All Screen articles in 24 December 2000
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Allegations fly between Franchise & Intertainment
Franchise Pictures has fought back against German distributor Intertainment Licensing, filing its own suit in the Superior Court of the State of California and issuing a second statement on Friday (Dec 22) saying that it was shocked at Intertainment's public revelations.Meanwhile Intertainment issued its own statement on Friday, explaining the ...
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Depardieu adds heft to Bornedal's gothic romance
Gerard Depardieu has joined the cast of Ole Bornedal's I Am Dina, an English-language gothic romance that is one of the most expensive Scandinavian film productions ever.The addition of the French actor, one of Europe's best paid stars, could further increase the $13m budget of the project, which is being ...
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Festival calendar gets FIAPF re-write
After a year which saw changes amongst top staff at many leading festivals, 2001 seems set to be the year of changes to the festival calendar.According to FIAPF - the organisation which regulates standards at festivals - there are major shifts at four of the 11 top non-competitive festivals. There ...
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Tom Tykwer heads Brussels line-up
The Princess And The Warrior, German director Tom Tykwer's follow-up to Run Lola Run, is expected to be one of the highlights of January's Brussels International Film Festival.The film is to screen as part of a showcase of work from new German directors of the 1990s, which has been organised ...
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Peter Mullan heads to Rotterdam's CineMart
Peter Mullan's Magdalene will be one of the projects seeking financing partners at CineMart, the industry market at January's International Film Festival Rotterdam.The UK actor-director's follow-up to his well-received directing debut Orphans joins another nine titles so far confirmed for this year's event. Also on offer are L'Amour En Blue ...
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Franchise fires back at Intertainment allegations
United International Pictures (UIP) chairman Paul Oneile and president Andrew Cripps have both renewed their contracts with the company, taking them through to 2006. The move comes as UIP enjoys a strong year, having already grossed $1.7bn this year thanks to films such as Shrek, Bridget Jones Diary and American ...
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StudioCanal, RAI confirm Italian partnership
France's StudioCanal has finalised the long sought after Italian link in its European theatrical distribution chain, unveiling a partnership with RAI Cinema, the start-up film arm of public broadcaster RAI.The two partners will hold equal shares in the company, which is expected to complete StudioCanal's international distribution network. The operation ...
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Gladiator, Traffic lead nods for Golden Globes
Ridley Scott's Gladiator and Steven Soderbergh's Traffic landed five nominations each as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nods for the 58th annual Golden Globes.Paramount's re-release of Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys seems to have paid dividends: the film received four nominations including a best actor nod for Michael Douglas. ...
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Kinowelt attacks RTL, Kirch buying tactics
Germany's Kinowelt Medien has slammed local broadcasters RTL and the Kirch Group for supposedly having an understanding akin to a "gentlemen's agreement" after passing on films from Kinowelt's $300m Warner Bros package.According to local newspaper Financial Times Deutschland, Kinowelt co-president Michael Koelmel said that the two groups of TV channels ...
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EC greenlights Universal, NTL pay-TV film service
The European Commission has approved plans for The Studio Channel, a UK pay-TV joint venture between cable giant NTL and Universal Studios Networks.The greenlight came after the Commission's analysis showed that the creation of the library film service will neither create nor reinforce a dominant position in any market. The ...
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Crouching Tiger beats Traffic for Toronto critics
On the eve of taking the Golden Globe Awards nod for best foreign language picture, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was named best film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA).The picture's closest rival was Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, for which Soderbergh was named best director. Although Traffic came ...
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Franchise to file suit against Intertainment today
Franchise Pictures has announced that it will file suit against Intertainment Licensing GmbH, Intertainment AG and Barrie Baeres in Los Angeles County Superior Court this morning. Details of the suit will be revealed during the morning.According to Franchise, the LA-based independent production company headed by Elie Samaha, Franchise had previously ...
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BKN International plans US, Japanese expansion
German children's animation producer and distributor BKN International (BKNI) is in final talks to acquire an animation studio in the US by the end of this year as part of its ambitious strategy of international expansion.Speaking at this week's shareholders' meeting, CEO Nadia Nardonnet said that in addition to the ...
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Palace Films makes Deadly investment
Highlighting the shortage of sales agents in Australia, local distributor Palace Films has put up an international distribution guarantee for Aussie rules football drama Deadly, Unna', despite the fact that Beyond Films is handling sales on the film.The move is a first for Palace whose owner-managing director Antonio Zeccola will ...
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Canadian circuits under competition scrutiny
Canada's two principal exhibitors, Famous Players and Cineplex Odeon, are under investigation by the country's Competition Bureau for possible collusion. The two chains are the dominant players in Canada, with more than 1,600 of the nation's 2,400 screens. Both are controlled by US-based parent operations: Famous Players is a unit ...
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UK admissions on track to reach 26-year high
Cinema attendance in the UK is expected to reach 143 million admissions this year - the highest number since 1974. These record figures have been predicted by the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA) despite a drop in attendance during November. Average weekly admissions dropped 30% last month compared to the same ...
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Media[netCom] to launch second VoD trial
Blair Witch Project, Ghost Dog and John Carpenter's Vampires are among an initial 200 features that will be offered by Germany's media[netCom] during its second set of video-own-demand (VoD) trials at the end of January. The trials will initially be launched in 25 test households in the Hamburg suburb of ...
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Denmark's TV2 launches development fund
Danish broadcaster TV2/Denmark, which has become one of the biggest supporters of feature films in Denmark, is to provide the industry with an additional $0.72m (DKr6m) in development funding.The public service station is obliged by law to provide an annual minimum of $2.4m (DKr20m) for local feature production, and will ...
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Living Blood wins Italy's St Vincent prize
Edoardo Winspeare's Living Blood (Sangue Vivo) has taken the top award, the Grolla d'Oro, at the prestigious St Vincent Prize, which is designed to promote Italian cinema abroad. Living Blood, a tale of two brothers set in southern Italy against a backdrop of crime and music, was recently selected for ...