All Screen articles in 12 October 2006 – Page 5
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Hair joins Disney as chief technology officer and senior vp
Arthur Hair has been named chief technology officer and seniorvice president at The Walt Disney Studios.Hair will report to president Alan Bergman and assumesresponsibility for the studio's technology strategies, working closely with thebusiness units to identify opportunities in emerging markets.He previously served since 1995 as chief technology officer forbroadband entertainment ...
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PUSAN: Korean sellers out in force at first Asian Film Market
As the inaugural Asian FilmMarket (Oct 15-18) gets underway on Sunday, sales companies from the hostterritory will be laying out strong slates reflecting the current state of the boomingSouth Korean production industry. Box office records for localfilms are constantly being toppled and in September local product had an 83%share. And ...
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Asian Film Market - a Screen guide
Next week sees the birth ofthe newest addition to the international film market calendar - the four-dayAsian Film Market (Oct 15-18) - which takes place in the bustling containerport and tourism centre of Busan in South Korea. As part of the vibrant Pusan International Film Festival (Busanis the new name ...
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AMPAS grants branch status to make-up artist and hairstylist members
Make-up artists and hairstylists who are members of the Academy ofMotion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have been granted branch status by theAcademy's Board of Governors.Branch status will allow the approximately 120 make-up artists andhairstylists who are currently members-at-large to elect one individual fromtheir ranks to represent them on the ...
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Zhang's Curse world premiere to close AFI FEST
The world premiere of Zhang Yimou's Curse Of The Golden Flower starring Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li and JayChou will close AFI Fest 2006 on Nov 12.The story involves imperial intrigue on the eve of a major Chinesefestival at the time of the 10th century Tang Dynasty.The picture was recently ...
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Look Both Ways actor to direct Ten Empty
It has been on the verge ofgoing ahead several times but now cameras are definitely going to roll on Ten Empty, the feature film directorialdebut of actor Anthony Hayes, who played the estranged father of two childrenin Look Both Ways. The film got the go-aheadfrom the Australian Film Commission's IndiVision ...
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Academy unveils shortlist for documentary shorts
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has named theeight pictures on the shortlist for the documentary short category.The titles are: The Blood Of Yingzhou District; Dear Talula;The Diary Of Immaculee; Phoenix Dance; Recycled Life; Rehearsing A Dream; A RevolvingDoor; and Two Hands.Academy voters will whittle the list down ...
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Pusan 2006 - a Screen guide
Asia's highest-profile film event, the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) is launching intoits second decade with characteristic energy. Its 11th edition is showcasing nofewer than 245 films from 63 countries - a record 64 of which are worldpremieres."In the past 10years, PIFF has grown to become the most important Asian ...
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Investors plan new $4.4m studio in Bulgaria
A consortium of privateinvestors will break ground in January on a new production facility in Sofia for low-cost Hollywood film and television productions.Financed through privateequity and bank capital, the Bulgarian Film and Television Center will offer four sound stages totalling 5,000 square meters, developerand producer Phillip Roth told ScreenDaily.com.With backlot, ...
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Lucy Thomas takes promotions job at Paramount
ParamountPictures International has appointed Lucy Thomas as vice president, promotions,effective Nov 1.Most recently,she had been director, International Universal Studio Partnerships for theVolkswagen/Universal Partnership, and she also served as head of internationalpromotions for home entertainment for Universal Pictures International, workingin 14 territories.She has worked onpromotional campaigns for titles includingLove Actually, Die ...
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High Point picks up Dutch horror Slaughter Night
UK-based sales company HighPoint Films has nabbed worldwide rights to Dutch horror film Slaughter Night. Directorial duo Edwin Visserand Frank van Geloven created the film about young friends who encounter anevil spirit in a disused mine. Amsterdam-based Martin Lagestee of Lagestee Filmproduced. High Point is sellingthe film in Pusan, ...
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Woolcock directs modern Exodus story
Director Penny Woolcock isfollowing up her new feature MischiefNight with an unusual film project based on the Biblical Book of Exodus.The Margate Exodus is comissioned and produced by arts group Artangel in association withCreative Partnerships Kent, Arts Council England and Channel 4.The story of Exodus isupdated to 20 years in ...
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London Film Fest announces venues for 50-screen event
The Times BFI London FilmFestival (Oct 18-Nov 2) has announced more details of its special 50-screensurprise film event in honour of the festival's 50th anniversary. On Oct 29, 50 venues across London's various boroughs will host a surprise film event.Up to 10 surprise films will be shown at unusual locations ...
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Studios face more anti-competition allegations in Spain
The Spanish Exhibitors'Federation said it is gathering evidence for a new formal complaint to Spain's Competition Defense Service against the Hollywood majors.The Federation, known asFECE, won a case against five multinationals in a landmark ruling by Spain's Competition Defense Court last May. Disney/Buena Vista, Sony Pictures, HispanoFox, UIP and the ...
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Nordic Film Council Prize goes to Fares' Zozo
Swedish director JosefFares' Zozo will receive this year'sNordic Council Film Prize - roughly $59,000, the largest in Scandinavia - it was announced during this morning's pressconference at the Swedish Film Institute in Stockholm.Ten Nordic features werenominated, but the jury chairwoman, Norwegian film journalist Anne Hoff, calledZozo 'a moving and relevant ...
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Pusan Links
Key Links:PIFF Official Site click hereOffers the full programme and list of events in Korean and EnglishFestival Programme click hereScreenings click hereAsian Film Market click hereScreenings, listings and data from the AFM.Pusan Promotion Plan click hereNews and listings from the PPPBusan Metropolitan City click hereOfficial metropolitan city site, ...
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Speedman joins Tyler in Rogue's thriller Strangers
Scott Speedman has signed to play the make lead opposite Liv Tylerin Rogue Pictures' thriller Strangers.Filming on the Mandate Pictures and Vertigo Entertainmentco-production is set to begin this week [Oct 10] in South Carolina in time foran October 2007 release. Focus Features International is handling internationaldistribution.Speedman and Tyler will play ...
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Haneke's Funny Games remake starts shooting
Production has got underway on Funny Games, Michael Haneke's first English-languagepicture and a remake of his 1997 Austrian thriller of the same name.As previously reported, Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt andBrady Corbet star in the Hamptons-set tale of a wealthy family that isterrorised by two psychotic young men.Halcyon Pictures' ...
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Flags Of Our Fathers
Dir: Clint Eastwood. US.2006. 131mins.Rarely do words as stark as "heroism" get parsed infilm-making - but that's just what Clint Eastwood's World War II feature Flags Of OurFathers does. A diffuse and demanding picture that, as with most Eastwoodfilms, takes a while to find its stride, it should nevertheless see ...
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Valdez joins Esparza as co-chairman of new US Latin outfit Maya Entertainment
Jeff Valdez has been named co-chairman at Moctesuma Esparza'sUS-based production, distribution and exhibition company Maya Entertainment.Valdez previously served as chief executive officer and chairmanof Si TV and arrives as the company announces its first theatrical release, thedocumentary Screamersby Carla Garapedian that the company recently acquired. The film traces thehistory of ...