All Screen articles in 21 November 2005
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15 titles named on Oscar documentary shortlist
The Academy OfMotion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled a fiercely competitive shortlist of15 documentaries today [Tuesday] that will vie for the five nominee slots inthe 78th annual Academy Awards.The rosterfeatures Luc Jacquet's record breaking March Of The Penguins, Jessica Sander's miscarriage of justiceexpose After Innocence,Marilyn Agrelo's Slamdance hit Mad Hot ...
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First Run acquires domestic rights to Mengele doc
First RunFeatures has acquired domestic rights to Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's ForgivingDr Mengele and plans a2006 theatrical and DVD release.The documentary charts the extraordinary spirit ofreconciliation adopted by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who was one of thevictims of the Nazi doctor's brutal medical experiments."Forgiving Dr. Mengeleis an entirely ...
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Cronenberg, Gyllenhaal, London added to Palm Springs honours roster
David Cronenberg willreceive the Visionary Award, Jake Gyllenhaal will receive the Desert PalmAchievement Award and Michael London will collect the Producer of the YearAward at the 17th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) inJanuary.Cronenberg's latest picture AHistory Of Violence has grossed morethan $30.5m since opening through New Line. His ...
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Gilbert Taylor gets international award from ASC
Gilbert Taylorwill receive the 2006 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) InternationalAchievement Award at the 20th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards in LosAngeles on Feb 26.During thecourse of a career spanning eight decades, Taylor's credits have included DrStrangelove, A Hard Day's Night, The Omen and Star Wars. He received a Lifetime ...
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Sogepaq takes on Banderas' Spanish project
Sogepaq has picked upinternational rights to Antonio Banderas' second film as director, The WayOf The English, which beginsshooting next Monday in Spain.The film is a co-productionbetween Banderas' own Green Moon Producciones and Sogepaq sister companySogecine.It marks Banderas' return tothe Spanish film industry, where he also plans to begin producing local ...
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THINKFilm picks up Boys Of Baraka
THINKFilm has acquired NorthAmerican theatrical and home video rights to Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's TheBoys Of Baraka and will roll it outin New York on Nov 30.The story follows fourchildren as they are transplanted from the mean streets of Baltimore to aprivate boarding school in Kenya and recently won ...
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Battle lines drawn for Prix Screen International
The European Film Academy has announced 11 nominations for the Prix ScreenInternational for non-European film.The awards, backed byScreen International, reflect the wide geographical spread of this year's top films, taking in every continent.Three of the films - C.R.A.Z.Y., Be With Me and Tsosti - have also been nominated to represent ...
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Global Film Initiative names eight features in US touring series
The Global Film Initiativehas unveiled its third annual Global Lens touring film series featuring eightfeatures and five shorts from developing-world countries.The series will screen incities across the US beginning in January through partnerships with major culturalinstitutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of FineArts in ...
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Peace Arch announces AFM deals on new slate
Toronto-based Peace Arch Entertainment has reported strong pre-sales during AFM on the nine new titles on its slate.Momentum in the UK, itssister company Aurum in Spain and Odeon in Canada have each taken rights to theromance Delirious starring SteveBuscemi, Michael Pitt and Alison Lohman, as well all five titles from ...
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New film agency to be established in Wales
The Welsh Development Agency and the Arts Council of Wales(ACW) have announced plans to establish a new film agency, Ffilm Wales. Theagency will operate under the Welsh Assembly Government's new CreativeIndustries initiative.The film agency will aim to "ensure that Wales can be moreeffective in developing talent and in making feature ...
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Lehmann attached to direct Gold Circle's romcom
Michael Lehmannwill direct Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore in Gold Circle Films' comedy BecauseI Said So, which will bereleased domestically through Universal and is being sold internationally byMandate Pictures.Lehmann'scredits include Heathers, 40 Days And 40 Nights and The Truth About Cats And Dogs; he replaces Gillian Armstrong who waspreviously attached.Gold ...
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Northern Ireland enjoys a production boom
Northern Ireland is enjoying a production boom with several filmsbacked by the Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission (NIFTC) beginning shoots.Seven films are due to start principal photography between now andnext Spring start in Belfast and along the border with the Republic of Ireland.Alreadyshooting is 48 Angels, a low-budget feature ...
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Final hopes for German media funds are dashed
German media funds are now all but dead, with the incoming government announcing it will backdate reforms to last week.Some German media fund managers had hoped to continue signing up investors until new Chancellor Angela Merkel officially begins business next week.But FinanceMinister designate Peer Steinbrueck says he intends to retain ...
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Ferrara to be honoured at Sarajevo festival
TheSarajevo Film Festival will celebrate the work of Abel Ferrara during thefestival's 12th edition, to be held August 18-26, 2006. Ferrara isexpected to attend the festival and present a selection of his films, includinghis latest feature, Mary."This courageous filmmaker makes no concessions - in hismovies as well as in the ...
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India film festival to host Merchant tribute
This year's edition of the InternationalFilm Festival of India (IFFI), to be held in Goafrom Nov 24 - Dec 4, will pay a special tribute to Indian-born filmmaker IsmailMerchant who died in May this year.The retrospective will screenIn Custody, which Merchant directedhimself, and three films that he produced with James ...
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BVI hits $1bn gross for 11th consecutive year
Buena VistaInternational (BVI) passed $1bn in annual tickets sales yesterday [Tuesday],marking the 11th consecutive year the distributor has achieved the distinction."We're thrilledto be able to keep this going," BVI president Mark Zoradi said. "Theinteresting thing about the theatrical business is that the shelf is emptyevery year. Through good product years ...
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The British Academy prepares for 2005 awards
For an indication of how important the BAFTA film awardshave become, look no further than this year's campaign trail.The scramble for BAFTAs started inearnest on August 31, when the UK'sacademy members were emailed with details of a screening of AngLee's Brokeback Mountain, followed by a Q&A withstar Jake Gyllenhaal and ...
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Fifth annual animated feature Academy Award
The question of who will be the winner of the fifth annualanimated feature Academy Award is a hotly contested and intriguing one. Four films stand out as the frontrunners - Howl's Moving Castle, Chicken Little,Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbitand Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - and each represents ...
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Fifth annual animated feature Academy Award
Competition to be one of just three nominees for this year'sanimated feature Oscar is stiff with such an eclectic bunch of high- budget,critically- acclaimed films - and creepy - films in the runningThe question of who will be the winner of the fifth annualanimated feature Academy Award is a hotly ...
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Australian VoD licenses Granada International films
Australianvideo-on-demand company Reeltime has signed a dealwith Granada International to license select film and television programmesfrom Granada's library.OnceReeltime launches in early 2006, the Granada content will be made available to all of its ISPpartners.Thedeal covers unspecified films and TV programmes including Prime Suspect,Cracker, 7Up and Nanny 911."Weare delighted to see ...