All Screen articles in 10 June 2008
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XYZ Films closes deals with MPI, Cinemavault on The Last Lovecraft
MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to and Cinemavault has boarded international sales on The Last Lovecraft: Relic Of Cthulhu.
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Don Cheadle to receive LAFF's Spirit Of Independence Award
Don Cheadle will receive the Los Angeles Film Festival's (LAFF) Spirit Of Independence Award for his 'outstanding work and contributions to the film industry' at the awards ceremony on June 29.The inaugural Spirit Of Independence Award went to George Clooney in 2005 and only Charlize Theron and Clint Eastwood have ...
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here! Films acquires domestic rights to Cthulhu, Antarctica
here! Films has acquired North American rights to the occult thriller Cthulhu and worldwide rights to gay-themed Israeli romantic comedy Antarctica. Sister company Regent Releasing will release both titles in the US later this year.Cthulhu is adapted from HP Lovecraft's novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth and re-imagines the story with ...
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Briana Evigan signs to star in Sobini's thriller Burning Bright
Step Up 2: The Streets lead Briana Evigan has signed to star in the thriller Burning Bright from Mark Amin's Sobini Films, which has a first-look deal with Lionsgate.Carlos Brooks, whose drama Quid Pro Quo starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga opens this week through Magnolia Pictures, will direct and ...
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Greetings From The Shore wins Staten Island Film Festival
Greg Chwerchak's opening night drama Greetings From The Shore won best feature at Staten Island's SINY Film Festival and star Kim Shaw was named best actress as the event came to a close at the weekend.Anthony Tarsitano was named best director for Calling It Quits and star Dennis Boutsakaris took ...
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Mandate backs feature of hit online short Jay And Seth...
Mandate Pictures has green-lit a feature based on the action comedy short Jay And Seth Vs The Apocalypse from co-writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.Mandate is in talks with directors and has earmarked a 2009 production start on the adaptation of the short, which starred Rogen and Jay Baruchel as ...
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Ealing's Cannes deals include Dorian Gray to Alliance Films
Ealing Studios International has reported a number of deals closed during Cannes Market.Oliver Parker's Dorian Gray, which was announced during Cannes, has been sold to Alliance Films for Canada, the UK, Spain, Italy and Scandinavia (releases will be handled by respective subsidiaries Alliance, Momentum and Aurum and partners Eagle and ...
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Paulo Coelho recruits MySpace users for feature compilation
Author Paulo Coelho is working with MySpace on the creation of his first feature film, The Experimental Witch.The project is inspired by Coelho's most recent book The Witch Of Portobello, and will use the concept of 'mash up' videos. MySpace users will submit original videos and music and then Coelho ...
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Skillset starts new trainee plan for Fund-paying productions
UK training body Skillset has launched a new Film Trainee Scheme.The initiative was announced at a Skillset Connects networking lunch in London.The scheme will let newcomers work on productions shooting in the UK. Trainee positions will be heavily subsidised by Skillset, to help productions get suitable, diverse trainees and to ...
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European Commission studies VoD changes for 2009
The European Commission is considering the methods it will use to monitor Video on Demand (VoD) content when the new Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) is introduced in 2009.Specifically, it is looking at ways to monitor how European content is promoted by VoD services.Possible criteria could include:financial contributions to the ...
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Ten Empty
Dir: Anthony Hayes. Aust. 2007. 95 minsThis is the first feature from Aussie production company Roguestar and the company's principals Anthony Hayes and Brendan Cowell are to the fore here - Hayes directing with Cowell taking a small but showy acting credit and both writing. This family reunion saga struggles ...
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Bruno wins HBO Documentary/Film Independent fellowship
Bruce Dern is among the Fellows and their projects selected by Film Independent for its 6th annual Fast Track film financing initiative.Fast Track connects participants with financiers, production companies and industry professionals during the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF), which takes place from June 19 - 29.Film Independent also announced ...
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UK prepares for French invasion
This summer is gearing up to take on a decidedly French feel in the UK.Unifrance, France's film export body, reports that at least 10 French films will have their British debut in the coming weeks supported by a strong presence of French talent.On June 13, Priceless , starring Audrey Tautou ...
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Agreement signed to support German and Irish collaboration
North Rhine-Westphalia's regional film fund Filmstiftung NRW and the Irish Film Board have signed a cooperation agreement to support producers working together on feature films and documentaries.An agreement based on reciprocity was signed in Cologne on Monday afternoon during this year's Medienforum NRW conference by the Irish Film Board's CEO ...
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Mark Waters to receive AFI's Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal
Mean Girls and The Spiderwick Chronicles director Mark Waters will receive the American Film Institute's (AFI) 2008 Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal in honour of his 'extraordinary creative talents' on June 12.Waters was a member of the AFI Conservatory's directing class of 1992 and graduated alongside Darren Aronofsky, Doug Ellin ...
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The Film Source picks up horror movie Deadwood Park
Alex Massis' Florida-based sales and marketing company The Film Source has acquired international rights to Eric Stanze's horror title Deadwood Park.William Clifton stars as a young man who returns to his home town in the hope of solving a decades-old mystery surrounding the killing of 26 children, one of whom ...
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Tribeca launches Reframe as system to find rare film and video
Tribeca Film Institute has launched the digitised one-stop shop Reframe to help the film community market and locate classic and rare film and video.Reframe converts all content to high quality digital files, returns a digital copy to the rights holder for free and allows them to make their content available ...
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UK line producers, production managers plan US visit
The UK Film Council, in an effort to stimulate inward investment production in the UK, is taking eight UK line producers and unit production managers to Los Angeles next week to meet with US studios and independent productoin companies.British Film Commissioner Colin Brown is leading the trip, also organised with ...
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Splendid's Cannes buys include Swing Vote, Unshakable
German distributorSplendid Film has acquired German-language rights for a raft of US features currently in postproduction or production.The Cologne-based company's spending spree at the market in Cannes saw Splendid picking up, among others:Joshua Michael Stern's family comedy Swing Vote, starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper and Kelsey Grammer Romantic comedy I ...
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Norwegian Film Institute distributes latest funding of $11.8m
Norwegian director Marius Holst received the largest cheque, as the Norwegian Film Institute allocated $11.8m (Euros 7.5m) production support for a package of new Norwegian features, and set seven films rolling with costs totalling $54.1m (Euros 34.1m).Holst, whose last film wasaward winner Mirush, got $2.9m (Euros 1.8m) for Bastøy, based ...