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All Screen articles in 15 July 2000
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France's AlloCine to launch movie channel
French film-oriented internet portal AlloCine, in which Canal Plus holds a 25% stake, will launch a movie-themed channel, AlloCine Television, as of September 2000.The channel will not screen films, but in line with AlloCine's website - www.allocine.com - will carry film-centred news including real-time box office, interviews and talk-shows. It ...
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Scarfies sweeps New Zealand film awards
Scarfies dominated New Zealand's film awards on July 1 winning the best producer award which went to Lisa Chatfield, best director for Robert Sarkies, best writer for Sarkies and his brother Duncan Sarkies and best female actor which went to Willa O'Neill.Scarfies was the debut film for the entire creative ...
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Passover Fever to open Oz's first Israeli fest
Shemi Zarhin's epic comedy-drama Passover Fever (1995) has been chosen to open Australia's first Israeli Film Festival, to take place in Canberra from August 4-10.Israeli writer-director Joseph Pitchhadze will introduce the festival with a screening of his road movie Under Western Eyes (1996), part of a five-hour seminar examining representations ...
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Scary Movie
Dir: Keenen Ivory Wayans. US. 2000. 88 mins.Prod cos: Wayans Bros Entertainment, Gold-Miller, Brad Grey Pictures. US dist: Dimension Films. Int'l sales: Miramax International (+ 1 212 219 4100). Exec prods: Brad Grey, Peter Safran, Bo Zenga, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Cary Granat, Peter Schwerin. Prods: Eric L Gold, Lee ...
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Kinowelt expands into Poland with Best Film
German mini-studio Kinowelt has launched a joint distribution venture with Poland's Best Film, confirming the company's intention to set up its own distribution operations across Eastern Europe (Screendaily, January 19).The new venture, Best Film International, is expected to take over as distributor of all Kinowelt's films in Poland and to ...
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Sogecable taps Campo as assistant general director
Spanish multimedia group Sogecable has appointed Ignacio Campo as assistant general director.A Harvard-trained economist, Campo, 38, has worked with companies such as General Motors, Grupo Transafrica and Ocean Group PLC. He will work alongside Sogecable general director Carlos Abad.In addition, Melcior Soler has been appointed general director of Sogecable's sports ...
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Innocence takes FIPRESCI prize at Taormina
US specialised distributor Winstar Cinema will tour a retrospective of 11 features and two shorts directed by Eric Rohmer in brand new prints across the country starting next year. "Tales Of Rohmer" will form also form the centrepiece of a more extensive retrospective being planned at New York City's ...
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Israeli culture ministry unveils film commission
The Israeli culture ministry has launched a film commission which will be responsible for regulating all cinema activities in the country once the long-gestating Cinema Law has been passed. Film professionals are not allowed to run the commission under Israeli law, due to potential conflicts of interest, leading to cries ...
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Festival do Rio secures $1.7m from Petrobras
Brazilian state-owned petroleum company Petrobras Distribuidora, a stalwart supporter of local cinema since 1994, has announced its exclusive three-year sponsorship of the Festival do Rio, Brazil's most prestigious international film festival. It has also committed towards the restoration of the venerable Odeon Theatre, built in 1926. Petrobras has allotted $1.7m ...
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Regulators vie for Vivendi Universal action
Such is the enthusiasm to get a piece of the Vivendi Universal deal that a spat appears to be developing between Europe's competition regulators. But Vivendi still believes that the deal will be greenlit sooner rather than later.The European Commission - the executive arm of the European Union - today ...
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Media Park woos US, European majors
Spanish content producer and packager Media Park has initiated talks with "various American and European majors" to find a new international shareholder before the end of the year.Sources at Media Park say the talks form part of a two-fold strategy to collaborate with majors on TV channels for the ...
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CASE STUDY - Faithless
Jacob Neiiendam follows the making of Swedish feature Faithless, in competition at this year's Cannes film festival, which Liv Ullmann directed from a script by her former lover Ingmar Bergman.May 1998Then 79-year-old Swedish master film-maker Ingmar Bergman meets the media for the first time in 16 years at a press ...
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Metrodome beefs up slate with Vampire, HAL titles
UK distributor Metrodome Distribution has acquired a raft of titles including the critically well-received Shadow Of The Vampire and Miramax International's About Adam and Elephant Juice.Metrodome head of distribution Rupert Preston has also acquired Sundance title Chuck And Buck from Summit Entertainment and UK comedy Sorted, which was picked up ...
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Miramax, Affleck, Damon launch writing contest
Miramax Films, Miramax Television, HBO and Good Will Hunting writers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are teaming up to launch a US contest in which a totally unknown writer will have his or her screenplay greenlit.Starting in the summer, anyone in the US can submit a screenplay electronically to www.projectgreenlight.com. ...
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Matt LeBlanc cast in Atlantic Streamline war pic
Friends star Matt LeBlanc is to head the cast of All The Queen's Men, a $15m German-set comedic drama set in World War II which is being produced by Atlantic Streamline.Bernd Eichinger's Constantin Film has taken rights in German-speaking Europe to the film which is being directed by Stephan Ruzowitsky ...
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M:I2 blasts into UK chart
Mission: Impossible 2 proved its blockbuster weight when it opened in the UK over the weekend (July 7-9) grossing $6.27m (£4.14m) from 461 sites, excluding previews of $725,876 (£479,411). Although healthy, it was not enough to push it into the UK's top 10 opening weekend chart despite playing on around ...
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Cirjanic to head TV sales at FilmFour Int'l
The UK's FilmFour has appointed Nada Cirjanic to the newly-created post of TV sales manager at overseas sales arm FilmFour International.Cirjanic joins FilmFour on August 21 from Granada Media International, where she managed TV, video and format sales to France, Italy and Turkey for two years. She will be responsible ...
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Granada readies $3bn warchest ahead of ITV battle
Granada Media secured at least $2bn (£1.3bn) from its float today (July 11) as it shapes up for a possible three-way fight for control of the UK's commercial TV broadcasters.The media division, which is being spun off from its parent Granada Group, fixed the price of its offer at 515 ...
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Eurimages pumps $3.6m into 11 projects
Eurimages, the Council of Europe-backed production finance body, has pumped $3.58m (Euros3.75m) into European co-productions in its second round of funding this year.After a funding round in Budapest (July 3-5), Eurimages announced that it will provide production finance for 11 features and underwrite the release of a further 19 European ...
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Kin
Dir: Elaine Proctor. South Africa-UK. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Bard Entertainments. Co-prods: BSkyB, British Screen, Arts Council of England. Int'l Sales: Regent Entertainment Int'l (001 310 260 3333). Exec prod: Miles Donnelly. Prod: Margaret Matheson. Scr: Proctor. Dop: Amelia Vincent. Prod des: Mark Wilby. Ed: Nicholas Gaster. Music: Justin Adams. ...