All Screen articles in 13 April 2007 – Page 4
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Bingham Ray to head new Kimmel distribution arm
Bingham Ray has joined Los Angeles-based financing and production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE) as president of the newly formed Kimmel Distribution.Ray's appointment begins immediately and he reports directly to SKE president and chief operating officer Jim Tauber.SKE president of marketing and distribution Mark Kristol will continue his duties within ...
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Italy's Far East Film Festival announces 51-film lineup
The Far East Film Festival has announced a fifty-one film official line up boasting eighteen international festival premieres from for its ninth edition which runs in the Northeastern Italian town of Udine April 20-28.This year's film and guest highlights include the international festival premiere of Teng Huatao's The Matrimony starring ...
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Elan Cross Stephens joins Welsh film agency's board
Elan Closs Stephens has joined the board of the new Film Agency for Wales. She was present for the Film Agency's first meeting of the Film Education Forum, to encourage the education sector to work together to encourage film education. Cross Stephens also chaired an open consultation about the Agency's ...
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Shanghai Film Group takes over two cinemas from WBIC
Warner Bros International Cinemas (WBIC), the international cinema division of Warner Bros, and Chinese government-owned Shanghai Film Group (SFG), announced today that SFG will take over two WBIC Cinemas in Shanghai and Nanjing. Both cinemas were joint projects of WBIC and SFG. Before today's deal, WBIC with its partner SZITIC ...
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Media Asia set to go private with eSun takeover
Media Asia, the Singapore-listed Hong Kong producer of Infernal Affairs, is set to go private through a buyout led by Hong Kong-listed media conglomerate eSun Holdings. eSun, which already owns 37.33% of the company, is offering to acquire all outstanding shares to make Media Asia its wholly owned subsidiary. The ...
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Yu establishes Ming Yue Tang to develop Chinese co-productions
Hong Kong-based production house October Films has established a Beijing-based company, Ming Yue Tang Film and TV Cultural Ltd, to develop Chinese-language co-productions between China, Hong Kong and Korea. Daniel Yu, former COO of Andy Lau's Focus Films, will be in charge of developing the company's first four projects. Yu ...
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Bermek tapped for tax at European Audiovisual Observatory
The European Audiovisual Observatory has announced plans to start studying tax law. Hasan Bermek, a lawyer of Turkish nationality, has joined the Strasbourg-based Observatory to head the tax law study team. He will build a network of tax specialists in eac hof the Observatory's 36 member states. Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, ...
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Lena Headey and Lily Cole join cast of St Trinian's
Ealing Studios has added to the cast of St Trinian's, the contemporary update of the popular 1950s film franchise about a girl's school. Joining the cast are Lena Headey, Lily Cole, Toby Jones, Celia Imrie, Anna Chancellor, and Gemma Arterton. Playing some of the modern-day students are rising talents Talulah ...
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Parzania to open India Now in New York City
Parzania, Rahul Dholakia's account of the 2002 Gujarat riots, has been confirmed to open the India Now exhibition presented by The Museum of Modern Art at New York's Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters on Apr 22.The English-language film recounts a family's search for their missing child during a pogrom organised ...
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Israel venture capital fund JVP launches Animation Lab
Israel-based international venture capital fund Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) has launched Jerusalem and Los Angeles-based Animation Lab.Commercials producer Ayelet Weinerman will serve as president for Animation Lab, Israel's first fully equipped feature animation studio, and has spent the past year scouting creative and managerial talent.Weinerman, who served as executive producer ...
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MGM pacts with Salma Hayek on Latin film co Ventanazul
MGM and business associates Salma Hayek and Jose Tamez have set up Ventanazul to develop, produce and acquire Latin-themed filmed entertainment featuring Latin and non-Latin film-makers and stars. Hayek will serve as president and chief executive officer and Tamez as president of production in the equal partnership with MGM.The company ...
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Withoutabox partners with Cannes Market on Short Film Corner
Independent film online resource Withoutabox will serve as the exclusive partner on Cannes Film Festival's Fourth Annual Short Film Corner.Withoutabox will manage the event's film registration process, including solicitation, management and promotion of films. Film-makers registering films with the Short Film Corner will either use their existing Withoutabox control panel, ...
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Japan's JDC sets up international acquisition fund
Japan Digital Contents Trust Inc (JDC) has established a foreign film acquisition fund in partnership with three Japanese distributors.The first phase of the 'Cinema Trust: Acquisition Fund' will provide from $16.76m-$33.52m (Y2b-Y4b) for the acquisition and distribution of foreign-produced feature films. The three distribution partners, chosen for their proven success ...
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Blades continues to dominate North American box office
Easter crowds favoured comedy and family fare as Paramount's Blades Of Glory and Buena Vista's Meet The Robinsons beat off R-rated Grindhouse and three other new releases to hold on to the top two spots.Blades Of Glory added an estimated $23m to raise the running total to $68.4m after two ...
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Seattle Festival to launch Northwest ProductionMarket
The 33rd Annual Seattle International Film Festival, running from May 24-Jun 17, has announced that it will launch the Northwest Production Market programme.The market will provide a forum for film-makers to discuss their projects with production companies and financiers. A companion programme, the Northwest Production Forum, will offer advice to ...
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300, Bean 2 lead spectacular international weekend
300 returned to winning ways as Warner Bros Pictures International's (WBPI) action hit beat Mr Bean's Holiday by a whisker to the number one spot overseas.The film added an estimated $32m from 6,500 prints in 61 markets to raise the tally to $173m. It shot to the top in Germany ...
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Reviews
Disturbia
Dir: DJ Caruso. US. 2007. 105mins. A smart teen thriller that ably mixes suspense and adolescent melodrama, Disturbia boasts an articulate script and nuanced performances. Though Rear Window's voyeuristic premise provides the inspiration, this Paramount/DreamWorks release adds hints of Kubrick-ian chills and nicely understated insights into the tumultuous lives of ...
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