All Screen articles in 16 March 2006 – Page 2
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Bernard joins Fox Searchlight as senior vp, media and promotions
Fox Searchlight Pictures hasappointed Laurel Bernard as senior vice president of media and promotions,reporting directly to Searchlight's chief operating officers Nancy Itley andSteve Gilula.Bernard (pictured) comesfrom Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) where she was vice president of nationalmedia, working on media campaigns for shows like American Idol, 24, PrisonBreak, The OC ...
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Audience slump, shrinking windows under the spotlight at ShoWest
"Let's look at things in thelong term" emerged as the mantra for addresses given by Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA) chairman Dan Glickman and National Association ofTheater Owners (NATO) president John Fithian at the opening ceremonies of theShoWest convention for theatrical exhibition today in Las Vegas. Glickman broke from thelong-standing ...
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Pixar's Cars surprises industry audience at ShoWest
Pixar Animation's eagerlyawaited Cars screened at ShoWeston Tuesday night to a mixed reception from industry delegates.The tale of a hip, rookieNASCAR-style racer that winds up shanghaied in a small town and learnsimportant life lessons is one of the most anticipated summer releases. It opensin June through PIxar's new parent company ...
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Tribeca names films in competition sections for April fest
The 2006 Tribeca FilmFestival, which takes place from April 25 to May 7, has announced the lineupfor its four competition sections in international and New York-centric NY, NYsections. A total of 169 features and99 shorts have been selected for the festival this year from a record 4,100submissions - including 1,950 ...
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Lionsgate sets next Perry comedy for Feb 2007
Following in the footsteps of box office hit Madea'sFamily Reunion, Lionsgate has pickedup worldwide rights to Daddy's Little Girl, the third film starring, written and directed by Tyler Perry.The company has fast-trackedthe film for a June production start and a theatrical release in Feb 2007,hoping for a repeat of the ...
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Heartland Film Festival ups prize money to $200,000
The Heartland Film Festival,which takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, in Oct has announced that it willincrease its prize money for films to $200,000 for its 15th editionthis year.The festival, which is setfor Oct 19 to 27, will double its grand prize for dramatic feature to $100,000,making it one of the ...
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FFC to keep funding requirements intact
Film Finance CorporationAustralia (FFC) chief executive Brian Rosen has confirmed that the funding bodyhas backed off from a proposal to ask for more money from its feature filminvestment partners.As it always does at thistime of year, the FFC has been conducting open meetings with Australian filmmakersand liaising with key industry ...
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Fraser's No. 2 benefits from festival exposure
New Zealand Film has signedoff on several sales on Toa Fraser's No.2 which won the audience award for drama in the World Cinema section atSundance and later screened in Berlin. The film has been sold to Spain (Avalon), Scandinavia (CCV), Switzerland (Xenith), Greece (Prooptiki), Thailand (Pacific Entertainment) and Argentina (Telexcel). ...
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British directors rush to beat Irish tax deadline
Three veteran British directors are in the finalstages of pre-production on films which will commence shooting in Ireland before the end of the month. The three films aretimed to beat the 31 March deadline on the existing UK tax regime and are among a last group of productionsto utilise the ...
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New Line plans open auditions for Golden Compass star
New Line Cinema has announced a UK-widecasting call to find a young actress to play the lead role, LyraBelacqua, in its forthcoming feature The Golden Compass. Shopgirl director AnandTucker will direct The Golden Compass,the first in New Line's planned trilogy based on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials books. Deborah Forteof ...
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King Kong takes top prize at Empire Awards
UK filmmagazine Empire crowned King Kong thebest film at its awards last night in London. Kong beat fellow nominees Star Wars Episode III:Revenge Of The Sith, War OfThe Worlds, Crash, and Sin City."Thisfilm was made with a lot of passion and a lot of love, the script was crafted,it was ...
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Sofia Meetings co-production forum unveils line-up
Tensecond feature film projects have been selected for this year's third editionof the Sofia Meetings co-production forum (March 17-18). During the two day event,filmmakers will have an opportunity to pitch to more than 50 internationalproducers and film funds.The line-upincludes three filmmakers who have films screening in Sofia International Filmfestival's International ...
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MPAA, NATO launch theatre employee training programme
The Motion PictureAssociation of America (MPAA) has stepped up its anti-piracy campaign on theeve of ShoWest, teaming up with the National Association of Theatre Owners(NATO) and its Canadian counterparts to launch an online theatre employeetraining programme.FightFilmTheft.org isalso supported by the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA)and The Motion Picture Theatre ...
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Orchestra Seats (Fauteuils D'Orchestre)
Dir: Daniele Thompson. Fr. 2006. 106mins.A sparkling champagne-light ensemble piece of a moviewhich showcases one of Paris's most deluxe thoroughfares, Orchestra Seats is the third successful solo outing from writer-directorDaniele Thompson.The daughter oflate comedy director Gerard Oury, with who she wroteseveral of French cinema's biggest box-office smashes back in the ...
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Wal-Mart: The High Cost Of Low Price
Dir: Robert Greenwald. US.2005. 95mins.The reviled and lauded US corporate behemoth Wal-Martis - depending on your viewpoint- either the end of civilisation or anillustration of the triumph of free market brilliance.The largest employer inNorth America now falls in the sights of rakish and entertaining left-wingprovocateur Robert Greenwald in Wal-Mart:The High ...
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Exhibitors and distributors face new challenges, says Glickman
ShoWest, the annualconvention of film exhibition, got underway today in Las Vegas with itstraditional Monday emphasis on the international marketplace. Since 2000, theevent has sought to erase global borders in its participation and this yearattracted delegates from 50 nations with major increases in participation fromRussia and Asian countries. Korea's Lotte ...
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Vallee's C.R.A.Z.Y. sweeps the board at the Genies
Itmay not have landed a foreign-language Oscar nomination but Quebecois title C.R.A.Z.Y.has more than compensated at home. TheFrench-language drama, the story of a young man's acceptance of hishomosexuality in a loving if oppressively heterosexual family, swept Canada'sGenie Awards on Monday, winning ten prizes out of 12 nominations, includingbest motion picture ...
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Rabbit, Italian among titles in Russian Nights LA festival
Tigran Keosayan's Rabbit Over The Void about the mysterious disappearance ofLeonid Brezhnev for three days in 1971, will open the film section of thefourth annual Russian Nights festival in Los Angeles on April 2.The festival, presented by Moscow's Stas Namin Center, is composedof film, dance, music, theatre and contemporary art ...
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Almodovar's Volver gets warm reception in Madrid
Pedro Almodovar has submitted his muchanticipated new film, Volver, forcompetition at Cannes."The selectors have seenit and I understand they liked it, and we will have an answer from them inApril," Almodovar said.The director openedCannes in 2004 with his last film, Bad Education (La Mala Educacion), and wonbest director honours in ...
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Yu named LA-based director of acquisitions at Cinemavault
Robert C Yu has joinedToronto-based Cinemavault Releasing International as director of acquisitions.Yu, who will work out ofLos Angeles, previously served as vice president at law firm and producers repTulchin Entertainment.Prior to that he workedas sales coordinator at Alliance Atlantis and began his career as assistant tothe president of Paramount Classics.'It's ...
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