All Screen articles in 17 June 2007
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Ocean's Thirteen takes lead at North American box office
Ocean's Thirteen knocked Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End off the number one perch as it opened on an estimated $37.1m.The ongoing capers of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon et al trailed behind the $39.1m franchise record launch of Ocean's Twelve in 2004, but this was a respectable ...
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GFI gives completion funding grants to six projects
The Global Film Initiative (GFI) has awarded completion funding grants to six film-makers to help with post-production and editing costs.The six projects were selected from 34 applications from 21 countries. Since its inception in 2002, GFI has awarded more than 50 grants to emerging and established film-makers from Africa, Asia, ...
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Ocean's, Shrek sequels raise stakes at international box office
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End remained the undisputed box office champion for the third consecutive weekend as an estimated $51.3m raised the tally to $493.5m.The high seas adventure is now Buena Vista International's third biggest release behind Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Finding Nemo, and ...
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Sony begins production on second local production in Mexico
Sony's local language production venture, Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico, is commencing production on its second feature, the comedy Casi Divas (Road To Fame).Issa Lopez who previously directed Efectos Secundarios and wrote the screenplay for the company's first production Ninas Mal (Charm School), will direct.The story is based on an idea ...
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Bill Murray joins the cast of City Of Ember
Bill Murray has joined the cast of Walden Media and Playtone Productions' City Of Ember and will play the larger-than-life Mayor of Ember in the adaptation of Jeanne Duprau's children's fantasy novel.Toby Jones, who appeared in Walden's first quarter release Amazing Grace, has been cast as the Mayor's right-hand man, ...
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International Screenwriters Festival launches programme
The second International Screenwriters Festival officially launched its 2007 programme at a reception in its host town of Cheltenham.The new additions include:Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix),Abi Morgan and Sarah Gavron and director Brick Lane with Katherine Butler Film4 Sarah Smith - Head Of Feature Development ...
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Bangkok fest unveils ASEAN competition line-up
The Bangkok International Film Festival (July 19-29) has unveiled the line-up for its ASEAN competition which includes the world premiere of Thai director Santi Taepanich's feature debut Bangkok Time. The picture, starring Thai hot actor Ananda Everingham, will play alongside fellow Thai filmmakers Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom's Alone and ...
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German regional fund MFG makes pacts with France, Spain
Baden-Wurttemberg's regional film fund MFG has signed an agreement with the Catalan Institute of Cultural Industries (ICIC) and Rhone-Alpes Cinema to improve cross-border cooperation for film production with the French and Catalan regions. The accord also intends to support the promotion and distribution of audiovisual productions, provide logistical support for ...
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La sagrada familia takes top honors in Transilvania
Chilean director Sebastian Campos' comedy La sagrada familia collected the Transilvania Trophy and $13,344 (Euros 10,000) for Best Picture at the closing ceremony of the sixth Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj on Sunday. In an act of good sportsmanship, Cristian Mungiu pulled his Palme d'Or winner 4 Months, 3 ...
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Tested titles among the contenders at Karlovy Vary
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has announced its complete competition lineup for its 42nd edition, which runs June 29-July 7. As suits the main festival in Central Europe, the selections are strong on titles from former socialist bloc countries. Few competition features come from outside Europe. Main competition titles ...
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Momentum takes UK rights to Labaki's Cannes hit Caramel
Momentum Pictures has taken UK rights to Nadine Labaki's Caramel. The film was one of the hits of Cannes ' Directors Fortnight. Labaki's debut feature is about five different Lebanese women who come together in a Beirut beauty salon. Louis Tisne, Momentum's acquisitions manager, negotiated the deal with Roissy Film's ...
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Norwegian Film Fund backs Gaarder project starring Askel Hennie
After his feature directorial debut Uno in 2004, Norwegian actor Aksel Hennie will return to acting as Gabriel, the angel, in the lead role of Danish director Jesper W Nielsen's Through a Glass, Darkly, which Norwegian production outfit 4 ½ Productions will produce with Denmark's Zentropa. The Norwegian Film Fund, ...
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Russian action star Nevsky launches LA production outfit
Russian action star and producer Alexander Nevsky is opening his own production outfit Hollywood Storm in Los Angeles. The move is directly inspired by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to boost film production in the state.Nevsky's previous films Moscow Heat and Treasure Raiders were both produced entirely in Russia in ...
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Adam Keen heads up worldwide publicity for Overture Films
Adam Keen has left I/D PR to head Overture Films' worldwide publicity department where he will oversee theatrical publicity and corporate communications.Based in Overture's Beverly Hills headquarters as senior vice president of worldwide publicity, Keen reports to the company's president of worldwide marketing, distribution and new media Peter Adee.Keen most ...
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Roadside Attractions buys worldwide rights to Starting Out
Roadside Attractions has acquired worldwide rights to Starting Out In The Evening starring Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor and Adrian Lester.Andrew Wagner directed from a screenplay he adapted with Fred Parness from Brian Morton's novel about a former literary giant whose life of solitude is shaken up by a ...
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Film music agency Gorfaine/Schwartz, IMG Artists team up
Film and television music agency The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency andperforming arts management and booking company IMG Artists are teamingup to create a broader platform for their artists.The partners will explore multimedia live events and collaborationsbetween clients culled from a combined roster that includes JohnWilliams, The Bolshoi Ballet, Hans Zimmer, James Galway, ...
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10 films selected for IFP Narrative Rough Cut Lab
IFP has selected the 10 films for its third annual Narrative Rough Cut Lab, a national programme connecting mentors and projects by first-time feature film-makers before they are submitted to festivals.This year's slightly longer lab has moved up the calendar by three months and takes place in New York City ...
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Langella, Gould to start shooting On The Hook next week
Principal photography will begin next week in New York on the noir thriller On The Hook starring Frank Langella, Elliott Gould and Laura Harring.Richard Ledes is directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Alan Didier-Weill, with Belladonna Productions' Linda Moran and Rene Bastian serving as producers.Langella, hot off a Tony ...
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Gen Art Chicago Film Festival launches with Broken
The inaugural Gen Art Chicago Film Festival will take place from Jun 26-30 and will open with Alan White's psychodrama Broken starring Heather Graham, Jeremy Sisto and Linda Hamilton, and close with the drama Numb starring Matthew Perry and Lynn Collins.Screenings include the Sundance hit Joshua starring Sam Rockwell, Vera ...
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Connelly, Bettany reunite on screen for horror film Born
Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will star in the psychological horror film Born, their first on-screen coupling since 2001's A Beautiful Mind.Guillermo del Toro will produce the ClearVision Media Production Group (CMPG) and Chiodo Brothers Productions project, which is set to begin shooting in mid-August in the UK.Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd ...