All Screen articles in 27 November 2006
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Perfume has strong Spanish opening for Filmax
Tom Tykwer's Perfume did strong business on itsopening weekend in Spain, landing in second position at the box officetrailing only Casino Royale.Perfume'sper-screen average of $7,047 (Euros 5,355) was just shy that of the new Bondfilm, $7834 (Euros 5,953), according to figures from Nielsen/EDI.According to distributorFilmax, also a co-producer on the ...
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Spain's Notro picks up 10 films at AFM
Two-year-old independentSpanish film distributor Notro Films is flexing its muscle with ten new titlesacquired at the recent American Film Market.The AFM pick-ups includethree titles each from Horizon and HanWay, another two from Shochiku and oneeach from Myriad and Fabrication Films. They range from Anne Hathaway-starrer Becoming Jane and Sarah Polley-directed ...
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Regular Lovers takes EFA FIPRESCI prize
The European Film Academy and the international film critics associationFIPRESCI have announced that the EFA Critics Award 2006 - Prix FIPRESCI will goto Philippe Garrel's The Regular Lovers(Les Amants Reguliers). "Philippe Garrel made hisfirst film when he was 16, and by 20 had earned the reputation of the NouvelleVague's Wunderkind ...
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Hamilton departs UK distribution post at Icon
Alex Hamilton has departedhis post as president of UK distribution for Icon Entertainment. Prior to joining Icon in April2005, Hamilton worked at Momentum Pictures. Icon said there is no new appointmentat this time, and that UK distribution was being overseen by COO Andy Mayson and CEO Martin Bigham. Icon's recent ...
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LoveFilm hires Andrew Ground as UK MD
LoveFilm.com has appointedAndrew Ground as UK managing director, effective immediately. Ground had been marketingdirector and then managing director of subscription business Homeserve. He alsoheld senior marketing roles at Sainsbury's and previously worked at Procter Gambleand LEK.LoveFilm now operates itsonline DVD rental service in the UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany. ...
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Producer says Nativity is more family than Passion
It isn't everyday that nunsand priests are seen scurrying to find a seat at the world premiere of a film,but when New Line Cinema's Catherine Hardwicke-directed The Nativity Story was approved by the Vatican for its "poeticand faithful retelling of the scriptures" the Vatican hosted its first worldpremiere of a ...
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Magiday joins Element Films as head of production
Lee Magiday, former vice president of acquisition andproduction, Europe, at Focus Features, has joined Dublin-based productionoutfit Element Films as head of production. She will remain based in London.Magiday (pictured) left Focus in 2005 to take some timeoff. At Element, she will have responsibility for acquiring, developing andoverseeing new feature film ...
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Cairo festival opens with censorship talk
The 30th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF)opens today at the city's opulent Opera House amid a growing controversy overcensorship.While jury chairman Luis Puenzo, Jacqueline Bisset and DannyGlover are scheduled to attend the glittering event presided over by Egypt'sMinister of Culture HE Farouk Hosney, first-time director Marc Ellegard willnot be in ...
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Dubai festival boosts Arab film line-up
The Dubai International FilmFestival (DIFF), now in its third year, opens on Dec 10 with Emilio Estevez's Bobby, one of 115 films from 47countries. Actors Laurence Fishburne and Joshua Jackson will accompany thefilm. Oliver Stone, Syrian auteur Nabil Maleh and leading man Shah Rukh Khanare this year's honourees, and will ...
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Lionsgate pacts with Fintage for music sub-publishing
Lionsgate hassigned an agreement for Fintage Music to handle all of its international musicsub-publishing for current and upcoming projects. The deal coversLionsgate films including Akeelah and theBee, Employee of the Month, Bug and television series including Weeds and Wildfire.Fintage Music isa division of Fintage House, which works on financial solutions ...
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Lisa Hill joins Cosgrove Hall Films
UK animation company Cosgrove Hall Films has appointed Lisa Hill as its newPR and marketing manager.Hill had worked with screenagency North West Vision and is an associate member of the Chartered Instituteof Public Relations. Manchester-based CosgroveHall is celebrating its 30th anniversary and has worked on properties includingDangermouse and Count Duckula.Cosgrove ...
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Mobile giant NTT DoCoMo buys stake in Kadokawa
Japan's largest mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo is acquiring a 3.78% stake in filmand publishing company Kadokawa Group Holdings as part of a tie-up aimed atdeveloping content for DoCoMo cellphone users. NTT DoCoMo will pay $34.45m(Y4bn) for 1.03 million new shares in Kadokawa, making the mobile giant theseventh largest shareholder in ...
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Sunshine, Nelson lead Spirit Award nominations
IFC Films led the FilmIndependent 2007 Spirit Award nominations with nine nods including three for AmericanGun.Fox Searchlight earned sevennominations, five of them for Little Miss Sunshine including feature, director for Jonathan Dayton andValerie Faris, and supporting male nods for Alan Arkin and Paul Dano.First Look Studios made anemphatic statement about ...
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Sarah Turner joins anti-piracy team at Warner Bros
Sarah Turner has been named Warner Bros Entertainment's executivedirector of worldwide anti-piracy operations - North America.Turner will oversee all North American anti-piracy operations andmanage strategic worldwide anti-piracy initiatives and projects, workingclosely with Warner Bros Entertainment's anti-piracy regional teams andbusiness units.She reports to senior vice president of worldwide anti-piracyoperations Darcy Antonellis ...
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UIP Korea to become solely Universal operation on Jan 1
UIP's South Korean branchoffice will transition to a Universal Pictures International operation as ofJan 1, 2007. Universal Pictures International Korea (UPIK) will directly distributeUniversal films in the territory as well as acquiring local product there.UPI has alreadyestablished a presence in Germany, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland,Holland, Belgium and Russia."We arevery ...
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Orange Stars to rise again
The Orange Rising Star Award will return to theBAFTAs in2007 with young hopefuls hoping to follow last year’s inaugural winner James McAvoy as winner of the public vote.
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The Orange Rising stars
It was created in honour of the late Mary Selway, BAFTA-winning UK casting director who launched the careers of many young stars. Last year’s Orange Rising Star nominees were Chiwetel Ejiofor, James McAvoy, Rachel McAdams, Michelle Williams and Gael Garcia Bernal.Commenting on his award, the 2006 winner James McAvoy said:‘This ...
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Encounters recognises shorts from Fazeli, Quinn
The UK's biggest short filmfestival, Encounters, wrapped this weekend with the International Jury Award andits $5809 (£3,000) prize going to Czech film The T-Shirt (Tricko) directed and written by Hossein Martin Fazeli.The international jury gave honourable mentions to Rabbit by Run Wrake (UK) and Linerboardby Jens Jonsson (Sweden).The Best of ...
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Dragon Fruit wins top prize at Taiwan projects market
Ivan C. Shih's ambitious 3D animation fantasy project The Adventures Of Dragon Fruit took the main prize at the second Taiwan Film & TV Project Promotion (TFTPP) event in Taipei. The presentations were a major component of the 4th Taipei International TV, Film and Digital Contents Exhibition, held Nov 23-25.The ...
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Italian groups make pact on release windows
Italian distributorassociation ANICA, exhibitor body ANEC and multiplex association ANEM haveagreed to a 15-week window between a film's theatrical and DVD release. The formal agreement settlesa row over windows sparked earlier this month when Universal Pictures decidedto release Miami Vice on DVD just two months after its theatrical outing here.Exhibitors ...