All Screen articles in 27 August 2007
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Fremaux gets new general manager title at Cannes
Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux has been named general manager of the festival, organizers announced Monday. The appointment was made by the Cannes board of directors on July 19 based on a proposal by Cannes president Gilles Jacob.Fremaux officially took up his new functions on August 9, while continuing to ...
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Kinowelt unveils production slate
Neue Kinowelt Filmproduktion (NKF), the recently founded production arm of Germany's Kinowelt Group, has unveiled an ambitious slate of projects.They include new German language features by Esther Gronenborn, Til Schweiger, Michael Schorr and Hendrik Handloegten spanning all genres from arthouse to the mainstream.According to Kinowelt's Bertil le Claire, NKF aims ...
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Cineclick Asia picks up Pang Ho-cheung's Exodus
Korea-based sales agent Cineclick Asia is repping Hong Kong director Pang Ho-cheung's new thriller Exodus - recently announced in the Toronto and San Sebastian film festival line-ups. Licensor Filmko Entertainment reserves rights to Chinese-speaking territories (mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore), along with Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Pang, whose ...
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Wet weather contributes to sunny UK box office
One of the wettest ever summers in the UK contributed to a record-breaking number of ticket sales last month.The Film Distributors Association says 21.8 million cinema visits were made in July, the equivalent of one in three of the population.The previous highest monthly total in recent years was 19.0 million ...
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Bavaria picks up Argentinian title
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up international rights for Argentinian filmmaker Anahi Berneri's latest film Encarnacion which will be having its world premiere in the Visions sidebar of the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.The co-production between Argentina's BD Cine and Spain's Wanda Filmes about an ageing actress trying to ...
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Elite Squad to open Rio International Film Festival
Rio International Film Festival (Sept 20 - Oct 4) will open with the highly anticipated Jose Padilha's Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite).It will give an explosive start to an event which will screen more than 300 films from 70 countries over 35 venues, including outdoor screenings on he famous Copacabana ...
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UTV strikes DVD on-demand deal with TitleMatch
Indian producer-distributor UTV Motion Pictures has signed a DVD on-demand deal with US-based TitleMatch Entertainment Group for distribution of its library titles via retailers and e-tailers in North America. TitleMatch is a subsidiary of Protocall Technologies Inc, developer of the world's first CSS enabled DVD on-demand service. Titles covered by ...
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Thailand selects Naresuan Part 2 as Oscar entry
Thailand has selected The Legend Of King Naresuan Part 2 as its official entry for the best foreign-language film category of the 2008 Academy Awards. The selection was made by a committee of 22 members from Thailand 's Federation of National Film Association, including president Chaiwat Taveewongsangthong. The lavish historical ...
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Higginson, Huntley promoted at Fox International in Europe
Paul Higginson has been promoted to senior vice president of Europe Theatrical at Fox International, filling the post that will be left by the Universal-bound Christian Grass.Todd Huntley has been promoted to vice president of Europe Theatrical. Both promotions take effect immediately.Higginson will remain in London at Fox's European regional ...
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inDplay, b-side pact to bring festival films to buyers
Online marketplace for film and television content inDplay has struck a deal with data services company b-side to ensure that a broader range of festival films with commercial potential are seen by buyers.The alliance combines inDplay's global network of distributors with b-side's analysis of festival audience feedback to offer buyers ...
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Nazarian closes down Element Films International
Element Films International (EFI) has folded, as owner Sam Nazarian restructures the domestic division of his film business, Element Films.The foreign sales arm headed by Jim Harvey closed on Jul 31. Harvey, who took over the reigns after John Fremes left to join Jere Hausfater at Essential Entertainment earlier this ...
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Ultimatum tops international box office with $14.4m take
Universal/UPI's The Bourne Ultimatum was the number one overseas film at the weekend as it generated a steady $14.4m from 2,100 sites in 25 territories for an early international running total of $55m.The result was fired up by a $2.8m number one launch in Russia from 392 sites, which was ...
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Sony's Superbad is still baddest at North American box office
Superbad was too good for the competition in its second weekend as the Sony comedy held on to top spot following a modest 46% drop and added an estimated $18m for $68.6m.Despite a wave of new films the top three was familiar, as Universal's spy thriller The Bourne Ultimatum and ...
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Corbijn takes major honours at Edinburgh
Anton Corbijn's Control emerged as one of the major winners at the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival. Corbijn's stunning monochrome biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis was one of the discoveries at Cannes this year and has continued to build critical acclaim and industry buzz. In Edinburgh it won ...
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Montreal festival's Cauchard lambasts Telefilm's Clarkson
The Montreal World Film Festival opened with a bang on Thursday with the festival's second-in-command calling for the government of Canada to intervene on behalf of the beleagured event.In her welcoming address, festival vice-president Danielle Cauchard called on Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper to give Telefilm Canada executive director Wayne ...
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Schoettle moves sideways from Sprockets to TIFF
Jane Schoettle, the founding director of Sprockets International Film Festival for Children, is stepping down from her position after 10 years to expand her programming activities at the Toronto International Film Festival. TIFFG will soon post an international talent search for Schoettle's replacement. A candidate is expected to be announced ...
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Bavaria acquires international rights to Toronto title Encarnacion
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up international rights for Argentinean filmmaker Anahi Berneri's latest film Encarnacion which will be having its world premiere in the Visions sidebar of the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The co-production between Argentina's BD Cine and Spain's Wanda Filmes about an aging actress trying ...
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China 2007 box office expected to reach $400m
As the number of cinemas and admissions continues to grow, China's 2007 boxoffice is expected to break the $400m (RMB3bn) milestone, industry players have estimated. According to monthly statistics from the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), total box office for the first half ...
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Kitano to receive newly-created director prize in Venice
The Venice International Film Festival has announced that director Takeshi Kitano will be the inaugural recipient of the newly-created 'Glory To The Filmmaker Prize'. The prize is named after Kitano's latest feature Glory To The Filmmaker! (Kantoku Banzai!) and will be awarded for recognition of directorial talent. Kitano is set ...
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Medem, Babenco films confirmed for Rome competition
The Rome Film Festival has announced several titles confirmed for its second edition, which takes place October 18-27 in the Italian capital.Argentinian film-maker Hector Babenco's The Past (El Pasado) starring Gael Garcia Bernal as well as Spanish director Julio Medem's Chaotic Ana (Caotica Ana) are both confirmed for Rome's main ...