All Screen articles in 14 November 2005
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BoyTown, December Boys crank up in Australia
Cameras started rolling onMonday on two high-profile Australian productions - BoyTown, the Molloy Boy Productions follow-up to Crackerjack, and December Boys, starring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame.Mick Molloy co-wrote,co-produces and is one of the stars of BoyTown,just as he was on Crackerjack, whichgrossed $5.6m (A$7.7m) for distributor Roadshow and ...
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Fox's Bubble ready to burst onto world stage
Director Eytan Fox and writer-producer Gal Uchovsky havecompleted their follow-up to Israel's biggestever international hit Walk On Water ($2.7m in US, $7m worldwide).The Bubble returns to the theme of the individual's right to live a life of their own choosing and the Middle East conflict, which determines fates regardless of ...
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Bac is back with hugely improved results
Revitalised French distributor Bac Films has reported third-quarterrevenues of $4.6m (Euros 3.9m), up sharply from $1.2m (Euros 1m) for the sameperiod last year.Overall, the company has seen revenue rise to $17m (Euros 14.5m) since thestart of the year, spurred in theatres by the release of Jim Jarmusch's Cannes favourite Broken ...
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German-Polish alliance creates pioneering film fund
Thenewly-created Polish Film Institute and the two German regional funds haveestablished a Polish-German Co-Development Fund.The agreement was reached during this year's ConnectingCottbus market forum.The fund'sannual budget will be $175,000 (Euros 150,000.)Theinitiative aims to encourage the development of Polish-German scripts that willhelp increase the number of co-productions between Polish producers and ...
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The Libertine
Dir. Laurence Dunmore. UK. 2005. 114mins.Resurfacing 14 months after its Toronto premiere as awork in progress, The Libertine hasnot improved with time, even after an extra year in the editing suite.Despite a sharp bounce fromJohnny Depp's deliciously suggestive performance as the titular Earl ofRochester, Laurence Dunmore's debut feature feels lacklustre ...
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Glawogger and Herzog share Copenhagen garlands
The top prize at this year's third Copenhagen Dox film festival was shared between Michael Glawogger'sWorkingman's Death and WernerHerzog's The White Diamond.The former deals with the consequences of globalisation while the latter tells the story of a British engineer with dreams of flying over the rainforest in a hot-air balloon.OdessaOdessa ...
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Chicken Little continues to tower over US box office
Family titles dominated the top 10 as Buena Vista's CG picture ChickenLittle stayed top forthe second weekend in a row ahead of Sony's new release Zathura.Chicken Little added an estimated $32m for an excellent $80.8m running totalafter two weekends. The picture will certainly pass $100m although it will comeunder heavy ...
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Clooney to recieve Modern Master award at Santa Barbara
George Clooney will receive the 2006 Santa Barbara InternationalFilm Festival's Modern Master Award.The actor-director, whose historical drama Good Night, And GoodLuck has firmlyestablished itself as one of this season's awards contenders, will collect thehonour during next year's event."This is Clooney's year," festival director Roger Durlingsaid. "He's shown great versatility and ...
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Gothams award Ballroom, Jarmusch and five unreleased films
Mad Hot Ballroom filmmakers Marilyn Agrelo and Amy Sewell will receive theCelebrate New York Award at the 15th Annual Gotham Awards in New York on Nov30.Meanwhile organizers have unveiled the full roster of nominees inthe Best Film Not Playing At A Theatre Near You category.The prize will be contested by ...
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Look Both Ways scores with Australian critics
Look Both Ways won the behind-the-camera trifecta of best film, best director and bestoriginal script at the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) awards at theweekend.The drama was written anddirected by Sarah Watt and produced by Bridget Ikin immediately prior to herbecoming one of the two evaluation managers at Film ...
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BFI crosses more bridges with Akin music doc
Afterconcluding an all-rights US deal with Strand Releasing for FatihAkin's music documentary Crossing The Bridge - The Sound Of Istanbul at the recent AFMmarket, Bavaria Film International (BFI) has now also sold the film to Brazil'sImovision, Bulgaria's Art Fest Ltd, and Japan's Alcine Terran.Inaddition, a deal has been signed with ...
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Norway's Vinterkyss wins top jury prize at AFI FEST
Sara Johnsen's Kissed By Winter (Vinterkyss), the Norwegian entry for the foreignlanguage Oscar this year, was awarded the International Feature Competition'sGrand Jury Prize at last night's AFI FEST 2005 awards ceremony.Zach Niles and Banker White's The Refugee All Stars won the Aquafina Pure Vision AwardInternational Documentary Grand Jury Prize, while ...
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Chan wins best actor at Golden Roosters
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan was awarded best actor for his rolein Benny Chan's New Police Story atthis year's edition of mainland China's Golden Rooster Awards.This year marks the firsttime that the awards have been open to talent from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. In a departure from his usual ...
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Flightplan lands at number one in 15 territories
Fired up by a string of number one launches in major territories,Buena Vista International's (BVI) Flightplan ruled the roost at the weekend with anestimated $15.2m haul.Ranking number one in 15 territories and boasting an internationalrunning total of more than $60m, the thriller looks to have its global anchorsin place ahead ...
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Five Golden Horses for Kung Fu Hustle
Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle was the clear winnerat Taiwan's 42nd Golden Horse Award in Keelung, picking up fiveprizes, including Best Feature Film and Best Director. Benny Chan's Divergence was another to enjoymultiple successes with three key awards for acting, photography andediting. Johnnie To's Election, Andrew Lau's Initial D, Hou ...
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Gravehopping on top at record-breaking Cottbus
JanCvitkovic's Gravehopping was named best film at this year's Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema.TheSlovenian-Croatian co-production, which was also awarded the New DirectorsAward at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival and opened the LjubljanaInternational Film Festival last week, also received the Prize of theEcumenical Jury.Thisyear's International Jury Special Prize went ...
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Gaumont donates box-office takings to riot victims
French studio Gaumont is todonate two days' of box-office takings from new release Il Etait Une FoisDans L'Oued to victims of the riots that have broken out across France inrecent weeks.Directed by Homeboys On TheBeach's Djamel Bensalah, the comedy has attracted nearly 700,000admissions since its release in late October. "At ...
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Major honours shared at Bafta Scotland awards
Honours were equally shared between On A Clear Day and Festival at the annual BAFTA Scotland Awards announced in Glasgow.StarringPeter Mullan, On A Clear Day tells of an unemployedman's determination to regain his self esteem by swimming the English Channeland wonboth Best Film and Best Screenplay for Alex Rose. Thebawdy ...
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Audiard beats rivals to Golden Giraldillo at Seville
JacquesAudiard's The Beat That My HeartSkipped (De battre mon coeur s'est arrete) took theGolden Giraldillo at Spain's European Film Festival ofSeville.The award comes with a $70,000 (Euros 60,000) prize awarded - like all those handed out - to the film's Spanish distributor.AustrianJorg Kalt's Crash Test Dummies won the SilverGiraldillo, while ...