All Screen articles in 30 March 2000
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Buenos Aires indie fest sparks arthouse revival
Buenos Aires' international indie festival (April 6-16) is only in its second year but has already renewed local interest in arthouse films. Last year, more than 100 films at the festival were picked up for distribution in Argentina, led by local distributor, Pascual Condito, who acquired up to 30 titles. ...
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Filmax unveils Captain Thunder multimedia project
Barcelona-based mini-studio, The Filmax Group, is finalising plans for its "most ambitious" project this year: a feature film and spin-off multimedia ventures based on popular Spanish cartoon character Capitan Trueno (Captain Thunder).Director Juanma Bajo Ulloa - whose last feature film, 1997's Airbag, became the highest grossing Spanish film ever in ...
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Planeta 2010 makes first theatrical acquisition
Planeta 2010, the start-up multimedia division of publishing company Grupo Planeta, has acquired all rights to its first feature film, the Italian animation La Gabbianella E Il Gatto.The division picked up theatrical, video, pay-TV and free-TV rights to the film, which was produced by Italy's Cecchi Gori Group and successfully ...
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Telefonica reportedly in talks to buy Lycos stake
Spanish telecommunications and media giant Telefonica continues to make news this week in Spain, most recently with speculation that the company is negotiating a stake in US Internet portal Lycos.Spanish newspapers reported yesterday that Telefonica was in similar negotiations with Latin American web portal StarMedia. Both Lycos and StarMedia compete ...
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Bollywood film companies join IPO goldrush
The Indian stock market is set to be hit by a tidal wave of IPOs launched by Bollywood production houses planning to finance expansion plans that range from distribution arms to dotcom start-ups and a digital studio in Mumbai.As many as 35 Hindi feature film production companies are seeking a ...
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Canal Plus pledges $5m to Polish production
French pay-TV giant Canal Plus has earmarked almost $5m (20m Polish zloyts) to support Polish film production in 2000, making it Poland's second largest producer after local broadcaster TVP.Canal Plus has invested more than 61m zloyts in 35 Polish films as part its on-going financial support programme, launched when it ...
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American Pie outstrips domestic gross overseas
The high-school comedy American Pie which recently passed the $100m mark at the international box office has now scored more overseas than at the domestic box office. The $11m Universal title has become one of the studio's most profitable films after taking $102.5m at the North American box office since ...
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Nina selected to open Chicago Latino fest
The Girl of Your Dreams (La Nina De Tus Ojos), directed by Oscar-winning Spanish director Fernando Trueba, will kick off the 16th Chicago Latino Film Festival which runs from March 31 to April 12. Apart from screening more than 100 films from Latin America, Portugal, Spain and the US, the ...
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Cinar reaches settlement with Bahamas companies
Cinar Corp has halted its suit against three Bahamas companies after a deal was reached allowing the Canadian animation company to examine the assets of Globe-X Canadiana.Cinar filed a suit against Globe-X Canadiana and affiliates Globe-X Management and Norshield International for the recovery of the remaining $86m of a $122m ...
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Odeon, Warner Village link up with BFI
EU culture ministers have voted unanimously to accept a budget of Euros400m for the European Commission's audiovisual programme MEDIA Plus. The UK, Germany and the Netherlands had initially opposed the budget which is already Euros150m lower than the sum proposed by the European Parliament. MEDIA Plus' predecessor, MEDIA II, had ...
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Deluxe backs Israeli film lab initiative
Almost four years after Israel's only film laboratory was closed down, the Israeli Ministry of Industry and Commerce has given its blessing to the opening of a new facility. Adam Greenberg, a Hollywood cameraman of Israeli origin whose credits include the Terminator movies and Ghost, his scientist brother Jan Greenberg ...
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Naumann cuts Export Union funding
The German Film Export Union's efforts to promote German cinema abroad have been dealt a blow by the decision of federal culture minister Michael Naumann to cut its financial support by $104,500 (DM215,000) this year.The Munich-based promotion agency said in press release that the reduction in the culture ministry's contribution ...
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Intertainment sells eight to Italy
German rights broker Intertainment has sold eight films to Italy and unveiled the beginnings of a long-term relationship with Silvio Berlusconi's film and TV group Mediaset.Mediaset is paying $20m for free-TV rights to six high-profile films - Battlefield Earth, Art Of War, Get Carter, The Pledge, The Whole Shebang and ...
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Crane World wins top honours at Toulouse
Upwards of Euros500m of new loans will be made available to Europe's audiovisual industries under a new scheme launched Tuesday (Dec 19) by the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB)."This financial package is intended to improve the competitivity of the industry and to favour the development of ...
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Intermedia to float on German stock exchange
Intermedia, one of Europe's most powerful film companies, is planning to float on the German stock exchange before the end of the year, following the conclusion of its merger with Los Angeles-based Pacifica.Intermedia is forming a Munich-based holding company - Intermedia AG - to facilitate the IPO. The London-based company ...
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London Film Commission forced to downsize
The cash-strapped London Film Commission (LFC) is planning to slash back staffing levels from 14 to 4 members of staff in a bid to survive, a spokesperson confirmed this week.Unless a last-minute backer emerges, the LFC will continue as a dramatically scaled-down operation supported by £150,000 a year from the ...
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M-Net strikes output deal with Columbia TriStar
Africa's leading pay-TV broadcaster, M-Net, has renewed its long-term, exclusive output deal with Columbia TriStar International Television (CTIT) giving it access to titles such as The Mask of Zorro, Stepmom and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.M-Net has distribution in 42 countries on the African continent, including South Africa. The ...
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Pay-Per-View Japan gets greenlight from MPT
Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) has approved an application from PPV operator Pay-Per-View Japan to launch two channels specialising in foreign movies and sports.In its latest licensing round, the MPT greenlit 15 companies planning to launch 18 satellite channels in the Japanese market. The regulatory body started to ...
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Foxtel loses grip on Telstra network
Australia's Seven Network has won its battle to gain access to Telstra's cable network, in a move that loosens cable operator Foxtel's existing dominance of the country's pay-TV market.Telstra owns 50% of Foxtel and 100% of the network which passes about one third of all Australian homes. The Australian Consumer ...
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DVD player sales soar in Japan
Sales of DVD players soared to Y660m ($6.2m) in February 2000, a 55% increase on the same month last year, according to the Japan Electronic Retailers Association.March is also turning out to be a banner month, with retail industry giant Kojima reporting that DVD player sales have doubled in March ...