All Screen articles in 20 February 2009
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Berlin critics jury grid: Milk Of Sorrow tops in lacklustre year
The 59th Berlinale’s competition line-up was undistinguished; as can quickly be seen from Screen International critics’ jury (click here to see full grid), no single film won over the crowd and there were very few ‘excellent’ marks awarded.
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Kloiber's TMG extends US deal with Augsberger for three years
Herbert Kloiber's Tele Muenchen Group (TMG) has extended its exclusive US representation deal with Thomas Augsberger's LA-based Eden Rock Media for the next three years.The extension follows a busy Berlin for TMG during which Augsberger acquired German rights to Robert Redford's The Company You Keep and Terry Gilliam's Zero Theorem ...
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Miami Film Festival to open with Valentino: The Last Emperor
Matt Tyrnauer's documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor and Daniel Burman's comedy Empty Nest (El Nido Vacio) bookend the 26th Annual Miami International Film Festival, set to run from March 6-15.All in all the 137 selections represent more than 40 countries offering four world premieres, 22 North American premieres and 18 ...
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Paramount extends deal with Montecito, Cold Spring to 2012
Paramount Pictures has extended its agreement with The Montecito Picture Company and Cold Spring Pictures to run through February 2012.The arrangement gives the studio an exclusive first look at Montecito's diverse productions, as well as the non-exclusive opportunity to co-finance films through Montecito's financing facility, Cold Spring Pictures.The Montecito Picture ...
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Warner Bros steps in for domestic on Edge Of Darkness
Warner Bros has taken North American rights to GK Films' upcoming Mel Gibson thriller Edge Of Darkness, which is currently in post-production.GK had financed the film without a US distributor attached.Martin Campbell directed the story based on the BBC mini-series of the same name. Gibson plays a Boston homicide detective ...
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DeaPlaneta sells key Spanish titles at Berlin
Spanish sales outfit DeaPlaneta sold several of their leading titles at the Berlin film festival, including Irene Cardona's Spanish-Moroccan romantic comedy Un Novio Para Yasmina and Gracia Querejeta's award winning Seven Billiards Tables. Cardona's comedy about marriages of convenience was sold to Daxar Multimedia for theatrical release in the Middle ...
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Finnish Film Foundation helps fund Harlin's homecoming, Mannerheim
The Finnish Film Foundation (FFF) has awarded $567,000 (Eu450,000) of funding to Finnish director Renny Harlin's come-back to local filmmaking, the $12.6m (Eu10m) Mannerheim, which will be the largest feature film project ever staged in Finland. The bio-pic stars Finnish actor Mikko Nousiainen as Finland's Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. Scripted ...
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British Film Institute and Anthony Minghella's family plan tribute
The British Film Institute and Anthony Minghella's family will celebrate his life and work and mark the first anniversary of his death with a movie marathon to be held on his birthplace, the Isle of Wight. The charity tribute will take place over the weekend of March 13 -15 and ...
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International premiere of Ong Bak 2 toopen midnight strand at SXSW
The International premiere of Tony Jaa's martial arts action romp Ong Bak 2 will kick off the South By Southwest festival's inaugural midnight section next month, SXSW Presents Fantastic Fest At Midnight.The line-up of six pictures includes the world premieres of Pierre Laffargue's blaxploitation homage Black starring MC Jean Gab'1, ...
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IFC Films takes US rights to Canadian zombie movie Pontypool
IFC Films has acquired US rights to Bruce McDonald's Canadian zombie horror Pontypool starring Stephen McHattie.Meanwhile the picture's international sales agents Forward Motion Entertainment have sold rights to the UK (Kaleidoscope), South Korea (Mirovision), the Middle East (Eagle/Phonenicia Pictures), Hungary (Cinetel) and Malaysia (VSG).Tony Burgess adapted the screenplay from his ...
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Germany's TMG picks up new films by Redford, Gilliam, Carpenter
Herbert Kloiber’s Tele München Group (TMG) acquired the German rights to new films by Robert Redford, Terry Gilliam and John Carpenter at this year’s European Film Marketduring the Berlinale.
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Berlin Bear winners sell well for Match Factory, Bavaria
Sales have been strong for Berlin Bear winners handled by German-based sales agents The Match Factory and Bavaria Film International.
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Mexico and Canada are film piracy hotspots, says IIPA
The copyright industries that make up the International Intellectual Property Alliance have recommended that Mexico and Canada be among a list of 13 countries that be placed on a priority watch list.In a submission to the Office of the US Trade Representative filed today [February 17] in the annual Special ...
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Kampe and Tron's Visit Films closes key territories on EFM titles
Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron's New York-based sales company Visit Films has closed key territories on its EFM slate, led by the noir mystery The Missing Person starring Michael Shannon and David Russo's comedy The Immaculate Conception Of Little Dizzle.Rights to The Missing Person sold to Australia (Palace Films), Turkey ...
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Fabian's Skin takes audience, jury prizes at Pan African Festival in LA
Sean Baker's drama Prince Of Broadway won the 17th Annual Pan African Film And Arts Festival's narrative feature competition but the audience award went to Anthony Fabian's drama Skin starring Sophie Okonedo and Skin was also named Jury Favourite.Jihan El-Tahri's French production Cuba, An African Odyssey was named best documentary ...
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Pyramide goes strong on Corsini's Leaving
Pyramide International has announced strong pre-sales on Catherine Corsini's Leaving at the European Film Market in Berlin. Metrodome acquired the film for the UK with Lumiere taking it in Benelux, Gussi in Mexico and Alfa in Argentina. A deal for Australia and New Zealand is imminent, according to the French ...
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Jaman partners with Cinetic to expand catalogue
Jaman, the company behind the eponymous UK and US website featuring independent and world cinema, has increased its collection of titles to 7000 following a deal with Cinetic Rights Management. Cinetic, which maximises revenue opportunities for filmmakers, has licensed a collection which includes the documentary We Are Wizards - a ...
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NewsGeoff Gilmore to be chief creative officer at Tribeca
Tribeca Enterprises has announced that Geoff Gilmore will take up the role of chief creative officer, Gilmore will leave his current role as director of the Sundance Film Festivalafter a career spanning 19 years in total at Sundance.
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Indian film industry revenues to remain flat in 2009
Following years of rapid growth, the combined revenues of the Indian film industry, including box office and ancillary revenues, are expected to remain flatin 2009at around $2.2bn (Rs109.2bn), according to a joint FICCI-KPMG report. Long-term prospects remain strong - the report also stated that the industry would grow at a ...
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Content Republic teams up with Telepool on digital releases
Content Republic has entered a partnership with Telepool GmbH, the German film and television distribution outfit which will see Content Republic handle the digital release of some of Telepool's best selling titles. The digital distribution outfit will release Germany's box office hit comedies 7 Dwarves and 7 Dwarves: The Wood ...