All Screen articles in 16 October 2005 – Page 3
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Shoe Fairy flies to Japan's IMX
Hong Kong star Andy Lau's Focus Films has sold Robin Lee's TheShoe Fairy, the first film to emerge from its Focus: First Cuts series, toJapan's IMX.Produced by Taiwan's Three Dots Entertainment, the film combines fairytaleimagery and computer graphics in a love story between a woman, her new husbandand her collection ...
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Pusan market wraps with flurry of deals
Although sellers weren't expecting much action until the AFM, the marketat the Pusan filmfestival closed with several major sales on Wednesday (Oct 12).Among the biggest deals, start-up Korean sales agent iHQsold Sad Movie to Japan's Gaga for asum that was more than 80% of the film's $3.5m budget. The melodrama, ...
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Woodward speaks out to defend Film Council role
UK FilmCouncil chief executive officer John Woodward has delivered an impassioneddefence of the function of the Film Council. Speakingthis week at an ACE (Ateliers Du Cinema Europeen) debate in London on 'The UK, A Suitable CaseFor Treatment,' Woodward sought to clarify the Council's position vis a vis the Government and ...
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Fly's Manslaughter wins Nordic Council prize
Per Fly's Manslaughterhas won the prestigious NordicCouncil Film Prize 2005The third film in Fly's class trilogy, Manslaughter is still playing well in Denmark after six weeks of releaseand nearly 320.000 tickets sold. Itrecently played in competition at San Sebastian.The cash prize was awarded by the Nordic Council andcomes with a ...
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London to host inaugural Children's Film Festival
The Barbican Centre and theIndependent Cinema Office are working with Film London to create the firstcity-wide London Children's Film Festival. The inaugural event will be heldNovember 9-20, screening 60 films at the Barbican and 15 other venues. Disney's animated comedy Chicken Little will open the fest witha charity gala screening ...
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Che, Chang promoted at NBC Universal International TV
Justin Che has been namedvice president of international on-demand licensing and Sandra Chang has beenappointed manager of international on-demand licensing for NBC UniversalTelevision Distribution.Both Che and Chang will bebased in Los Angeles and report to senior vice president of internationalon-demand licensing Beth Minehart.Che will support Minehart inall aspects of on-demand ...
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Cannes festival to overhaul final weekend schedule
The Cannes Film Festival (May 17-28) has said that its 2006 edition willsee a slight change in its second weekend programme. The festival's awards ceremony will now revert back to the last Sundaynight, having been held on the last Saturday for the past two years. TheSaturday night film will now ...
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The Willow Tree (Beed-e Majnoon)
Dir: MajidMajidi. Iran. 2005. 96minsWith The Willow Tree, Iranian film-maker MajidMajidi gives in to the mawkish melodramatictendencies he was always managed to keep at arm's length in past works like Colours Of Paradiseand Baran.As in Colours Of Paradise he uses blindness asan allegory, this time for a grand diatribe against ...
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Fairy Tale, Heartbreak share top PPP award
Korean directorLee Kwang-mo's Fairy Tale Of A Picture Tree and Thai project HeartbreakPavilion shared the top prize at this year's Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) -the $20,000 Busan Award - supplied by the city of Busan. When it goes intoproduction, Fairy Tale will mark the first film from Lee since hismultiple ...
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Pusan unveils plans for 'biggest' Asian film market
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF)has unveiled ambitious plans for a full-scale market which it claims will bethe biggest and most comprehensive in Asia. To be held alongside PIFF in October 2006, the four-day event has beenchristened the Busan Film Market (Busanis the new name for the city although the ...
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Altman lines up Tortoise shoot in London
Followinghis success with murder-mystery Gosford Park, US directorRobert Altman is set to return to the UK. He isattached to direct The Tortoise And The Hare, due to shoot in London nextyear from a screenplay by Andrew Davies. Theproject is being produced by industry veteran Alan Ladd Jr.EmmaThompson is in talks ...
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Scholl to open Made In Germany at AFI FEST
Made In Germany, the annualshowcase of new German cinema held in Los Angeles as part of AFI FEST,commences on Nov 4 with Marc Rothemund's wartime drama and German foreignlanguage Academy Award submission Sophie Scholl - The Final Days.Other titles in the 6thAnnual Festival of German Films Los Angeles include the ...
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Lee joins Celestial as production chief
Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has appointed respectedproducer Philip Lee as vice president, New Film Contents, as part of its driveto become more involved in production and content acquisition.One of Hong Kong's leading production executives, Lee's credits include the role ofassociate producer on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and line produceron Zhang ...
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Becker picks up world rights to Cattaneo's Dream
Becker Films Internationalhas snapped up world sales rights to the finished film Opal Dream, setin outback Australia and helmed by Full Monty director PeterCattaneo.The UK-Australianco-production started life on the Renaissance Films slate but was orphaned whenthe UK sales agent folded. It had its world premiere at theDinard British Film Festival ...
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German box office woes continue in third quarter
Cinemaadmissions in Germany were down 27% and box office takings 25.5% less in thethird quarter between July and September compared to the same period last year,according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI.Thestatisticians noted that releases like Madagascar(Euros 34.6m), War Of The Worlds(Euros 16.5m) and the local film Die Weisse Masai ...
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Tenerife to host new Historical Film Festival
Spain's Canary Island of Tenerife will host thenewly-created International Historical Film Festival of La Laguna (Oct 13-15).Billed as a pioneer cultural and social eventin Spain, the festival, dubbed FICHLA, hopes to up its budget next year and runsubsequent editions over seven days.Teodoro Rios, organiser of the Spanish Film Screenings of ...
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Dickman gets senior vp stripes at Focus
In the latestmove to accommodate Focus Features and Rogue Pictures' expanded slate, DonnaDickman has been promoted from head of East Coast publicity at Focus to seniorvice president of publicity.Dickman willcontinue to report directly to Adriene Bowles, Focus' LA-based executive vicepresident of publicity and marketing, and will continue to oversee theday-to-day ...
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Carnaby takes on sales for Pensmith's Much Too Young
UK sales company Carnaby International hasacquired its first externally produced film, Too Much Too Young, from PensmithPictures. The comedy about twostreet-wise brothers is directed by Trevor Steven Smith, produced by Stuart D. Fenegan, and stars Steve John Shepherd, Adam Croasdell, and Kellie Shirley. "Too Much Too Young is a very ...
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