All Screen articles in 24 September 2007
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Features
Mamas & Papas
Four stories of modern parenthood: a successful couple seeks to adopt, a young couple consider an abortion, a poor couple who cannot afford to raise their child, and a mother whose marriage collapses.
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Ao: The Last Neanderthal
A Neanderthal man’s journey across ancient Europe and his encounter with homo sapiens. Based on Marc Klapczynski’s book Aô, Ancient Man.
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Tuesday After Christmas
Prod companies: Multimedia Est (Romania)Backers: CNC Romania, McCann-Erickson (Romania), Optimedia (Romania)Producers:Budget: $1.3mIntl sales: tba Director: Radu MunteanScreenplay: Radu Muntean, Alexandru Baciu, Răzvan RădulescuDoP: Tudor LucaciuProduction Design:Cast: Mimi Brănescu, Maria PopistaşuLocations: Bucharest, RomaniaShooting dates: November 2009Contact: Dragoş Vâlcu, Multimedia ...
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The Great Ghost Rescue
A young boy helps a flock of ghosts find a new home. Adaptation of the children’s novel by Eva Ibbotson.
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Magic Boys
Two blue-collar Hungarians disguise themselves as exotic dancers to blackmail a scheming American tycoon.
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One More Croissant (working title)
In Paris, an Estonian caretaker forms a bond with her charge, an elderly, exiled French lady.
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News
Secret director to tackle the lost life of Jesus Christ
Drew Heriot, the director of the phenomenally successful DVD The Secret, will make his narrative directing debut on spiritual fantasy/adventure The Aquarian Gospel which attempts to tell the story of Jesus Christ's 'missing years' from the ages of 13 to 30.Heriot's documentary-style The Secret has sold over two million copies ...
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Bahamas Film Festival goes into local classrooms
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is expanding its Kid's Film Workshop during the fourth annual event this year (Dec 6-13) and will partner with schools throughout Nassau to bring the workshops directly into the classroom.The programme is being sponsored by The Royal Bank Of Canada (RBC) in Nassau as ...
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Amal wins top prize at Sudbury's Cinefest in Canada
Richie Mehta's debut feature Amal won the NFB Carolyn Fouriezos Memorial Award for Best Canadian First Feature as the 2007 Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday. The film, which world premiered at Toronto in the Canada First! program, is written by Mehta and his brother Shaun and produced ...
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Sundance Institute, Skoll Foundation team for three-year pact
The Sundance Institute and Jeff Skoll's Skoll Foundation today announced a $3m, three-year partnership dedicated to exploring film's role in advancing knowledge about social entrepreneurship. The grant will support the launch of Stories Of Change: Social Entrepreneurship In Focus Through Documentary, a new initiative spearheaded by the Sundance Institute Documentary ...
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NBC Universal International reorganises digital operations
NBC Universal International has restructured its international digital group, organizing its digital efforts into two parallel strands - New Media Licensing and Digital Assets.The moves come in an efforts to reflect the company's priority on digital strategy and to position it for further digital growth, while also driving growth across ...
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Alliance signs Canadian output deal with Overture
Alliance Films and Overture Films have signed an all-rights multi-year output deal for Canada. The deal was announced by Overture's CEO Chris McGurk and Alliance's executive chairman Victor Loewy.The deal, which runs through 2010, will add an additional eight to 12 titles annually to Alliance's releeasing slate, beginning with Callie ...
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European Film Awards announce 13 short film nominees
The European Film Academy has announced the short film nominees for the 2007 European Film Awards. Nominees are determined by the Prix UIP at a year-long series of European festivals. The 1,800 members of the EFA will now vote for the winner. The nominees are: Salvador by Abdelatif Hwidar (Spain), ...
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Reviews
Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead
Dir: Stuart Urban. UK 2007. 83 minsStuart Urban's documentary is the latest in an increasingly lengthy list of films made by children about their fathers (Mark Wexler's Tell Them Who You Are, Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect and Doug Block's 51 Birch Street are three other recent examples.) Tovarisch, however, is ...
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NBC Universal International starts new digital strands
NBC Universal International has restructured its digital business to maximise its digital growth strategy. NBCUI will now organise its digital efforts in two strands: New Media Licensing and Digital Assets. LA-based Beth Minehart has been promoted to Executive Vice President, International New Media, NBC Universal International Television Distribution. She will ...