All Screen articles in 5 December 2002
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New Zealand promotes itself as giant film studio
The Studio New Zealand brand partnership, which promotes the notion that the whole country can be a film studio, was launched today in Wellington. At the event, 11 of the country's local government authorities and regional film offices were presented with certificates confirming that they were meeting the terms of ...
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Walt Disney Japan faces potentially damaging lawsuit
Japanese buyers of the DVD version of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away have filed a potentially damaging suit against distributor Walt Disney Japan, claiming that the colour of the film is "totally different" from that of the theatrical release. The suit, filed by three consumers in Kyoto District Court, asks for ...
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'Valley-wood' takes a step closer to reality
Maybe it's his infectious sense of enthusiasm; but when Lord Attenborough boards business projects, things seem to happen.As well as winning eight Oscars for Gandhi in 1982, Attenborough was the founding chairman of Capital Radio, London's most successful radio station in 1972 and founding deputy chairman of the UK's Channel ...
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TiVo, Replay uptake threatening broadcaster revenues
Within a few years television viewers will have little problem avoiding advertising thanks to the combination of video-on demand (VoD) and the spread of personal video recorders (PVRs) like TiVo or Replay. That is clearly a threat to the traditional broadcast model and ultimately for the film and TV productions ...
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New chief appointed at Hamburg Film Festival
Albert Wiederspiel has been appointed successor to Josef Wutz as head of Filmfest Hamburg and will take up his new post from January 1, 2003.With over 17 years experience in the international film industry for such companies as 20th Century Fox, PolyGram/Universal Pictures and most recently as head of distribution ...
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Academy slays Warrior's Oscar ambitions
The Warrior producer Bertrand Faivre has expressed his frustration at the American Academy's decision to bar the acclaimed production from competing as the UK entry for the foreign language Oscars.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences said this week its committee members voted against The Warrior because Hindi was ...
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Lilja 4-Ever scoops Gijon top prize
Lukas Moodysson's Lilja 4-Ever walked away the top winner from Spain's 40th annual edition of the Gijon International Film Festival (Nov 21-29).Lilja took home the best film and best actress (Oksana Akinshina) awards as well as the young jury prize for best film. Iain Dilthey took home a best director ...
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VIF Distribution launched as successor to German film fund
The Babelsberg-based management company VIF Distribution has been created as a successor to VIF International Films to handle the administration of three German media funds VIF 1, VIF 2 and VIP which co-produced 12 international productions including Michael Moore's box-office success Bowling For Columbine, Renny Bartlett's Eisenstein and Peter Sehr's ...
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Woo presents first US showing of Melville's uncut Le Cercle Rouge
Director JohnWoo is to present the new restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville's LeCercle Rouge, theclassic 1970 heist thriller that will be seen in US theatres for the first timein its complete and original French-language version early next year.Rialto Pictures,which enjoyed considerable success in the US with the re-issue of Jean LucGodard's ...
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Focus lures ex-Miramax marketing chief Brooks
David Brooks,the former executive vice president and co-head of marketing at Miramax Films,has joined Focus Features as its president of marketing. Brooks will be based in New York, where he will be responsiblefor overseeing the company's worldwide marketing activities as Universal'sspecialty arm. His appointment is effective immediately.Announcing themove, Focus co-presidents ...
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National Board Of Review chimes with The Hours
In the first barometer of the North American awards season, the National Board of Review (NBR) announced its 2002 winners today (Dec 4), with Stephen Daldry's star-studded drama The Hours taking 2002 Best Film Of The Year. The results were a triumph for Miramax Films which co-financed The Hours and ...
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Das Werk jettisons Swiss, Spanish assets
Just aweek after Das Werk's German post-production divisions filed forinsolvency (ScreenDaily, Nov 26), the group has now sold off interests inSpain and Switzerland as part of its programme of restructuring andstreamlining operations.DasWerk has sold its stake in the Barcelona-based film laboratory Image Film tothe newly created Image Laboratories, which is ...
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Reynolds, Suchet star in Foolproof for Alliance Atlantis
Ryan Reynolds and David Suchet are to star in William Phillip's thriller Foolproof, which has started principal photography in Toronto for Alliance Atlantis and Atom Egoyan's EGO FILM ARTS. Reynolds, whose credits include National Lampoon's Van Wilder and upcoming The Wedding Party, will play a theoretical heist mastermind who is ...
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German pay-TV platform passes historic subscriber mark
The number of subscribers at German pay-TV platform Premiere has passed the 2.5 million mark for the first time in the channel's 11-year history.At the end of November, the platform had 2.53 million subscribers on its books, 85,000 more than at the end of the third quarter on September 30. ...
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Tokyo FILMex confirms its competitive status
While the Tokyo International Film Festival struggles to regain ground lost to Asian competition, like the recent Pusan Film Festival, a new event has arisen right under its nose. Tokyo FILMeX celebrates its third edition this year with a line-up that definitely, almost defiantly, emphasises culture over commerce. Instead of ...
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James Bond: International hit man
International distributor 20th Century Fox enjoyed another massive weekend for Die Another Day in its second week, taking an estimated $29m. The film's international cumulative score now stands at over $63m.The James Bond title opened in multiple territories over the weekend, once again scoring the biggest opening for the franchise ...
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Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan board new Irish Directors' Guild
Following a year's preparatory work and international research the formal setting up of the Screen Directors' Guild of Ireland (SDGI) has been announced. Following a Founder Members' meeting held at the end of November, an eight strong board - each the director of at least one feature film - was ...
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Phillip Noyce returns to Australia for Dirt Music
Expatriate Australian Phillip Noyce is planning to do more filmmaking in his home country. Two years after returning from Hollywood to make Rabbit-Proof Fence, Noyce has put together a team to adapt the novel Dirt Music by Tim Winton, with a possible starring role for Nicole Kidman. According to local ...
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Bangkok Int'l film festival announces line-up and new competition
The 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival (BKKIFF) has announced a line-up of more than 70 films from more than 35 countries and a new award, the Golden Kinnaree. In addition, event organisers said yesterday (Dec 2) that there would be five world premieres and 15 Asian premieres. Gangs of New ...
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Swiss Film Prize nominations announced
Local box-office hit Ernstfall In Havanna, Locarno competition entry Otre Il Confine and the documentary Forget Baghdad are among the films nominated in five categories for the Swiss Film Prize 2003 whose winners will be announced during the Solothurn Film Days on January 22, 2003.The Film Prizes will be decided ...