All Screen articles in 14 November 2002
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German TV still suffering from advertising crisis
The recession in the TV advertising market has continued to affect the revenues of German broadcasting giant, the ProSiebenSAT.1 Media Group which reported a 10% decline in revenues - down Euros 40m to Euros 351.1m - for the third quarter of 2002.Over the first nine months of this year, revenues ...
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Till confirmed as head of UIP
In a move that ends weeks of speculation and will have confirmed the suspicions of many in the industry, Stewart Till has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer of United International Pictures (UIP). The announcement was made today by Rob Friedman, chief operating officer at Paramount Pictures and vice ...
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Danish veteran Holst goes solo
Danish veteran producer Per Holst, who won the Palme d'Or, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Pelle The Conqueror, has once again set up his own production company after working under major Nordisk Film for some 10 years. The 63 year-old Holst (pictured) has established Asta Film with two newcomers, ...
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Tracker adds to Aussie awards haul
The Tracker, produced by Julie Ryan and the film's writer/director Rolf de Heer, has again taken top honours on its home soil. A week after winning the best film prize at the Film Critics Circle Awards, it won best film at the annual IF Awards, which were broadcast live on ...
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Pathe, Momentum strike joint venture UK aquisition deal
UK distributors Momentum Pictures and Pathe Distribution have struck a joint venture deal which will see the companies sharing acquisition and distribution costs on larger budget titles. Under the deal, the companies will take turns handling theatrical and home entertainment releases.The first film acquired under the joint venture is Robert ...
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Australian production numbers move Upstream
Some US$74m (A$131m) was spent on Australian feature film production in the 12 months up to June 30 - a sixty percent year on year increase. 30 films were produced in the same period - four more than in the previous year.However, the latest figures are much the same as ...
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Sweet Sixteen, Shopping dominate BAFTA Scotland talent awards
Sweet Sixteen and Late Night Shopping dominate the nominations for the 2002 BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards. Held every two years to reward emerging talent on both sides of the camera, the awards have previously provided early recognition for director Lynne Ramsay and digital pioneer May Miles Thomas. This year, ...
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Telefilm Canada backs pair of French-language projects
Telefilm Canada is to finance two Quebec features, both in French. The investments constitute the third round of the selective component of the Canada Feature Film Fund (CFFF). Littoral, by playwright/director Wajdi Mouawad, is a majority Canada-France (70%-30%) coproduction, produced by Montreal-based Les Productions E.G.M and Paris-based Films de Cinema. ...
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Warner Bros sails past billion dollar mark overseas
Driven by the global success of Scooby-Doo, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone and Ocean's Eleven, Warner Bros Pictures announced that it has passed the $1bn mark in international markets.In the year to date, the division has taken $1.006bn at the international box office. It is the fifth time it ...
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Spanish film on course for bumper box office share
Spanish producers have been predicting since September that the market share for local films would rise this year - up from 10.7% to 12% in anticipation of high-profile autumn releases.The prediction, from the Spanish Producers' Federation (FAPAE), looks on course: as of October 15, Spanish films had an 11.8% market ...
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Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Dir: Chris Columbus. US/UK. 2002. 161 minsIf it ain't broke, don't fix it. That seems to be the guiding philosophy behind the second instalment of the gilt-edged boy wizard franchise. Scrupulously faithful to the J K Rowling book, director Chris Columbus does nothing that will disappoint fans or alarm exhibitors ...
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UK industry reacts to Parker's plea for change
The British film industry is waiting on more detail from Alan Parker, the UK director and chairman of strategy body the Film Council, after he unveiled a blueprint for curing Britain of its 'little England' syndrome, partly by providing tax breaks for local and foreign distributors which invest in British ...
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Local films in Estonia, Serbia/Montenegro smash opening records
Local films in both Estonia and Serbia/Montenegro have this week smashed local box-office records, each taking more in their home territories on their opening weekend than blockbuster Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone. Estonian film, The Names In Marble, became the first local picture in its country's history to break ...
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Box-office records fall to Potter a week before launch
The second instalment in Warner Bros Harry Potter franchise, The Chamber Of Secrets, got off to a magical start at the UK box office this weekend, despite not officially opening until Nov 15.Figures for the weekend reveal the film grossed a mighty $12.5m (£7.86m) over its three-day preview weekend - ...
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Broken Wings (Knafayim Shevuroth)
Dir. Nir Bergman, Israel, 2002. 87mins.Having already secured top awards first in Jerusalem and then in Tokyo, this coming-of-age story in a dysfunctional family mourning the accidental death of the father, is bound to become Israel's film of the year for 2002. The auspicious debut of Nir Bergman, a ...
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Spain, Israel name foreign language Oscar hopefuls
Fernando Leon's Mondays In The Sun was named Spain's submission for the foreign language Oscar today, beating the other shortlisted films, Pedro Almodovar's Talk To Her and Jose Luis Garci's Story Of A Kiss .Mondays In The Sun, which stars Javier Bardem as an out-of-work dock labourer, took home ...
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XXX crosses $100m barrier for CTFDI
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International's XXX passed $100m toward the end of last week and now has an international running total of $110m after a $7.1m haul on 3,100 screens over the weekend. The action thriller opened number one in Argentina where enduring economic instability meant that $110,000 from 61 ...
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Film Momentum takes US rights to Last Party 2000
Film Momentum, Larry Meistrich's subscription-based distribution company, has acquired all US rights to Last Party 2000, the election campaign documentary narrated by Philip Seymour Hoffman. In the full-length picture Hoffman takes a behind-the-scenes look at electioneering and the American political process as he interviews politicians, activists and celebrities at Democratic ...
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Mannheim meetings to expand in 2003
The "Mannheim Meetings" co-production market plans to expand next year to include projects from Asia in addition to the present line-up from Europe, Latin America and North America. The Meetings co-ordinator Olaf Aichinger told screendaily.com that he has a scout based in Korea who would recommend Asian projects for participation ...
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German media fund adds two more titles, re-affirms local production
German private media fund CP Medien has added the Pathe production The Night Of The Medicis and the Joseph Vilsmaier-produced "bizarre horror comedy" Diamond Dead to its production slate which already includes Robert Altman's The Company which began shooting in Chicago last month.The new Pathe project, which will be shot ...