All Screen articles in 12 May 2006 – Page 4
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Fresh Air (Friss Levego)
Dir: Agnes Kocsis. Hung. 2006. 109mins.Critics and arthouseaudiences should welcome Fresh Air, adeliberately slow and sombre study from first-time Hungarian director Agnes Kocsis. It will strike many as more than a littlereminiscent of Keren Yedaya'sOr, which won the Camera d'Or at Cannes in 2004 when it played in Un Certain ...
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Weinsteins take all rights to CG-animated Igor
TheWeinstein Company (TWC) has picked up all international rights to Exodus FilmGroup's CG-animatedcomedy Igor.TWC will release in North America and TWCInternational president Glen Basner will commence sales at Cannes next week.Chris McKenna wrote thescreenplay about a mad scientist's hunchbacked lab assistant who dreams ofbecoming a scientist in his own right ...
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TWC and IFC to co-distribute Wordplay in North America
The Weinstein Company(TWC) and IFC Films will co-distribute Patrick Creadon's crossword documentary Wordplay in North America.Christine O'Malley produced the picture, which was an instant hit when itpremiered at Sundance and profiles New York Times crossword editor Will Shortzand the national tournament he founded.IFC Films acquired North American rights in January ...
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Becker picks up world rights to Workman's Bronte
Becker International haspicked up worldwide rights to Angela Workman's Bronte, which is set to star Oscar-nominated actress MichelleWilliams (Brokeback Mountain).Williams will play the titlecharacter of Charlotte Bronte, who defied class and gender to write suchclassic novels as Jane Eyre. The castalso includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Imelda Staunton, Brian Cox and ...
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Filming begins in Scotland on horror-thriller Senseless
ShorelineEntertainment and Matador Pictures have started principal photography inGlasgow on Senseless staringJason Behr.Matador's Nigel Thomas and Micky MacPherson of Plum Films are producing andShoreline's Morris Ruskin serves as executive producer along with Matador'sLauri Apelian and Circle Of Confusion's Lawrence Mattis, David Alpert and DavidEngel.Simon Hynd is directing based on his ...
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Marozas named senior VP at Warner Bros
Andrea Marozashas been named senior vice president of theatrical corporate communication atWarner Bros.Marozas will be responsible for providing communicationssupport on a worldwide basis to the studio's theatrical activities, and willliaise with trade, consumer and business press.She will report to executivevice president of corporate communications Sue Fleishman, but will work on ...
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Marozas named svp theatrical corp comms at Warner Bros
Andrea Marozas hasbeen named senior vice president of theatrical corporate communications atWarner Bros.Marozas will provide communications support on a worldwide basis to thestudio's global theatrical operations and liaise with the trade, consumer andbusiness press.She reports to executive vice president of corporate communications SueFleishman but will work on a day-to-day basis ...
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MPA's Jimmy Katz dies in Brussels
Jimmy Katz, VP of Europe, Middle East and Africa for the Motion Picture Association, died in a Brussels hospital on May 8.Katz had worked with the MPAin Brussels since July 1999. He was previously anexecutive at Columbia Tri-Star and from 1995-1999 he worked in Los Angeles as VP of International. ...
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Caan heads up Maverick Global's debut Cannes slate
Maverick Global, thefledgling international arm of Miami-based domestic home entertainmentdistributor Maverick Entertainment Group (MEG), arrives in Cannes with aseven-strong slate headed up by the gangster drama This Thing Of Ours.The picture stars James Caan as a mob family godfather and centres on anaudacious heist. Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore also ...
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Caan heads up Maverick Global's debut Cannes slate
Maverick Global, thefledgling international arm of Miami-based domestic home entertainmentdistributor Maverick Entertainment Group (MEG), arrives in Cannes with aseven-strong slate headed up by the gangster drama This Thing Of Ours.The picture stars James Caan as a mob family godfather and centres on anaudacious heist. Frank Vincent and Vincent Pastore also ...
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Short film script prize to launch in Cannes
SeveralEuropean screenwriting magazines are working together to launch an award forthe best short film screenplay as part of Critics Week at Cannes 2006.The GrandCru Award of $2550 (Euros 2,000) will be presented to the writer of the bestscreenplay among the short films selected for Critics Week.The jury,headed by Mexican screenwriter ...
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Hopkins and Dunoyer launch Griot with Chevalier and Minion
Thomas Hopkins andproducing partner Tony Dunoyer haveformed New York and LosAngeles-based production anddevelopment company GriotPictures Entertainment (GPE) andhave announced their first two projects.Period drama Chevalier takesplace in pre-RevolutionaryFrance and charts the real-lifeexploits of fencing and musical maestro Chevalier de Saint George, who becamea hero during the Revolution. Paris Qualles Winnerwrote ...
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Hopkins and Dunoyer launch Griot with Chevalier and Minion
Thomas Hopkins and producingpartner Tony Dunoyer have formed New York and Los Angeles-based production and developmentcompany Griot Pictures Entertainment (GPE) and haveannounced their first two projects.Period drama Chevalier takes place inpre-Revolutionary France and charts the real-life exploits of fencing and musical maestroChevalier de Saint George, who became a hero during ...
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Lightning Entertainment gobbles up rights to Grimm Love
Santa Monica-based international sales anddistribution house Lightning Entertainment hasacquired international rights to Atlantic Streamline's controversial German/US thriller Grimm Love.Lightning partner RichardGuardian will begin sales at Cannes on thestory inspired by the true-life cannibal case that rocked Germany and caused a worldwide mediasensation.German distributor Senatorwas blocked by a court injunction on ...
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Initialize launches new UK scheme for female producers
InitializeFilms, in association with BBC Film Network, ShortsInternational and members' club The Hospital, has a new UK industry trainingprogramme for women who want to produce short films. Theprogramme, Athena, is atwo-month course that will train and coach 10 women to produce a short film.The first edition will be comprised of ...
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EU film production rose while admissions plummeted in 2005
Europeancinema produced record numbers of films last year even as admissions nosedived.Theannual European Audiovisual Observatory report shows 798 films were produced inthe 25 nations of the European Union (EU) - up 37 from 2004.Franceled the way with 240 films in 2004, up by 28 even on the record year of ...
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Germany's Beta and Telepool add to Cannes lineups
Germansales companies are busy adding new titles to their sales lineupsa week before the beginning of this year's Cannes Market.Inaddition to the previously announced HeartOf Fire, Beta Cinema has taken on another sevennew titles for its Cannes slate.Thislineup is headed by the international market premieres of FlorianHenckel von Donnersmarck'sthriller The ...
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Filmax adds flamenco biopic to Cannes slate
Spanish mini-studio Filmax has picked up international rights to local flamencobiopic Camaronto add to its Cannes slate.Camaron: When Flamenco Became Legend, from veteran director Jaime Chavarri,earned lead actor Oscar Jaenada rave reviews and a bestnew actor Goya for his performance as the troubled flamenco innovator Jose Monge Cruz, known as ...
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Spain's Latido takes on sales for Nobody's Perfect
Salesconsortium Latido has picked up international rightsto Joaquin Oristrell's new comedy Nobody's Perfect, the follow-up to his2005 Unconscious, which screened atSundance and sold to 25 countries.Also thisweek Latido closed a deal to K-Films Amerique for French-speaking Canada on Tristan Bauer's Falklands Wardrama Blessed By Fire (IluminadosPor El Fuego) on theheels ...
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Wild Bunch takes on sales for The First Cry
Following the global success of March Of ThePenguins, French sales house Wild Bunch is re-teaming with France's Disney Naturefor The First Cry, a documentary from director Gilles De Maistre.The First Cry focuses on 12 women in different countries all overthe world who are about to give birth. De Maistre andhis ...