All Screen articles in 27 January 2005
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The Magic Roundabout (La Manege Enchante)
Dirs: Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham. 2005. UK-Fr. 81minsRemaking 1960sfive-minute children's TV show The Magic Roundabout as a full-lengthcomputer-animated feature always seemed a somewhat unlikely project. Sadly, theresulting $24m Anglo-French co-production explains why.The original series beganlife as La Manege Enchante on French TV in 1964. In the UK the ...
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Madrid, Paris Commissions strike co-production deal
Celebrating the one-yearanniversary of its creation, the Madrid Film Commission has signed acollaboration agreement Monday with Paris's Ile de France Film Commission tohelp foment Spanish-French co-productions.According to producerEnrique Cerezo, president of the Madrid Film Commission (MFC), and CorinneRufet, president of the Ile de France Film Commission, Spain and France couldbe ...
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British Film Institute reignites film sales division
Having once championed PeterGreenaway, Derek Jarman and John Maybury, the British Film Institute (BFI) islaunching back into film sales at next month's Berlin market after acquiringall worldwide rights to two films.The institute's salesdivision, which has not represented new films since Maybury's acclaimed 1998debut Love Is The Devil, has picked up ...
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Capitol bounces with Rabbit
Berlinale Special film Rabbit On The Moon (Conejo En La Luna)has been picked up in international markets by the UK's Capitol Films.The "Mexican new wave" film directed by Jorge Ramirez-Suarez is athriller that examines the effects on a family when the husband is wronglyaccused of a political murder. It stars ...
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Fry secures Gold Circle backing for Sprout's Boy
In between voicing The Guidein The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, British actor and directorStephen Fry is kickstarting his UK film and TV production company, SproutProductionsFry and his partner inSprout, Gina Carter, have secured backing from Gold Circle, the US indie behindsupernatural suspense hit White Noise, for Sprout's first featureproduction. ...
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Pathe acquires UK rights to The Business
Pathe Distribution hasbeaten off rivals to acquire UK rights to The Business, Nick Love'sfollow-up feature to football hooligan film The Football Factory.The Business, a gangster flick set in Spain's so-called Costa delCrime during the 80s, was pursued by several distributors after UK productioncompany Vertigo went into principal photography with private ...
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France's CNC unveils Euros 22m funding for film-makers
France's advance on receipts schemewill benefit from a budget of Euros 22m for 2005, the French Film Commission(CNC) said this week.The advance on receiptsscheme is a subsidy for filmmakers which is paid back following the film'srelease.The CNC said this aid wouldgo to roughly 60 films chosen from about 600 project-stage ...
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MK2 to sell Hong's Tale Of The Cinema
France's MK2 is again backingand selling the latest film by Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo. The Frenchmini-major previously financed his Cannes competition film Woman Is TheFuture Of Man.MK2 is partnered with Koreancombine Chungeorahm Films on A Tale Of The Cinema (Geuk-Jang-Jeon), whichis now in production. Other backers in the $900,000picture include ...
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Zglinski's Hiver wins Swiss Film Prize
Greg Zglinski's Tout Un Hiver Sans Feupicked up the Swiss Film Prize in the best film category at this week'sSolothurn Film Days.The prize for best documentary went to StefanSchwietert's Accordion Tribe - which had its world premiere at Graz'sDiagonale last year.Manuel Flurin Hendry's Straehl won threeprizes for best lead role ...
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Tout Un Hiver Sans Feu wins top Swiss Film Prize
Greg Zglinski's Tout UnHiver Sans Feu picked up the $51,000 (CHF 60,000) Swiss Film Prize 2005 forBest Feature Film at this week's Solothurn Film Days.Meanwhile, the prizes forBest Documentary went to Stefan Schwietert's Accordion Tribe - which hadits world premiere at Graz's Diagonale last year - while Best Short Film ...
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Ray tunes into eight territories
Having spent two weeksracking up healthy numbers in Germany - its only international outing so far -multiple Oscar nominee Rayexpanded into seven further territories.Openings in the UK, Italyand Australia helped Ray to enterthe chart in 17th place with a $2.2m weekend - and thanks toits German reception where it dropped ...
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Damon's Foresight unveils Joffe, Chouraqui pictures
Mark Damon's new production and financing company Foresightunveiled its first three projects yesterday (27): Captivity, BeyondFriendship and Marlowe.Damon also announced that his first hire is Tamara Stuparich De LaBarra as vice president of production and acquisitions.She most recently worked at Damon's former company Media 8Entertainment, where she was involved in ...
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Hard Candy
Dir: David Slade. US.2005. 103mins.Whip-crackingly tautpsychological drama Hard Candy is the most talked about movie atSundance this year and one of the most riveting directorial debuts seen at thefestival in a few years. A two-hander in which a teenage girl turns the tableson the paedophile who has picked her up ...
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Berlinale names competition jury members
The Berlinale (Feb 10-20) has named the members ofthe International Jury for its main competition films.The jury will decide which of the 21 films set to play incompetition will win the festival's top prizes, the Golden and Silver Bears.As previously announced, German director Roland Emmerichwill head the jury. The other ...
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Sundance: Focus takes North America for On A Clear Day
Focus Features has picked up North American rights to GabyDellal's feelgood drama and Sundance World Dramatic Competition premiere OnA Clear Day, starring Peter Mullan and Brenda Blethyn.The company's acquisition executives pounced after five screenings of thetitle, which centres on a down-at-heel unemployed man's attempt to claw backsome self-confidence by swimming ...
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ICM agency recruits Jones for below the line team
Vanessa Jones is to join UK agency ICM on Feb 1 after atwo-year break travelling the world.The former PFD agent joins the below the line team of SueGreenleaves, Chris Smith, Kate Ledger and Rachael Taylor at the agency."Vanessabrings to ICM a wealth of experience and a great personality, and willcompliment ...
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INTERNATIONAL 27 January
Having spent two weeksracking up healthy numbers in Germany - its only international outing so far,multiple Oscar nominee Ray expanded into seven further territories.Openings in the UK, Italyand Australia helped Ray to enter the chart in 17th place with a $2.2m weekend - and thanks to its Germanreception where it ...
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2005 Sundance/NHK winners announced
The Sundance Institute and Japanese broadcaster NHKhave announced the winners of the 2005 Sundance/NHK International FilmmakersAwards.The annual award supports new voices in international cinema and is presentedto emerging directors from four global regions. Recipients get a $10,000 cashaward and a guarantee from NHK to purchase the Japanese television broadcastrights upon ...
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Controversial Van Gogh short withdrawn from Rotterdam
Dutch production company Column Productions haswithdrawn Theo van Gogh's controversial short film Submission: Part Ifrom the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Producer Gijs van de Westelakendecided to cancel a public screening of the film for "security reasons".The film, in which the late Van Gogh andliberal Somali-Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali criticise ...
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Irish film production to benefit from foreign funding
With the exception of filmsfinanced under the Irish Film Board's low budget initiatives - such as TheTrouble With Sex, and the amateur soccer club drama Studs which isscheduled for a Dublin shoot in February - all Irish locally produced filmsrequire foreign co-producing partners and a significant element of foreignfinancing.A cursory ...