All Screen articles in 13 August 2000
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Shunji, Zhang join line-up at third Pusan market
Several established Asian directors, including Japan's Iwai Shunji, Korea's Jang Sun-Woo and China's Zhang Yuan, will present projects at the third Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP), which runs alongside this year's Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea.A total of 22 projects from 11 countries will be attempting to raise finance ...
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Baba wins Locarno's Golden Leopard
Baba, by Chinese director Wang Shuo, picked up the Golden Leopard award at the 53rd Locarno Film Festival on Saturday night. The film, a tragicomic tale about a difficult relationship between a father and son, was the surprise entry at the festival.Hong Kong director Fruit Chan picked up a Silver ...
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Locarno director Mueller calls it quits
Locarno Film Festival director Marco Mueller announced on the final night of this year's edition (August 12) that he is stepping down, making him one of several European festival chiefs to quit their posts this year.Mueller, who has held the post for nine years, said he will become a full-time ...
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News Corp set to acquire Chris-Craft
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has outbid Viacom to acquire US TV station owner Chris-Craft Industries and its subsidiaries for $5.35bn. News Corp will pay about $85 a share for Chris-Craft, which owns 10 television stations, and its BHC Communications and United Television subsidiaries. However the deal faces major regulatory hurdles ...
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Wheels (Tockovi)
Dir: Djordje Milosavljivic. 2000. Serbia. 93 mins.Pro co: Cinema Design. Int'l sales: Cinema Design, tel +381 11 488 23 77. Prod: Ljubisa Samardtzic. Scr: Milosavljivic. DoP: Dusan Ivanovic. Prod des: Vladislav Lasic. Ed: Branka Ceperac. Music: Lajko Felix. Main cast: Dragan Micnovic, Nikula Kojo, Anica Dobra. If further proof is ...
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Salsa to open London's Latin American fest
Salsa, featuring Cuban band Sierra Maestra, opens September's Latin American Film Festival, the London-based event has announced.Directed by Joyce Sherman Bunuel, the film follows a young composer's obsession with salsa. This year's festival runs September 1-14 in London and then around the UK.Other highlights include a focus on Brazilian films, ...
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Pavlovic's last film to be completed for Venice
Serbian director Dinko Tucakovic has finished editing The State of the Dead, directed by his countryman Zivojin Pavlovic, who died before the film could be completed.The final cut of the film will be ready for the upcoming Venice International Film Festival, where it will be shown as a homage to ...
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Marks quits Video Networks programming role
Video Networks head of programming Dan Marks has left the video-on-demand (VOD) company, Video Networks confirmed on Friday (August 11).Video Networks said Marks would be replaced. The move follows the appointment of Etienne de Villiers, former president and managing director of Walt Disney International for Europe, Africa and the Middle ...
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IN THE HOT SEAT - JERE HAUSFATER
The following article appeared in Screen International, the weekly, on August 4.The news that Jere Hausfater is leaving the Walt Disney Co to join Intermedia, is a neat mirror of the way that Hollywood business itself is changing, writes Mike Goodridge.Hausfater, a popular face on the international circuit, has spent ...
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Rotterdam ups den Hamer to co-director post
Sandra den Hamer has been promoted to the position of co-director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, alongside current director Simon Field.Den Hamer, who was formerly deputy director at the festival, is expected to focus on the administrative side of the operation as well as its Hubert Bals Fund for ...
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Das Werk buys stake in new producer
German post-production giant Das Werk has acquired a 25% stake in FutureWorks Crossmedia Production, a Munich-based events agency which plans to expand into film production and marketing.The company, which is organising the Nea World Xtreme Sports Awards in Munich, plans to draw on the experience of chairman Joseph Schoninger, a ...
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Allen, Frears titles to get airing at Athens
Dir: Joel Coen. US. 2001. 117 mins.With their latest foray into film noir, Joel and Ethan Coen continue to explore a recurrent motif of their work: The destructive force of unbridled individualism, or more specifically, greed as the dark side of the American Dream. Arguably their most ambitious film since ...
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UIP crowned king at Oz box office awards
UIP's Australian release of Gladiator took the top prize at the Australian Box Office Achievement Awards due to it's hefty A$30m gross. UIP and rival distributor Buena Vista International (BVI) each released seven of the 22 films that reached the all-important A$10m mark during the 12 months to June 30.UIP ...
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EC puts Vivendi Universal probe on hold
The European Commission has put its review of the Vivendi-Canal Plus-Seagram merger on hold until the partners provide additional data.Although the companies did not outline the issues raised, Vivendi and Canal Plus have stated that they are confident the required data could be filed by the end of August and ...
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Little Cheung (Xilu Xiang)
Dir: Fruit Chan. Hong Kong. 2000. 105 mins.Prod cos: Nicetop Independent Ltd, Japan Broadcasting Corporation. Worldwide distribution: Wild Bunch (Le Studio Canal Plus), tel: (33) 1 4443 9800. Exec prods: Doris Yang, Makoto Ueda. Scr: Fruit Chan. DoP: Wah-Chuen Lam. Ed: Sam-Fat Tin. Mus: Wah-Chuen Lam, Hing-Cheung Chu. Main cast: ...
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Taxi 2 finds willing riders in Taiwan
Luc Besson's record-breaking French film Taxi 2 is enjoying considerable success from its release in Taiwan. Directed by Gerard Krawczyk and distributed in Taiwan by Spring Cinema, the French-language film saw off new entries The Patriot and Titan AE to take the top spot in the chart after its July ...
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Brazilian veterans launch arthouse distributor
Brazilian film industry veterans Adhemar de Oliveira, owner of the Cinearte exhibition chain, and Leon Cakoff - director of non-competitive festival Mostra Internacional de Sao Paulo - have launched Sao Paulo-based arthouse distribution company Mais Filmes.The company plans to distribute foreign acquisitions and promote Brazilian titles in the state of ...
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AtomFilms taps Shields to head European expansion
AtomFilms has appointed Mikael Shields to the newly created post of senior vice president of entertainment - Europe, based at the company's European headquarters in London.Shields will oversee all acquisitions and development of entertainment properties for the Seattle-based internet company, negotiating and managing co-productions and content partnerships across Europe.Shields is ...
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De Niro, Paltrow films to premiere at Toronto
Two world premieres have been added to the line-up at this year's Toronto International Film Festival - George Tillman Jr's military drama Men Of Honour, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr, and Bruce Paltrow's Duets, featuring an ensemble cast including daughter Gwyneth. The festival will also present North ...
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San Sebastian adds Spanish titles to line-up
Diego Galan, director of the San Sebastian Film Festival, has confirmed that two further Spanish titles will screen in Official Selection at this year's event - Imanol Uribe's Plenilunio and Salvador Garcia Ruiz's El Otro Barrio.The two titles join Alex de la Iglesia's La Comunidad which opens the event. Plenilunio ...