All Screen articles in 12 May 2005 – Page 6
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Moretti rounds out cast for Il Caimano
SilvioOrlando, Margherita Buy and Jasmine Trinca have joined the cast of NanniMoretti's new film, Il Caimano.It is the first film in five years for Italy's formerenfant terrible, who will start shooting the picture on May 23. The movie is inspired by Italian premier SilvioBerlusconi, and its title, Il Caimano (The ...
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Wild Bunch unveils wide ranging Cannes slate
Frenchsales and finance outfit Wild Bunch is heading into Cannes with a dynamic slatethat includes everything from big-budget sci-fi to art-househeartstring-tuggers.The company is handling world rights on the $45m Outlanderproduced by LA-based Ascendant Pictures, the company behind Andrew Niccol's LordOf War. Directed by Howard McCain, the film boasts production designcreated ...
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Bassi steps down as Mifed, Filmitalia chief
Carlo Bassi has stepped downas CEO of AIP, the Italian film organisation which oversees promotional bodyFilmitalia as well as the MIFED film market. Industry veteran Adriana Chiesa will take over at Filmitalia. Ernesto Paolillo, an AIP board member will be in charge of"MIFED, due to his long experience in financialinstitutions."Chiesa ...
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Diagonale directors step down from Austrian festival
Changes are afootagain at Graz's Diagonale - Festival of Austrian Cinema little more than sixweeks after the successful 2005 edition in March.Due to 'differing opinions with respect tothe running of the Diagonale', Robert Buchschwenter and Georg Tillner arestepping down from the festival management.The third member of the management team - ...
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New Australian Film Institute chief confirms awards focus
Thefocus of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) will remain its annual awards,says new general manager Geoffrey Williams, but he envisages taking on more ofan advocacy role for industry in future.The importance of the 48-year-old awards was unassailable,he told ScreenDaily.com, and their integrity had to be protected.Getting the professional members more ...
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Gemini to sell Auster's Inner Life at Cannes
Paolo Branco's Gemini Filmswill begin sales on the latest film from author and director Paul Auster, TheInner Life Of Martin Frost, at Cannes next week, the company told ScreenDaily.com.The Euros 3.5m project will beginshooting in mid-September in the US with casting to be confirmed.The Portugese-USco-production is produced by Branco and ...
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Lumina to sell Brazilian Futebol around the world
The UK's Lumina Films haspicked up worldwide rights on three-part Brazilian documentary Futebol directedby Joao Moreira Salles and ArthurFontes.The series will be presented throughBuena Onda, Lumina's production and acquisition sister label headed by Donald KRanvaud.Joao Moreira Salles, wholaunched Brazilian production company Videofilmes with his brother WalterSalles in 1987, produced the ...
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Spain's On Pictures stocks up with Alquimia films
Spanish distributor On Pictureshas acquired rights to four new films from local producer Alquimia Cinema.The deal, which is expected to be expanded onin the next few days, encompasses theatrical and DVD/video rights inSpain. It is the first agreement of its kind for new distributor On,backed by media conglomerate Grupo Zeta, ...
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Lindsay to spearhead Kimmel International
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment(SKE) is launching its international sales house Kimmel International withformer Miramax executive Mark Lindsay (pictured) heading up the division.Lindsay, who most recentlyserved as senior vice president of sales and distribution for Miramax, willhandle sales on all future SKE titles, excluding the company's current slate offour titles.The executive, who ...
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Miranda July wins top prize at San Francisco fest
Ahead of its Critics Week unveiling next week in Cannes, MirandaJuly's quirky relationship drama Me And You And Everyone We Know has won the top narrative feature prizeat the 48th San Francisco International Film Festival, which ended yesterday .A joint production of the UK's Film Four and New York's IFC ...
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
Dir/scr: George Lucas.US. 2005. 145mins.Movies don't come muchmore 'event' than the final instalment of Star Wars. But thankfully, StarWars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith has a good deal to offer besidesits cachet as the farewell to a pop culture phenomenon, a phenomenon that began28 years ago and has ...
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Warner Bros deepens its Italian connection
Marking the studio's first collaboration with one ofItaly's top producers, Warner Bros Pictures Italy has teamed up with MaurizioTotti's 20-year-old Colorado Film on a local language black comedy that startsshooting in Milan next week.The Bodyguard's Cure (La Cura Del Gorilla) stars Italian comedian Claudio Bisio and Stefania Rocca in astory ...
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UPI appoints Deeks as international marketing SVP
Universal PicturesInternational (UPI) has appointed Sara Deeks as Senior Vice President,International Marketing and Darren Linton as Vice President, InternationalMarketing, effective 16 May 2005. Deeks joins UPI fromBarclays Bank where she was most recently Brand Strategy Director with theresponsibility for devising and implementing the global brand strategy for thecompany. Prior to ...
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Gavin appointed chief of Odeon, UCI cinemas
Rupert Gavin, the formerhead of the BBC's commercial arm BBC Worldwide, has been appointed chiefexecutive of Odeon Cinemas and UCI Cinemas.The appointment is a majorstep in combining the two UK cinema chains after they were taken over byprivate equity firm Terra Firma. Together, the circuits are the largest cinemaoperator in ...
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Losique ups ante with NFB sponsorship
The Montreal World Film Festivalhas upped the ante in the local festival wars by adding another noted filmprofessional to its jury and seemingly securing the continued support of the NationalFilm Board of Canada.Cinematographer Jorgen Persson,who has shot films for Ingmar Bergman, Bo Widerberg and Bille August, will join2005 jury president ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102minsAlmostBrothers, whichfollows two childhood friends as they confront Brazil's social apartheid, maybe flawed but it is consistently compelling. Political activist-turned-directorLucia Morat has been perhaps overly ambitious in the task she sets herself, butwhen the film gels, it is gripping stuff.One of the best films to ...
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Alliance Atlantis CFO steps down
W. Judson Martin, the long-serving CFO of Alliance AtlantisCommunications, will be leaving the company for health reasons. He has agreed to stay onboard until a successor is in place,an appointment that is expected to take place in September. "Jud is a valued friend as well as a colleague and hewill ...