All Screen articles in 13 January 2009 – Page 6
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Spotlight Pictures launches documentary sales label SpotDocs
Hollywood-based sales company Spotlight Pictures has launched the sales and marketing specialty documentary label SpotDocs.The first title to emerge is Dan Stone's At The Edge Of The World profiling Canadian activist Captain Paul Watson and his crew as they target illegal whale poachers.The film premiered at Toronto last autumn and ...
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Hunger, Kisses, 32A, The Escapist lead Irish Awards nominees
The shortlist for the 6th Irish Film and Television Awards [IFTA] includes best feature film nominations for Marian Quinn's coming of age drama 32A; the prison-break thriller The Escapist; Lance Daly's festival favourite Kisses; the IRA hunger strike drama Hunger; and Ian Fitzgibbon's dark comedy A Film With Me In ...
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Projects by Alvart, Stölzl, Schwochow planned by new Berlin outfit
Berlin-based production outfit Bittersuess Pictures has revealed new feature projects by Christian Alvart, Philipp Stölzl and Christian Schwochow. Oscar-winning producer-director Pepe Danquart established Bittersuess Pictures in 2008 and since then has been developing projects for its first slate. That slate will now include Christian Alvart's next feature Liebe, his first ...
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UK chain Cineworld's revenues up 4.4% year on year
UK cinema chain Cineworld revenues are boosted by blockbusters such as Mamma Mia! The Movie and The Dark Knight. Boosted by the success of blockbusters such as Mamma Mia! The Movie and The Dark Knight, UK cinema chain Cineworld has reported a revenue increase of 4.4 % year on year ...
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France admissions up 6.7% year on year
The French box office saw an increase of 6.7% over 2007 with 188.8 million admissions, with French films taking the number one and two spots. The French box office saw a year on year increase of 6.7% over 2007 with 188.8 million admissions, France's National Cinema Federation (FNCF) has announced. ...
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2008 a record breaking year for Australian box-office
Australians spent $672m (A$946m) on going to the movies in 2008, making it the second best year on record in revenue terms. The figures released today by the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA) show a six per cent year on year increase from 2007. They are also four ...
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Fassbender and Hall among nominees for BAFTA Orange Rising Star
The 2009 BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award nominees have been named. They are: Michael Cera, Noel Clarke, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Hall and Toby Kebbell. The award, now in its fourth year, recognises five international actors and actresses who have demonstrated exceptional talent and have begun to capture the imagination of ...
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Ausfilm to promote Oz technical talent at US event
Marketing body Ausfilm is going against tradition and promoting Australians who work behind the scenes in filmmaking as part of G’Day USA, the annual promotion that officially starts next week in Los Angeles and involves a range of industries. Ausfilm has previously concentrated on attracting offshore films to Australia by ...
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Investment firm buys 60% in troubled Genius Products
GNPR Investments, an affiliate of alternative investment firm Quadrant Management, has acquired a 60% stake in the Weinsteins' troubled home entertainment distributor Genius Products.Genius and The Weinstein Company announced the development on Wednesday [December 7] as part of a restructuring of Genius, which will retain 25% while the Weinsteins retain ...
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Taylor Lautner confirmed as Jacob Black in New Moon
Taylor Lautner will reprise his role as Jacob Black in New Moon, Summit Entertainment's sequel to its global smash Twilight.Chris Weitz is preparing to direct the follow-up tale that focuses on the young Bella Swan's deepening relationship with Black following the abrupt departure of her vampire love Edward Cullen. Kristen ...
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Nothing But The Truth to open Santa Barbara Film Festival
Rod Lurie's political thriller Nothing By The Truth and the world premiere of Jeff Balsmeyer's rags-to-riches drama Lightbulb bookend the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which runs from January 22-February 1.David Fincher is named guest director and will be the subject of a retrospective. Fincher's latest release The Curious ...
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Coens, Allen, Nolans, Beaufoy among WGA nominees
Joel and Ethan Coen's Burn After Reading, Dustin Lance Black's Milk, Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Tom McCarthy's The Visitor and Robert Siegel's The Wrestler will contest the Writers Guild Of America's original screenplay category.In the adapted category, the nominees are: Eric Roth's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button from ...
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Berlin Panorama announces first half of programme and Forum titles
World premieres of The Countess, by Julie Delpy, Fig Trees by John Greyson, Light Gradient by Jan Krüger and Ghosted by Monika Treut are among the 21 titles selected so far for the Berlinale Panorama by section director Wieland Speck.As in previous years, documentaries will ultimately make up approximately a ...
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NewsMy Winnipeg wins inaugural Toronto critic's Best Canadian Film Award
Guy Maddin’s meta-documentary My Winnipeg won the inaugural C$10,000 Rogers Best Canadian FilmAward as the Toronto Film Critics Association held its first awards gala in Toronto Tuesday night.
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Patrice Theroux to chair Canadian distributors' lobby
Entertainment One president of filmed entertainment Patrice Theroux has been appointed chair of the Canadian Association of Films Distributors and Exporters (CAFDE). He replaces outgoing chair Victor Loewy, chairman and CEO of Alliance Films. The trade association represents the interests of Canadian-owned distribution companies - including Alliance, E1 Films Canada, ...
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ASC names Dod Mantle, Deakins, Menges among annual nominees
The American Society Of Cinematographers has named the five finallists in its 23rd Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards to take pace in Los Angeles on February 15.They are: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button photographed by Claudio Miranda; The Dark Knight shot by Wally Pfister; The Reader by Chris Menges and ...
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Rotterdam announces 2009 Competitions line up
Fourteen films have been selected for Rotterdam's VPRO Tiger Awards Competition 2009, including eight world premieres. The line-up features first or second films from all five continents competing for three top prizes of $20,500 (Euros 15,000) each. For the first time, films from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia are included ...
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BAFTA reveals shortlist for best foreign film
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Gomorra, I've Loved You So Long, Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir are all selected for the category Film Not in the English Language. The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) today announced the shortlist of five nominees for the category Film Not in the ...
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Frost/Nixon and Button top BAFTA longlist
Frost/Nixon and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button have both received 14 nominations in the British Academy Film Awards longlist, including best film and best director. The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire, Revolutionary Road, Changeling and The Dark Knighthave each received an impressive 13 nominations. Burn After Reading and Milk have racked ...