All Screen articles in 14 November 2003
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Whale Rider dominates NZ nominations
There are no prizes for guessing which film has dominated the nominations in this year's New Zealand Film Awards. Whale Rider, which has grossed NZ$6.4m in New Zealand and NZ$60m around the world, is a finalist in 14 of the 15 categories. But the same two films sit alongside Whale ...
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Costner, Minghella, Zanuck to be honoured at Palm Springs
Kevin Costner, Anthony Minghella and producer Richard D Zanuck are among honourees at the upcoming 15th Palm Springs International Film Festival's gala awards on Jan 11 2004.Costner, currently riding high following critical and commercial success in the US for his latest Western, Open Range, will receive the Career Achievement in ...
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German fund commits to two new projects
The production fund Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures (WWP) has boarded another two projects - the family film Chestnut: Hero Of Central Park and the fantasy adventure Dungeons & Dragons: The Sequel - as part of a slate of up to seven English language features with budgets between $5m-$20m.Chestnut, which is ...
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Sundance/NHK Int'l Film-makers Awards unveil finalists
The Sundance Institute and Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK have announced the 12 finalists for the 2004 Sundance/NHK International Film-makers Awards, created in 1996 to support emerging directors as they develop their next screenplays.One winner from each of four global regions - Europe, Latin America, USA and Japan - will be ...
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Japanese Story sweeps Australia's IF Awards
Australia's key IF Awards announced last night (November 12) were like a re-run of the Film Critics Circle Awards of two weeks earlier with Gettin' Square earning David Wenham best actor and Japanese Story winning best film for Sue Maslin, best director for Sue Brooks, best actress for Toni Collette ...
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Anonymous Content boosts management team
LA-based multimedia development, production and talent management outfit Anonymous Content has expanded its management division with the appointment of Shawn Hopkins, Brian Medavoy and Lainie Stolhanske.Hopkins arrives from LA-based production and management company Catch 23 and previously served two years with Rick and Julie Yorn and Artist Management Group, having ...
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Hating Alison Ashley rises again
Scriptwriter Christine Madafferi's adaptation of Robin Klein's coming-of-age book Hating Alison Ashley is back on track, albeit with a new director, following yesterday's decision by Film Finance Corporation Australia to again back the project. Hating Alison Ashley was approved in May with LA-based expatriate Rod Hardy in the director's chair ...
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Local films buck Germany's downward admissions trend
Cinema admissions and box office takings continued their downward trend into the third quarter of 2003, according to figures published by the German Federal Film Board (FFA). While the second quarter had seen a 11.7% drop in admissions over the same period in 2002, this grew to 12.1% in the ...
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Ireland's Section 481 film tax-relief still in question
Ireland's joint parliamentary committee on finance has issued a report strongly in favour of the continuation of government support for the film industry. "The Joint Committee believes that for strong economic and cultural reasons the government should continue to promote and foster film as a high value, high knowledge, highly ...
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...as Irish Film Board gets 9% budget increase for 2004
John O'Donoghue, Irish minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, announced a 9% increase in funding for the Irish Film Board in 2004 at a briefing yesterday (Nov 13). The increase will bring the Film Board's budget up to Euros 11.845m for next year, of which Euros 10m is for capital ...
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Zatoichi to open Rotterdam
Cult Japanese film-maker Takeshi Kitano will make his third trip to Europe in four months when he returns to Rotterdam with his swordplay action vehicle Zatoichi, which has won major prizes ever since it premiered in competition at Venice. The film has now been set as the opening film at ...
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HONG KONG
Matrix Revolutions didn't beat the opening week figures of Matrix Reloaded in Hong Kong, but still topped the box office with a solid $1.32m from 67 screens during its first eight days (Nov 5-12). In comparison, Matrix Reloaded grossed $1.92m from 62 screens during its first seven days in May. ...
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FRANCE
The Matrix stormed into cinemas this week easily doubling the coveted one million admissions mark. Although the critics have not been kind to the film, queues have been round the block since last Wednesday when the movie opened and it has already entered the top fifteen films of 2003. Faced ...
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Marvel Enterprises opens London office
Comic book giant Marvel Enterprises has launched a London-based international division.The office is headed by Bruno Maglione, who has been named president of Marvel International. He reports to Allen Lipson, Marvel's chief executive for all activities other than consumer products, where he reports to Tim Rothwell, president of worldwide consumer ...
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International Box Office Preview
Warner Bros' The Matrix Revolutions is expected to continue its international rampage this weekend following a record five-day global opening in 107 territories and subsequent $138.6m international gross in its first week ($138m excluding IMAX theatres).The final episode in the Wachowski Brothers' sci-fi trilogy scored a combined $232.2m global ...
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ARGENTINA
Warner Bros' The Matrix: Revolutions topped Argentina's box office ratings as it has in many parts of the world. Alexander Sokurov's The Russian Ark opened strongly enough to come in at second place, followed by hit Korean title The Way Home which climbed from seventh to third spot. Distributor Eurocine ...
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Mifed unveils subsidy package
Mifed organisers confirmed yesterday (ed Wed 12) that they will offer a package of subsidies and incentives to buyers and sellers in an effort to retain business (see ScreenDaily.com, Nov 12)."We will be providing some Euros 5m in the form of incentives to market participants next year," said Carlo Bassi, ...
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Fortissimo picks up Girl
Fortissimo Film Sales unveiled the pick-up of yet another title and the conclusion of a raft of sales on its diverse and expanding slate.Company co-chief Wouther Barendrecht said that Fortissimo will be handling Fanchin (pictured) (literally "My Girl"), a feel-good film that has become one of the biggest grossing ...
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Osborne prepares Magic Fingers in NZ
Producer Barrie M Osborne, who relocated from the US to New Zealand to work with director Peter Jackson on The Lord Of The Rings, is set to continue his relationship with the country - and to keep putting myth and fantasy up on the big screen. He is now in ...
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Nordisk Film goes to Hollywood
Nordic major Nordisk Film is to open a US office in Los Angeles on January 1, where international head of acquisitions Kim Beich will handle the company's many US relationships. "It is a part of the strategy we have been following for some years now," Nordisk Film MD, Kenneth D ...