All Screen articles in 14 November 2005 – Page 5

  • News

    German Media Funds under imminent threat, say reports

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    German Federal Finance Minister Hans Eichel is reported to be submitting a motion forcabinet approval which would spell the end of the media funds by the end ofthis week.Accordingto German press reports, the Federal Cabinet will be asked to vote on changesto the Income Tax Code by Thursday (Nov 10). ...

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    European quartet head for New York Industry Screenings

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    A re-edited version of Florian Hoffmeister's Silver Leopard winner Three Degrees Colder is one of four European films being presented at European Film Promotion's (EFP) first New York Industry Screenings programme at the Tribeca Cinemas from November 14 - 15.The other films selected for the private, invitation-only screenings are: Eleven ...

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    Tornasol to understudy De la Iglesia's Oxford thriller

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Spain'sTornasol Films is backing the second English-language foray of Spanish cultdirector Alex de la Iglesia, the UK-set Oxford Murders.A serial killer thriller set against the esoteric world of mathematics at Oxford University,Murders will shoot with an international cast there next year.AUK co-producer is in talks for the Euros 6m project, ...

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    MPAA jubilant at Grokster closure

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Peer-to-peerwebsite Grokster, long a thorn in the side of Hollywood's anti-piracy chiefs,has announced it is closing down.The move followsJune's Supreme Court ruling that individuals or companies that activelyencourage copyright infringement by users of their service can be heldresponsible for their users' conduct.Grokster hasagreed that the court enter a judgment for ...

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    Nanny McPhee sweeps to top of UK charts

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    NannyMcPhee has worked her magic on the UK box office, takingstop spot in its third weekend. The WorkingTitle film, which stars Emma Thompson, took $2.9m (£1.7m) over the weekend tobring its total after 17 days to $22.3m (£12.8m).It wasenough to leapfrog the week older Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of ...

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    Shani buys film package for Israel from Herwitz

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Herwitz'sThe Film Sales Company has completed a package deal at AFM with Israel's ShaniFilms.Titles includeAlan Hruska's romantic comedy Nola starring Emily Rossum, and the drama Loggerheads starring Kip Pardue and Bonnie Hunt.Other titlesinclude Joseph Pierson's 2002 police drama Evenhand, and Elliot Greenebaum's comedy AssistedLiving, which won the2003 Sundance Grand ...

  • Reviews

    What the Snow Brings (Yuki Ni Negau Koto)

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Kichitaro Negishi. Jap. 2005. 112mins.What The Snow Brings pulled offa Superfecta at the Tokyo International Film Festival,winning the top prize - the Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix - on top of the best directorprize for Kichitaro Negishi,the best actor prize for star Koichi Sato and the audience award.As its haul ...

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    Wilde, Lewis, Carradine join cast of Bobby Z

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Olivia Wilde, Jason Lewis,Keith Carradine, M C Gainey and Margo Martindale have joined the cast ofthriller The Death And Life Of Bobby Z from Paul Walker's Blue Collar Films and Heidi Jo Markel's EclecticPictures. Production is currentlyunderway in Mexico on a small-time loser who gets a shot at redemption when ...

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    Trapero's Family scores US berth with Palm

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Palm Pictures has acquiredNorth American and Caribbean rights to Pablo Trapero's road movie RollingFamily. The New York-baseddistributor plans an early 2006 release on the picture, which centres on an Argentinean matriarch who takes her family on a tripto a wedding. The picture won bestdirector and best actress honours for Gracina ...

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    B Pix sells El Cortez to France, Germany

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Santa Monica-based B Pix hascompleted two key sales at AFM on the noir thriller El Cortez starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Rights have gone to JanRoeloffs and Jupiter Communications in France and Koch Media in Germany. Bruce Weitz, Glenn Plummer,Tracy Middendorf, James McDaniel, and Peter Onorati star in the film. Prior ...

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    Howard, Olin, Robards join cast of thriller Awake

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Terrence Howard, Lena Olinand Sam Robards have joined the cast on GreeneStreet Films, The WeinsteinCompany and Deutsch/Open City's psychological thriller Awake. Filming in New Yorkcommenced last week in the tale of a man undergoing surgery who learns of acriminal plot. Hayden Christenson and Jessica Alba play the lead roles.Joby Harold ...

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    EFM announces record sign-up levels

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Asthe AFM draws to a close, Berlin's European Film Market (EFM) has announced arecord 240 companies signed up to take part in the event (Feb 9-19).Coincidingwith the 56th Berlin International Film Festival, the EFM hasalready attracted delegates from 45 countries in the year it moves to its newlocation in the ...

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    AFM hails all-time record attendance numbers

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Overall attendance at theAFM reached an all-time high of 8,014, market organisers said this week. Attendance is up 13% againstlast year's comparable figure of 7,064. The final tally of buyers is 1,583 from62 countries, with France, Brazil, Italy, South Korea and Hong Kong reportingsignificant rises in the number of buyers ...

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    Shoreline acquires rights to Sudden Storm

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Shoreline Entertainment hasacquired worldwide rights to Sudden Storm Productions' erotic thriller BarstoolWords. Jeff Glickman's directorialdebut centres on two high school friends who become ensnared in a web ofintrigue when they encounter a femme fatale from their past. Vincent Kartheiser, SarahCarter, Geoffrey Arend, Colm Feore and newcomer Krystin Pellerin star in ...

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    Wolper acquires rights to story of Palestinian would-be suicide bomber

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Wolper Organization hasacquired feature rights to Love And Terror, based on David France's true story about a teenage Palestinian girl'sarrest and conviction for conspiring to carry out a suicide bombing. Wolper is ramping up forproduction in association with Pterodactyl Productions and Plain Brown WrapperProductions. Mark Wolper and KevinNicklaus are producing ...

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    MonteCristo seals pre-sales on Apartment 1303

    2005-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Michael Taverna'sMonteCristo Entertainment has completed a raft of pre-sales on horror title Apartment1303, which centres on theterrifying circumstances surrounding a rental apartment. Rights have gone to UniKoreain South Korea, DNC Entertainment in Italy, Flins y Pinniculas in Spain, NewWorld in Thailand, Ram Indo in Singapore/Malaysia, and Noble Entertainment inScandinavia. Amuse ...