All Screen articles in 14 April 2003 – Page 3
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MGM posts $142.2m loss in 2002, extends Yemenidjian contract
MGM posted a net loss of $142.2m or 57 cents per share in 2002,compared with a net loss of $438.1m or $1.89 per share in 2001, according tothe studio's annual shareholder report.The company also declined to pay annual bonuses to its topofficers for 2002, "due to the failure of the ...
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Chouchou
Dir: Merzak Allouache. France. 105minsAfter nearly a decade of supporting roles in mostly indifferent French commercial pictures, Casablanca-born stand-up comic Gad Elmaleh at last makes his screen breakthrough in this serviceable self-devised screen vehicle. He plays a young Algerian trying to cope with life in Paris as an illegal immigrant ...
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The Son wins three Belgian Oscars
Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's The Son (Le Fils) was the big winner at this year's Belgian Oscars, the Joseph Plateau Awards, taking the honours in three categories - Best Belgian Film, Best Belgian Director and Best Belgian Actor - after being nominated for five.The awards, which are organised by Ghent's ...
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Father Amaro triumphs at Mexico's Academy Awards
Best Foreign Oscar nominee El Crimen Del Padre Amaro swept Mexico's 45th Academy Awards, the Premios Ariel, winning in nine categories. Carlos Carrera's priest scandal drama took home nine out of its 13 nominations on April 8th, including Best Picture, Director, adapted screenplay, editing, sound and wardrobe design. Actors Damian ...
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Nordic films fight off Hollywood releases
Denmark's most prolific producer Regner Grasten returned to form with his latest film Anja After Viktor, which drew 81,700 admissions ($622,500) this weekend, dethroning local hit: Anders Thomas Jensen's The Green Butchers from the number one spot.The third instalment in a series, Anja After Viktor (following 1999's Love At First ...
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Venice to 'encourage' Italian producers with festival retrospective
The upcoming 60th Venice Film Festival (Aug 27-Sep 6) will screen a retrospective on the 20th century's greatest Italian producers - which artistic director Moritz de Hadeln hopes will be an 'encouragement' for today's Italian producers.Entitled "The Industry of Prototypes," the retrospective will focus on the golden era of Italian ...
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UK's Film & TV School CEO returns to film-making
Stephen Bayly, chief executive of the UK's National Film and Television School (NFTS), is stepping down to return to film-making. Bayly, a producer-director whose producing credits include Marleen Gorris' Mrs Dalloway and Richard III, directed by Richard Loncraine, has been at the NFTS since 1998 and is a graduate of ...
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Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region to issue production cash
France's Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur (PACA) region announced on Monday that it would set aside Euros 1.5m to aid productions shooting in the region. The funding will be open to French companies but also to Europeans in the case of a French co-production.Based on the National Cinema Centre's (CNC) advance on receipts ...
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Haffa brothers fined for misrepresenting EM.TV finances
Former German stockmarket high flyers, brothers Thomas and Florian Haffa were found guilty yesterday (Tuesday) of misrepresenting their previous company, EM.TV's financial figures in 2000 in order to influence the share price.The Munich division for criminal matters imposed a fine of Euros 1.2m on Thomas Haffa and one of Euros ...
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Devdas delights audiences at Denmark's NatFilm fest
Bollywood was yet again the big winner at Denmark's NatFilm Festival, which ended its first year as a two nation event on Sunday by handing out the audience award to Sajay Leela Bhansali's Devdas. With Lagaan winning last year, it is clear that Copenhagen has a taste for Indian ...
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German arthouse sector outperforms multiplexes
Germany's arthouse sector reported a slight increase in admissions for 2002, according to an internal survey conducted by AG Kino, the trade association for specialist cinemas.The survey reported that admissions grew between 5%-8% in the cities, while admissions in smaller towns either remained stable or fell slightly. In comparison, German ...
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France's national cinema centre distributes financial aid
France's national cinema centre the CNC has issued a list of films which will benefit from financial aid in the areas of distribution and the advance on receipts scheme for 2003. Both types of aid are based on selection by committees within the CNC and are approved by CNC ...
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Buenos Aires indie fest to feature up to 210 films
The fifth annual Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival (April 16 to 26) will feature up to 210 films, up from 150 last year. At least 16 films - limited to first and second-time directors - are in the official competitive section. These include three titles from Argentina: Celina Murga's Ana ...
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Fantasporto launches 16-title 'marathon'
Portugal's leading international film festival, Fantasporto, will launch a marathon showing of 16 hit festival titles in Lisbon next week.The initiative - dubbed 'Fantasporto Marathon' and supported by distributor-exhibitor LNK Filmes, the Cinema Quarteto four-screen cinema and various private sponsors - will mark the nationwide theatrical release of all but ...
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HBO plan US theatrical release for Elaine Stritch pic
Thefeature-length HBO documentary Elaine Stritch At Liberty will be released in theatres later thisyear, HBO original programming executive vice president Sheila Nevins announcedtoday (Apr 9).The documentaryis named after Broadway legend Stritch's Tony Award winning one-womanshow and features live footage and testimonies from friends and colleaguesincluding documentary film-maker D A Pennebaker.ElaineStritch ...
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Harmony Gold picks up Going Down
International sales agent HarmonyGold has acquired global distribution rights - excluding North Americantheatrical - to fledgling production company Paia Pictures' teen comedy GoingDown.The picture, which centreson a seemingly unstoppable house party, is due to open theatrically in LosAngeles on Friday (Apr 11), followed by a 54-city domestic platform roll-out.The 20-year-old ...
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UK tax fund First Choice backs 30% of Myriad duo, Purifiers
First Choice, the innovative UK tax fund launched by financier Grosvenor Park, is pumping approximately 30% of the budgets into two high-profile titles on MyriadPictures' international sales slate - Istvan Szabo's Being Julia and Trauma,director Marc Evan's next picture after UK horror hit My Little Eye.BeingJuliais being produced through Robert ...
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UK Film Council considers major digital cinema circuit
In a potentially groundbreaking move, UK Government support body the Film Council is hatching plans to pour close to $21.8m (£14m) into a nation-wide circuit of up to 250 digital screens.The move, which would leapfrog the UK to the forefront of the digital era, is aimed at fulfilling the council's ...
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Bollywood star tipped for Cannes jury, Schwarzenegger for Cannes party
Although the official Cannes jury list will not be announced until April 23rd, the Times of India today reported that actress Aishwarya Rai has accepted an offer from Gilles Jacob to sit on this year's panel. Quoting sources close to the Bollywood star, the Times notes that Rai would be ...
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Adrian Wootton named CEO of Film London
Adrian Wootton, acting director of the British Film Institute, has been appointed chief executive of Film London, the new body charged with representing and developing the film and media industry in the UK capital.Film London takes over responsibilities of the London Film and Video Development Agency and the London Film ...