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All Screen articles in 7 November 2008
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AFM buzz - California Dreaming
THE USWhat are the commercial English-language titles coming out of the US right now' Jeremy Kay has the lowdown.The US financial meltdown, coupled with ongoing logistical difficulties caused by punishing exchange rates and the possibility of an actors strike by the end of November have traumatised the US production sector.The ...
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AFM buzz - Australia and New Zealand
A slew of Australian genre projects will be on offer to buyers at the AFM. One of several market debuts from Arclight is Jamie Blanks' thriller Long Weekend, a remake of the highly regarded 1977 film of the same name. Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan will star as a couple ...
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AFM buzz - The UK
Following a quiet Cannes, the UK had a particularly strong Toronto with 22 features in the programme. The AFM will be the first official market for many of the Toronto premieres. They include the documentary Sounds Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary for Intandem, The Secret Of Moonacre for Velvet Octopus, ...
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AFM buzz - Germany
German sales agents will be at the AFM presenting a diverse range of product from the territory. Bavaria Film International will have a promo-reel of Esther Gronenborn's mystery thriller Kaifeck Murder, starring Benno Furmann and Alexandra Maria Lara, which is inspired by one of Germany's most infamous crimes.Telepool will screen ...
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AFM buzz - France
There are a handful of big projects headed for the AFM from France - including one that could provoke a bidding war - but some sales agents are holding back on announcing new projects, for the moment at least.Yohann Comte of Roissy Films says: "The AFM is a market where ...
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AFM buzz - Italy
This year, leading Italian sales agents Intramovies, Istituto Luce and the newer Fandango/Portobello Sales are not attending the AFM. Instead, they launched their new titles at the Rome International Film Festival's film market, The Business Street, in October."The AFM is a market concerned only with English-language commercial movies, with almost ...
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AFM buzz - Japan
Despite successes at home, Japanese films continue to be a difficult sell to English-speaking territories.Even in Asia, where pre-sales were once commonplace, skittish buyers are demanding to see finished product. While Japanese companies introduce new titles at continental events such as Hong Kong's Filmart, Pusan's Asian Film Market and Tokyo's ...
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AFM buzz - South Korea
The South Korean investment/production bubble has popped and the local industry is suffering from the after-effects of an injection of too much blind and eager money into the sector. But the few new films that have managed to struggle through are worth checking out.Period films are going strong. CJ Entertainment ...
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AFM buzz - Thailand
It has been a difficult year for the Thai film industry, coping with the double whammy of political unrest and inflation which have battered the economy and impacted on audience spending power. But although local studios have been cautious and there have been delays to production schedules, there are some ...
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AFM buzz - Hong Kong, China and Taiwan
The Chinese-language production sectors, in both Hong Kong and Beijing, were hit badly this year by a slow-down in mainland China's censorship process in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. As a result, there will not be a huge amount of new Chinese product at this year's AFM.Indeed, one of ...
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Profile: Nick Fraser, editor of BBC's Storyville
The economy of docs is more fragile than it was five years ago,' says Nick Fraser, one of the world's key players in the field as the editor of the BBC's Storyville, the public broadcaster's renowned international documentary strand. 'The promise has been fulfilled in the quality of titles but ...
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Profile: Film Movement
With many old-school distributors worrying how new technologies could eat into their theatrical models, it is safe to say a company like Film Movement has all its bases covered.The New York-based firm launched in early 2003 with the unique proposition of distributing one arthouse film per month on DVD to ...
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International - Saw V shows its teeth
The big international story this weekend may have been Walt Disney Smpi's High School Musical 3: Senior Year (see review, p24, and box office, p31) but a number of diverse openers also managed to scare up big business at the box office. Mandate International's fifth instalment in the Saw franchise ...
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NewsReview: Power To The Pixel
Power To The Pixel, the UK-based outfit which helps independent film-makers make the most of the opportunities offered by the new-media world, last week hosted a digital distribution and film innovation forum as part of TheTimes BFI London Film Festival.
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NewsMarket preview: American Film Market
Across the US, the buzzwords in store windows and nightly newscasts are slashed prices, bargains andcost-cutting. Yet the rallying cry ahead of this year’s American Film Market (AFM), which runs November5-12, is ‘bigger is better’.
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SPRI looking for big numbers from Quantum in three territories
Bond is back. Sony Pictures Releasing International unleashes Quantum Of Solace in its first three territories this weekend in what is expected to be a boisterous launch for the fresh 007 adventure.The follow-up to the hugely successful 2006 release Casino Royale sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as the British ...
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Summit International takes on Tornatore's $30m Baaria
Summit International has boarded worldwide rights excluding Italy ahead of AFM to Giuseppe Tornatore's $30m epic Italian drama Baaria.Italy's Medusa Film and Tarak Ben Ammar's France-based Quinta Communications produced the story and Quinta had previously handled sales.Medusa holds Italian rights to the Sicilian-set comdy spanning three generations from the 1930s ...
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The Other End of The Line
Dir James Dodson. US. 2008. 106 mins Indian-American joint venture The Other End Of The Line demonstrates the pitfalls of creative globalisation even as it makes globalisation a backdrop for its frothy romantic comedy. Produced by Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park and Bollywood giant Adlabs, this piece of cross-cultural cuteness will ...
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Gomes receives FIPRESCI at Viennale for Aquele Querido Mes De Agosto
Portuguese director Miguel Gomes received the FIPRESCI Critics Award at this year's Viennale for Aquele Querido Mes De Agosto. In a statement, the critics' jury said that Gomes' film 'brings to life a world of music, passion, romanticism and tragedy.' Miguel Gomes was also the subject of a special homage ...
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Rotterdam International film festival unveils new forward looking logo
The Rotterdam International film festival has unveiled a new logo to support its recently announced changes to programming. A reworking of the Rotterdam festival's famous tiger, the festival has introduced the logo to support the proactive and forward looking approach it wishes to promote.The logo comes a few months after ...