission Song, adapted by Neal Purvis and Rob Wade; classic Victorian drama Effie; Jeremy Brock’s Slave, to be ...
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NewsDubai International Film Festival announces 2009 dates
The Dubai film festival has announced that the 6th edition will take place from December 9-16.
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Revolver picks up rights to Star Wreck
Revolver Entertainment has picked up Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning from Finnish producer Blind Spot Films for distribution in the UK and US.Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning, originally produced by a group of Tampere-based filmmakers as a micro-budget sci-fi comedy for the internet community, has become the most-watched Finnish film ...
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Wolfe Releasing takes US rights to Pedro Zamora biopic Pedro
Wolfe Releasing has acquired domestic rights to the feature Pedro, based on a screenplay by Milk Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black about the life of the Real World star and AIDS activist Pedro Zamora, who died aged 22.Quinceanera film-makers Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland executive produced the film. Nick ...
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Mitchell Micich, Amy Dotson promoted at IFP in New York
Mitchell Micich has been promoted to deputy director, finance & operations at New York's independent film non-profit organization IFP and Amy Dotson has been promoted to deputy director.Both report directly to IFP executive director Michelle Byrd. Meanwhile Jennifer Smith is named producer of the Gotham Independent Film Awards.Micich is a ...
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Watchmen leads international pack with $27.5m in 45 territories
The superhero saga Watchmen ruled the overseas box office as Paramount Pictures International reported an estimated $27.5m day-and-date launch in 5,097 sites in 45 territories.The number one international debut complemented the $55.7m North American launch through Warner Bros and meant Zack Snyder's adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic ...
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China At A Glance
CHINA AT A GLANCETotal box office 2008: $616.3m (RMB4.215bn)Total box office for Chinese films 2008: $374.8m (RMB2.563bn)Total box office for international films 2008: $241.6m (RMB1.652bn)Import quotas: 20 Hollywood blockbusters per year, plus 20-25 further films. All films must be released by one of China's two state-backed distributors on either a ...
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China's Top 10 International Films 2008
CHINA TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL FILMS 2008Title (origin) distributorsgross1.Kung Fu Panda (US) China Film Group (CFG)/Huaxia/DreamWorks$26.4m (RMB180.5m)2.Quantum Of Solace (US-UK) CFG/Huaxia/DreamWorks$22.3m (RMB152m)3.Iron Man (US) CFG/Paramount$15.5m (RMB105.9m)4.Hancock (US) CFG/Huaxia/Sony$14.8m (RMB101m)5.The Chronicles Of Narnia: PrinceCaspian (US) CFG/Huaxia/WDSMPI$12.6m (RMB86m)6.10,000 BC (US) CFG/Warner Bros$11.1m (RMB76m)7.Wanted (US) CFG/Universal$10.7m (RMB73m)8.National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (US) CFG/Huaxia/WDSMPI$10.2m (RMB69.7m)9.Journey ...
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Watchmen performs well, but not as well as 300, in domestic opening
As expected Watchmen dominated the North American charts at the weekend with an estimated $55.7m launch through Warner Bros that fell short of expectations but nonetheless secured with ease the biggest weekend debut of the year-to-date.The haul for the R-rated movie included a $5.5m tally from 124 IMAX theatres that ...