All Screen articles in 8 July 2008
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New York-based Palisades buys Tartan Films' UK film library
New York-based P&A financier Palisades Media Corp has bought the majority of Tartan Films UK's film library of more than 400 titles several weeks after the company went into administration.The move follows Palisades' acquisition of Tartan's US film library in May. The catalogue includes Super Size Me, La Haine, Secretary, ...
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here! Films take domestic on gay comedy Breakfast With Scot
here! Films has acquired North American rights to Laurie Lynd's family comedy Breakfast With Scot, the opening night screening of Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.Based on Michael Downing's novel of the same name, the picture charts the lives of a gay couple who take ...
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Screen Media Films buys worldwide on Lake City
Screen Media Films has taken worldwide rights to Hunter Hill and Perry Moore's Southern drama Lake City starring Sissy Spacek, Troy Garity and Rebecca Romijn.Dave Matthews, Keith Carradine, Drea De Matteo, Allison Sarofim and newcomer Colin Ford star in the story of an estranged mother and son who reunite years ...
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Berk promoted to svp of Universal's creative services division
Universal's vice president of creative services Julie Berk has been promoted to senior vice president of the division.Berk formed the creative services department when she joined the studio in 1995 as director of creative advertising. She was promoted to vice president in 2000.Over the last 12 years she has streamlined ...
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Dardennes, Salles plan trips to November Thessaloniki festival
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Terence Davies, Walter Salles, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lita Stantic are among the top names set to be present at the upcoming Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 14-23).The principal tribute of the 49th edition of the Greekfestival, headed by Despina Mouzaki, will be dedicated to two-time Cannes Golden ...
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Abdellatif Kechiche to lead debut film jury in Venice
Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche will preside over the International Jury for the Luigi De Laurentiis Prize for a debut film at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival, the Biennale said.Kechiche himself won the first feature prize at Venice in 2000 for his film Blame it on Voltaire. In ...
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UKFC gives $200,000 to Icon for release of Man On Wire
UK Film Council's Prints and Advertising (P&A) Fund has announced the latest round of films it has supported.The fund is set up to give wider distribution to specialised films, giving UK audiences more choices.The awards are to:$206,507 (£104,567) for Man On Wire, Icon Distribution$9,874 (£5,000) for Couscous, Artificial Eye$9,874 (£5,000) ...
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Second Run DVD plans UK release of Tropical Malady
UK Distributor Second Run DVD plans a July 28 DVD release of Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Tropical Malady (Sud pralad). The award-winning Thai film was made in 2004, a fractured love story and mysterious drama set in a Thai jungle.The UK DVD will include his 1997 short film Thirdworld, a new interview ...
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Mikado puts increased attention on 'original' commerical films
Italy's Mikado Film goes into the 2008 and early 2009 distribution season with a series of titles that reflect the company's auteur tradition - but which includes an increased investment in what CEO Alessandro Usai calls 'original' commercial films, as well as select Italian films aimed at un-tested markets here.Mikado's ...
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Films chosen for Melbourne fest's first market screenings
Paul Cox's latest film, Salvation, is one of 10 finished films that will be shown to buyers later this month as part of 37South, the market attached to the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).The films were chosen from a field of 20 and only one has a sales company attached ...
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Alki David's FilmOn.com launches competition for new film-makers
UK online film portal FilmOn.com, founded by philanthropist and producer Alki David, is launching competitions for new film-makers.The site will host competitions for best film feature, best film short, best film and best animation short showcased on the VOD platform.Selected entrants will have their work seen on FilmOn.com alongside films ...
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Israel Film Festival launches annual scholarship for film students
The Israel Film Festival has established an annual scholarship fund to donate money from its yearly gala awards dinner for scholarships for Israeli film students at six major film schools in Israel.Students who benefit from this year's $15,000 allocation can either use the scholarship in their third year to pay ...
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Sriraman, Macias get senior vp stripes at Vivendi Entertainment
Soumya Sriraman (pictured) has been promoted to senior vice president of theatrical marketing at Universal Music Group's theatrical arm Vivendi Entertainment and Yolanda Macias has been promoted to senior vice president of business development and acquisitions.One of their first projects is the portmanteau New York, I Love You, featuring segments ...
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Czuchry, Bradford lead cast of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford and Geoff Stults will star in Darko Entertainment's I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell based on Tucker Max's bestseller.Czuchry will play Max, a real-life American hedonist and blogger who gets banned from his friend's wedding after he persuades the hapless man to accompany him on ...
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Annette Bening joins Academy board of governors for actors branch
Eight governors have been re-elected to the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' board along with six film-makers who return after a period of absence.The sole first-time governor is Annette Bening representing the actors branch. All governors will serve three-year terms.Returning to the board after a hiatus are Jeffrey ...
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Ischia unveils heavy hitters for co-production roundtable
Italy's Ischia Global Film and Music Festival will host a Global Production Summit in the sixth edition of the event, which runs July 13-20 on the island of Ischia near the Southern city of Naples.The summit will take place on July 18 with Producer Mark Canton (Spiderwick Chronicles, 300) to ...
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Short made by children added to Azur & Asmar DVD
Soda Pictures will include a short made by UK children on its DVD release for Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest. As part of the First Light Movies scheme, a group of five-year-olds from Hartside Primary School in Crook, County Durham, made the short digital animation last year with £2,700 ...
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Generator, Green Park, Octagon start shoot for Cherrybomb
Glen Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa start shooting their joint feature debut, Cherrybomb, today in Belfast.The coming-of-age drama stars Rupert Grint, Kimberley Nixon and Robert Sheehan. Producers are Generator Entertainment, Green Park Films and Octagon Films.The story is about two teenage boys whose friendship is tested when a troubled beauty ...
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Chow teams with Cathay United Bank group on Taiwan fund
Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow is advising Taiwan's Cathay Securities Investment Truston an investment fund which aims to pump $65m into listed film companies.The Cathay Global Entertainment Fund was announced at a seminar in Taipei on Friday (July 4) attended by Chow who is a senior advisor in the entertainment ...