All Screen articles in 13 August 2008
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Magnolia's Six Shooter series to kick off with Let The Right One In
Magnolia Pictures' genre arm Magnet Releasing announced the Six Shooter Film Series today [13] that will kick off on October 24 with Tomas Alfredson's Swedish horror and Tribeca Film Festival best narrative feature winner Let The Right One In.The series will continue on November 21 with Hal Halberman and Jeremy ...
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Cineplex launches Xbox gaming across Canada
Canadian exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox Canada are launching what they term an 'Xbox 360 gaming experience' in cinemas across the country. From August 15, private gaming session will be available outside of regular showtimes. Gamers will be provided with the use of a digital-projection cinema, an Xbox ...
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Larson's Bloom takes top prize at HollyShorts
Lance Larson's Bloom earned top honours and a $2,000 VFX package as the 4th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival came to a close at the weekend. The prize for best student short and a five-day HVX-200 HD Camera rental package was awarded to David Jibladze for Beholden. Benedict Campbell ...
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IFP No Borders selects 37 projects for co-production market
IFP has unveiled the 37 projects selected for the No Borders International Co-Production Market that will take place during the 30th Annual Independent Film Week, set to run in New York from September 14-19. Now in its 14th year, No Borders is designed to connect US and international narrative ...
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Seven projects get $80,000 from Gucci Tribeca Doc Fund
Seven projects have been selected to receive grants from the Tribeca Film Institute and Gucci's new Gucci Tribeca Documentary Finishing Fund. The selected film-makers and their projects stand to receive a total of $80,000 in grants. They are: Andrew Berends (Delta Boys), Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman (If A ...
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Martin-Smith's Stone Of Destiny to close Toronto
Charles Martin Smith's Stone Of Destiny will be the closing night Gala at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF announced the title as well as an additional 20 Special Presentations, including 12 world premieres from major filmmakers.Among the debuts are Stephan Elliott's Noel Coward adaptation Easy Virtue, featuring Colin ...
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Chile, Dominican Republic/Mexico take awards at Locarno Open Doors
Filmmakers from Chile, Dominican Republic/Mexico and Guatemala were the recipients of the awards presented on Wednesday at the end of the Open Doors Factory organised by the Locarno International Film Festival with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).Two grants for development and production worth $46,000 ...
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Panov's War Is Over is first production out of Europe's Babylon
Macedonian-born Mitko Panov's The War Is Over has become the first project to go into production after being developed at the Babylon programme promoting cultural diversity in Europe.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com at this week's Locarno International Film Festival, Panov explained that the co-production between Switzerland's Kamera 300 and Macedonia's Pirej ...
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Sky Movies co-finances Rocky Horror Picture Show remake
The UK's Sky Movies is co-financing a remake of musical hit The Rocky Horror Picture Show.The original film's executive producer, Lou Adler, is working with BermanBraun and Fox TV to remake the cult classic for MTV in the US and SkyMovies in the UK.Cast and director will be announced later. ...
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Singh is Kinng rules on opening weekend
The Indian Film Company-Studio 18 release Singh Is Kinng has became the biggest Bollywood opener of 2008 in India and overseas. The success of the film, produced by Vipul Shah and directed by Anees Bazmee, follows a vast publicity and promotion campaign, while the film itself has met with mixed ...
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Wide Management picks up Lionel Baier's Un Autre Homme
Paris-based sales agent Wide Management has picked up international distribution rights for Swiss director Lionel Baier's Un Autre Homme which had its world premiere in Locarno's International Competition at the weekend.The co-production by Saga Production with the French speaking Swiss public broadcaster Television Suisse Romande and SRG SSR will be ...
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Visit Films takes on Tariq Tapa's Venice title Zero Bridge
Visit Films has acquired worldwide rights to Tariq Tapa's feature directorial debut Zero Bridge ahead of its world premiere in Venice.Zero Bridge was shot entirely in the Indian-occupied city of Srinagar, Kashmir, with a cast of local, non-professional actors and recounts the story of a teenage pickpocket who forms a ...
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Mark Of An Angel (L'Empreinte de l'ange)
Dir. Safy Nebbou. 2008. France. 95 min.The payoff is slow in coming but packs a punch in Mark Of An Angel, a tense drama that gives two of France's finest actresses roles to sink their teeth into. Catherine Frot - opposite Sandrine Bonnaire - plays a woman who finds herself ...
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Showbox pre-sells Rough Cut to Japan's Pony Canyon
Korean sales agent Showbox has pre-sold action film Rough Cut to Pony Canyon for Japan. Directed by Kim Ki-duk protege Jang Hun, the $1.5m film wrapped principal photography last month.The film stars Kang Ji-hwan and So Ji-sub - well-known in both Japan and Korea for their TV drama performances. Kang ...
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Pusan's Asian Cinema Fund awards funding to 27 projects
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) Committee has announced the 27 films selected to receive backing from the Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) this year. For the Independent Feature Script and Project Development Fund category, three Korean projects, including Seaside by Kim Jong-kwan, and four Asian projects, including Woman On Fire ...
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Gyeonggito supportUS-Korea ventures with $100m fund
South Korea's Gyeonggi province has launched an entertainment initiative to promote co-ventures with Hollywood, which includes a $100m fund for films, animation and games projects with global appeal. 'Gyeonggi Province will be putting in $20m seed money and we are currently bringing in other international investors,' said Yoonsik Choi, department ...
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Ghent to honour producers Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will receive the Joseph Plateau Award for career achievement in film-making at the upcoming 35th Ghent International Film Festival in Belgium. Parkes and MacDonald served as the inaugural co-heads of DreamWorks until 2005 and have produced more than 30 films together including Gladiator, ...
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David O'Connor promoted to brand management SVP at Universal
David O'Connor has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of brand management and marketing services at Universal Pictures. O'Connor, an 11-year Universal veteran who previously served as vice president of marketing services and brand management, continues to report to marketing and distribution president Adam ...
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Eastwood's Changeling unveiled as Centerpiece film at New York Film Festival
The North American premiere of Clint Eastwood's Changeling starring Angelina Jolie has been unveiled as the centerpiece screening of the 46th New York Film Festival, set to run from September 26-October 12.Darren Aronofsky's drama The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke, which gets its world premiere at Venice later this month, will ...
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Eastern Promises, Fugitive Pieces lead DGC awards nominations
David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and Jeremy Podeswa's Fugitive Pieces led the pack as the Directors Guild of Canada announced the nominees for its 2008 awards. Both films had nods for Best Director, Best Picture Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Production Design and Outstanding Team Achievement, an award presented to all ...