All Screen articles in 28 April 2000
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Loews Cineplex gets Village's Riches
A further management shake-up at Village Cinemas International (VCI) has taken place with the announcement that Loews Cineplex International (LCI) has appointed Ian Riches as senior vice president, commencing May 1. Riches, formerly regional director - Europe for VCI based in the London office, will initially be working in Rome, ...
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Cabanillas quits RTVE for government post
In an unexpected announcement yesterday, Pio Cabanillas, general director of public broadcaster Radio Television Espanola (RTVE), was appointed spokesperson of the recently re-elected government of Spanish president Jose Maria Aznar.Cabanillas was recruited to RTVE in 1998 from his post as director of international relations at Grupo PRISA. He has worked ...
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Canal Plus, CLT-Ufa discuss link-up
French pay-TV giant Canal Plus and Luxembourg-based broadcaster CLT-Ufa - which is merging with the UK's Pearson Television - are in talks about a potential co-operation in the areas of TV rights acquisition and production.Speaking at a shareholders meeting on April 28, Canal Plus chairman Pierre Lescure stressed that there ...
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CineMedia strikes output deal with Buena Vista
Germany's CineMedia has secured an output deal for theatrical distribution in German-speaking territories of its film titles with Buena Vista International. The long-term deal covers all current feature films where CineMedia has German territorial rights and kicks off with What Women Want, the Mel Gibson film that goes into production ...
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Japan's MPT asks government to carry digital costs
Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) has proposed that the Japanese government should shoulder the cost of the country's transition to digital terrestrial broadcasting, which is scheduled to begin in 2003. Representatives from the MPT, public broadcaster NHK and the commercial networks presented estimates of the cost to a ...
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MacDowell joins FilmFour's Sad Fuckers Club
Andie MacDowell is to star in FilmFour's UK comedy Sad Fuckers Club (working title) alongside Imelda Staunton and Anna Chancellor.The film is the story of three female friends behaving badly. Newcomer John McKay, who has made a mark through shorts such as Doom & Gloom and Wet & Dry, is ...
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Golden Harvest, East-West to create Chinese portal
Hong Kong-based Golden Harvest Group and shareholder Acer Digital Services Group have joined forces with East-West Entertainment and Morning Technologies to form Eolasia.com, an entertainment portal to target the global Chinese community. The HK$200m investment will go towards three portals with localised content to service the China, Hong Kong ...
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Optimum to give Best theatrical outing
Production company Best Films and Sky Pictures, the feature arm of UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB, have settled a legal dispute over the release of soccer picture Best.Sky and the film's producer-director Mary McGuckian and producer-star John Lynch have agreed to a simultaneous outing for the picture in cinemas through distributor ...
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Production report: Canada tightens public funding
Film production is starting to buzz for some Canadian producers, with the impending warm weather. But for those hoping to make films in 2001 it is becoming increasingly complicated to secure public financing. Since 1999 federal funder Telefilm Canada's regulations have required producers to supply projected audience ratings and rate ...
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Atlas picks up Constantin's Harte Jungs
Germany's Atlas International has picked up worldwide sales rights to Constantin Film's latest German box office hit, Ants In The Pants (Harte Jungs), directed by Marc Rothemund.The comedy, about a teenage boy's sexual awakening, is being unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival where it will be screened with English subtitles. ...
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Stuart Little gets bigger in Australia
Fuelled by school holidays and the Easter weekend, Columbia TriStar's Stuart Little has brought in a phenomenal $8.7m (A$14.9m) after 20 days.The film clocked up $3.5m from 323 screens in its second week (April 12-19) - a rise of 24% from its opening seven days - giving it the biggest ...
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Liliana Cavani to direct Fine Line's Ripley's Game
Liliana Cavani, the Italian director behind The Night Porter who hasn't made a film since 1993, has boarded Fine Line Features' Ripley's Game - an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's classic novel which follows Tom Ripley 25 years after the events portrayed in The Talented Mr Ripley.Cavani is supervising a script ...
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Golan's Back! FilmWorld launches at Cannes
Menahem Golan is back - again - with a new company FilmWorld and his years-in-the-making version of Crime And Punishment almost ready for unveiling. Teaming with Eugeny Afineevsky, his executive vice president and head of business affairs, and Eddie Avalos, vice president and head of international sales, Golan has two ...
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Pop group 'N Sync to promote first film at Cannes
'N SYNC - the US boyband phenomenon - will make its first feature film for LA-based independent production outfits Total Film Group and Phat Free Productions, it was announced yesterday.And the group, which performed with Gloria Estefan at this year's Academy Awards ceremony, will be attending this year's Cannes Film ...
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BT signs up with Hollywood.com, atomfilms
British Telecommunications (BT) has entered into an agreement in principle with US entertainment-based internet site Hollywood.com to distribute Hollywood.com content across its multiple internet platforms including narrowband ISP, broadband DSL access and wireless WAP technologies in the UK.And BT has also struck a deal with AtomFilms, the online short film ...
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Cannes unveils Directors' Fortnight
Bulging with the most titles to ever screen in the section, Cannes' Directors' Fortnight unveiled its 32nd edition on Wednesday.Highlights in the section, which takes place 11 - 21 May, are expected to be Karen Kusama's Girlfight, which wowed critics and buyers alike at its Sundance premiere; Silvio Soldini's Bread ...
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Intermedia, Pacifica bare flotation teeth
Despite the recent stockmarket storms, International Media, the newly-renamed German company formed from the merger of the UK's Intermedia Film Equities and Los Angeles-based Pacifica, is pressing ahead with flotation plans. The aggressive sales process could see the company triple its share capital. Some 5.6 million shares in the new ...
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Warner Italy joins bid to boost summer box office
Warner Bros Italy is pushing back the release date of South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut from May to June in an effort to establish year-round programming in Italy. Warner will also release John Travolta sci-fi film Battlefield Earth and martial arts action picture Romeo Must Die in June and ...
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Location: Fiji
Fiji is launching a series of initiatives aimed at attracting film-makers including 100-150% tax deductions and a film studio.The government of the group of Pacific islands is expected to pass legislation in May allowing for tax deductions of 100-150% for capital investment in projects. At least 35% of the ...
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Spain's Saura unleashes Zebra Producciones
Spanish producer and former head of the pan-European Media Business School Antonio Saura has launched production outfit Zebra Producciones with backing from two as-yet unnamed private investors.Saura and co-head Natacha Kucic will invest $6.7-7.3m (pts1,100-1,200m) on their first annual slate of three films - two Spanish language and one international ...