All Screen articles in 18 September 2008
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The buzz films - San Sebastian 2008: the lowdown
World premieres in official selectionDream (South Korea)Dir: Kim Ki-dukRespected Korean director Kim Ki-duk will be competing in official selection at the Spanish festival for the first time with his new film Dream (Bi Mong), which explores a couple's relationship though a dream state and in the real world.Int'l sales: Showbox ...
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Screen opinion:Small bang theory
If they haven't sucked the entire galaxy into a man-made black hole by the time you read this, do you think the boffins attached to the new Large Hadron Collider might shift beyond the minor matter of understanding life, the universe and everything to the task of explaining a workable ...
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Festival review: Venice leaves best to last
The best was saved for last at the 65th Venice film festival. Darren Aronofsky's Golden Lion-winner The Wrestler was the final film to screen while artistic director Marco Mueller snagged the headlines with the revelation he intends to push back the start of future Venices - to potentially overlap with ...
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Venice: A critical review
Rather than dwelling on Venice 65, the festival's artistic director Marco Mueller was keen to emphasise that things will be different for Venice 66. This year he 'chose to gamble on innovation and invention rather than repeat what has been successful in recent years'.But, he admitted, 'two elements were missing ...
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Interview: San Sebastian director Mikel Olaciregui
Which festivals do you particularly enjoy''I enjoy Cannes. It is a lot of work, meeting contacts and watching films. But in the world of festivals, it is the leader. For years it has been finding new talent, attracting all the stars and all the industry. I love Berlin, where you ...
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In Focus: The Ealing Studios revamp
Even with a new refurbishment and grand future plans, Ealing Studios is not ignoring its own storied history. Some of the shooting stages still feature straw packing dating back to 1932. And in the newly modernised, impressively posh dressing rooms, there are striking vintage posters of classic Ealing comedies adorning ...
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Preview: San Sebastian International Film Festival
Set in a pretty horseshoe bay lined with restaurants and cafes, San Sebastian has always been one of the most popular stop-offs on the annual festival circuit. The festival is appreciated for its laid-back approach to business dealings and as a productive breeding ground for Spanish and South American talent.This ...
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VIP Suite - Who to know in Galicia - Perro Verde Films
Set up in 2006 by Manuel Cristobal who previously worked as an executive producer at Dygra Films, and is a partner in the Madrid-based agency 6 Sales. Cristobal recently bought the rights to Fernando Aramburu's novel The Fish Of Bitterness about terrorist group ETA and is looking for a director.Zombie ...
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In Focus: Stewart Till revives spirit of PolyGram
The spectre of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE) has haunted the international industry for the last 10 years. Since the European studio was swallowed up by Universal in 1999, the vacuum it left is frequently cited by those seeking a reordering of the international sales and distribution sector.Indeed, PFE has its ...
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In Focus: Grosvenor Park
When Lionsgate released the spoof Disaster Movie in North America in the last weekend of August, Don Starr, the founding partner and chairman of Grosvenor Park, was in his native Canada anxiously waiting for the opening.Disaster Movie represented a departure for the 26-year-old financing company into single-picture full-financing through discrete ...
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In Focus: Galicia
Galicia may be an autonomous state tucked away in the north-west corner of Spain, but that is not stopping a new breed of local film-makers from bursting onto the global scene by working with international film-makers on bigger budget productions.New companies such as Perro Verde and Vaca Films, as well ...
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International - Mamma topples knight
The total gross of Screen International's international chart was down 7.8% week on week for the first box-office weekend of September. Warner Bros' The Dark Knight was knocked from the top spot for the second time, ousted by Universal Pictures' Mamma Mia! The Movie which opened in a further six ...
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Vivendi buys domestic rights to Tribeca premiere Tennessee
Vivendi Entertainment has paid low seven figures for all domestic rights to Lee Daniels Entertainment's Southern drama Tennessee starring Mariah Carey that premiered at Tribeca in April.Aaron Woodley directed the story of two brothers who travel from New Mexico to Tennessee to find their estranged father. Carey plays an aspiring ...
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Santaolalla to receive lifetime achievement award at LALIF
Gustavo Santaolalla will receive the GABI Lifetime Achievement at the Los Angeles Latino International Film's (LALIFF), which runs from September 12-19.The Oscar winning composer of Brokeback Mountain and Babel also co-wrote the festival's opening night film Cafe De Los Maestros, a tango documentary directed by Miguel Kohan that gets its ...
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IFC Films takes domestic rights on Levring's Fear Me Not
IFC Films has picked up North American rights to Kristian Levring's Danish drama Fear Me Not, which received its word premiere in Toronto's Contemporary World Cinema section last weekend.Ulrich Thomsen stars as a man whose mood begins to swing violently after he undertakes clinical trials for an anti-depressant drug.Levring wrote ...
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Universal, Focus team with CJ on Park's Thirst
Universal Pictures International (UPI) and Focus Features are teaming up with Korea's CJ Entertainment to co-produce award-winning director Park Chan-wook's upcoming vampire thriller Thirst. As part of the deal, Focus will release the film in North America. CJ is handling Korean distribution and international sales.The deal was announced by UPI ...
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Honda drives up to Chinese romantic comedy
Beijing-based Pegasus & Taihe Entertainment and China Film Group have announced that they will co-produce romantic comedy, Fit Lover, which is the third film in a successful series that also includes Call For Love and Crossed Lines. The two companies are also working with automobile company Guangzhou Honda, which has ...
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Mamma Mia! set to surge past $300m with France, Mexico openings
Universal UPI's smash stage adaptation Mamma Mia! is set to lead the international weekend again. The musical blockbuster has reached $288.6m and will cross $300m this weekend, driven by six launches that include France, French-speaking Switzerland and Belgium on September 10 followed by Hong Kong a day later and Mexico, ...
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Final Word: Venice film festival 2008
Screen looks back at this year's 65th Venice Film Festival. Click section to see more.Festival reviewCritical reviewReviewsNews
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