All Screen articles in 23 March 2006
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Nominations announced for German Film Awards
Florian Henckelvon Donnersmarck's feature debut Das Leben Der Anderenand Hans-Christian Schmid's Berlinalecompetition film Requiem dominatedthe nominations for this year's"Lola" German Film Awards which will be presented in Berlinon May 12.Von Donnersmarck's thriller, whichBuena Vista International opened in German cinemas March 23, picked up eleven nominationsincluding Best Film, Best Direction and ...
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Haneke slams Austrian producer's body funding plans
Austria's leadinginternational filmmaker Michael Haneke (Hidden)has spoken out against proposals by the Austrian Producers Association toconcentrate public film funding on the makers of commercially successful films.Speaking at the first offour roundtables on the state of Austrian film production at this week's Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Cinema, Haneke said: "If ...
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Universal offers downloaded Kong for keeps
Universal ispartnering with DVD rental service LoveFilm tooffer UK customers a movie download-to-own service. The first release will be King Kong, which will be available for permanentdownload on April 10, to coincide with the UK street date for the DVD release. "Universal is very proud tobe the first to launch ...
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Innotz/Prime Entertainment buys Korea Entertainment
Koreanfilm conglomerate Innotz/Prime Entertainment has taken over more established productioncompany Korea Entertainment, producer of commercial hits My Tutor Friend, Mapado, and The Art ofFighting. PrimeEntertainment acquired 100% of Korea Entertainment's stocks for $15m today. Asa subsidiary of Prime Industrial group and formerly a company focusing onsoftware, Innotz had recently announced ...
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Sogepaq picks up international on Spanish hit
Spain'sSogepaq has picked up international rights on local box office hit The2 Sides Of The Bed.Thefilm (Los 2 Lados De La Cama) from director Emilio MartinezLazaro wasreleased in Spain by Buena Vista on December 20, 2005 andhasearned more than $8.5m (Euros 7m) to take top ranking of local films for ...
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Carlos Saura's Iberia to open Guadalajara Film Festival
The 21st edition of the Guadalajara Film Festival starts FridayMarch 24 with the gala presentation of Carlos Saura'sIberia.Mexico's most establishedfestival and a major one within Latin America finds itself at aturning point as it needs to redefine its image and scope after it turned intoa fully-fledged international event last year. ...
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Mashariki named production vp at Fox Searchlight
Zola Mashariki has been promoted to vice president of productionat Fox Searchlight and will report to production chief Claudia Lewis.Mashariki joined the company as a production intern in May 2000and rose to creative executive by January 2001 and director by November 2003.Her credits include Kinsey, In America, Le Divorce and ...
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Naseerruddin Shah to be honoured at Indian Film Festival of LA
Indian star Naseerruddin Shah will be honoured at the 4th IndianFilm festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), which runs from Apr 19-23.The festival will showcase two of Shah's pictures - MonsoonWedding and TheChurning (Manthan) - and Shah will take part in a30-minute on-stage discussion on Apr 21 after The Churning.His western ...
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Eden
Dir: Michael Hoffman. Ger-Switz. 2005. 98mins.Voted the audience award winner at Rotterdam, MichaelHoffman's Eden is a natural crowdpleaser that successfully combines food and sex for aromantic romp in the best tradition of hits like Mostly Martha.More demure and lessenergetic than Sandra Nettlebeck's feature, thiscomedy about the encounter between an overweight, ...
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Paper Dolls
Dir/scr: Tomer Heymann. Is-Swiss.2005. 80mins.A surefire winner on specialistcircuits, Paper Dolls, Tomer Heymann's documentary abouta group of Filipino transsexuals in Israel has everything a successful pictureneeds: endearing characters, tears, laughter, heartbreak and an explosiveclimax at the most unexpected moment.Originally commissioned as asix-part TV series, it has now been cut to ...
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The Caiman (Il Caimano)
Dir: Nanni Moretti. It-Fr. 2006. 112mins.Part impassioned political expose, part maritaldrama, part meta-cinematic comedy, Nanni Moretti's new film TheCaiman is a curious hybrid that, in most other hands, would feel forced. It'sthe director's intuitive command of tonal shifts - from slapstick to serious,from Allen-esque one-liners to barbed Moore-ish satire - ...
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Filmart wraps with record attendance
The tenth edition of Filmartwrapped today with the organisers reporting record attendance and delegatesagreeing that this year was the biggest and busiest yet. More than 400 companies tookbooths at the market while the number of buyers increased to almost 4,000.Meanwhile projects market, the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), ...
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UK industry gives cautious welcome to tax changes
With the UK's new film tax credit set to go into effect April 1, the government has finally provided details about its new tax regime.Producers say there's good news and bad news in the details. Unlike its predecessors, the Section42 and Section 48 regimes, the new relief will only apply ...
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Government announces details of UK film tax regime
With the UK's new film tax credit set to go into effect in just11 days, the government has finally provided details about its new tax regime.The most significant point for producers is a change to the qualifying threshold for tax relief - at least 25% of a film's budget must ...
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Korea's Tube Entertainment merges with media companies to form Mediacorp
Koreaninvestor/distributor Tube Entertainment has merged with stock exchange-listed publisherYoungjin Dotcom and entertainment-related firms Media 2.0 and Oi Music tocreate a "total media" enterprise called Mediacorp, which will be listed on thestock market.Mediacorpwill focus on entertainment, publishing, and digital content as its mainbusinesses this year. As the entertainment affiliate, Tube Entertainment ...
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Tartan starts DVD label for exploitation films
UK theatrical and home videodistributor Tartan has launched a new DVD label devoted to cult exploitationfilms, Tartan Grindhouse. The labelwill release double-DVD sets priced at $34.95 (£19.99). The label'sfirst release will be 1977's Last Houseon Dead-End Street, a horror film inspired by the Manson Family murders.That film was released with ...
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Pretty Pictures acquires three new features
Paris-based distributorPretty Pictures has announced the acquisition of three new films following theBerlin EFM.The company will releaseMaria Maggenti's Sundance competitor Puccini ForBeginners in fall 2006. The screwball sex farce stars Gretchen Mol, Elizabeth Reaser, Julianne Nicholsonand Justin Kirk and was acquired from Katapult Films.Spanish language title Rosario Tijeras, directed by ...
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Film Finance Corporation Australia to fund two new features
Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) today gavefinal approval on its investments in the animated feature $9.99 and a feature-length documentary investigating discreditedauthor Norma Khouri.The stop-motion animation for adults, $9.99, is the first officialbig-screen co-production between Australian and Israel.Israeli director Tatia Rosenthal wrote the scriptwith Etgar Keret and hasbeen working with ...
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Company 9 wins best film at 19th Nika Awards in Russia
The 19th annual Nika Awards ceremony took place in Moscow on Friday, March17. This year's awards yielded no realsurprises. Alexei Uchitel's character study Dreaming Of Space,Alexei Guerman, Jr.'shistorical drama Garpastumand Fyodor Bondarchuk's Afghan war epic and Company 9 managed to win multipleawards. Company 9, which was the box-office sensation of ...
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Ossana, Moresco, Olson line up for Scriptwriters Showcase in LA
Oscar winners Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain) and Bobby Moresco (Crash) along with Academy Award nominee Josh Olson, who wrote A History OfViolence, are keynotespeakers at the upcoming Scriptwriters Showcase that runs in Los Angeles fromApr 7-9.The event comprises four separate panels on feature writing, TV writing,development, and writing for video ...