All Screen articles in 25 September 2001
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A.I. tops UK box office chart
Warner Bros. scored another hit in the UK at the weekend when A.I. Artificial Intelligence took the top chart position with $3.3m (£2.3m) from 428 sites, including previews of $424,616. With a site average of $7,819 the Steven Spielberg film had a strong opening weekend, the distributors second highest of ...
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Tokyo film fest selects 14th edition competitors
The 14th edition of the Tokyo Film Festival, which screens 140 films between October 27 and November 4, has selected the 14 films which will compete for the $42,700 (Y5m) Grand Prix and the $11,300 (Y2m) Jury Prize.Among the films in competition are Michel Gondry's Human Nature, starring Tim Robbins ...
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Canada's tax change closes expensive loophole
Toronto and London-based Grosvenor Park and Vancouver-based Sentinel Hill Alliance Atlantis Equicap Limited Partnership (SHAAELP), in which Alliance Atlantis Corp. holds a 30% stake, are two of the Canadian-based companies expected to be hardest hit by the Canadian government's closure in Jan 2002, of a loophole in its tax law ...
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BSkyB goes all-digital as Vivendi sells 23% stake
Vivendi Universal has handed over its 23% stake in Europe's richest pay-TV group BSkyB to an unnamed investment firm, believed to be Deutsche Bank.The move came only hours before BSkyB announced that it would switch off its analogue signal at midnight (Sept 27), some 15 months ahead of its planned ...
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French films see 40% leap in foreign revenues
Foreign theatrical revenues for French-language films has leapt 40% during the first seven months of 2001 compared to the same period last year.According to a Unifrance report, Germany saw the strongest rise (178%), of the seven countries considered (Germany, Spain, the US, the UK, Italy, Quebec and Switzerland) which together ...
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German private film fund names strategic partners
Indigo Film, Claussen + Woebke Filmproduktion and Calypso Film have been named as the first strategic partners of the Berlin-based private media fund German Film Productions (GFP), which plans to raise Euros 11m for the financing of German language feature films and TV movies.According to GFP, "letters of intent" have ...
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Prozac Nation
Dir: Erik Skjoldbjaerg. US. 2001. 98 mins.As if proof were needed, Christina Ricci proves she is one of her generation's most fearless actors with a bold and nuanced performance in Prozac Nation, the film of Elizabeth Wurtzel's autobiographical book about youthful depression. Virtually on screen for the film's entire 98 ...
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Vidocq
Dir: Pitof. France. 100 mins.Last season it was Brotherhood Of The Wolf, a prototype for a new kind of European popular cinema, that attempted to makeover a French costume drama with the idiomatic layering of genre set-pieces (martial arts action movie, monster movie, etc.). This season we get Vidocq, a ...
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Deanna Sanchez joins Myriad in business affairs
Deanna Sanchez has joined Myriad Pictures in Los Angeles as director of business affairs. She will be responsible for managing in-house business, operational and legal matters covering all aspects of theatrical features from development through distribution.She reports directly to David Miercourt, Myriad's senior vice president of business affairs.Prior to joining ...
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Absolument Fabuleux
Dir: Gabriel Aghion. France. 2001. 105 mins.A French feature film remake of the iconic BBC TV series, Absolument Fabuleux replaces its source material's uniquely vivacious humour with hamfisted slapstick and overcooked farce. Despite many inventive touches and amusing French renderings of the series' hallmarks, it suffers acutely in the translation. ...
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German Short Film Award nominations revealed
Su Turhan's Gone Underground, which was one of the first shorts to be shot with the Sony 24p digital high definition camera, is among eight German shorts nominated from 108 entries for this year's German Short Film Awards which will be presented by Culture Minister Julian Nida-Ruemelin at a ceremony ...
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Fox and Warner team for Swiss distribution
After months of speculation the Swiss outposts of US majors 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. have announced that they will release their films from Oxtober 1 under the joint banner Fox-Warner.According to an official release, the new distribution outfit's operations will be coordinated from Warner Bros.' offices in Zurich ...
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Italy's Mediaset accused of unlawful trading
Italy's Mediaset was again caught up in a whirl of controversy this weekend after a Milan court accused the group's president, Fedele Confalionieri, of unlawful rights-trading. Investigating prosecutors also lifted the lid on the conflict of interest issue, one of the hottest points of contention for Mediaset and current prime ...
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BBC's Care wins Prix Italia TV drama prize
The BBC's heart-wrenching drama Care won the prestigious Prix Italia prize for best TV drama at the annual television and radio awards ceremony held this year in Bologna and Reggio Emilia (Sept 14-22). The 104 min picture tells the story of a 14-year-old boy who is sent to a children's ...
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Germany's BKNI gets shareholder support
Following its recent announcement to implement a capital increase of 769,695 new ordinary shares to finance further investment in the production of new animated series, BKN International (BKNI) has now received an offer of support from its largest shareholder, Durham Capital Holdings "to ensure that the management of BKNI retains ...
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Sony's Spanish production arm heralds others
Sony Pictures Entertainment has appointed Iona de Macedo head of its newly-launched Spanish production operation, Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas, and is looking to raise production levels in other local markets such as the UK. De Macedo will relocate to Madrid from the studio's Brazilian arm, where she served as vice ...
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Dutch film tax scheme changed again
The Dutch government has announced an additional tranche of funding worth Euros 7m, to subsidise mid-range projects' marketing campaigns, as well as production support. At the same time, however, changes to the Dutch tax incentive scheme, mean that producers must now secure 50% of a film's budget (up from 30%) ...
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Roldan heads Sogecine-Sogepaq distribution
Jacques Roldan, former head of acquisitions for Spanish media giant Sogecable, has been appointed director of distribution for the newly merged production and distribution/sales activities of Sogecable interests Sogecine and Sogepaq.The appointment - unveiled at the San Sebastian International Film Festival - is the first strategic announcement made by new ...
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Dinard festival announces jury and line-up
The organisers of the 12th Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard have announced British actress, Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves, Gosford Park) as this year's jury president presiding over a jury of ten. Fellow jury members include: director Michel Alexandre, actor Daniel Craig, actress and musician Nicole Croisille, actor Adrian ...
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Serendipity
Dir Peter Chelsom. US 2001. 89 mins.Despite a schematic structure and overdose of contrivances, romantic comedy Serendipity represents a step in the right direction for director Peter Chelsom after his disastrous experience with New Line's Town & Country. Recalling Sleepless In Seattle, and other comedies and dramas ...