All Screen articles in 11 September 2002 – Page 5
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German producers reach 'voluntary' agreement with public broadcasters
German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have reached a voluntary agreement with the national producer associations which will see the first exploitation cycle for TV rights on funded cinema co-productions reduced from seven years to five. Following the signing of the agreement with the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neuer Deutscher Spielfilmproduzenten e.V. ...
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Ken Park
Dir: Larry Clark and Ed Lachman. US-Neth-France. 2002. 92mins.Every film festival needs its succes de scandale, and who better than Larry Clark to lay on the controversy at Venice 2002' Ken Park - co-directed by Clark and cinematographer Ed Lachman - contains scenes of graphic, uncut sexual activity between what ...
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Ken Park
Dir: Larry Clark and Ed Lachman. US-Neth-France. 2002. 92mins.Every film festival needs its succes de scandale, and who better than Larry Clark to lay on the controversy at Venice 2002' Ken Park - co-directed by Clark and cinematographer Ed Lachman - contains scenes of graphic, uncut sexual activity between what ...
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Dolls (Pusinky)
Dir: Takeshi Kitano. Jap. 2002. 113 mins.Takeshi Kitano returns to Venice, where he won the Golden Lion with Hana-Bi in 1997, with Dolls, a film about three pairs of star-crossed lovers. The film's unusual 'bunraku' (Japanese puppet play) structure, in which the protagonists of a puppet love story come to ...
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Dolls (Pusinky)
Dir: Takeshi Kitano. Jap. 2002. 113 mins.Takeshi Kitano returns to Venice, where he won the Golden Lion with Hana-Bi in 1997, with Dolls, a film about three star-crossed lovers. The film's unusual 'bunraku' (Japanese puppet play) structure, in which the protagonists of a puppet love story come to life, may ...
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Echo Lake ties up three international directors
Echo Lake Productions, the Los Angeles-based production and finance company behind Things Behind The Sun and 13 Conversations About One Thing, has closed writing and directing deals with Singaporean film-maker CheeK (Chicken Rice War) and India's Santosh Sivan (Asoka, The Terrorist) to direct two films in English in the $2m ...
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Echo Lake ties up three international directors
Echo Lake Productions, the Los Angeles-based production and finance company behind Things Behind The Sun and 13 Conversations About One Thing, has closed writing and directing deals with Singaporean film-maker CheeK (Chicken Rice War) and India's Santosh Sivan (Asoka, The Terrorist) to direct two films in English in the $2m ...
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San Sebastian reveals special tribute & competition jury
The San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28) has finalised the programme for its 50th anniversary edition, unveiling a surprise tribute to Francis Ford Coppola and the members of its competition jury, presided over by Wim Wenders.The festival also added Daniele Thomson's Jet Lag (Decalage Horaire) (pictured) as the closing ...
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Wild Bunch goes independent as Exception
As anticipated, boutique sales house Wild Bunch has announced its separation from parent outfit StudioCanal. The new entity is set to be called Exception.To be run by Wild Bunch president Vincent Maraval along with former StudioCanal chief Brahim Chioua, (pictured) Exception will be 100% independent but will also continue to ...
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Mexican blockbuster shatters local box office record
It has taken a mere 20 days for Mexico's latest blockbuster The Crime Of Father Amaro (El Crimen Del Padre Amaro) to smash the all time local box-office record set by Sex, Shame And Tears (Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas). The romantic comedy took 24 weeks to earn 118m pesos ...
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French films could soon earn more abroad than at home
After a record year in 2001, which saw the foreign box office take of French films nearly doubling to reach Euros 208m, 2002 is on its way to confirming the upward trend, according to French film export body Unifrance.These figures concern only French-language titles, which sold 37.4 million tickets outside ...
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Disney boards John Williams' $40m Valiant
Walt Disney Studios has boarded Valiant, the $40m animation film to be made at the UK's Ealing Studios.Although the studio is reportedly paying only 25% of the $40m budget for North American rights to the project, the deal may lead to Disney backing three more films from Shrek producer John ...
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Red Light Runners faces financial greenlight hurdle
Red Light Runners, the UK heist movie being set up by Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen, has hit another financing roadblock.A spokesperson for the film confirmed that Germany's Fierce Entertainment, which purportedly stepped in with a deal for 70% of the funding, was no longer part of the project. Madsen ...
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Dearth in Venice
As Venice approaches its climax, debate continues as to the value of a film market during the event. Both new Biennale head Franco Bernabe and current artistic director Moritz De Hadeln are in favour - while others remain dismissive.The Italian name "Mostra", which covers all the Biennale activities, suggests the ...
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Dearth in Venice
As Venice approaches its climax, debate continues as to the value of a film market during the event. Both new Biennale head Franco Bernabe and current artistic director Moritz De Hadeln are in favour - while others remain dismissive.The Italian name 'Mostra', which covers all the Biennale activities, suggests the ...
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Sitges reveals full competition line-up
Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale, Oxide and Danny Pang's The Eye and David Cronenberg's Spider are among the films lined up to compete in the Official Fantastic Section of next month's Sitges International Film Festival of Catalunya (Oct 3-13).The full line-up includes the following 25 titles:A Snake Of June (Rokugatsu ...
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De Hadeln gets to choose if he stays on
Discussion of whether stand-in artistic director Moritz De Hadeln will be allowed by Biennale organisers to keep the top job has been the favourite rumour throughout Venice this year. But the decision could be in his own hands.It is neither clear that the former Berlin and one-time Locarno chief has ...
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De Hadeln gets to choose if he stays on
Discussion of whether stand-in artistic director Moritz De Hadeln, will be allowed by Biennale organisers to keep the top job has been the favourite rumour throughout Venice this year. But the decision could be in his own hands.It is neither clear that the former Berlin and one-time Locarno chief has ...
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Danish film industry accepts government cutbacks
Denmark's new right-wing cultural minister, Brian Mikkelsen, is to cut direct government support for film by $3.2m. However, protest and resistance on the part of the Danish film industry remains uncharacteristically absent.The total amount of direct government funding will drop from 2002's $50.3m (DKR375.9m) to 2003's $47.1m (DKR352.3m) according to ...