All Screen articles in 25 May 2001
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EIB now ready to accelerate audiovisual funding
The European Investment Bank (EIB) gave a clear signal at last week's Audiovisual Roundtable in Cannes that it wants to support the European film and TV industry and build greater competitiveness in the international market.The Roundtable had been organised following the launch of the Euros500m "Audiovisual i2i" initiative and to ...
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Valladolid sets up retrospective six pack
The International Film Week of Valladolid, Spain (Oct 26-Nov 3) is preparingsix retrospectives for its 46th edition this autumn.The first of these, "Todo Visconti", will feature restored copies of the famed Italian neo-realist director Luchino Visconti's oeuvre, including Death In Venice, Rocco And His Brothers, The Leopard, The Wanton Countess ...
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Sharada snags two Cannes titles for Italy
Confirming the rise in Italy of a new generation of ambitious distributionoutfits, Sharada, a new Rome-based company, has snapped up Italiandistribution rights to two Cannes titles, including Catherine Corsini'scompetition film La Repetition.Sharada's Andrea De Liberato, who also heads Italian production outfitPoetiche Cinematografiche, and his business partner Antonio Fusco, have alsoacquired ...
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Danielsen to take over at Edinburgh Festival
Shane Danielsen has been named as the next artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.A writer and critic for The Australian newspaper, Danielsen will take over from current artistic director Lizzie Francke after she has presided over this year's festival, which runs from 12-16 August. As well as being ...
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Zee seeks partner for int'l expansion drive
Zee Telefilms Ltd (ZTL) is looking to partner with a multi-national media group in order to catapult itself into Asian and international markets.The executive committee of ZTL, which is managed by The Essel Group, has invited proposals from leading international investment and merchant bankers to put together the proposed strategic ...
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Angel Eyes
Dir: Luis Mandoki. US 2001. 115 mins.A muddled blend of a supernatural thriller, romantic melodrama, and urban police-crimer, Angel Eyes, Jennifer Lopez' latest disappointing star vehicle, tries to do too much to little effect. Lifting a number of ideas and characters from Ghost and City Of Angels, ...
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Bidding may go sky-high for DirecTV with new buyer
A bidding war is set to erupt over DirecTV, the largest satellite TV operator in the US with 9.5m subscribers.DirecTV's current owner, General Motors, says it is willing to entertain offers from bothcurrent suitor News Corp as well as new would-be buyer EchoStar Communications,which is second largest satellite TV provider ...
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Sony pays theatre chains to show film trailer
Sony PicturesEntertainment has set a new precedent by becoming the first Hollywood studio toactually pay theatre chains to carry one its promotional trailers.According to a news report in Thursday's Los Angeles Times, Sony paid two US exhibition chains -- General Cinema Theatres and AMC Entertainment -- as much as $100,000 ...
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Streather to head LFCA's European operations
Large Format Cinema Association (LFCA) has appointed Phil Streather as vice president - Europe, Africa and Middle East.Streather, who is currently co-chairman and head of large format at Principal Media Group and current LFCA board member, is briefed with raising the association's global profile and helping to grow the large ...
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Swaraj promotes booming Indian film sector
The Indian Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sushma Swaraj announced this week that the government is in discussions with The British Film Institute with a view to setting up a Museum of Moving Images in New Delhi. Discussions advanced during a meeting at last week's Cannes Film Festival.The minister said ...
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UK BO enjoys best April for quarter of a century
After an uncertain start to the year, things are finally looking up for the UK's exhibition sector. According to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) admissions in April were the highest for 26 years, averaging 3.26m ticket sales a week. This, says the CAA, could translate into 148m admissions by the ...
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Sony Classics has a crush on FilmFour's Crush
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has reportedly capped a late flurry of Cannes acquisitions by taking all North American rights to FilmFour's Crush, one of the market's most talked about UK titles. The $6.5m picture, which stars Andie MacDowell, follows the relationship between three middle-aged single women and a younger man. ...
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Oz industry reacts bitterly to tight Govt budget
"We are fighting for survival," said Catriona Hughes, chief executive of Australia's Film Finance Corporation (FFC), in reaction to the very small increases for film announced in this week's budget.Other commentators noted that the proposed A$50m budget for the FFC, the Australian industry's biggest film investor, is only half that ...
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Director Khudoinazarov sets up two more pictures
Luna Papa director Bahktiar Khudoinazarov is planning to shoot a low-budget feature Faraway Gochi on location in Russia this September ahead of his $4m-$4.4m (DM 9m-DM 10m) feature Leo which is being slated to shoot in and around Vienna for 12 weeks in spring 2002.Budgeted at under $440,000 (DM 1m) ...
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Warner plans Spanish, Italian local prod ventures
Warner Bros International is readying its first Spanish-language pictures in the next phase of its drive into local-language production in Europe.According to Simona Benzakein, Warner's newly appointed vice president of European production, the multinational is studying the possibility of opening a Spain-based production office, much like it has done in ...
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American Rhapsody, Kinski open Karlovy Vary
Eva Gardos' mother-daughter drama An American Rhapsody will open the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July. The film's star, Nastassja Kinski, is expected to accompany the picture.Czech title Angel Exit, directed by Vladimir Michalek, will screen in competition, while film-maker Emir Kusturica is expected to hit the Bohemian ...
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Winchester sells slate, Heartbreakers goes east
UK-based Winchester Films has closed a host of deals to the Far East on its MGM comedy Heartbreakers.The story of mother and daughter con artists went to Hong Kong (Delon), India (RDB), Indonesia (PT Multiplex), Philippines (AIX), Singapore (Shaw) and Taiwan (Long Shong).The feature arm of listed media concern Winchester ...
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Munich festival secures world premieres
Alfonso Arau's TV version of The Magnificent Ambersons and Oskar Roehler's Suck My Dick, the director's first film after Die Unberuhrbare, will make their world premieres at the Munich FilmFest, the event has announced.Jean-Pierre Jeunet's French box-office hit Amelie will open the event's 19th edition, which runs from June 30 ...
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Advertising slump hits UK's Carlton Communications
UK media concern Carlton Communications has reported a fall in first-half profit amidst a depressed advertising market and has halved its dividend.Advertising revenues fell by 6.3%, compared to an 8% growth in the same period last year. Carlton, a major shareholder in UK commercial TV network, said it could not ...
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Intermedia unveils music division for soundtracks
UK and US-based indie Intermedia has launched a music arm under Bill Curbishley, former manager of The Who and Jimi Hendrix, and Joel Sill, former vice-president music for Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures.The division will produce soundtracks for features and have offices in Los Angeles and London. The team is ...