All Screen articles in 11 February 2003 – Page 2
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In This World to get UK release by ICA Projects
Michael Winterbottom's Berlin competition title In This World has secured a UK release though ICA Projects, the distribution-exhibition offshoot of UK cultural institute the ICA.ICA's acquisition of UK theatrical and video rights to the film continues its aggressive acquisition policy on specialist titles such as Aki Kaurismaki's The Man Without ...
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UK's Winchester gets Last Orders settlement
The UK's troubled Winchester Entertainment has reached a $2.5m (£1.53m) settlement with German fund MBP after a dispute over payments on Last Orders.The agreement sees $1.6m (£980,000) paid to Winchester in cash. The AIM-listed UK company will receive the balance of $906,500 (£550,000) in instalments over the next six months.The ...
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Spirited outing for new Irish film festival
The inaugural Dublin International Film Festival (March 6-13) has clinched a major sponsorship deal with Jameson Irish Whiskey worth Euros 100,000. The partnership is one of the largest business sponsorships of the arts in Ireland in recent years. Backing of Euros 25,000 has also come from the Arts Council, while ...
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Sharp rise in Argentine cinema admissions
The Lord Of The Rings : The Two Towers propelled Argentine admissions to a record high in January. Admissions rose 60% compared to the same period last year. Another franchise, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, which opened in December 2002, also helped bring back cash -strapped ...
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UK's Momentum restructures home entertainment arm
UK distributor Momentum Pictures is to restructure its home entertainment division, with director of retail video Conrad Withey leaving the company this month to set up his own production company and rights business.Peter Dutton, head of Momentum's rental video division for the past three years, is promoted to the newly ...
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John Daly's back, now heading up Miracle Entertainment
Producer JohnDaly, the former Hemdale Films chief who recently joined Miracle Entertainment aschairman, has launched Miracle Film Distribution (MFD), a wholly owned film distributioncompany that plans to release 10-12 picture a year in the US domestic market. Daly said MFDhas arranged a print and advertising fund for its first release, ...
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UK's Optimum makes Discoveries with BBC Four
UK independent distributor Optimum Releasing is teaming with BBC Four to release an annual package of six world cinema titles, designed to increase the number of foreign titles distributed in the UK.Dubbed Discoveries, the programme will focus on new films from first time directors, as well as more established film-makers ...
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German box office in decline, recovery predicted
Box office takings in Germany last year were the second best since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, according to figures released by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) yesterday.The FFA's statistics showed that box office turnover was down 2.8% year-on-year from 2001's Euros 987.2m to Euros 960.1 ...
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Runaway production down in Canada in 2001/2
Canada is lessattractive to so-called runaway production, with 10% fewer feature filmproduction dollars spent in the country in 2001-2002. According to the annualreport of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA),foreign theatrical location production dropped 10% to C$737m (US$484m). Overallforeign location production, including TV fare, was off only slightly, ...
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Alex Lora documentary to get wide theatrical release in Mexico
Columbia Tri Star/BVIMexico has picked up local distribution rights to documentary Alex Lora, directed by Luis Kelly. The joint distributioncompany headed by Philip Alexanderplans a nationwide release on some 200 prints, unprecedented for a documentary. The 50+ year old Lora, described as a mix between MickJagger and Bob Dylan, is ...
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Mosaic enters marketing arena with two corporate alliances
LA production anddistribution group Mosaic Media Group has moved into the marketing arena withthe formation of Elevation Entertainment, a joint venture with Denny Young andSteve Lindecke's Elevation Group of companies. In addition, Mosaicpresident Allen Shapiro announced today (Feb 5) that the company is to acquirehalf of The Steven Rifkind Company's ...
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Hopper, Stone & Parker get awards at Santa Monica Fest
Dennis Hopper will receive alifetime achievement award for persistence of vision at the upcoming SantaMonica Film Festival. In a statement released today (Feb 5) festival directorMichael Cain said: 'The opportunity to give Mr Hopper an award is anoverwhelming experience for me. With hundreds of critically acclaimed moviesunder his belt since ...
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Catriona Booth gets London-based communications job at Warner Bros
Catriona Boothwas today (Feb 5) named director of international corporate communications atWarner Bros, a new London-based post that bestows a panoply of duties as thecompany's official spokesperson in Europe. Booth will assume responsibilityfor corporate and business press at the various divisions and properties,including strategic communications for Warner Bros UK. She ...
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Kino teams with Viz & Tidepoint for Chaos, Japanese titles in US
Kino International has struck a co-distribution deal with Tidepoint Pictures of San Francisco, in collaboration with Viz, to launch the Viz/Tidepoint library of cutting-edge, independent Japanese films in the North-American home video market. Tetsuki Ijichi and Elizabeth S Wilkerson's Tidepoint Pictures was set up in San Francisco in 1996 to ...
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MGM 'in excellent financial condition', says Yemenidjian
MGM announcedfourth quarter 2002 net income of $58.7m or $0.24 a share today (Feb 5),compared to net income of $39.1m or $0.16 a share for the same period in 2001.Revenues in the quarter rose approximately 65% to $620.9m from $375.5m in thefourth quarter of 2001. Alex Yemenidjian, chairman and CEO ...
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Lightning takes international rights on The Event
LightningEntertainment has acquired international sales rights to ThomFitzgerald's The Event, which will screen in the Panorama section of the Berlin FilmFestival on Feb 8, 9 and 10. Set in Manhattan, The Event explores the effect of one man'sdeath on his loved ones and boasts a strong ensemble cast that includes ...
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Spencer promoted to vice president at Focus
Tim Spencer hasbeen promoted to vice president of international sales at UniversalStudios' specialty film unit Focus Features, the company'sco-president David Linde announced today (Feb 5). Spencer will continue to bebased in the New York offices and will report to Focus executive vice presidentof international sales and distribution Glen Basner. Spencer ...
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Kevin Williams Associates adds to Berlin line-up
Madrid-based sales house Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has added Chiqui Carabante's debut feature film Carlos Against The World (Carlos Contra El Mundo) and Palm Springs Film Festival entry The Impatient Alchemist (El Alquimista Impaciente) to its line-up for Berlin.The story of a working class twenty-something who leads a double life ...
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Kevin Williams Associates adds to Berlin line-up
Madrid-based sales house Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has added Chiqui Carabante's debut feature film Carlos Against The World (Carlos Contra El Mundo) and Palm Springs Film Festival entry The Impatient Alchemist (El Alquimista Impaciente) to its line-up for Berlin.The story of a working class twenty-something who leads a double life ...
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Noi The Albino enjoys raft of sales
On the eve of the Berlin Market, Noi Albinoi, a film about an Icelandic boy who desperately needs to break out of his icy prison, is already the toast of critics and buyers. So too is its first time director, Dagur Kari.It has been sold to France's Haut Et Court, ...