All Screen articles in 12 December 2002 – Page 3
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Goteborg film festival unveils first glimpse of 2003 event
With less than two months to go to the 26th edition of the Goteborg Film Festival (Jan 24-Feb 3), new festival director Jannike Ahlund has revealed parts of the program at a press conference in Stockholm.The festival will open with the world premiere of Josef Fares's Kops, the much awaited ...
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Girl From Paris goes to US through Philos
Fledgling US distributorFilms Philos has acquired Christian Carion's directorial debut TheGirl From Paris (Une Hirondelle AFait Le Printemps) for NorthAmerican release in spring 2003. The story centres on a young woman'sefforts to start over as a farmer in the French Alps and is told from theperspective of the girl and ...
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Spyglass finds a new home at DreamWorks
Spyglass Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures announced today (Dec 9) that they have signed an exclusive first-look, non-exclusive production deal. The two parties are already in production on Seabiscuit starring Jeff Bridges and Tobey Maguire, which chronicles the life of the legendary racehorse. Gary Ross is directing the currently-shooting picture which ...
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Palm Springs throws spotlight on Bollywood
The Palm SpringsInternational Film Festival will focus its Spotlight strand on Bollywood nextmonth, featuring a series of North American premieres that kicks off on Jan 12,2003 with the Indian foreign language Oscar entry, Devdas. The epic tale of star-crossed lovers is due to beattended by director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and ...
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Harryhausen, Linklater, Lurie shorts among Sundance selection
Short films from RichardLinklater, actress Illeana Douglas and Lord Of The Rings star Sean Astin are among the 90 shorts programmedat next year's Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off Jan 16 in ParkCity, Utah.Culled from a record 3,345submissions, the narrative and documentary titles will screen before featuresand as part of ...
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Harry conjures up magical $60.5m over the weekend
Harry Potter And TheChamber Of Secrets conjured up$60.5m in the international markets over the weekend, according to latestestimates from Warner Bros. The family sequel registered more than 10.9 millionadmissions from 9,850 screens in 41 countries and now has a remarkable $289minternational running total with just over $500m worldwide.In the latest ...
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Minority Report opens in Japan to $6.3m for Fox
Fox International enjoyed its fourth highest opening ofall time in Japan over the weekend with a $6.3m bow for Minority Report on 458 screens. The picture reached number twonationwide but topped the charts in nine key cities, studio executives saidtoday (Dec 9). The sci-fi thriller received a pre-release boost when ...
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Die rustles up another $21.3m for Fox International
Die Another Day grossed $21.3m over the weekend - including numberone bows in the Far East and South Africa - and now boasts a superb $95.2minternational cumulative total. With the $119.2m domestic total taken intoconsideration, the twentieth James Bond instalment has so far grossed $214.4mworldwide. In Singapore it took $838,836 ...
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Sonny
Dir: Nicolas Cage. US. 2002. 110mins.Nicolas Cage's first film as a director is a moody, atmospheric Southern drama starring up-and-comer James Franco in a sexily tragic role that Cage reportedly considered taking on himself earlier in his career. While it could eventually lead to bigger jobs behind the camera for ...
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Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Dir: George Clooney. US 2002. 112minsGeorge Clooney dons two hats for Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind - actor and director - but that's nothing compared to the double life that the film's real-life protagonist enjoys. If former TV game show creator Chuck Barris (The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, The ...
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Irish Film Board gets reduced government funds
In line with its published spending estimates for 2003 (Screendaily, November 15) the Irish Government has reduced the Irish Film Board's allocation in its pared-back Budget for 2003. The Film Board's funding has been cut by an aggregate 12.5%, leaving it with Euros 1.6m to spend on administration and Euros ...
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Abouna (Our Father)
Dir: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun. Chad 2002. 81mins. An engaging, low-key coming-of-age story that rings the emotional changes with confidence elegance, the second feature from Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, the director of Bye Bye Africa, is a tender, accessible piece that has better prospects for wide exposure than any African feature in a long ...
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The Santa Clause 2 spreads its reach
The top three chart positions remained unchanged this week in the UK as The Santa Clause 2 took advantage of Harry Potter's 42% drop off, Pathe launched Brit-horror Deathwatch into fourth and Bond was neither shaken nor stirred from its hold on pole position.Die Another Day, distributed by 20th Century ...
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Italian producers seek their fortunes in the stars
If many upcoming Italian films share one thing in common, it's that a surprising number of them are fronted by international stars.Gianni Amelio's reputation as one of Italy's top directors - he was nominated for an Oscar for Open Doors - may have helped attract the attention of much sought-after ...
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Drubigny leaves UGC International
After a mere six months, UGC International director Alexandre Drubigny has left the company. Although sources at UGC confirm Drubigny's voluntary departure, no answers are being given as to what his future plans are.Drubigny, a former TF1 executive, was hired by Canal Plus in 2001 to head up programming during ...
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Co-production markets offer new hope for independent film finance
Market consolidation, the collapse of pay-TV prices and reductions in state subsidies are just three reasons why co-production markets are booming.They may have started as the poor man's film market - there being no movies to see - but the importance of co-production markets is growing as sources of production ...
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Hong Kong approves local film guarantee fund
The Hong Kong government has approved a $6.4m (HK$50m) Film Guarantee Fund which is designed to help local companies obtain bank loans for film production. Only two changes have been made to initial proposals for the fund. The government issued a consultation paper in October recommending that the fund only ...
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Film Council funds scheme to improve cinema access for sensory impaired
UK support body the Film Council has unveiled a£500,000 National Lottery package to boost the accessibility of films for people with sensory disabilities.A pilot project will install selected cinemas with captioning and audio description equipment. With matching funding from cinema owners, the cash is to allow up to 75 cinemas ...
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Rabbit-Proof Fence triumphs at last Down Under
Rabbit-Proof Fence has at last been voted best film in its country of origin. The producers - expatriate director Phillip Noyce, writer Christine Olsen and John Winter - earned the top accolade on Saturday at the AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards, the longest-running local awards event.Ivan Sen was voted best ...
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