All Screen articles in 7 November 2006

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    IFFI promises to show Indian diversity to film world

    2006-11-07T20:00:00Z

    The theme of the 37th International Film Festival of India Goa 2006 is 'Diversity of Indian cinema' and The Whole World Is One Family.The press conference to unveil the festival plans saw a predominance of Bollywood personalities, including Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Ashoke Pandit and Madhur Bhandarkar who all have ...

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    France Telecom to open cinema investment arm

    2006-11-07T20:00:00Z

    France Telecom is to open a film rights arm with plans to co-produce 10 to 15 French and European films a year.The new division will be operational in the first quarter of 2007 and run by Frederique Dumas. Dumas is an independent producer who formerly consulted on film to the ...

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    Swipe takes UK rights to Frankie and Princesses

    2006-11-07T15:00:00Z

    London-based Swipe Films picked up UK rights to the Diane Kruger drama Frankie and the Spain's Goya-winning Princesses at the American Film Market. The feature film debut of Fabienne Berthaud, Frankie follows the vicissitudes of a top fashion model, played by Diane Kruger, who co-produced.The film was sold by MK2 ...

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    Gheko buys rights to Spanish remake of Saving Grace

    2006-11-07T15:00:00Z

    Spain's Gheko Films has bought the rights to remake Saving Grace in the Spanish language - with Carmen Maura attached in the Brenda Blethyn role for a Galicia shoot.This will follow the outfit's upcoming La Mula, to be directed by Il Postino's Michael Radford. La Mula's shoot is set for ...

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    Venture capitalist Hoff to finance Vertigo chiller Echo

    2006-11-07T04:00:00Z

    Roy Lee and Doug Davison'sprolific LA-based production outfit Vertigo Entertainment has secured thebacking of venture capitalist Robert Hoff and his new company RightOffEntertainment to fully finance The Echo, aremake of 2004 Filipino thriller Sigaw.Hoff, a general partner atCrosspoint Venture Partners since 1983, will executive produce the film whileLee and Davison ...

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    Watts and Weaving among Australian Film Institute awards noms

    2006-11-07T04:00:00Z

    TheAustralian Film Institute (AFI) has announced the nominees for itsinternational awards categories.Theyinclude Naomi Watts for her performance as a damsel in distress in King Kong, Hugo Weaving for bringing to life the protagonist in V for Vendetta, despite his mask, and Roger Donaldson for the quality of The World'sFastest Indian.Mostof ...

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    Three world premieres among competition entries at Turin

    2006-11-07T04:00:00Z

    The line-up for the 24th editionof the Turin Film Festival (November 10-18) includes a feature film competitiondedicated to first and second works with a $26,000 (Euro 20,500) prize.The competition features internationaltitles from Algeria, Lebanon, Italy, USA, Spain, the Philippines, Japan, China,Iran, and Kazakhstan.The titles include world premieres from Italy'sMauro Santini ...

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    First Independent takes slew of territory rights on Green

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    GaryRubin's First Independent Pictures is extending its global reach and has pickedup US, Australian/New Zealand and South African rights from ShorelineEntertainment to the comedy Everything's Gone Green.FirstIndependent plans a spring 2007 US release for the project, based on the firstscreenplay by Generation X writer Douglas Coupland.Thestory centres on a slacker ...

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    Scorsese signs four-year, first-look deal with Paramount

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Martin Scorsese and Paramount Pictures have signed a four-yearfirst-look deal under which the filmmaker will direct and produce features,made-for-DVD, digital content and television for the studio and specialty labelParamount Vantage.The deal marks Scorsese's first overall pact in several years, andwill commence on Nov 1. Paramount will have the opportunity co-finance ...

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    BVI, SPRI extend relationship with joint venture in Russia

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    BuenaVista International, Inc. (BVI) and Sony Pictures Releasing International(SPRI) have formed a joint venture to distribute their respective films inRussia.Themove follows a similar agreement for South Korea struck by the parties lastmonth and takes effect on Jan 1, 2007.Russiabecomes the 15th territory in which the two companies are partners. The ...

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    MPD/Arclight joint venture Union Station buys Dark Corners

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    UnionStation Media has picked up all domestic rights from Shoreline Entertainment toRay Gower's psychological thriller Dark Corners. Thepicture stars Thora Birch and Toby Stephens in the story of a troubled youngwoman who wakes up one day as a different person and discovers she is beingstalked by malevolent creatures.Gowerwrote the screenplay ...

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    Strand buys US rights to Golden Bear winner Grbavica

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    StrandReleasing has acquired all US rights to Jasmila Zbanic's Grbavica: The LandOf My Dreams from Match Factory Films.Thepicture won the Golden Bear at Berlin earlier this year and has been selectedas Bosnia and Herzegovina's official entry for the foreign language Oscar. Italso received European Film Award nominations this week for ...

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    UK effects house The Mill to open Los Angeles facility

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    UKadvertising and visual effects group The Mill is planning to open a majorfacility in Santa Monica, California.Thecompany, founded in London in 1990, recently opened a facility in New York andwill become the first post-production agency to operate in the three key globallocations for advertising production.Thenew office is due to open ...

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    PorchLight picks up international rights to VC Andrews pic Rain

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    PorchLight Entertainment has picked up international theatrical,broadcast and DVD rights to Rain starring Faye Dunaway and Robert Loggia.Based on the novel by VC Andrews, Rain follows the story of a witness to acrime who discovers the identity of her true mother while in protective custodyand goes on to become a ...

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    Palm, Curiously Bright jointly acquire Peter Beard doc

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    PalmPictures & Arthouse Films and Curiously Bright Entertainment have jointlyacquired worldwide rights to the documentary Peter Beard: Scrapbooks FromAfrica & Beyond.Jean-ClaudeLuyat and Guillaume Bond's picture profiles the celebrated diarist, artist andphotographer and is narrated by Charlotte Rampling.Theproject features rare and never-before-seen footage of Mick Jagger, AndyWarhol, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John ...

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    AFM says it had record attendance levels, 1,573 buyers

    2006-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The27th AFM, which has been severely affected by sporadic internet service at theLoews Hotel, has announced record attendance levels.OrganisersIFTA claim overall attendance climbed to 8,208, up 2% against last year's8,014.Thecurrent tally of buyers as of today is 1,573 from 61 countries, with mostnotable year-on-year rises coming from Mexico (up 57% ...

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    Directors reject review of Euro levy on copying technology

    2006-11-06T20:00:00Z

    A group of Europe's leading film directors is demanding that a levy on manufacturers of audiovisual copying equipment to compensate artists remains at the heart of European copyright policies.The signatories - Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Costa Gavras, Mike Leigh, Lars Von Trier and the Dardennes brothers - have ...

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    NonStop sells Mikkelsen-starrer Exit to Germany

    2006-11-06T04:00:00Z

    Underlining Danish actorMads Mikkelsen's increasing profile in the marketplace, NonStop Sales hasclosed a deal for all German-speaking territories on Mikkelsen's new thriller Exit with Galileo Medien AG. The film, screening onNonStop Sales' AFM slate. The deal was concluded by Michael C Werner forNonStop and Martin Irnich for Germany. Mikkelsen is ...

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    Red Envelope gets US rights to to Strike from Telepool

    2006-11-06T04:00:00Z

    Munich-based Telepool hasclosed a deal with Netflix-owned Red Envelope Entertainment for US rights toVolker Schloendorff's Strike, thestory of a female crane operator who co-founded the Solidarity movement inSoviet-era Poland in the 1980s.The film had its world premiere at the TorontoInternational Film Festival in September.Meanwhile, Telepool has soldits 3-D animated feature ...

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    Donati, Infascelli team for Mikado's La Pistola

    2006-11-06T04:00:00Z

    Legendary Italianscreenwriter Sergio Donati, whose credits include Sergio Leone's Once Upon ATime In The West, A Fistful Of Dynamite and For A Few Dollars More,is to partner with maverick director Alex Infascelli (Hate20) on a new $5 million genre project provisionallytitled La Pistola. Principal photography is setfor February 2007 with ...