All Screen articles in 5 May 2005
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EU production levels increase in 2004
Some 764 feature films were produced in the 25 Member Statesof the European Union in 2004, a slight increase on 2003 according to EuropeanAudiovisual Observatory figures.Thefigures are up 2% compared to 2003 when 750 films were produced in the EU.The EAO concludes that the Spanish production grew in 2004,completing a ...
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Wolfe picks up US rights to Show Me, Unveiled
Wolfe Releasinghas acquired North American theatrical and home video rights to CassandraNicolaou's psychological thriller Show Me and Angelina Maccarone's Middle East political drama Unveiled (previously In Orbit).Both titles are scheduled to screen at the summerfestivals Frameline29 in San Francisco and Outfest in Los Angeles, before anautumn theatrical release, followed by ...
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Negotiator (Koshonin Mashita Masayoshi)
Dir: Katsuyuki Motohiro. Jap. 2005. 127minsKatsuyuki Motohiro's Negotiatoris an action spin-off from his major hits Bayside Shakedown (1998) and BaysideShakedown 2 (2003), the latter of which set a record $162m at home for aJapanese live-action film. But this time, the bumptious detective of before(who faced off against the entire Tokyo ...
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Europa starts new pictures from Keshishian, Perez
Adding to theiralready highly-charged slate - which includes Tommy Lee Jones' competitiontitle The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada and market film Revolver from Guy Ritchie - EuropaCorp. willbegin sales at Cannes next week on the next film from Madonna: Truth Or Dare director Alek Keshishian as well as theEnglish-language directing ...
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The Wolf (El Lobo)
Dir. Miguel Courtois. Sp. 2004. 122minsA cracking period political thriller, The Wolf (ElLobo) is the type of intelligent drama rarely seen these days - a throwbackto Costa Gavras's Z or Missing, in which director Courtoisevidently holds his audience in high esteem and rewards those willing to take achance with complex ...
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Lightning takes on Mexican hit Matando Cabos
Santa Monica-based saleshouse Lightning Entertainment has added Alejandro Lozano's hit Mexican comedy MatandoCabos to its slate and will beginselling international rights excluding North America and Mexico at Cannes.In a related development,Televisa Cine USA, the US distribution arm of Mexico's Televisa Cine, willrelease the picture in June following a storming Mexican ...
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Lakeshore teams with DreamWorks for Byrnes comedy
LakeshoreInternational has added Andy Fickman's She's The Man starring Amanda Byrnes to its Cannesslate, alongside Tony Goldwyn's The Last Kiss and Katja von Garnier's Blood AndChocolate.She's The Man is a DreamWorks production and, like TheLast Kiss, will bereleased in the US through DreamWorks with Lakeshore handling international inwhat is the ...
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Me, You..., Last Days bookend Seattle
Miranda July'squirky drama Me And You And Everyone We Know and Gus Van Sant's tale of a rock starin despair Last Daysbookend the 31st Annual Seattle International Film Festival, which runs fromMay 19-Jun 12.The 347-strongline-up includes pictures from more than 59 countries and boasts 10 world, 18North American and 10 ...
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IFC Films boards Hart Sharp's Listener
IFC Films hasteamed up with Hart Sharp Entertainment and come aboard as executive producerand domestic distributor on Patrick Stettner's The Night Listener, which has just wrapped production. Itstars Robin Williams and Toni Colette. Fortissimo Films is handling sales at Cannes. A late 2005 festivalpremiere is anticipated on the Armistead Maupin ...
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The Ax (Le Couperet)
Dir. Costa-Gavras.Fr-Bel-Sp. 2005. 122mins.A wickedly black comedytailored in a slick thriller style, The Ax marks a welcome return tocomedy for Greek auteur Costa-Gavras after his 1986 feature Family Business.Powered by an outstanding lead performance from Jose Garcia, the film hasalready proven itself at home in France.Prospects in other Europeanterritories are ...
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Mandeville to produce, Armada to sell Heaven
David Hobermanand Todd Lieberman's Mandeville Films and Television will produce John Glenn'sthriller The Heaven Project for Wall Street-based film equity fund D H Blair Film CapitalFund.Beverly Hills-based ArmadaPictures International is handling international rights and head of sales YarekDanielak will introduce the project to buyers in Cannes.Written anddirected by Glenn, The ...
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IMAX signs deal for five systems with US exhibitor AMC
US-based exhibitor AMC andIMAX Corp. have signed an agreement to install five large-format theatresystems in major markets before the end of 2005. The joint venture, the firstbetween the two companies, will see the first two cinemas open in June 15, intime to accommodate the cross-platform day-and-date release of two Warner ...
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IFP/New York rebrands itself IFP, adds two chapters
Not to beoutdone by this week's decision by IFP/Los Angeles to rename itself FilmIndependent [FIND], IFP/New York announced yesterday [4] that it wasimmediately returning to its original name of IFP (Independent FeatureProject).IFP board chairman Ira Deutchman also announced that twonew IFP chapters will launch in Santa Fe and Austin, headed ...
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60% increase in films at Cannes Short Film Corner
In its second year, theShort Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival has thus far registered a 60%increase in participating films over 2004.Created lastyear to support young creative talent, the market helps in the promotion ofshort films from around the globe.As of April 26,2005, 617 films were signed up from ...
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Saw 2 starts shooting in Toronto for Twisted, LGE
Production began in Torontothis week on Saw 2, the follow-upto Twisted Pictures/Lions Gate's 2004 smash that grossed more than $100m at theworldwide box office.Lions Gate FilmsInternational will begin selling international rights at Cannes on the picture,which is being produced by Evolution Entertainment's genre arm Twisted Picturesand Lions Gate Films.Lions Gate ...
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Hewitt's Love grips South Korea
UK film The Truth About Love, starring Jennifer LoveHewitt, has scored a number one opening in South Korea in its worldwide debut. Bought by Ivision and released by Tube Entertainment, thefilm earned $1.04m over a quiet weekend to outpace the launch of internationalhit The Interpreter, which took $890,000. The film ...
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Former Wellspring executives form new sales outfit
Former Wellspring Mediaexecutives Michael Thornton and Sheri Levine will launch their worldwide salesand distribution company Forward Entertainment at Cannes and will be offeringthe documentary Unknown White Maleto international buyers.Rupert Murray's picturepremiered at Sundance and tells the remarkable story of a Briton in New Yorkwho during the course of several hours ...
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Wide takes on sales for Critics' Week opener Invisibles
French sales and production outfit Wide Managementhas acquired international rights to Thierry Jousse's Critics' Week opener LesInvisibles. The film stars Laurent Lucas, Michael Lonsdale and MargotAbascal in a story of fleeting romance set in the world of electronic music.Wide will alsohandle market title Three Couples In A Storm by director ...
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Cannes launch for European production initiative
A new Europeaninitiative - Capital Regions for Cinema (CRC) - is to be launched at nextweek's Cannes Film Festival to promote and support closer cooperation andco-production between European producers.CRC's founding members are Commission du Filmd'Ile de France, Rome's Lazio Film Commission, the Madrid Film Commission andMedienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH. They will ...
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Keaton, Armstrong to reteam on Gold Circle comedy
Diane Keaton anddirector Gillian Armstrong are attached to team up on Gold Circle Films'romantic comedy Because I Said So, marking the first time the pair will have collaborated on filmsince the 1984 drama Mrs Soffel.Joe Drake'sMandate Pictures will begin selling international rights at Cannes under itssales arrangement with Gold Circle. ...