All Screen articles in 30 March 2006
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Constantin Film sets itself a sales target of $302m for 2006
Germanproducer-distributor Constantin Film has set itself asales target of $302m (Euros 250m) for 2006, which would top the $298m (Euros 246.9m)posted in the record yearof 2004 when Constantin released Dreamship Surprise - Period 1 and Downfall.Thisforecast for 2006 is based on the anticipated theatrical performance of suchin-house and co-productions as ...
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Plans for a new St Petersburg Film Festival move ahead
The first St.Petersburg International Film Festival is slated for 18 - 31 July. The festivalis the brainchild of businessman Mark Rudinstein,head of Kinomark, a Moscow-based company thatcurrently runs Russia's Golden Ram Awards and the specialised Faces of Love andKinotavrik film festivals. 'This is a veryambitious undertaking,' Rudinstein said, 'The idea ...
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Chris Graham's horror film The Ferryman goes into production
Horror film, The Ferryman, a United Kingdom/New Zealand co-production to star the Emmy-nominated John Rhys Davies and Silver Bear winner Kerry Fox, goes into production March 31.The film shoots in Auckland and Waiheke Island and follows a group of twenty-something-year-olds as they charter a boat into the South Pacific, intending ...
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Skillset, Samuelson launch new scheme for emerging producers
UK training body Skillset and production companySamuelson Productions have launched a new producer training programme.Skillset and Samuelson will select eight up-and-coming producers and place themin a rotation at some major film companies for nine months. The producers in the programmewill also attend a regular series of workshops, master-classes, and sessionswith ...
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VIP investors file for damages estimated at $30m
More than 200investors in the beleaguered VIP 3 and 4 private media funds have become the first to file fordamages.The claims against the German fund are estimated at around $30m (Euros 25m). The plaintiffs claim VIP Medienfondsprospectuses were misleading and that not all of the equity raisedwas actually channelled into ...
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Shipps promoted to senior vp of marketing at WBITD
Andrew Shipps has beenpromoted to senior vice president of marketing at Warner Bros InternationalTelevision Distribution (WBITD).Shipps will develop andimplement global marketing strategies for all of the studio's content in theinternational television marketplace.He will oversee campaignsfor original series produced by Warner Bros Television, TelepicturesProductions and Warner Bros Animation, as well as ...
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Scorsese to be honoured for documentary work at Silverdocs
The Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival willhonour Martin Scorsese at the third annual Charles Guggenheim Symposium on Jun15 in Maryland.The symposium will celebrate the filmmaker's status as adocumentary filmmaker and a chronicler of American art and culture with aseries of excerpts from his documentary work followed by an on-stage discussionof ...
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Seldin stays at Miramax to oversee international distribution
Colleen Seldin (pictured) is staying inthe Miramax fold as senior vice president of international distribution andoperations beyond the company's transitional period.She will be based in NewYork and reports to Miramax president Daniel Battsek.Seldin has been a member ofthe Miramax team for the past six years and will oversee all aspects ...
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Soderbergh, Wagner, Glickman to discuss distribution platforms on Tribeca panel
Steven Soderbergh, MPAA chief Dan Glickman and 2929 co-head ToddWagner will take part in a panel discussion on evolving distribution platformsin the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival's Talks Panel Series from Apr 29 to May6.Other discussions include Rosie Perez and Mia Maestro on the riseof Latina women in entertainment, T-Bone Burnett ...
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Kramer leaves Warner Independent for Dimension
Andrew J Kramer has been named executive vice president ofbusiness and legal affairs for Dimension Films.Kramer will oversee Dimension veterans Sarah Sobel and LumumbaMosquera, who are senior vice presidents of business and legal affairs.In his new role Kramer will oversee the division and negotiatedeals covering all aspects of the feature ...
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Publicist Drutz joins Jeremy Walker in New York City
Judy Drutz has joined New York-based Jeremy Walker + Associates asa senior publicist following a six-year stint at Dan Klores Communications.Drutz spearheaded release campaigns at DKC for such clients as Lionsgate,The Weinstein Company, and Wellspring. She also handled corporate, unit andfilm publicity for clients.Drutz most recently served at DKC as ...
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Pressman picks up rights to Indian maths genius bio
Edward R Pressman Film Corphas picked up feature rights to The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life Of TheGenius Ramanujan, Robert Kanigel's1991 biography of the self-taught Indian maths prodigy Srinavasa RamanujanIyengar.Ramanujan left the slums ofMadras during the First World War to study at Cambridge, where he partneredwith the brilliant professor ...
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THINKFilm swallows Candy for North America
THINKFilm has picked up North American rights from FortissimoFilms to Neil Armfield's drug drama Candy, which received its world premiere in competition at Berlinin Feb.Heath Ledger and fellow Australian and rising star Abbie Cornishplay young lovers torn apart by heroin addiction. Geoffrey Rush plays a morallydubious friend and dealer.Australian stage ...
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Sony signs distribution deal with niche producer 360
Columbia Pictures has signeda deal with producer Frank Mancuso Jr (pictured) and entrepreneur Tom Gores' 360 Picturesto acquire and distribute 360 films for the domestic theatrical anddirect-to-home entertainment markets.Sony Pictures will secureNorth American theatrical and home entertainment rights to all 360 Picturesprojects it acquires, starting with the coming-of-age drama Crossover.The ...
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Basic Instinct 2
Dir: Michael Caton-Jones.US/UK. 2006. 113 mins.The crime of BasicInstinct 2 is not that it fails to achieve instant camp classic status, butthat it is never more than tragically mundane. 14 years ago Paul Verhoevenreinvented the sex thriller with the gloriously trashy original, teamingMichael Douglas with explosive new star Sharon Stone ...
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ACI to handle 120-film Amity library in key international markets
Nashville-based Amity Entertainment has hired American CinemaInternational (ACI) to distribute its library of more than 120 feature films inEurope, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.LA-based ACI will launch the library at this year's MIP-TV, whichruns from Apr 3 to 7 in Cannes.The catalogue comprises a wide range of genres including ...
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Budapest festival opens with Three Burials
Budapest deputylord mayor János Schiffer isscheduled to open the 13th Titanic Budapest International FilmFestival on March 29 with a gala screening of Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of MelquiadesEstrada.For the firsttime in the festival's history, an international jury will choose a competitionwinner from among nine contenders which have already ...
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Scapel Films scores raft of sales for football drama
Pierre Menahem's Paris-basedScalpel Films has scored a raft of sales on Icelandic gay football comedy-dramaEleven Men Out following its Berlinale Panorama screening.Currently playing at New Directors, New Films in New York, ElevenMen Out has been picked up by Here! Films for the US, France'sSwift, Vertigo in Spain, Salzgeber in ...
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Ninja-style Romeo & Juliet drama bought for North America
US-basedNavarre subsidiary FUNimation Entertainment has acquired North American rightsto Shochiku's Shinobi. No theatrical release date has beenset, but the film will open sometime before its DVD release in autumn.Broadcast rights were also included in the deal.Describedas a ninja film meets Romeo and Julietand starring Joe Odagiri (Suite Dreams,Blood and Bones) ...
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UK publicity firm Premier PR acquires McDonald & Rutter
UK public relations agency Premier PRhas acquired another London-based publicity company, McDonald & Rutter. The two willmerge under the Premier PR name, and will be jointly run by Premier's chiefexecutive Sara Keene and McDonald & Rutterfounding partners Charles McDonald and Jonathan Rutter.Premier hasabout 40 staffers in its London headquarters and ...