All Screen articles in 1 July 2007 – Page 5
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TIFF announces 32 titles for September
The Toronto International Film Festival today announced more than 30 films destined for this September's event, including Bela Tarr's Cannes title The Man From London, Alexander Sokurov's Alexandra, Jacques Rivette's Ne Touchez Pas La Hache and Volker Schlondorff's Ulzhan. The announcement also includes several titles confirmed last week, including the ...
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UK's Vue cinemas to offer live Formula One coverage
UK cinema chain Vue Entertainment is continuing the diversification of its programme offerings by hosting a live Formula One event. In a first, Vue will screen Formula One racing live and uninterrupted from the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 8. The event will be broadcast to big screens ...
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Koch Lorber, Red Envelope buy domestic rights to Water Lilies
Koch Lorber Films and Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment have jointly acquired all US and Canadian rights to French coming-of-age tale Water Lilies (La Naissance des Pieuvres).First time writer-director Celine Sciamma's film about a group of teenage girls who gather at a suburban swimming pool premiered in the Un Certain Regard ...
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EdgeStone Capital Partners acquires 49% of Canada's MPD
Canada's distribution landscape shifted again today as Canadian private equity firm EdgeStone Capital Partners announced plans to acquire the 49 per cent share of Motion Picture Distribution LP owned by Movie Distribution Income Fund. The other 51 per cent will be controlled by Goldman Sachs, part of the US investment ...
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Galway bookends with Red Like the Sky and Seraphim Falls
The 19th Galway Film Fleadh will open July 10 with Cristiano Bortone's feature Red Like the Sky, inspired by the true story of Italian sound editor Mirco Mencacci. Bortone will attend for a Q&A session following the screening. The Fleadh will close July 15 with David Von Ancken's western Seraphim ...
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Die Hard 4.0 (Live Free Or Die Hard)
Dir: Len Wiseman. US. 2007. 129mins'You're a Timex watch in a digital age'. So says the smooth master criminal pitted against Bruce Willis' action-hero cop John McClane in Die Hard 4.0 (known as Live Free Or Die Hard in the US), the much anticipated fourth instalment of the franchise. The ...
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Warner Bros, HP to streamline post-production, restoration
In a move the studio says will streamline its post-production processes and 'future-proof' films going into its archive, Warner Bros Entertainment is deploying media storage technology from computer maker HP that uses the 4K digital format, the highest resolution format for digital video. Warner and HP formed a strategic partnership ...
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Stephen Frears to speak at Screenwriters Festival
Stephen Frears is the latest big name speaker to join the line-up for next week's International Screenwriters Festival in the UK. The director of The Queen, Dirty Pretty Things, The Grifters and High Fidelity will talk about how he collaborates with screenwriters in a conversation with critic Nigel Floyd.Oscar nominee ...
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Tribeca, William Morris, CIMG create Beijing film event
Tribeca Film Festival organiser Tribeca Enterprises is linking up with the William Morris Agency (WMA) and lifestyle content creator China Interactive Media Group (CIMG) to present a two-day independent film event in Beijing, China.The Tribeca 798 Film Festival Beijing will take place on July 10 and 11 and will centre ...
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Sony picks up slew of rights to ContentFilm's Outpost
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has acquired all distribution rights to ContentFilm's horror thriller Outpost for a package of territories including North America, the UK and Australia.Set in war-torn Eastern Europe, Outpost follows a band of mercenaries who undertake a dangerous mission at the behest of a mysterious businessman. ...
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TWC shows Sicko trailer on building exteriors near hospitals
In an innovative - and cheeky - marketing move, the Weinstein Company has today (June 25) projected the trailer for Michael Moore's Sicko on the outside of buildings near the headquarters of health insurance companies and hospitals in five US cities. The company said the trailer screenings 'will enable millions ...
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TIFF to hold pre-festival press screenings in New York, LA
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will be press screening select titles in New York City and Los Angeles in advance of the September event, according to TIFF director of communications Andrea Grau. The pre-screenings are part of TIFF co-director Noah Cowan's effort to boost the profile of films that ...
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TIFF to hold pre-festival press screenings in New York, LA
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will be press screening select titles in New York City and Los Angeles in advance of the September event, according to TIFF director of communications Andrea Grau. The pre-screenings are part of TIFF co-director Noah Cowan's effort to boost the profile of films that ...
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Overture Films takes domestic rights to De Niro/Pacino thriller
Overture Films has come aboard to distribute Millenium Films' Robert De Niro-Al Pacino action thriller Righteous Kill in North America.The film, which will be produced by Randall Emmett and Rob Cowan along with Millenium, is set to start shooting in September in Bridgeport, Connecticut and New York City. Overture's executive ...
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Paramount grants license for theme park in UAE
The licensing arm of Paramount Pictures has signed a long-term agreement that will allow United Arab Emirates (UAE) company Ruwaad Holdings to develop a Paramount-branded theme park in the UAE. The park will feature rides, shows and attractions based on Paramount movies, and will also, according to a Paramount statement, ...
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MGM to launch channel in Netherlands, Flemish-speaking Belgium
MGM Networks, the branded TV channel division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is to launch a new MGM Channel movie service customised for audiences in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium.Subtitled in Dutch, the new channel, 100% owned by MGM, will be transmitted and distributed through an agreement with Chellomedia, the Europe-based content division ...
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29 films to receive awards for crossing $100m internationally
This year's Nielsen EDI International Gold Reel Awards for crossing the $100m in international markets will honour 29 films. Special Platinum Reel Awards will also go to the three films that crossed $500m outside the US: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ...
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Medb Films wins Kent Business Award
The Ramsgate-based UK mini-studio Medb Films has just won the top prize in the Creative Industries Category at the Kent Business Awards. Medb was founded by Elaine Wickham and Jan Dunn, the pair behind acclaimd British dogme feature Gypo and the newly completed Ruby Blue, starring Bob Hoskins and Josiane ...
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MDC takes on sales for Meletzky's Shanghai winner Plan
Berlin-based sales company MDC has picked up international distribution rights for Franziska Meletzky's According To The Plan (Frei Nach Plan) which won best film honours at the Jin Jue Awards in the competition section of the Shanghai International Film Festival this weekend. The film, which is Meletzky's second feature after ...
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Greece gets first digital screens at two Village sites in Athens
Greece will get its first two digital cinema installations as Village Cinemas digitises two of its largest screens in Athens, Village Faliro and the Village Park 20. Spacevision designed the Village system with both Kodak and Christie components, with 3D capability from Real D. Kodak's JMN3000 player has been installed ...