All Screen articles in 15 February 2002 – Page 2
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Shorts films attracting renewed interest
Short films, long neglected for their perceived lack of commercial potential, are rapidly re-gaining popularity with film-makers and sponsors alike, with the format having recently received several boosts in funding and profile.Festival sponsors Jameson Irish Whiskey, last week announced the first of several independent initiatives to boost short film production ...
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Oscar nods, Berlin Bears icing on cake for France
The five Academy Award nominations for France's Amelie were the icing on the cake for a glorious year of French cinema - a year that has seen French films score highly at the box office and now receive Oscar kudos - in addition to the four Silver Berlin Bears awarded ...
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Magicworx adds three English lang titles to slate
Munich-based production outfit Magicworx, a division of the international production and distribution 2K Group, is lining up three English-language projects to co-produce this year. Locations in Mexico or the South Pacific will serve as the setting for UK director Simon Hunter's thriller Savage Surf which will be produced by Magicworx ...
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Germany's Allmedia moves into feature production
Munich-based production outfit Allmedia is to expand into feature film production with the arrival of Uwe Schott as a joint managing director alongside Heike Richter-Karst."We have built up a reputation for quality TV productions and now the next step is to establish a feature film strand which can benefit from ...
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The Trespasser (O Invasor)
Dir: Beto Brant. Brazil, 2001. 98mins.Ten years ago, Brazilian cinema was almost dead and buried. But Beto Brant's third full-length feature is further proof that the revival that hit paydirt with Walter Salles' Central Station is far from over. The Trespasser, which screened in Berlin after an outing at Sundance, ...
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Simon Hewlett named head of Fox theatrical UK
Simon Hewlett will replace Peter Dignan as managingdirector of 20th Century Fox's UK theatrical operation, comingfrom his previous role as vice president of marketing, Europe, at Fox HomeEntertainment. From 1998 to 2000, Hewlett worked as marketing director forFox's UK theatrical division.Having spent ten years at Fox, Dignan is relocating toSouth ...
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Catch 23 buys comic book Blackjack for urban label
Catch 23 Entertainment hasacquired film rights to Alex Simmon's graphic novel series Blackjack from LA-based Platinum Studios and has entered intoa co-production agreement with Platinum for the development of a feature filmbased on the material. The project is the firstacquisition for C23's new urban entertainment division Alter EgoEntertainment headed by ...
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BAFTA/LA elects seven new board members
The British Academy of Filmand Television Arts/Los Angeles (BAFTA/LA) has elected seven new officers toits board of directors, bringing its total of members to 18. Those new members serving atwo-year term are actor Ian Abercrombie, distribution executive Duncan Clark,talent manager Melanie Greene, producer Paul Heller, former British Film Officeofficer John ...
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Jennifer Lopez named ShoWest female star of 2002
Jennifer Lopez has beennamed 2002 female star of the year by exhibition convention ShoWest and shewill be on stage to accept the award at the Gala Awards banquet on March 7 inLas Vegas.She will next be seen inMichael Apted's Enough forColumbia Pictures as an abused woman who sets out to ...
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Rollerball
Dir: John McTiernan. US. 2002. 100mins.Delayed from last summer and re-edited to better appeal to the youth market, John McTiernan's remake of 1970s cult favourite Rollerball finally arrives on screen as a confused and none too thrilling blur of tenuously linked action sequences. The videogame-style violence, flashy cars, semi-naked chicks ...
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Big Fat Liar
Dir: Shawn Levy. US. 2002. 87 mins.The appeal of rising teen stars Frankie Muniz and Amanda Bynes, coupled with some broad comedy and a parent-friendly moral message, have already been enough to give Big Fat Liar a good start at the US box office, taking $13.5m from 2,531 sites in ...
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London Film Critics applaud Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge claimed three of the main awards bestowed by the London Film Critics Circle on Feb 13 at London's Dorchester Hotel.The film's stars, Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman won British actor of the year and International actress of the year respectively, while the movie itself was awarded international film ...
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Degeto buys six-pack from Prokino
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's multi-Oscar nominee Amelie heads a six-title package acquired from theatrical distributor Prokino by the ARD's central purchasing agency DEGETO Film for screening on the public TV network.The package's other titles are Wong Kar-wai's In The Mood Of Love, Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, Matthias Lehmann's comedy DoppelPack, Philippa Cousins' ...
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Senior Rai appointments delayed
As tensions over conflict of interest in Italy continue to escalate, parliament leader Pierferdinando Casini has announced that state broadcaster Rai's new management will not be appointed until next week. The contracts of the current management, headed by Roberto Zaccaria, expire on Friday.The leading contender for the top position at ...
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Buskin ties up sales on Mother Viper
Italy's Buskin Film has closed a host of sales on Vipera, veteran Italian director Sergio Citti's movie starring Harvey Keitel and Giancarlo Giannini.The movie, which is set in post-World War II Sicily and tells the tragic story of a woman's betrayal of her young daughter and her husband, played by ...
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Russian film industry comes in from the cold
The Russian film industry is gearing up to return to the international film-making community, but this time with government backing, as opposed to the fluctuating private investment that has market previous production activityThe days when Russian film producers were treated like Third World countries may now be over, attendees were ...
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Berlin to support foreign film production
The Berlinale is set to join other European film festivals in finding ways of supporting filmmakers from developing countries in the production of their films.Inspired by the examples of Rotterdam's Hubert Bals Fund, Locarno's Montecinemaverita, and Bruges' Cinemanovo Film Festival Fund, Berlinale chief Dieter Kosslick would like to see provision ...
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Horowitz returns to AAC to sell Double Down
One month after laying him off, Alliance Atlantis has contracted former international sales head Mark Horowitz to finish the job of selling Double Down, the Neil Jordan-directed remake of Bob Le Flambeur, starring Nick Nolte. Ted Riley, President, Distribution for Alliance Atlantis' newly formed Entertainment Group told ScreenDaily, "The contract ...
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The Three Marias
Dir Aluizio Abranches. It-Brazil. 2002. 103mins.Part Brazilian Western, part Jacobean tragedy in Tarantino sauce, Aluizio Abranches’ The Three Marias is a stylish follow up to the London-trained director’s 1999 debut, the festival-pleasing A Glass Of Rage (Un Copo De Colera). This was a surprise indie hit in Italy - which ...
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Amen
Dir: Costa-Gavras. France. 2001. 132mins.Costa-Gavras is no stranger to controversy; in fact, the hard-hitting political expose has become something of his stock-in-trade. But in the 20 years since Missing, the Greek-born director has struggled to find a distinctive voice. Betrayed and Music Box, his two collaborations with screenplay king Joe ...