All Screen articles in 15 December 2006 – Page 3
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Aria Films signs on to represent Cinecitta in UK
London-based AriaFilms has been appointed the UK intermediary for Cinecitta Studios in Rome.Carlo Dusilaunched Aria in 2002 as an international co-financing and productionspecialist. The company's work with Cinecitta will aim to grow high-levelproductions with emphasis on the studio's post-production facilities.The legendaryCinecitta, known for productions from Fellini's classics to recent filmsincluding ...
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Sohonet upgrades services at Pinewood
Digital media network Sohonethas recently completed a total upgrade in the fiber infrastructure at PinewoodStudios. The studio worked closelywith Sohonet to plan and implement the upgrade, which enhances Pinewood's networkingand data-transfer capabilities. A similar upgrde is ongoing at SheppertonStudios.Since 2002, Pinewood hasbeen a part of the Sohonet community, which also ...
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Dublin's art-house Light House Cinema revived
The Lighthouse Cinema, atone time Dublin's only arthouse which fell foul of the celtic tiger's appetitefor urban redvelopment, is to be re-established as a four-screen, 600-seat sitelate next year.Founder Neil Connolly,together with Maretta Dillon (Access Cinema), David Collins (Samson Films) andDavid Kavanagh (formerly of the European Script Fund) have secured ...
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MEDIA grants $14,000 to EFP for 2007 programmes
The MEDIAProgramme of the European Union will back European Film Promotion with $859,430(Euros 650,000) for EFP's promotional events and activities and a further $568,546(Euros 430,000) for Film Sales and Support. In 2007 EFPwill organise seven promotional events, including Picture Europe!, highlightingnational box-office hits outside their country of origin; Shooting Stars ...
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French film admissions up 10% over last year
Compared to the same timelast year, France's film admissions are up 10.4% thus far in 2006.In total, 167.5m ticketshave been sold as of the end of November with the month marking a 13% climbover November 2005. While the score is not a record, it is a big improvementover October which ...
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Warp X and Channel 4 on board for Breakout scheme
Warp X andthe Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation (Britdoc) have partneredforBreakout, a year-longdevelopment programme for black and minority ethnic film-makers. The programmeis supported by Skillset and Breakout Training and Development in associationwith Screen East and the University of East Anglia.Thenational scheme will work with writers, directors and writer/directors onlow-budget ...
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European Commission shelves plans to reform copying levy
The European Commission has shelved plans to review the levy which forces manufacturers of copying technology, such as iPods and even blank DVDs, to compensate artists, including film-makers.The levy, or "fair compensation," takes the form of a tax on gadgets although the costs are generally passed on as higher prices ...
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France's Elia Films gets $13,200 production prize
France's Institute for the Financing of Cinema & Cultural Industry (IFCIC)has awarded its third annual "young independent production company" prize toElia Films.The award was created in2004 and comes with a $13,216 (Euros 10,000) purse, which goes to a companythat has successfully sought financing for and either prepared or produced afeature ...
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Gitai, Springali films to screen at New York Jewish Film Festival
The 16th annualNew York Jewish Film Festival will run from Jan 10-25 2007 featuring 31 filmsand two world, nine US and nine New York premieres.Highlightsinclude Amos Gitai's documentary News From Home/News From House, Christian Delage's documentary Nuremberg:The Nazis Facing Their Crimes, and the US premiere of Alejandro Springall's comedy MyMexican ...
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Euro equity firms buy majority stake in Germany's ProSieben
Lavena Holding 4 GmbH has signed a share purchase agreement forthe acquisition of German Media Partners' majority stake in TV broadcasterProSiebenSat.1 Media AG for 3.1bn Euros ($4.1bn).Upon completion of the share purchase agreement, Lavena Holding 4GmbH, which is controlled by funds advised by KKR and Permira, will acquireapproximately 88% of ...
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FFC greenlights Scott Hicks' The Boys Are Back In Town
Film Finance CorporationAustralia (FFC) has given three features a green light, including director ScottHicks' comic drama The Boys Are Back InTown, his first film back in Australia since he made Shine over 10 years ago.The other films that werefinanced are Mary & Max, thefirst feature from animator Adam Elliot who ...
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Babel, Departed, Dreamgirls lead Globe nominations
Paramount Vantage's maidenrelease Babel leads the fieldheading into January's 64th Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations, whileHelen Mirren earned three acting nods, Leonardo DiCaprio picked up two, andForest Whitaker kept his robust prospects alive with a nomination for TheLast King Of Scotland.Hollywood Foreign PressAssociation (HFPA) voters spread their goodwill far ...
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Biel to get Rising Star award at Palm Springs
The 18th AnnualPalm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will honour Jessica Biel withthe Rising Star Award.Biel, who starsin The Illusionistand upcoming release Home Of The Brave, will collect her honour at the festival's annual AwardsGala on Jan 6, 2007.'This isone of our most star-studded award galas to date and we're ...
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PGA Vanguard award goes to TV awards producer Ken Ehrlich
Televisionawards producer Ken Ehrlich will receive the Producers Guild of America's (PGA)2007 Visionary Award at the Annual PGA Awards on Jan 20 in Los Angeles.The VisionaryAward honors producers and/or a television or film production that demonstratesa 'unique or uplifting quality.'Ehrlich has beenthe creative force behind televised shows for the Grammys, ...
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Away From Her, Rasmussen in TIFFG's annual Canada's Top Ten list
Sarah Polley's directorial debutAway From Her and Zacharias Kunukand Norman Cohn's The Journals Of Knud Rasmussen were among the titles listed in the TorontoInternational Film Festival Group's Canada's Top Ten. The annual announcement,published in alphabetical order, highlights ten titles produced in Canadaduring the year. Other titles to make the cut ...
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AFC outlines plans for digital cinema network
The Australian FilmCommission (AFC), which has been planning a digital cinema network in regional Australia for quite some time, has at last gone public withits plans. Eight independently-ownedregional cinemas - one in each state and two in New South Wales - will receivedigital equipment on loan and in exchange will ...
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The Hands dominates Argentinian Academy Awards
The Argentinian Academy ofFilm Arts and Sciences awarded Alejandro Doria's The Hands (Las Manos) with eight Sur prizes, including best film,director, actor (Jorge Marrale) and actress (Graciela Borges), at a gala heldin Buenos Aires on Tuesday.The local Academy, comprisedof 222 renowned professionals (directors, producers, screenwriters, actors andtechnicians), also named Rodrigo ...
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Fox's fantasy Eragon flies into 76 territories
Fox International unleashes the fantasy adventure Eragon in 76 territories this weekend day-and-datewith the North American release.The film went out in Germany, Russia and Australia on Dec 14, theUK, Spain and Mexico on Dec 15, and Japan on Dec 16. It opens in France, Italyand Brazil next week and South ...
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Factory Girl to open Santa Barbara Film Festival on Jan 25
George Hickenlooper's Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl will open the 22nd Santa BarbaraInternational Film Festival, which runs from Jan 25-Feb 4 2007.Sienna Miller stars as Andy Warhol's muse and 1960s 'It Girl',with support from Guy Pearce as Warhol, and Hayden Christensen as "Billy Quinn".The Holly Wiersma production of a Weinstein ...
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Ennio Morricone to receive honorary Oscar in 2007
Italian composerand conductor Ennio Morricone will receive an honorary Oscar at next year'sAcademy Awards ceremony on Feb 25, 2007, 'for his magnificent and multifacetedcontributions to the art of film music.'Remarkably,Morricone, who has received five nominations before, has never won the Oscar.His nominations were for Days Of Heaven (1978), The Mission ...
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