All Screen articles in 14 April 2005 – Page 2
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LA PR co MPRM rehires Carpenter, Lopez
Former mPRm staff membersAriel Carpenter and Jennifer Lopez have returned to the Los Angeles-basedpublic relations company as vice president of the emerging media and technology(EMT) practice and senior account executive of the film practice respectively. Carpenter will beresponsible for new business development for the EMT practice as well asdeveloping and ...
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Woods quits as Irish Film Board chief
MarkWoods has resigned as chief executive of the Irish Film Board after 18 monthsin the job. Woodsis moving back to Sydney, Australia, to head a significantly smallerorganisation, the national locations office Ausfilm. Woods lived in Sydney for 12 years before returning toIreland, where he was born, to join the Irish ...
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Words In Blue
Dir. Alain Corneau. Fr.2004. 114mins.Alain Corneau's WordsIn Blue, the veteran film-maker's first romance, promises much in its firsthalf, overcoming the initial obstacles of weak motivation to develop anintimate, sensitive relationship drama between a young girl who refuses tospeak and her single, emotionally stunted mum.But then the theme switchesfrom lack of ...
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Italian arthouse distributor Teodora picks up Contronatura
Rome-based arthouse distributor Teodora Film is to release itsfirst-ever local picture, a film entitled Contronatura starring MayaSansa.Produced by Tilde Corsi and writer-producer Gianni Romoli, the duobehind Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows and Sacred Heart, Contronaturais a thriller set in Tuscany and directed by Alessandro Tofanelli.'It's a story of passion between a ...
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Veteran Hollywood talent agent Dontanville leaves William Morris
Steve Dontanville, one ofHollywood's leading talent agents whose clients include Reese Witherspoon andAnne Hathaway, is leaving William Morris Agency (WMA) to take six months offand then change direction after 27 years as an agent. Dontanville came to WMA in2000 from ICM where he worked for 17 years. His current client ...
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Infernal Affairs' Lau to direct major pan-Asian feature
South Koreanproduction company iFilm, which scored a hit with the Korean-HK co-production Windstrucklast year, has unveiled a major new pan-Asian feature that brings together HongKong director Andrew Lau of Infernal Affairs and Jeon Ji-hyun, the lead actressfrom Windstruck and My Sassy Girl.Titled Daisy, thefilm is billed as a "romantic noir" ...
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Myriad to handle worldwide sales on Liotta-starrer Comeback Season
Myriad Pictures has come on board family comedy Comeback Season starring Ray Liotta, Shaun Sipos, RachelBlanchard and Glenne Headly and is handling worldwide rights excluding Canada.Set to begin principalphotography in Canada on May 9, the film is directed by Bruce McCulloch andtells of an unfaithful husband who moves in with ...
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UK exhibitors call for cinema rentals rethink
Thevexed issue of UK cinema rentals - the sums paid to distributors by exhibitors- has come into sharp focus following remarks by John Wilkinson, chiefexecutive of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association.UKrentals are reputed to be among the lowest in Europe, but Wilkinson has told ScreenInternational that in some cases they should ...
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HanWay beefs up back catalogue
UK-based sales agency HanWayFilms has beefed up its back catalogue by acquiring rights to two libraries.The director-driven companyhas taken on the Wim Wenders films in the Reverse Angle Library and selectedpictures from HanWay's sister production company, Recorded Picture Company.The Wenders films include Paris,Texas, Wings Of Desire and Buena Vista Social ...
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Film Sales Co to handle Tribeca premiere Aurora Borealis
Andrew Herwitz's New York-based Film Sales Company has picked upworldwide rights to James Burke's directorial debut and drama AuroraBorealis, which starsDonald Sutherland and Juliette Lewis and will premiere at this month's TribecaFilm Festival.Produced by Entitled Entertainment, the picture is a coming-of-agedrama about an irresponsible slacker who is challenged to reconsider ...
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Melancholia spreads around the world
Three Rooms Of Melancholia, the latest documentary byveteran Finnish filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo (Flame, Cannes 1980, TheFire-Eater, AFI Grand Prix 1998) emerged as the hottest title at theThessaloniki Documentary Festival and the Doc Film Market that wrapped hereyesterday.The film looks set to join the growing number of full-lengthdocumentaries that secure extensive ...
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Dying Gaul, Adam & Steve bookend Miami Gay Film Fest
Craig Lucas’ Hollywood drama The Dying Gaul starring Peter Sarsgaard, Campbell Scottand Patricia Clarkson will open the 7th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian FilmFestival, which runs from Apr 22-May 1.Marco Kreuzpaintner’s sports comedy Summer Storm starring Robert Stadlober and KostjaUllmann is the centerpiece gala screening, while Craig Chester’srelationship drama Adam ...
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Fox veteran Grace gets key publicity job at Sony's TriStar
Florence Grace, a ten yearveteran of 20th Century Fox, where she most recently served assenior vice president of corporate publicity, has been named senior vicepresident of publicity at TriStar Pictures, the recently revived label of SonyPictures.TriStar, which is headed byValerie Van Galder, is a marketing, production and acquisitions unit devoted ...
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Icon drafts in Hamilton as UK president
Alex Hamilton has joined Icon Film Distribution in the UK as president,reporting to newly-appointed CEO Martin Bigham. Hamilton, who most recently served as director of sales and businessdevelopment at fellow UK distributor Momentum Pictures, will start with thecompany next week. "I'm delighted to be joining Icon and very much look ...
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Cannes drafts in Yang, Iosseliani for sidebar duty
The Cannes FilmFestival has made two announcements regarding sidebars at the upcoming eventwhich runs from May 11-22.Taiwanesedirector Edward Yang has been named to preside over the Cinefondation jury andthe short film jury while Georgian filmmaker Otar Iosseliani will act as patronof the 44th Critics' Week.Yang won the bestdirector prize at ...
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Snow Cake cranks up in Canada
Snow Cake, the long-gestating drama starring Alan Rickman,Sigourney Weaver and Carrie-Anne Moss, has finally started shooting in Canada.The UK-Canada co-productionbegan shooting in Ontario this week and relocates to Toronto at the end of themonth, wrapping on May 19th. Marc Evans, whose creditsinclude Trauma and My Little Eye, is directing, with ...
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Mitchell wins Buena Vista International promotion
Robert Mitchell has beenpromoted to senior vice president, marketing/sales and deputy managing directorat Buena Vista International (UK).Mitchell, previously vicepresident, marketing/sales and deputy managing director, has worked alongsideBVI UK chief Daniel Battsek almost since the division's birth in 1992. 'I not only respect andadmire Robert's expertise in the field of marketing, ...
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Hutton signs on for Filmax's The Kovak Box
Timothy Hutton has signed on for the lead in Spanishproduction The Kovak Box, the latest English-language thriller fromFilmax.Hutton plays a best-selling science fictionauthor invited to an apparently idyllic island for a conference only to findhimself wrapped up in a nightmarish plot where people are mysteriously drivento commit suicide.Daniel Monzon (The ...
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Limited releases chalk up success at UK box office
Adventurestory Sahara might have claimed the lead at the UK box officeover the weekend, but a string of titles on limited release chalked up notablesuccesses. MomentumPictures had a second powerful weekend for Downfall (Der Untergang). TheGerman film slipped a mere 1% week-on-week ahead of an aggressive expansionfrom Friday (Apr 15) ...
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Heart, Amore share 12 Donatello nods
Ferzan Ozpetek'sdrama Sacred Heart and Giovanni Veronesi's romantic comedy Manualed'Amore have earned the lion's share of nominations for the Donatellos,Italy's top film awards.Sacred Heart, about a successful ruthlessbusinesswoman who comes face-to-face with poverty on the streets of Naples, andManuale d'Amore both scored 12 nominations. It is the secondyear running that ...
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