All Screen articles in 28 December 2006
View all stories from this month.
-
News
Slovenian producers face government funding problems
Slovenian producers arefacing a bleak future at home following radical changes in the film supportpolicies at the country's Ministry of Culture.The new harsher climate wasushered in with the dismissal of the Slovenian Film Fund's director IreneOstrouska with immediate effect for allegedly not coming up to the Ministry'sexpectations.In addition, funding hasbeen ...
-
News
Berlinale selects first six titles for Perspektive Deutsches Kino
New films by BastianGuenther, Ben von Grafenstein, and Julia von Heinz are among six titlesconfirmed so far for the Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar whichshowcases young and up-and-coming German filmmakers with fresh ideas,approaches and talent.Among the films selected isBastian Guenther's feature debut Autopilotswhich is comprised of four interwoven episodes taking ...
-
News
Five first features nominated for Bergman awards
Five features by newcomers have been nominated for the International Ingmar Bergman Debut Award, which will be given for the first time at Sweden's Gothenberg Film Festival 2007.They include UK director Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Norwegian director Joachim Trier's Reprise, which have already helped themselves to several international prizes."The ...
-
News
German tax credit approved by Europe
Germany'sState Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann has received the green light from theEuropean Commission in Brussels for the new film production incentive scheme tocome into effect as planned on January 1, 2007.Commentingon the Commission's swift processing of the German proposal, Neumann said:'This is a great negotiated success. The path is ...
-
News
Rotterdam to screen first feature shot on mobile phone
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 24 january - February 4) is to premiere a 70-minute feature shot on mobile phone.Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad In Afghanistan was filmed by Dutch filmmaker Cyrus Frisch using Sharp 902 and 903 mobile phone camera.It is the ...
-
News
Nanni Moretti appointed Turin artistic director
Italian director Nanni Moretti has been named artistic director of the Turin Film Festival, the Italian festival dedicated to cutting edge film. The announcement confirms 2007 will be an interesting year for Italian festivals after the appearance of the Rome Film Festival altered the established balance between the Turin and ...
-
News
Night At The Museum and Eragon face off
Night At The Museum will push Fox International stablemate Eragon all the way for the overseas crown this weekend whenit launches in a raft of major territories.The comedy is set to open in the UK on Dec 29 on 745 screens, Australia on Dec26 on 365, Germany on Dec 28 ...
-
News
Walt Disney Studios posts record year
Walt Disney Studiosreported yesterday that the company had generated a record $3.26bn in revenues as of Dec 27.Buena Vista Pictures Distribution passed the $1bn mark for the 10thtime, more than any other studio, while Buena Vista International (BVI)achieved the feat for the 12th consecutive year.The result was driven by the ...
-
News
German home entertainment company takes over media fund
One of Germany's leading home entertainment companies VCL Film + Medien has taken over the Munich-based media fund Equity Pictures Medienfonds.Throughthe acquisition by its recently established subsidiary, Allied Film Management,VCL will be expanding its activities from the core operations of homeentertainment to include the management of film funds.It will be ...
-
News
Altman, Eastwood achieve AFI 'Significance'
The towering artisticachievements of the late Robert Altman, the towering artistic achievements ofthe very much alive Clint Eastwood, and the rise of self-created media onYouTube are among the AFI's eight 2006 Moments Of Significance.Announcing their latest annual selection of the year's most salient themes, trends and people, AFI jurors eulogised ...