All Screen articles in 4 January 2007
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Bridging the gap: cinema enters the digital age
'This a time of huge opportunity but also of great fear,' Stephen Moore, head of features and COO of Aardman told Screen International Digital Rights conference.It may not sound like a big shift from the vague predictions over the last few years that a digital future represented threats and ...
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International rescue: UIP's history and new reorganisation
'If there is any growth in this business globally it's in international,' says Tim Bevan of the UK's Working Title Films. One company that has consistently underlined the truth in Bevan's remark over the last 25 years is United International Pictures (UIP).In late 1981, when UIP was formed in London, ...
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Chinese exhibition: What future for international investment'
When the Chinese government barred foreign companies from holding majority ownership of exhibition companies it led to the withdrawal of Warner Bros International Cinemas.Although it didn't come as a huge surprise, the recent decision by Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC) to pull out of China has taken some of the ...
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Will Harry Potter be up for an Italian summer in 2007'
While many territories see colossal returns on films released in summertime, Italian box office returns in July and August often mirror the arid weather. A long held disagreement between local exhibitors and Hollywood distributors has depleted the summer months of primo titles while cinemas squeeze major films into the remaining ...
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Vivendi and Canal Plus launch new pay-TV venture
Vivendi and Canal Plus Group have announced the creation of Canal Plus France following their take over of rival platform TPS. The deal, which had previously been announced, was made official on Friday and sees the combining of two rival groups who have led a bloody battle over film and ...
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Rotterdam Cinemart confident despite growing competition
CineMart, heading into its 24th year Jan 28-Feb 1, isn't the lone co-production market it used to be. Competition is now tough to line-up projects, as almost every festival worth its weight features some project market element.Tougher for CineMart, as it likes to be the first to bring a feature ...
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Production subsidies under scrutiny
After a long delay, Europe finally approved the UK's tax system with considerable modifications. The UK should now join Germany with new tax offerings from January 1 but the process raises questions about subsidies.The system of tax subsidies for film has always had an identity crisis.It's been justified as supporting ...
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US domestic box-office recovery: a thing of booty
Much of the doom and gloom that hung over the domestic box office at the start of 2006 evaporated following a resurgent year at the box office. According to estimates the total box office in 2006 climbed 3% against 2005 to $9.132bn compared to $8.833m. It wasn't enough to beat ...
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Will 2007 boast the biggest summer box office in history'
Every summer has tentpole releases but there are five titles next summer for which the term is an understatement. In any other year each could the highest-grossing film. Their strength is their brand.Four of the films are sequels - all third instalments in established franchises (see below).But the fifth, the ...
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Cecchi Gori vows to carry on producing
Sitting in his 16th century Borghese Palace residence in Rome, where statues line hallways leading to frescoed rooms, Italian film producer and former Senator Vittorio Cecchi Gori shows no sign that he is suffering from the latest and perhaps most severe setback in his attempts to revive his family’s film-making ...
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Metrodome's aims for Days Of Glory
Metrodome's new CEO Peter Urie helps the distributor gain independence, more funding and bigger films like Away From Her. Metrodome has been the sort of dependable arthouse distributor that has gone about its work quietly without much fanfare. That's changing as the company has been increasingly in the headlines recently ...
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Michael Apted: master of adaptability
Michael Apted is something of a chameleon of the film world: the 65-year-old director changes colours with remarkable facility. On the one hand, he is a member of the Hollywood establishment - a Brit who has blossomed in the studio system and currently serves as president of the Director's Guild. ...
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Finnish box-office admissions rise 12% in 2006
Anunprecedented 69% increase of admissions for domestic fare in Finland boosted2006 cinema attendance to 6.8m, up 12% from 6.lm the year before, according topreliminary statistics from the Finnish Film Foundation.SixteenFinnish premieres sold 1.6m tickets (compared with 15 films selling 940,000 ticketsin 2005), controlling 23% of the market (up from 15%). ...
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Berlin competitors include Soderbergh and De Niro
The 2007 Berlinale has announced the first six films selected for this year's competition. They include Christian Petzold's Yella from Germany, marking the director's return to Berlin competition after Ghosts (Gespenster) in 2005. The new film, a world premiere, follows a young woman who tries to escape a bad marriage ...
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DiCaprio double nominated for SAG awards
The Screen Actors Guild hasannounced nominees for its 13th awards, with Leonardo DiCaprio nominated inboth the leading actor and supporting actor categories for Blood Diamond and TheDeparted, respectively.Babel, Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine eachearned nominations in three categories, with Notes On A Scandal, The Departed, Blood Diamondand Little Children each ...
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Wild Bunch reveals French Film Rendez-Vous slate
Wild Bunch is heading into the annual French Film Rendez-Vous with a host of new films as well as screeningfour premieres for international buyers. And, in a bid to energiseforeign distributors to open Luc Jacquet's The FoxAnd The Child as a day-and-date release nextDecember, Wild Bunch will show 45 minutes ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Casino Royale and The Queen top the Orange British Academy Film Awards longlist with 14.
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Thesecond round of Film Voting will open at 1800 GMT on Thursday 4 January andclose at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 10 January.BestFilmBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedTheDevil Wears PradaFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverBestDirectorApocalyptoBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverOriginalScreenplayBabelBloodDiamondBobbyBoratBreakingAnd EnteringHollywoodlandLittleMiss SunshineMissPotterPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenStrangerThan FictionUnited93VenusVolverTheWind That Shakes The ...
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Bond and The Queen head BAFTA longlist
Thesecond round of Film Voting will open at 1800 GMT on Thursday 4 January andclose at 1800 GMT on Wednesday 10 January.BestFilmBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedTheDevil Wears PradaFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverBestDirectorApocalyptoBabelBobbyCasinoRoyaleChildrenof MenTheDepartedFlagsof Our FathersTheHistory BoysTheLast King of ScotlandLittleMiss SunshineNoteson a ScandalPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenUnited93VolverOriginalScreenplayBabelBloodDiamondBobbyBoratBreakingAnd EnteringHollywoodlandLittleMiss SunshineMissPotterPan'sLabyrinthTheQueenStrangerThan FictionUnited93VenusVolverTheWind That Shakes The ...
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South Bank Awards nominees include The Queen, Red Road and United 93
TheSouth Bank Show Awards has announced the nominees for its 11th annual honours,to be presented on January 23 at the Savoy in London.Thenominess are spread across arts categories, with the best film nominees beingStephen Frears' The Queen, Paul Greengrass' United 93 and Andrea Arnold's Red Road. LarryCharles' Borat: Cultural Learnings ...