All Screen articles in 15 July 2004 – Page 3
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KOREA Production Listings - 13 July 2004
SOUTH KOREAN LISTINGSPRE-PRODUCTIONKIDARI AJEOSSI(Well Made Entertainment) Co-prod: Yu-bin Pictures. Backer/dist: CJEntertainment. Drama about a disadvantaged woman who goes through universityand beyond thanks to the help of a nameless benefactor. Exec prod: ParkDong-ho. Dir: Gong Jeong-shik. Main cast: Ha Ji-won, Yeon Jeong-hoon. Shootingfrom July.Contact: CJ Entertainment, (82) 2 726 8291SAGWA(Chungeorahm) Dist: ...
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DENMARK 13 July
Spanish-German co-production FoodOf Love (Manjar Amor) saw a strong limited performance in Denmark thisweek. The drama, which stars veteran British actress Juliet Stevenson and KevinBishop (L'Auberge Espagnole), landed in 18th place off just two prints.The film's screen average of $2,400 ranked as sixth best of the weekend on apar with ...
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IFC Films takes US rights to Nobody Knows, Edukators
IFC Films has picked up USdistribution rights to two award-winning pictures that screened in competitionat Cannes this year, Kore-eda Hirokaza's Nobody Knows and Hans Weingartner's The Edukators.International sales for bothtitles are being handled by Celluloid Dreams.Nobody Knows is styled as a heartbreaking and humorous account ofthe daily lives of four ...
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MPAA survey concludes that one in four internet users has downloaded film illegally
A survey of internet use in eight countries conducted by the MPAAand online research company OTX has revealed that nearly one in four users haveillegally downloaded a film at some point.Researchers interviewed respondents in the US, UK, Germany,France, Italy, Australia, South Korea and Japan, and found that on average 24%of ...
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UK producers express Development concerns
The UK's production community has issued an urgentcall to public funding body the UK Film Council to revise its ambitious"Slate Development Scheme." A strongly worded statement circulated byproducers' trade body PACT has expressed fears that the Film Councilplans will "destabilise the market."PACT's release -issued after a special meeting of itsmembers ...
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Film piracy business set to increase
Screen International's DVD: The Home Cinema Summit last week revealed the growing threat of piracy to the film industry's bottom line.According to Thomas Dillon, the Motion Picture Association's (MPA) legal counsel for anti-piracy, Europe, Middle East & Africa, seizures of pirate DVDs rose from 7.5m in 2002 to 16.5m in ...
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Leigh to nominate Katrin Cartlidge bursary recipient
UKdirector Mike Leigh will nominate the recipient of a bursary from the recentlyfounded Katrin Cartlidge Foundation at the forthcoming Sarajevo Film Festival.Leigh, who is serving as the president of the festival'sinternational jury this year, will announce his choice on August 24 before agala screening of his film Career Girlswhich featured ...
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VoD roll out threatened by DVD boom
The take-up of video-on-demand and other digital contentdelivery services could be slowed because of the ongoing strength of DVD profitmargins, delegates at Screen International's DVD: The Home Cinema Summiton Thursday (July 8) were told.On some European services, a movie via video on demand cancost as low as Euros 3 - ...
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UK drives European DVD bonanza
When it comes to the success of DVD in Europe, sales andpenetration are being driven by the UK - but the continent's Easterncountries are still playing catch up.Speaking at Screen International's LearningLessons: Europe And The US seminar, JeanPaul Commin, president of industry body the International Video Federation,said that in 2003, ...
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Harry cracks the $400m barrier for Warner International with $20.3m weekend
Warner Bros' Harry PotterAnd The Prisoner Of Azkaban passed$400m at the international box office at the weekend after an estimated $20.3mhaul on more than 6,700 screens in 51 countries.The family picture's grossis now an estimated $403.8m and weekend magic was driven by a mighty $8.9mthird weekend haul on 757 screens ...
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Spider-Man 2 scores $53m haul in 50 territories
Spider-Man 2 smashed through $100m during its secondinternational weekend as it grossed an estimated $53m on 6,754 screens in 50territories for a $115.7m running total.The arachnid spun superbopenings through Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI) inJapan, Germany and Scandinavia and enjoyed several strong holds including aremarkable performance in Brazil.It opened ...
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Obituary: Carlo Di Palma
Carlo Di Palma, the renowned Italian cinematographer wholit Woody Allen's films for 18 years, has died in Rome. He was 79.Di Palmalaunched his career as a director of photography on Roberto Rossellini'spost-World War II movie, Rome Open City. He lit Italian films rangingfrom Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow up and Red Desert ...
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Fahrenheit fires up European box office
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit9/11 received a mighty international debut this weekend in Europe.In the UK the film shatteredthe record for the best ever opening for a documentary, taking a colossal $2.4m(£1.3m) on 132 screens including previews through distributor OptimumReleasing. Moore's own Bowling For Columbine previously held the record,opening on $292,680 (£157,898) ...
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Spider-Man 2 fends off strong attack from Anchorman
Sony's Spider-Man 2 was too strong for the opposition at the weekend,beating off the challenges of Anchorman and King Arthur to staytop on an estimated $46m for $257.3m after its second weekend.The arachnid passed $200mafter a record eight days last week and is roughly $20m ahead of its 2002predecessor at ...
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Spider-Man 2 continues to dominate US box office
Sony's Spider-Man 2 was too strong for the opposition at the weekend,beating off the challenges of Anchorman and King Arthur to staytop on an estimated $46m for $257.3m after its second weekend.The arachnid passed $200mafter a record eight days last week and is roughly $20m ahead of its 2002predecessor at ...
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Shrek 2 crosses $250m international mark
Shrek 2 added approximately $50.5m this weekend, despiteadding only one new territory, to pass the $250m international mark.A week of stellar holdovers saw thefilm take $49.1m from UIP territories over the weekend. UIP also opened theanimated hit in the Czech Republic where it grossed $354,795 from 26 screens.Shrek 2 also ...
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Children's Story captivates Karlovy Vary
Andrea Frazzi and Antonio Frazzi's AChildren's Story (Certi Bambini) wonthe top prize, the Crystal Globe, on Saturday night (July 10) at the 39thedition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.The Italian drama follows a young boy, Rosario, who liveswith his sick grandmother but grows up on the streets in a world ...
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German media funds look to local production
Germany's private media funds are showing increasinginterest in backing local feature production and dispelling the belief that theprivate equity they raise flows only as 'stupid German money' intoHollywood productions.As part of a move to work more closely on local features,Munich-based fund VIP Group has begun collaborating with the German DirectorsGuild ...
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Global Film Initiative takes US rights to Whisky
US-basedcharitable trust the Global Film Initiative has picked up Juan Pablo Rebellaand Pablo Stoll's Cannes award-winning drama Whisky for its Global Lens touring filmsseries.The Initiative is also partnering up with the Museum ofModern Art for the New York premiere, which is expected some time in Decemberas part of MoMA's 10-week ...
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Supermarkets and specialists set to dominate DVD
A polarisation isthreatening to disrupt the UK DVD and video sector, according Alison Casey,head of content division at market researchers Understanding & Solutions.Speaking at ScreenInternational's DVD: The Home Cinema Summit, Casey warned that the UK'shigh street and internet retail and rental business faces a shake-up in whichthe middle ground could ...
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