All Screen articles in 20 January 2004
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Motorcycle Diaries takes road to Cannes
Walter Salles' highlyanticipated The Motorcycle Diaries looks set to make its internationalpremiere in Cannes, rather than at the forthcoming Berlin festival where it hadbeen expected to show in competition.The Berlin festival invitedthe film last autumn and seemed certain to include it in its main competitionsection. Diaries' Brazilian director Salles had ...
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Seven sign on for Berlinale jury duty
The Berlin International Film Festival has named the seven members of its main competition jury, which will be chaired by Oscar winning actress Frances McDormand.The jury will comprise:Maji-da Abdi (Ethiopia)Maji-da Abdi's directing credits includeThe River that Divides (2001), which tells of the war experiences of Ethiopian women. Her producer credits ...
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Besson's Parisian studio plan wins gov't backing
Luc Besson's Cinema City project received a shot in the arm late last week when it was listed among France's 50 priority development projects by prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.The proposed complex would house studios, soundstages, production offices and eventually even an amusement park. Planned for the Seine Saint-Denis suburb just ...
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August embarks on Bond writers' Return
Danish film-maker Billie August has begun filming Moviefan Scandinavia's Return To Sender, the long gestating project from Bond screenwriters Robert Wade and Neal Purvis, in Denmark.The $7m Danish-UK thriller, which is being produced by Michael Lunkerskov and executive produced by Stephen Woolley, stars Aidan Quinn, Connie Nielsen and Kelly Preston.The ...
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Angelopoulos juggles pair of projects
Theo Angelopoulos - whose latest film Trilogy 1: The Weeping Meadow will screen in competition at next month's Berlinale - is preparing to shoot his next film.Angelopoulos is developing two projects. He told ScreenDaily.com: "I cannot determine right now which one will start rolling first but I am determined to ...
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November
Director: Greg Harrison US. 2004. 78mins.Screening in Dramatic Competition at Sundance, November is a psychological thriller that jolts the brain but has more trouble tugging the heartstrings. Exploring how subjective our memory becomes, particularly in the aftermath of trauma, this low-budget film challenges its audience to sort out fact from ...
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ITALY
E Gia Ieri, Columbia TriStar's Italian-language remake of the Bill Murray vehicle GroundHog Day, opened at number four at the Italian box office last weekend, grossing a strong $566,200 from 148 screens.Directed by Giulio Manfredonia with Italian comic Antonio Albanese in the lead role, the Italian-Spanish production registered a healthy ...
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Women In Film, UIP launch second year of Directing Change
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) and United International Pictures (UIP) are launching the second year of their UK scheme Directing Change.Directing Change gives women directors the opportunity to work alongside an experienced and internationally established director during a forthcoming feature film production.Directing Change is part of WFTV's campaign to ...
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AUSTRALIA
Tom Cruise led the samurai charge that finally toppled The Return Of The King from its Christmas holiday number one position, but not before the Rings finale had scooped a few thousand dollars short of A$38m from its Australian showings. The Last Samurai had a big opening weekend -- A$3,401,421 ...
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Astronauts (Astronautas)
Dir: Santi Amodeo. 86mins. 2003. Spain.It's the same old story: if Astronauts (Astronautas) was set in Savannah rather than Seville and shot in English instead of lispy Spanish, this misleadingly-titled indie gem might take off. Instead, it is likely to follow in the wake of so many bygone but deserving ...
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Grams weighs in with powerful $1.1m opening in Italy
Focus Features' 21 Grams got its European campaign off to a flying start at theweekend with a $1.1m third place bow in Italy through Bim Film on 185 screens.Theacclaimed drama was the biggest opener of the weekend and its $6,126 per-screenaverage was the second biggest in the top 20 behind ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to documentary trio
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired UK rights to three new documentaries - Bus 174, The Corporation and The Last Victory.Constructed from footage transmitted live on Brazilian TV, Jose Padilha's Bus 174 recounts an infamous 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro. The film has been shortlisted for the 2004 Academy ...
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German exhibitors call on court to examine Film Law
Germany's exhibitors' association HDF decided at an extraordinary AGM on Jan 15 to call on the Federal Constitutional Court to examine whether the new Film Funding Law (FFG) is in accordance with the German Constitution.The exhibitors are particularly unhappy about the different ways in which the ticket levy was decided ...
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UK based steel billionaire to invest in Indian film
UK based Indian billionaire Lord Swraj Paul has announced that his steel and engineering conglomerate Caparo Group plans to invest more in India in areas such as films, fashion and tourism.Lord Paul's son Angad Paul was the executive producer of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.Lord Paul told Indian press ...
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Italian government approves new cinema law
The Italian government has approved culture minister Giuliano Urbani's new cinema law.Under the new law, state funding for Italian films will now only cover up to 50% of a project's budget, compared to 70-80% under the current system.The new system, which has received widespread backing from the local film industry, ...
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Berlinale unveils Talent Campus 2004
520 young film talents from 84 countries have been selected for this year's Berlinale Talent Campus 2004, where they will be tutored by guest professional filmmakers such as Eleanor Bergstein, Anthony Minghella, Walter Murch, Nicolas Philibert, Zbigniew Preisner, Alan Parker and Wim Wenders.Compared to last year the total number of ...
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NEW ZEALAND
At last The Return Of The King - the epic adventure that features fabulous New Zealand scenery - has been overhauled at the home box office. All-action newcomer The Last Samurai - another epic adventure that features fabulous New Zealand scenery - topped the takings (NZ$629,295) and the screen averages ...