All Screen articles in 14 June 2002 – Page 4

  • News

    Local film wins Romania's debut Transylvania festival

    2002-06-11T04:00:00Z

    Cristian Mungiu's Occident, which screened in Director's Fortnight in Cannes, won the top prize at the inaugural Transylvania Film Festival in Romania. Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land was voted the viewer's choice award winner.Occident is the story of young and old Romanians who all dream about going abroad and realising ...

  • News

    Sun Cybernetworks in Chinese distribution move

    2002-06-11T04:00:00Z

    Rapidly expanding Hong Kong media group, Sun Television Cybernetworks Holdings, plans to acquire a 50% stake in mainland Chinese film producer and distributor Beida Huayi.Owned by Chinese producer Dong Ping, Beida Huayi was one of the minority investors in Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and held ...

  • News

    O'Donoghue replaces De Valera at Ireland's Arts ministry

    2002-06-11T04:00:00Z

    John O'Donoghue, a former minister for justice, has become Ireland's Minister for Arts and Heritage following a cabinet reshuffle in which Sile de Valera lost her cabinet seat.O'Donoghue will have responsibility for the arts, including film, together (for the first time) with sport and tourism, but not for broadcasting ...

  • News

    Bergman donates archives to new Foundation

    2002-06-11T04:00:00Z

    The Swedish filmmaking legend Ingmar Bergman has donated his manuscripts, notebooks, plot summaries, sketches, photographs and behind-the-scenes films to the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) and the newly-established Ingmar Bergman Foundation. 'With his vast knowledge and commitment, nobody has made a greater contribution to the preservation of Sweden's film heritage than ...

  • Reviews

    Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    2002-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Callie Khouri. US. 2002. 116 mins. With millions of loyal readers waiting eagerly to see their fictional heroines made real on screen, Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, based on Rebecca Wells' 1996 international best-seller, is primed to become the must-see chick flick of the 2002 summer. Fans will ...

  • News

    Village Roadshow stock continues to tumble

    2002-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Shares in Village Roadshow continued to dive following an announcement last Friday that it would suspend payment of its stock dividend.At the close of trading on Tuesday (June 11) the shares stood at A$1.17, down 32% compared with their A$1.72 prior to the announcement. In a statement the company said ...

  • News

    Fox takes double top at UK box office

    2002-06-11T00:00:00Z

    20th Century Fox scored double top at the UK box office this weekend with two films counter-programmed to draw in different audiences.Holding the top spot for the fourth week in succession, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones dropped off a mere 16% from the previous weekend, grossing ...

  • News

    Blue Magic Pictures unveils five including new films from Rebecca Miller, Alejandro Springall,

    2002-06-11T00:00:00Z

    New New York-based production outfit Blue Magic Pictures, which was formed at the beginning of the year by Lemore Syvan, has unveiled five new films including the next project from director Rebecca Miller and a co-production with Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson's Cosmic Entertainment.Syvan is partnered with senior ...