All Screen articles in 10 June 2007 – Page 5
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Telepool sells A Crude Awakening to UK's Dogwoof
Telepool has closed an all-rights deal for the UK with Dogwoof Pictures for the feature documentary A Crude Awakening by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack of Swiss-based Lava Productions. The film about how humans are sucking dry our most valuable, non-renewable resource - oil - was released by Columbus Film ...
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Trinidad & Tobago starts new film tax incentive with rebate up to 30%
Trinidad & Tobago, the twin island nation in the Carribean, has today unveiled its first tax incentives for film, TV and advertising shoots. The new rebates system ranges from 12.5% for productions of expenditures up to $500,000, 15% for productions from $500,000 to $1m, or 30% rebates for productions spending ...
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Showbox and Freestyle unveil plans for D-War's US release
South Korea 's Showbox Mediaplex has announced plans to release the effects-laden creature feature D-War on 1,500 screens in the US, through Freestyle Releasing. Showbox says the film is likely to open in August and see Labour Day weekend box office as well. Freestyle previously released The Illusionist in the ...
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Locarno juries to include Diego Lerman and Jia Zhangke
The Locarno International Film Festival will be celebrating its 60th anniversary this year by dedicating its Retrospective, entitled Back In Locarno, to those filmmakers whose careers were significantly advanced by the initial exposure at the Swiss festival. Among those directors expected to attend screenings in the Retrospective are Marco Bellocchio, ...
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Joost to host Bollywood content from New York's Saavn
Internet television service Joost has signed a deal with New York-based film, music and TV show packager Saavn for the Internet distribution of Bollywood music videos from the Saavn library. Initially, Joost users worldwide will be able to choose from around 150 clips from Bollywood movies featuring songs such as ...
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South Australian Film Corp appoints Richard Harris as head
Richard Harris, who is currently executive director of the Australian Directors Guild (ADG), has been appointed head of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC). He will leave what was formerly called the Australian Screen Directors Association in mid-July, after nine years at the helm, and relocate from Sydney to Adelaide ...
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Metrodome strikes UK deal for Ruzowitzky's The Counterfeiters
UK distributor Metrodome has taken all UK rights to Stefan Ruzowitzky's Berlinale hit The Counterfeiters.Sales agent Andreas Rothbauer of Beta Cinema negotiated the deal with Metrodome CEO Peter Urie, general manager - theatrical and broadcast Sara Frain and acquisitions & business affairs manager Kate Falconer. Metrodome will release in the ...
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Kimmel has strong Cannes with Synecdoche, Unthinkable
Kimmel International chief Mark Lindsay has reported a successful Cannes in which he and his team closed key territories on Charlie Kaufman's feature directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, and Tarsem Singh's upcoming thriller Unthinkable.Rights to Synecdoche, New York, which is being produced by Spike Jonze and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, ...
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Knocked Up spawns knockout domestic opening, but Pirates clings on
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End took a big tumble in its second weekend but still had enough puff to sail past $200m and see off the challenge of Universal's much lauded comedy Knocked Up.Buena Vista's juggernaut fell 62.4% to an estimated $43.2m as it raised its domestic tally ...
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Pirates 3 crosses international $400m mark in record time
As expected Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End ruled the waves in its second weekend as an estimated $105.4m propelled the international running total past $400m in record time.The weekend haul from 17,500 theatres in 103 countries boosted the tally to $408.8m, making this latest high seas episodic the ...
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