All Screen articles in 16 June 2006 – Page 4

  • News

    Transilvania gives top honours to 12:08 East Of Bucharest

    2006-06-12T10:58:00Z

    Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu's film 12:08 East Of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost') followedits Cannes wins with the top prizes at the fifth Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). The feature received $12,612 (Euros 10,000) and the Transilvania Trophy for Best Film, anadditional $2522 (Euros 2,000) for best film in ...

  • News

    Transilvania gives top honours to 12:08 East Of Bucharest

    2006-06-12T10:48:00Z

    Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu's film 12:08 East Of Bucharest (A fost sau n-a fost') followedits Cannes wins with the top prizes at the fifth Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF). The feature received $12,612 (Euros 10,000) and the Transilvania Trophy for Best Film, anadditional $2522 (Euros 2,000) for best film ...

  • Reviews

    The Lake House

    2006-06-12T04:00:00Z

    Dir: Alejandro Agresti. US.2006. 108mins.Cateringfaithfully to its core audience, The Lake House is a grownup romantic drama withhigh-gloss production values and a reliably tear-jerking storyline. Itssophisticated air and fairy-tale manner will play perfectly with adult womenwho won't quibble about the mediocre performances and glaring logic problems.This remake ofthe 2000 South ...

  • News

    Cucinotta plans Indian-Italian film Bollywood Cop

    2006-06-12T04:00:00Z

    Il Postino star Maria Grazia Cucinotta is to co-produceand star in a new Indian-Italian film entitled Bollywood Cop.Writtenand directed by Aditya Bhattacharya (Senso Unico), the $2.5m(Euros 2m) project is an action movie-noir set in Mumbai, about a rogue cop whobecomes obsessed with the actress he is protecting.Rome's IstitutoLuce is backing ...

  • News

    Herskovitz voted president of US Producers Guild

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    MarshallHerskovitz has been voted in as president of The Producers Guild of America(PGA) and succeeds Kathleen Kennedy following her two-year tenure.Forthe past four years Herskovitz, whose film credits include The Last Samurai,Legends Of The Fall, and I Am Sam, has served as vice president of television.He iscurrently producing Blood Diamond,which ...

  • News

    Fox's The Omen hit by World Cup, scorching weather

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's The Omen ruled the weekend but it packed less of a punch thanexpected due to the World Cup and scorching weather in Europe.The satanic tale grossed an estimated $31.1m on 4,783 screens forthe Tuesday to Sunday period, approximately $13m of that coming frompre-weekend figures.The launch in more than ...

  • News

    French & Saunders join Coraline voice cast

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    British comedy duo DawnFrench and Jennifer Saunders will join Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher in LaikaEntertainment's stop-motion animated feature Coraline (pictured).Focus Features has worldwiderights to the story of a young girl who enters a parallel universe and fightsto return to reality before she is taken captive by her counterfeit parents.French ...

  • News

    Cars roars out of the gates for Disney and Pixar

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Pixar's latest creation Cars destroyed the competition at the weekend as it roared tothe top on an estimated $62.8m through Buena Vista. Box office for the top 12pictures combined for $148.8m, up 8% against the same weekend last year.The result, while slightly below expectations, maintained Pixar'sperfect record of number one ...

  • News

    Eschenasy's role at Focus broadens into strategic planning

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    FocusFeatures executive vice president of business affairs Avy Eschenasy has beengiven an expanded role of executive vice president of strategic planning,business affairs and acquisitions.Basedin the company's West Coast offices, Eschenasy has served as executive vicepresident at Focus since its inception in spring 2002.Thecompany's business affairs departments in Focus' Manhattan and ...

  • News

    Bradfield joins Tartan Video in new marketing post

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Mylene Bradfield has been named catalogue marketing managerat Tartan Video. Thenewly created post will focus attention on Tartan's catalogue titles. Bradfieldhas served as marketing manager for Momentum Pictures' DVD label and Channel 4 DVD. "Mylene will make a lively addition to the team at a timewhen Tartan Video's popularity is ...

  • News

    Believe In Me, Thin share top honours at Jackson Hole

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    RobertCollector's Believe In Me and LaurenGreenfield's Thin won top narrative anddocumentary honours respectively at the Jackson Hole Film Festival, which ranin Wyoming from Jun 7 to 11.HilaryBrougher was named best director for Stephanie Daley, while the Audience Choice Award went to AuroraBorealis by James Burke.Inother Cowboy Awards, Believe In Me ...

  • News

    Lionsgate picks up CG-animated comedy for North America

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Lionsgate has picked up North American rights to the CG-animated familycomedy Happily N'Ever After.Paul J Bolger directed from a screenplay by RobertMoreland that retells the story of Cinderella and styles her as the leader of aresistance group that takes on a posse of villains led by her stepmother.John H Williams ...

  • News

    Fox International races past $1bn gross in record time

    2006-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Comingoff a modest worldwide opening for The Omen, Fox International nevertheless announced today that ithas crossed $1bn in overseas ticket sales in what it believes to be recordtime.Thismarks the second consecutive year that Fox International has reached themilestone before any of its rivals -- six months is astonishingly fast intoday's ...

  • News

    Tong developing rival Mulan project

    2006-06-11T20:30:00Z

    Hong Kong-born director StanleyTong has announced that he plans to start shooting $25m period drama, The Legend Of Mulan, in October withbacking from Beijing-based Starlight Media. The news follows theannouncement that Harvey and Bob Weinstein are in negotiations with Zhang Ziyito star in a Mulan project that is being developed ...

  • News

    Production wraps on Aussie thriller The Tumbler

    2006-06-11T20:30:00Z

    Shooting has just wrapped onAustralian thriller The Tumbler whichgives Stacey Testro, executive producer on the Saw horror franchise, her first credit as a producer.Testro and Marc Gracie, whoalso directed the Chris Thompson script, are producing the low-budget pictureunder the Stacey Testro International and Mondayitis banners."It harks back to the US ...

  • Reviews

    The Violin

    2006-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Mexico. 2006. 98 mins. Director Francisco VargasQuevedoDirector Francisco Vargas Quevedo's film was upgradedfrom last year's Cinefondation at Cannes to a slot in the 2006 Un CertainRegard, but his theme, now fleshed out to full feature length, was kickedupstairs as well. The short version of The Violin contained most of the ...

  • Reviews

    Meurtrieres

    2006-06-11T00:00:00Z

    France 2006 97 mins. Director Patrick GrandperretWhile it's an engaging enough diversion, especiallygiven its fetching female leads, Meurtrieres offers little that hasn't already been seen incountless other French films, from at least as far back as Agnes Varda's 1985drama Vagabond. This true-lifetale of two innocent and well-meaning 19-year old women ...

  • The Host
    Reviews

    The Host

    2006-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Bong Joon-ho. Korea. 2006. 119 mins.

  • News

    Rampling takes charge of Paris festival

    2006-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Actress Charlotte Rampling will take over fromdirector Costa-Gavras as president of the next Paris Cinema festival which runsfrom June 27 - July 11 in the capital city.Inaugurated four years ago, the event issponsored by the city and includes a feature competition, retrospectives,tributes and has added a new short film competition ...