All Screen articles in 13 January 2009 – Page 4
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Germany's M-Appeal picks up Panorama world premiere Ghosted
Berlin-based sales agent M-Appeal has picked up Monika Treut's latest feature Ghosted which will have its world premiere in the Berlinale's Panorama section next month. Ghosted is a co-production between Treut's own company Hyena Films and Taipei-based Chi & Company - it is the first ever German-Taiwanese feature co-production. Inga ...
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Norwegian film institute backs three features with $3.9m
The Norwegian film institute has awarded $3.9m (NOK 27.5m) to three Norwegian productions including Erik Skjoldbjærg's next feature, Nokas. Nokas, Erik Skjoldbjærg's follow up to An Enemy of the People (En Folkefiende) has received $1.3m (NOK 9.5m) from the institute. The film depicts the 2004 robbery when armed robbers blocked ...
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NewsSlumdog Millionaire and Kate Winslet big winners at Globes
Kate Winslet scored a stunning double triumph at the 66th GoldenGlobes last night while SlumdogMillionaire upset the form guide andshut out pre-show joint favourites The Curious Case Of BenjaminButtonand Frost/Nixon.
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Rotterdam boasts 43 world premieres
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will feature 43 world premieres as well as 35 international and 34 European premieres.The line-up includes a strong showing from Eastern Europe with Andrei Khrzhanovsky's Room AndA Half and Alexei Balabanov'sMorphiaand Armenian director Harutyun Khachatryan's Border. All will appear in the Spectrum section.As previously ...
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Imagenation Abu Dhabi creates Middle Eastern film division
Abu Dhabi company Imagenation has set up an arm to develop films and digital content from Middle Eastern talent with an eye to international markets.The division is to develop and fund five to sevenprojects working with creative talent from the region.No budget has yet been announced but the move again ...
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Shoreline picks up documentary The Queen And I
Morris Ruskin's Shoreline Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights to Nahid Persson Sarvestani's documentary The Queen And I, set to receive its North American premiere at Sundance on January 17.The topical documentary follows film-maker and Iranian exile Sarvestani as she talks with Farah Pahlavi, the former Empress of Iran and ...
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Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino races to top in North America
Warner Bros' awards contender Gran Torino directed by and starring Clint Eastwood expanded wide and stormed to the top on an estimated $29m that set a new opening weekend record for Eastwood and raised prospects of it becoming his biggest domestic hit.After a sensational limited run, the drama replicated its ...
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Madagascar 2, Seven Pounds lead in international markets
DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ruled the roost overseas for the fourth straight weekend and its fifth out of the last six as an estimated $15.8m weekend haul through PPI from 6,893 sites in 61 territories raised the tally to a boisterous $366m.The sequel launched in South Korea on ...
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IFC Films picks up Canadian Oscar submission Necessities of Life
US distributor IFC Films has picked up Benoit Pilon's The Necessities Of Life for release in the US. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in August where it was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jury as well audience prizes for most popular film and most popular ...
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Screen opinion: What's in a name'
'For the first time in 20 years, no-one wants to venture a guess about what will happen this year,' Universal Pictures International president David Kosse told Screen this week.We do seem to be heading into a perfect storm somewhere in a Bermuda triangle, comprising an uncertain digital transition, a crash ...
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Entertainment One picks up Amreeka for Canada and international
Entertainment One Films Canada (E1) has acquired Canadian and international distribution rights to Cherien Dabis' Sundance US dramatic competitor Amreeka. The US-Canada-Kuwait coproduction charts the journey of a Palestinian family as it joins the larger emigre community in the US and the culture shock that ensues. Dabis, a Palestinian-American and ...
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HuayiBros sues Chinese websites for copyright infringement
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Pictures is suing China's five major websites for spreading illegal copies ofthree film productions. The websitesinclude Sina.com, Sohu.com, Youku.com and UUSee.com. The first two are China's top two web portals. The three Huayi Brothers productions are Feng Xiaogang's 2007 war drama Assembly, Cao Baoping's The Equation Of ...
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Italy 's box office dips 3.85% for 2008
Italy 's box office has taken a 3.85% dip year on year and over-all admissions are down by 4.11% according to Cinetel, the Italian ticket complier. Overall, Italian box-office grossed $799m (Euros 594m) in 2008 compared to $831m (Euros 618m) year-on-year with 2007. Looking at market share, US studio fare ...
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Irvine Welsh to adapt California Schemin' for the big screen
London-based Silverapples Media and Dublin-based Screenworks Film & TV have optioned feature film and documentary rights for Gavin Bain's as yet unpublished autobiographical California Schemin'. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and his screenwriting partner Dean Cavanagh have been commissioned to adapt the book for the big screen, under the working title ...
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US indies and strong Asian presence in Berlinale's Forum
Films from the USA, Lebanon, Germany, and Asia are among the new titles confirmed for the Forum's programme at next month's Berlinale. They include three US independent productions which will have their world premieres in Berlin. Andrew Bujalski's Beeswax about the vagaries of oral communication; Matthew Hysell's Marin Blue: and ...
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German 2008 box office up 3.5%, year on year, admissions up 1.57%
2008 ended with a 3.5% year on year increase in box-office takings and a year on year increase of 1.57%admissions in German cinemas, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI. German cinema-goers bought 123.6m tickets in the last 12 months, up 1.57% on 2007's 121.7m. They generated box-office takings of ...
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Scott Thomas and Duff to star in Nowhere Boy
Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff are to star in Nowhere Boy, a film that recounts the story of John Lennon's early years and his first steps towards stardom . Newcomer Aaron Johnson will play the young Lennon while Scott Thomas has been cast as Lennon's Aunt Mimi and Duff ...