All Screen articles in 26 May 2004
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Singapore unveils international funding incentive
In an attempt to lureinternational film makers to shoot and produce their pictures in thecity-state, Singapore has announced Film In Singapore, a $5.8m (S$10m) fundingincentive set up by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).Under the scheme, filmmakers will receive a subsidy of up to 50% of the expenses incurred duringfilming in ...
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Germany's Script House devises new East-West info exchange
The exchange of information between East and Western Europe on trends in film development, producing and marketing in their respective markets is to receive a boost through a new venture entitled Crossings, which has been devised by Berlin-based Script House and will be launched at next week's Transilvanian Film Festival ...
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RCV boasts host of Cannes pick-ups
Dutch independent distributor RCV has announced that itacquired a large number of major titles during Cannes. Deals include the threebiggest films offered during the market section at the festival: The Brothers Grimm (starring Matt Damonand Heath Ledger) ,The Good Shepherd(with Leonardo DiCaprio) and The NewWorld (Colin Farrell, directed by Terrence ...
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Pending tax shelter initiates new Belgian investment outfit
A new intermediary companycalled Peloton Pictures is planning to launch in Brussels in as little as sixweeks time to take advantage of the new Belgian tax shelter.Led by Mulholland Picturesproducer Ate de Jong (The Discovery Of Heaven), Peloton Pictures will bean intermediary between 'one or two well-known Belgian banks' and ...
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Pakistan considers lifting Indian film ban
Pakistan's Ministry of Culture is likely to take the radical decision to allow the screening of Indian films, on a selective basis.An outline of what type of films are to be released for screening is being prepared for the cabinet's approval. Currently there are no theatrical releases of Indian films ...
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Pupi Avati steps down as president of Cinecitta.
Pupi Avati, the veteran Italian director behind The Heart Elsewhere, has stepped downfrom his position as president of Cinecitta Holding. He has been replaced byformer RAI executive Carlo Fuscagni."I told Cultural Minister Giuliano Urbani that I wantedto resign for professional reasons," Avati said. "I am currentlyshooting a film and should ...
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Dendy takes three for Australia
Dendy chiefs Andrew Mackie and Richard Payten areparticularly pleased that Mike Leigh's VeraDrake is among the three films they have just picked up for Australia andNew Zealand.This is because it will be the fourth film they have handledfor the UK writer/director under various distribution guises. They fought offvigorous competition for ...
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Nordic newcomers emerge - against the odds
Although producers throughout the Nordic region are stillstruggling with their various unresolved issues of government funding, thereseems to be no shortage of new talent -or producers willing to back their feature debuts.In Sweden, there are signs that the continued emergence offirst-time feature directors (as well as more box-office success), might ...
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Harry Potter 3 prompts new Dutch rating
The third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, has received a unique newrating in the Netherlands. Nicam, the organisation responsible for theage-limits assigned to films in Holland, will introduce the advisory age of 9years.Normally, films are branded with one of the four existingratings: All Ages, 6, ...
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Nobody Knows (Daremo Shiranai)
Dir/scr: Kore-edaHirokazu. Japan. 2004. 141mins.A nightmare scenario ofparental neglect is rendered as a plaintive neo-realist ode to childhood inthis long-gestating project from writer-director Kore-eda Hirokazu. Inspired bya true event from the late 1980s, NobodyKnows offers a closely-observed portrait of four youngsters seeking tomaintain some semblance of normality after their mother ...
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Ex-San Sebastian chief to take over Spain's ICAA
The former head of the San Sebastian International FilmFestival, Manual Perez Estremera, is set to head up Spain's major state filmbody, ICAA.Left-wingnewspaper El Pais has leaked the news that Perez Estremera, a formerfilm critic responsible for relaunching San Sebastian in 1993, will beconfirmed as head of the Instuito de las ...
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Cavedweller
Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. US.2004. 120mins.A powerful and nuancedpiece of storytelling, Cavedwellerfollows in the wreckage-strewn wake of a woman trying to rebuild her lifeamidst the deaths of her two husbands and the bitterness of her daughters byboth men. Based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, it stars and is executiveproduced by ...
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The Film Source picks up Bollywood And Vine
AlexMassis' New York-based marketing and licensing company The Film Source has picked up worldwiderights in all media to Edward Jordon and Donald Farmer's romantic crimecaper Bollywood And Vine.Setin Hollywood, the picture centres on an Indian tour-bus driver who gets morethan he bargained for when he writes a comeback vehicle for ...
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Cinesite unveils string of blockbuster visual effects deals
UK based post-production house Cinesite (Europe) hasannounced deals for visual effects work on a slate of blockbusters including Charlie&The Chocolate Factory, The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, Harry Potter& The Goblet Of Fire and Alfie.Cinesite isalso completing work on forthcoming Jerry Bruckheimer film King Arthur,the first time that a major ...
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DeMoulin named marketing evp at Anschutz FIlm Group
Industry veteranChris DeMoulin has been named executive vice president of marketing for theAnschutz Film Group (AFG), where he will oversee integrated marketing andmerchandising on pictures produced by Walden Media and Bristol Bay Productions.DeMoulin will report directly to AFG president Cary Granat andmore specifically will be responsible for marketing, publicity, promotion,product ...
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Sundance names first Annenberg Film Fellows
The SundanceInstitute has named the first five Annenberg Film Fellows, the film-makers whowill receive support on their projects from the recent $5m Annenberg Foundationgrant.Aditya Assarat,Sterlin Harjo, Emily Hubley, Kazuo Ohno and Alex Rivera will receive acombination of stipends, residencies and creative assistance with theirprojects.Their storiesinclude an animated feature about a ...
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Leading London agent found murdered
Rod Hall, the agent for thewriters of films including Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and BillyElliot, was found stabbed to death in his home, police said yesterday. Hallwas 53.Police said they were calledto Hall's southeast London home on Sunday by a friend after the agent failed toshow up for various ...
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Tony Kane joins Video Island as advisor
Online DVD rental service, Video Island, boosted itsmanagement team by appointing home entertainment veteran Tony Kane as advisor.Kane, previously managing director of Universal MusicGroup's, Britannia Music and a co-founder of Next Directory, will be consult oncompany strategy notably on how to leverage Video Island's existingpartnerships with key national brands such ...
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FINLAND 26 May
The trioof action extravaganzas, Troy, VanHelsing and Kill Bill Vol.2, wereuntouchable at the top of the Finnish chart despite far from impressive screenaverages, but it meant that this week's three newcomers, Jersey Girl, The Butterfly Effect and Honey, only managed to reach fourth to sixth with equallydisappointing screen averages.The Girl ...
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ITALY 26 May
Walter Salles' Cannes picture, The Motorcycle Diaries opened at number three at the Italian boxoffice, grossing just $658,450 for Valerio De Paolis's indie distributionoutfit Bim.The Che Guevara film, which stars Gael Garcia Bernal, openedon 210 screens at the weekend, but posted a disappointing screen average of$3,133, despite its Cannes premiere ...