All Screen articles in 14 November 2008
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GTH horror Coming Soon to Eastern Europe
Thailand's GMM Tai Hub (GTH) has announced a raft of AFM sales led by horror title Coming Soon, directed by Shutter co-scriptwriter Sophon Sakdaphisit, which sold to Mido Films Brno for the Czech Republic, Bir Film for Turkey and Queen Films for Indonesia. After opening Oct 30, the $1.2m film ...
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Production - The names to watch
Many of Australia's most promising directors do not get enough opportunity to practise their craft on the big screen unless they head for Hollywood, as Andrew Dominik (Chopper, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford) and Rowan Woods (The Boys, Little Fish, Winged Creatures) have both recently ...
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United States - The matchmaker
Script-to-screen project development organisation DreamAgo began life four years ago in Switzerland and still holds its core event, an annual screenwriting workshop, in a chateau in the quiet town of Sierre, close to the Swiss borders with France and Italy.But the non-profit group has always had an international mandate and ...
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Italy - Home-Grown Heroes
For the past two years, Italy has been able to celebrate its national cinema on several fronts. Last year was a record year for local films, which grossed 31% of the overall box office, while 2008 has been a year of artistic recognition, with Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo and Matteo ...
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Promotional feature - Standing tall
The Encounters Short Film Festival, held November 18-23 in the UK town of Bristol, is a leading international short film event and a key hub for talent discovery. It has previously screened the first shorts from directors such as Lynne Ramsay and Simon Beaufoy."Encounters is the highlight of the shorts ...
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United Kingdom - Plugging UK film into the digital network
In an effort to help UK film companies navigate their way through the brave new world of digital, the UK Film Council (Ukfc) has teamed up with the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) to create Take 12. It is a digital innovation programme designed to encourage ...
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Production - Buzz projects - In from the outback
BALIBODir: Robert Connolly. Scr: Connolly, David WilliamsonNow in post-production, the buzz from this project centres around fine performances from Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac. The drama is about the disappearance of five Western journalists in East Timor in 1975. Producer John Maynard describes Balibo as both a political thriller - ...
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Profile: Ole Bornedal
Director Ole Bornedal is enjoying something of a comeback. After the success of his debut film Nightwatch in 1994, Bornedal went to Hollywood to remake the thriller with Ewan McGregor for Miramax. But the film disappointed on its release and Bornedal decided to focus on theatre work at home in ...
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International - Bond's push pays off
Quantum of Solace firmly defended its position at the top of Screen's international chart, grossing $107.3m over the November 7-9 weekend, after expanding to over 10,000 engagements in 60 territories. Quantum held onto the top spot for the second week in France, Sweden and the UK, where it added $15.1m ...
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Profile: Arclight Films
Gary Hamilton's Australian-US company Arclight Films is no stranger to the circuit but buyers may have detected a change in tone over recent months. Hamilton was at the AFM in Santa Monica this week with the first fruits of his new direction away from being primarily a financing and sales ...
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Interview: Aamir Khan
When the Indian film industry selected Hindi film Stars On Earth (Taare Zameen Par) as its official entry for best foreign film for this year's Academy Awards, it was a triple celebration for Aamir Khan. A Bollywood superstar, Khan has produced, directed and acted in this drama about a dyslexic ...
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Interview:Hamish Mykura, head of docs at UK's Channel 4
'Each year at Sheffield people come here prepared to bury documentaries and at the end of each year I think documentaries are in healthier shape than ever,' says Hamish Mykura, head of documentaries at Channel 4 and head of digital channel More4. 'Docs did definitely take a bit of a ...
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In Focus: Australia opens for film business (Part 2)
For the last few years the best Australian films have been personal and dark, limiting audience appeal, while those that have aspired to hit the mainstream have tended to miss the mark at the box office. But there is a palpable sense of excitement about a new crop of films ...
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Quantum Of Solace to hit six new territories including Mexico
Quantum Of Solace will race towards $250m in international markets this weekend and should cross $300m worldwide when 007 brings the mayhem to North America.MGM/Sony's latest entry in the James Bond canon has been on devastating form since it launched two weeks ago and has amassed more than $190.1m from ...
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Morgan Matthews' The Fallen wins audience award at Sheffield
The Sheffield Doc/Fest's audience award went to Morgan Matthews' The Fallen about servicemen and women killed in action while James Marsh's acclaimed tale of a tightrope walker Man On Wire was named runner-up as the event came to a close.Festival organisers said the event drew a record number of 1,545 ...
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Bahamas Festival to close with Spike Lee's Miracle Of St Anna
Spike Lee's second world war saga Miracle At St Anna will close the fifth Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs from December 4-11.'I am so pleased to be welcoming Spike Lee's wonderful film back to Nassau, Bahamas, as Miracle Of St Anna was shot on Rose Island,' festival founder ...
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Jay Fukuto named head of studio at Film Roman
Jay Fukuto has been promoted to head of studio at animation creators Film Roman and will oversee the company's animation production operations for features, home entertainment, TV and visual effects.Fukuto most recently served as head of production for Film Roman and will report directly to by Kent Rice, the CEO ...
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Bregman's Likely Story to film The Amateur American with Ross Katz
Likely Story has acquired feature rights to the upcoming political thriller novel The Amateur American and set Ross Katz to adapt the screenplay and direct.New York-based Likely Story and the production company's founder Anthony Bregman will produce the story based on J Saunders Elmore's novel about a young American in ...
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Mickey Rourke gets American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara
Mickey Rourke, receiving rave reviews for his performance as a washed-up fighter in The Wrestler, will receive the 24th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival's American Riviera Award on January 30.Rourke will join a pantheon of previous recipients that includes Tommy Lee Jones, Forrest Whitaker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Bacon ...
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Cinetic's CRM launches online venture with Amazon, CreateSpace
Cinetic Rights Management (CRM) has launched an online distribution venture with Amazon Video On Demand and CreateSpace DVD On Demand.Select titles will be made available to consumers exclusively as CRM and Amazon Video On Demand will curate a slate of approximately 20 films each month.The venture launched on November 13 ...