All Screen articles in 13 August 2008 – Page 2
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All Eyes On Locarno
As the 61st Locarno film festival continues through Aug 16, Screen keeps track of all the latest news and critical response to the films debuting in the Piazza Grande. Stay tuned for the latest updates.Locarno 2008 headlinesLocarno deals: Finecut goes Drinking, Autre Homme sells to India Max & Co producers ...
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Swiss television increases its support for film industry by $2.3m
Swiss public television is to increase its support for independent Swiss production in gradual steps from the current annual $18.2m (CHF 19.8m) to $20.5m (CHF 22.3m) from 2011.The Audiovisual Pact (Pacte de l'audiovisuel) between the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR and six film industry associations will see an increase in ...
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San Sebastian announcessix more Spanish titles
The San Sebastian film festival has added anothersix Spanish titles to its line-up, including Gabriel Velazquez's Amateurs, Daniel Hernandez's Ordinary Boys and Santiago Zannou's El Truco Del Mano, which will all compete in the Zabaltegi New Directors section.In addition, Juan Vicente Cordoba's documentary Night Flowers (Flores De Luna) will compete ...
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Natalie Portman makes directorial debut with Venice short Eve
American actress Natalie Portman's directorial short film debut Eve will open The Venice Film Festival's Corto Cortissimo section dedicated to short films.Portman will preside over opening events for that section onSept 1. She was featured in Venice last year in her cameo in Wes Anderson's Darjeeling Unlimited.Portman's debut, entitled Eve, ...
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Thessaloniki announces first half of competition
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has announced the first seven titles for its International Competition.The 14-film competition for first and second features is programmed by festival director Despina Mouzaki.The titles unveiled so far are:Cell (Selda) by Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna (Philippines) Story of friendship and romantic love between two ...
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Warner comes on board for Simon Verhoeven's Maennerherzen
The Lives Of Others producer Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion is collaborating for the second time with the German outpost of Warner Bros. for Simon Verhoeven's Maennerherzen which begins shooting in Berlin today.A year ago, the Munich-based company produced U-900, a comedy about a submarine on the run in 1944 Germany, ...
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MGM takes on Kaufman and Agosto's action comedy
MGM has acquired Ken Kaufman and David Agosto's untitled action comedy pitch with Get Smart director Peter Segal attached to direct.Segal will also produce with his longtime producing partner Michael Ewing and Andrew Lazar. Kaufman wrote The Missing and Space Cowboys while Agosto was his uncredited co-writer on Curious George.Callahan ...
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Red Cliff becomes highest-grossing local film in China
John Woo's war epic Red Cliff has become the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Chinese film history. The film's mainland China distributor, China Film Group, said it had surpassed the RMB300m benchmark on Monday with a haul of $44.08m (RMB302.4m). The figure broke the RMB290m record set by Zhang Yimou's Curse ...
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Beijing box office expected to drop 50% during Olympics
The Olympic Gamesare drawing attention away from Chinese cinemas, especially in the host city of Beijing, where exhibitors estimate that box office sales dropped by 50% over the three-day weekend (August 8-10). China's public services and private companies all had the day off on Friday (Aug 8), the opening day ...
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National Board of Review sets 2009 awards for January 14
The National Board Of Review Of Motion Pictures (NBR) will hold its annual awards gala on January 14, 2009 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. This year's gala will celebrate the NBR's centennial year. The body's president Annie Schulhof said members 'could not be prouder to continue ...
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Fly Me To The Moon
Dir: Ben Stassen. US. 2008. 85 mins.The first computer-generated animated feature conceived and produced exclusively for a 3-D release, Fly Me to the Moon also represents one of the strangest misfires in recent animation history. The story of three young flies who stow away on the Apollo 11 space flight, ...
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Goran Paskaljevic to shoot Honeymoon from October
Veteran Serbian film-maker Goran Paskaljevic (How Harry Became a Tree, The Optimists) will begin shooting his next feature Honeymoon from mid-October as the first film co-produced between Albania and Serbia.Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily.com at this week's Locarno film festival where he is a member of the International Jury, Paskaljevic said ...
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Dir. Dave Filoni. US. 2008. 98 mins Action-packed and visually impressive it may be, but CG-animated feature Star Wars: The Clone Wars still feels like what it essentially is - a supercharged TV pilot designed to help George Lucas' venerable Star Wars franchise make the transition from the big to ...
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Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen start shooting Isitt's Nativity
Debbie Isitt has started principal photography on comedy Nativity, starring Martin Freeman, Ashley Jensen, Jason Watkins and Mark Wootton.Backers are BBC Films, Screen West Midlands and Limelight. Protagonist Pictures is handling international sales.Isitt, who last directed Confetti, is again directing an improvised comedy.Nick Jones is producing.The film will shoot throughout ...
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Thoeren steps down from IM Internationalmedia
Konstantin Thoeren has stepped down from all of his responsibilities in the Internationalmedia Group with immediate effect.The veteran producer with a track record of over 30 years as an independent producer had been appointed CEO of the beleaguered IM Internationalmedia AG last October in what was described at the time ...
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M-Appeal takes on sales for Locarno title Yuri's Day
Berlin-based sales agent M-Appeal has picked up international distribution rights for the Russian-German co-production Yuri's Day (Yuriev Den) which has its international premiere in Locarno's Official Competition tomorrow.The fourth feature by Kirill Serebrennikov - his 2006 film Playing The Victim became a favourite on the international festival circuit - was ...
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Japan's Fuji TV to produce third Umizaru film
Fuji TV producer Hirotsugu Usui has announced a third sequel in the hit Umizaru marine action franchise. The news comes after two years of petitions by fans for a continuation in the story, leading Usui and the network to start work on a third installment. Umizaru 3 will again be ...
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