All Screen articles in 1 July 2008 – Page 3
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The Croatian National Festival announces competition
The Croatian National Festival in Pula, Istria, will take place from July 19-26. This will be the 55th edition of the event that used to be the national festival of former Yugoslavia.In addition to the famous and always well-attended open-air venues Arena and Kastel, the former theatre Zagreb has been ...
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Ballast wins Grand Prix at first Novi Sad festival
Lance Hammer's Ballast won the Grand Prix of the first International Festival of Film and New Media- Cinema City in Novi Sad, Serbia (Jun 14-21), worth $15,000. In the competition for the Grand Prix were all feature films of the festival, including the Serbian competition, where the best film award ...
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Ireland showing mixed box office fortunes
Traditionally one of the strongest performing territories in Europe, Ireland is experiencing a marginal decline in year-on-year box office returns, according to new figures from Carlton Screen.The Republic of Ireland box office has dropped 1.2% to date on last year, however this masks a year-on-year rise of 24.5% in March. ...
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Tartan Films goes into administration
UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.The business, founded in 1982 by Hamish McAlpine, is believed to have made more than 20 staff redundant.The news has come as no surprise after months of discussion about the company's finance.Last year, the business restructured with veteran managing ...
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Toho-Towa extends Universal contract, unveils line-up
Japanese distributor Toho-Towa has announced the extension of its exclusive contract with Universal Pictures, as well as its line-up, until 2010. Toho-Towa's slate of 18 films consists predominantly of Universal titles. Upcoming 2008 releases include The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (August 16) and Wanted (September).Announced for 2009 are ...
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Greek box-office admissions down 1m in pivotal winter season
As the European football championships are drawing to a close and the Olympic Games (August 8-24) are around the corner, Greek distributors and exhibitors fear that sporting events could further dampen this year's box office performance. So far this year, Makis Diamantopoulos, generalmanager of the Odeon Cineplex exhibition chain describes ...
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Relativity to finance, produce War Of Gods directed by Tarsem
Relativity Media has acquired rights to finance, develop and produce the mythological Greek tale War Of Gods, which is already in pre-production and expected to begin filming before the end of the year.Tarsem will direct from a screenplay by Vlas Parlapanides and Charley Parlapanides and the project reunites Hollywood Gang ...
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UPI's Wanted roars into in 22 territories including Russia
Indiana Jones will have a battle on his hands to hold on to pole position this weekend as Russian director Timur Bekmambetov's first English-language picture Wanted goes out in 22 territories through Universal/UPI.The graphic novel adaptation opens day-and-date with North America in Russia on 850 prints on June 26 and ...
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Screenwriting: How to teach a word's worth
Training provision for screenwriters has been undergoing a sea change in the UK in recent years, with providers aiming to connect training with the industry and help create writers who can function both creatively and commercially.The UK film business has not always taken the most positive view of screenwriter training. ...
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Festival review: Shanghai International Film Festival
It was always going to be a difficult year for the Shanghai International Film Festival (Siff). The festival is striving to re-invent itself but China has recently suffered a series of calamities, both man-made and natural, that inevitably cast a shadow over this year's event.Chief among these was the May ...
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Profile: International Screenwriters' Festival
Launched three years ago, the International Screenwriters' Festival (July 1-3) has established itself as a key event on the festival calendar.Taking place in Cheltenham, south-west England, the event attracts a wide range of industry delegates. 'It's about 50% writers and 50% everybody else: producers, directors, agents, script editors, financiers, and ...
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Green energy
As Terminator, Aliens and Armageddon showed, Gale Anne Hurd knows a thing or two about taking risks that pay off. She has enjoyed enough success to endure as one of Hollywood's few powerhouse female producers and has inevitably seen the odd gamble turn sour, too, which is what made The ...
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Training - Debate - Talking writing
DEBRA HAYWARD - WORKING TITLE FILMSWhat is the level of creativity in the UK'People are really ambitious: the levels are high. But you can never have enough great ideas, great writers and great material.Are individual voices shining through'I think they are. And there's a great tradition of individual voices in ...
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International writers and directors seek new deal
Nothing demonstrates the difference between Hollywood and the international independent sector more than a strike.Earlier this year, Hollywood writers were able to bring prime-time TV shows off the air and halt major film shoots. Now contract negotiations with actors and directors are underway, conducted in a manner that would be ...
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The Critical View - Finishing touch
I've been thinking about Che. Not the man, nor exactly Steven Soderbergh's film of the man's life, but the experience of watching a film that may or not be the finished product.All that was known about the status of Soderbergh's long-awaited film on the eve of its Cannes debut was ...
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France - In a class of his own
When Laurent Cantet heard his name called during the awards ceremony at last month's Cannes film festival, he was not entirely surprised. The Class (Entre Les Murs), Cantet's Palme d'Or winning film, had been tipped to take a prize when the busload of schoolchildren who appear in the film was ...
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Production - Bulgaria - Footloose and fancy free
"There are more than a dozen films a year done here," says Les Weldon, a US producer who has shot 15 films over more than 10 years in Bulgaria, most of them with Nu Image-owned Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia. "We've had Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, John Cusack, Ben ...
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International - TV remake proves smart move for warner bros
Four new entries broke into the international chart this week with titles from the US, the UK and South Korea opening in the top 20, while Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Sex And The City, Kung Fu Panda and The Incredible Hulk jostled for the top ...
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Disney focuses on brand values
If the key to navigating a volatile and uncertain market is concentration on core strengths, then Disney has got it right.And the rock on which the future will be built is the Disney brand itself, according to Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.Over the last couple of ...
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Production - Romania - From the mountain to the black sea
Romania is a territory on the rise. Adding to the buzz arising from local productions at Cannes in recent years, the territory is one of the new Eastern European sweet spots for international footloose productions.The problem is, demand is now outpacing supply. Earlier this year, French producer-writer-director Alexandre Aja planned ...