All Screen articles in 10 July 2009 – Page 5
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Golden Slumber
A delivery man races against time to uncover a plot to frame him for the public assassination of the new prime minister. He discovers the conspiracy is somehow connected to the friends he made back in his university days. Based on a best-selling novel by Kotaro Isaka.
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Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends – The Movie
A reboot of the legendary Ultraman franchise under Mighty Morphin Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto. Ultraman not only battles over 100 monsters but also faces off against a villainous Ultraman in a first for the 43-year-old film and TV series.
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Angel At Sea takes Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary
Frédéric Dumont’s film Angel At Sea was named best feature film at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, giving the director the Crystal Globe and $30,000.
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Working Title to make redundancies
Flagship UK production company Working Title is understood to be making up to six redundancies from its 45-strong workforce.
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ShortsTV signs deal with London festival Lovebox
ShortsTV, the UK short film channel, will screen a selection of Academy Award-nominated short films and festival shorts at London dance music festival, Lovebox Weekender.
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Ice Age 3 freezes Bruno out of international box office
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs dominated Bruno and the rest of the overseas competition with a monstrous second weekend that propelled it past $325m.
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Bruno struts to the top of the US box office
Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest comedic incarnation Bruno knocked Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen off its perch thanks to an estimated $30.4m number one launch.
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No Puedo takes top honours at Taipei film festival
Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti was the big winner at the close of the Taipei Film Festival on Saturday night, winning four prizes including best film, best actor and supporting actor and the media choice award.
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Taiwanese film industry looks to China for growth
Taiwan’s major film organisations look set to make an aggressive push into the mainland China market, in a bid to develop a mainstream film industry to complement the country’s current output of low-budget indie fare.
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Rupert Graves eyes Balkans drama The Filthy War
Rupert Graves is attached to play the lead role of Eduardo in the Balkans-set drama The Filthy War to be directed by John Irvin.Graves will play a war correspondent in former Yugoslavia who creates a platoon of international volunteers to defend a Croatian village from Serb militants.Vinnie Jones has been ...
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Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike join Dustin Hoffman on Barney's Version
Producer Robert Lantos has confirmed that Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike and Twilight star Rachel Lefevre will join Dustin Hoffman and Paul Giamatti on Barney’s Version.
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Future Films and Aramid Capital hit by Soho blaze
A major fire broke out in the London offices housing leading film financiers Future Films and Aramid Capital earlier today.
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Raindance Film Festival moves to Apollo Cinemas
The Raindance Film Festival is moving to Apollo Cinemas for this year’s edition, which runs September 30 to October 11.
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Shooting begins on new Simon Pegg and Nick Frost project
Principal photography has begun on Universal and Working Title’s Paul, written by and starring British actors Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. The film is shooting in New Mexico.
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Cloud 9 floats to UK, Paintball fires off in Spain
ScreenDaily’s round up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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China box office up 43% in first half of 2009
China’s box office grew by 42.7% to $330.16m (RMB2.26bn) in the first half of 2009, thanks to a combination of local and US hits, including Transformers 2 which is on its way to becoming the biggest film ever in the territory.
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Bangkok film festival to take place September 24-30
The organisers of the Bangkok International Film Festival (BKIFF) have confirmed that this year’s edition of the event will be held September 24-30.
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Sundance broadens support for producers ahead of summer Labs
The Sundance Institute is expanding its support for producers in 2009-10 by accommodating documentary film-makers and stepping up industry access.