All Screen articles in 9 October 2005
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Shutter duo to reteam on Thai-Korean horror
The two writer-directorsbehind Thai blockbuster Shutter - Parkpoom Wongpoom and BanjongPisanthanakun - are planning a new horror picture, Alone, which willshoot in Thailand and Korea from March next year. The film, which was unveiledat the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea this weekend - will also feature cast from bothcountries. ...
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New York comedy heads Indian music major's debut slate
Indian music major Saregamahas unveiled a slate of seven features, headed by Karma Confession &Holy to be directed by New York-based Indian filmmaker Manish Gupta.The comedy, which starsIndian actors Sushmita Sen and Randeep Hooda, begins shooting in New York this month. It follows three sets of characters - Indianswho have ...
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Singapore to host festival for new Asian directors
Singapore is set to host a new film festival for first-timedirectors - the Asian Festival of First Films (AFFF) - which is scheduled torun from November 23-30 with an awards gala on the final night. Organised by Indian productioncompany Teamwork Films with backing from corporate sponsors, the festival aimsto provide ...
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Paradise, Guernsey emerge as best Dutch films
Hani Abu-Assad's Paradise Now and Nanouk Leopold's Guernseydominatedthe Golden Calf awards for the best Dutch films, handed out on Friday night atthe Dutch Film festival.Internationally acclaimed Paradise Now received the Golden Calffor best picture and best editing, Guernsey took best directing(Nanouk Leopold), best actress (Maria Kraakman) and the Prize of ...
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Hildebrand joins Kimmel as creative executive under Horberg
Former Wonderland Films development executive Jodi Hildebrand hasjoined Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) as a creative executive.Hildebrand reunites with former Wonderland partner Bill Horberg,who recently arrived as president of production at SKE."Jodi is a smart, tasteful young executive with a keen eye forgood material, a passion for writers and the ability ...
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Kovacs, Zsigmond named legends by Hungarian cinematographers
Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond, along with Hungariancinematographers Gyorgy Illes and Janos Toth, will be the first recipients ofThe Legend Award from the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSC).The Legend Award was created to honour cinematographers whoselives and work are an inspiration to filmmakers, and will be handed out at thefifth ...
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Warner boards first local language Japanese production
Warner Bros Pictures Japan has boarded its first local languageproduction Catch A Wave,based on a novel by teenage author Kazuma Toyota.Toyota was 16 when he wrote hisnovel about three surfers who learn to respect nature when one of them attemptsto ride a typhoon wave to impress his girlfriend.Toyota, now 17 ...
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Sundance launches first commissioning fund backed by Sloan
The Sundance Institute has created the Sloan Commissioning Fundthrough a grant from the Alfred P Sloan Foundation to support the development,presentation and celebration of science and technology through independentfilm.This is the first commissioning project initiated by theInstitute, and provides a cash stipend and creative and practical support todevelop science and ...
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Lebel joins Wolf in international sales at Peace Arch
Former HBO Films London executive Lissa Lebel has joinedToronto-based production and distribution outfit Peace Arch Entertainment Groupas director of international sales.Lebel will play a key role as the company moves aggressively intofeature production and acquisition.Based in Los Angeles, she will report to Penny Wolf, her formermanager at HBO Films London, ...
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Participant creates social action campaign website for upcoming films
JeffSkoll's Los Angeles-based production company Participant Productions islaunched a revamped website last week containing information about film-relatedsocial action campaigns. Eachtitle featured on www.participate.net will host a corresponding social actioncampaign on the website. Featuredtitles include Niki Caro's upcoming sexual discrimination drama NorthCountry, George Clooney's McCarthyEra tale Good Night, And Good Luck,and ...
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Italian film industry to strike in protest at funding cuts
All cinemas in Italy will be closed on Friday October 14as part of a strike by the national film industry to protest against massivenew cuts to government funding.In its 2006budget proposal, the Silvio Berlusconi government has set out a paltry Euros 50mto support film - compared to Euros 84m last ...
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Two For The Money
Dir: DJ Caruso. US. 2005.120minsSavvy gamblers shouldn't bet the house on the new high-stakes drama TwoFor The Money in which Al Pacino plays devilish mentor to MatthewMcConaughey (not too dissimilar to his role with Keanu Reeves in Devil'sAdvocate). A cross between Any Given Sunday (which also starredPacino) and Wall Street's ...
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Terrence Howard named Rising Star at Palm Springs
Terrence Howardwill collect the Rising Star Award at the 17th Annual Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival's awards gala on Jan 7, 2006. Howard wonacclaim for his role as a Memphis street hustler who aspires to becoming a rapstar in Craig Brewer's Hustle & Flow, which also stars Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning,Ludacris, ...
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Korean star power on parade at glitzy Pusan opening
The 10th edition of Asia's leading film showcase and industry event, the Pusan InternationalFilm Festival (PIFF), kicked off on Thursday with a glitzy opening thathighlighted South Korea's emergence as the new star factory of Asia.With 5,000 spectators seatedin front of a massive outdoor screen, the event featured fireworks, a surpriseperformance ...
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Sitges kicks off with Cronenberg's Violence
QuentinTarantino, Jodie Foster, Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg are among thehigh-profile guests expected at Catalunya's International Film Festival (Oct9-17), which kicks off on Sunday in the coastal resort town of Sitges.The festival'sswitch back from December to its traditional October dates has helped attractthe talents, director Angel Sala told local press.Sitges ...
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Dinerstein & Vitale exit Paramount Classics
Paramount Classics co-heads David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale areleaving the division after they were told this week their contracts will not berenewed in February 2006.The duo;s fate had been in the balance ever since Viacom co-president Tom Freston told investors last year thatthe division would bulk up and take on ...
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Sloan science prize at Hamptons goes to Cardia
Su Rynard's Canadian drama Kardia will receive the $25,000 Alfred P Sloan Foundationcash prize at the upcoming Hamptons International Film Festival.The storycentres on a pathologist who discovers she is linked to another personfollowing an experimental heart operation she underwent as a child.The Sloan awardis handed out to work that explores ...
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Gromit goes Latin in Spain, Brazil, Mexico
DreamWorksInternational's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit has stormed off to an early $6.8minternational running total and executives will be looking to build when theanimated picture launches through UIP in Brazil, Mexico and Spain on Oct 7.Paramount'srevenge drama Four Brothers gets a big push this weekend when UIP ...
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Habana Blues to kick off LA Latin film festival
The 9th AnnualLos Angeles Latino International Film Festival will open on Oct 21 with BenitoZambrano's Spanish drama Habana Blues. The picture, which played inUn Certain Regard at Cannes this year, charts the fortunes of two Cubanmusicians given the chance to leave their country in exchange for a recordingcontract. The programmeincludes ...
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Wilson, Margulies, Trachtenberg go to Beautiful Ohio
Rita Wilson,Julianna Margulies and Michelle Trachtenberg have joined the cast of accomplicefilms' Beautiful Ohio,the directorial debut of company partner Chad Lowe that began filming in NewYork this week. The story, whichas previously announced stars William Hurt, is based on Ethan Canin'sadaptation of his short story Batorsag & Szerelem and chronicles ...