All Screen articles in 16 October 2007 – Page 4
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Festival - Production Finance Market - Search for new money
It is a timely moment for a pilot Production Finance Market (PFM, October 22-23). The event, backed by Film London in association with the London Film Festival, comes when the UK - thanks to the end of the sale-and-leaseback era, the new UK tax credits and the strong pound - ...
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Editorial - Screen says Lions or Lambs'
Hollywood has become just another territory.' United Artists CEO Paula Wagner's bold statement to this year's Mipcom in Cannes needs to be taken with a pinch or two of seasoning.It was, after all, delivered in Europe - and her UA partner Tom Cruise is shooting Valkyrie in Germany. Hollywood talks ...
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The match-makers - new co-production markets
It is a truth acknowledged universally that an international producer in possession of a good project must be in want of a backer. But as the international market adjusts to a new business reality, producers, particularly those with mid-level budgets, are struggling to find suitors. Not only is Hollywood awash ...
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International comment - Comic potential
The top-ranked film in France last week was 99 Francs, based on a best-seller about an advertising executive who confronts the insignificance of his life and decides to end it all. Of course, life gets in the way of his conviction or it would be a very short film.While not ...
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Festival - Industry - The call of Rome
The Rome Film Fest's market event, The Business Street (October 18-21), was one of the inaugural festival's most popular and effective events. This year, it is attracting more than 300 international industry delegates, including Celluloid Dreams, The Match Factory and The Weinstein Company.The event is gathering steam and has been ...
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Festival - London burning bright
Celebrating its 50th anniversary last year, The Times BFI London Film Festival (LFF) announced a thorough consultation process on its future. Everything was put under the microscope as the event sought the opinions of audiences, industry and media alike: should the festival dates be moved' Should it become competitive'A year ...
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Belgium - The Ben X factor
"We're still floating in seventh heaven, on a Montreal cloud," says Belgian director Nic Balthazar following the success of his directorial debut Ben X at the Montreal festival in September.The film is based on When Nothing Was All He Said, a novel Balthazar wrote about a young autistic boy who ...
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The Board identity: BBC Filmsrestructuring
The UK film industry rarely welcomes change. So Jane Tranter, controller of BBC Fiction, had a tough job on October 2 as she explained her decision to revamp BBC Films (which Tranter oversees).There will no longer be a single head in charge of the BBC's film arm. Instead, responsibility will ...
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International - Apocalypse wow
Russian action film Apocalypse Code was the highest non-domestic entry into the international top 40 this weekend, taking $3.5m from 656 screens in its home territory.The film, directed by Vadim Shmelev (Countdown) and distributed by Caroprokat, made the top 10 and enjoyed a $5,308 screen average after opening in Russia ...
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Sicko, Crazy Love among IDA Awards best feature nominees
Dan Klores' Crazy Love, Richard E Robbins' Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience, Michael Moore's Sicko, Alex Gibney's Taxi To The Dark Side, and Mary Olive Smith's A Walk To Beautiful have been nominated in the best feature category of the 2007 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards.Short film contenders are ...
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London Children's Film Festival to open with Bee Movie
The London Children's Film Festival will run Nov 17-25 at the Barbican and 10 other cinemas, opening with a gala preview screening of Bee Movie.The programme for children, families and schools will close with Cristiano Bortone's Red Like The Sky from Italy. In addition to screenings, the festival also includes ...
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PUSAN: AFCNet to discuss production incentives
AFCNet, the Asian Film Commissions Network, has announced the launch of the first Asia Pacific Film Industry Policy Forum at its annual General Assembly yesterday. The three-day forum which will be held from October 11-13 during BIFCOM 2008 (in conjunction with Pusan 's Asian Film Market) will provide a much-needed ...
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Ladd to head Tokyo's international competition jury
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced the members of its international competition jury. Famed Hollywood executive and producer Alan Ladd Jr. will head the jury. Ladd previously ran 20th Century Fox, during which time Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back were produced. Hits Moonstruck and Thelma & ...
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American World adds three horror films ahead of AFM
Los Angeles-based distribution and production company American World Pictures (AWP) has boarded the horror titles Crazy Eights, Grizzly Park and Triloquist ahead of the AFM.James K Jones's Crazy Eights stars Traci Lords, Frank Whaley and Gabrielle Anwar and follows a gang of friends who discover a time capsule they buried ...
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Warner buys into new franchise School Of Fear
Warner Bros has made a preemptive buy on Gitty Daneshvari's partial manuscript of a four-book series called School Of Fear.Graham King will produce through his GK Films as the partners aim to establish a children's franchise along the lines of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series.The story is based on ...
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PUSAN: Wang's 11 Flowers wins Pusan Award
Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai's 11 Flowers was presented with the $20,000 Pusan Award at the closing of the Asian Film Market and Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) on Thursday night. The award, from the Metropolitan City of Busan, is designed to support a talented director and producer. Wang, whose credits include ...
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Astrablu Media buys all assets of Just Betzer's estate
Astrablu Media has acquired all assets of the estate of Danish producer Just Betzer and his related companies, including a film library encompassing titles such as the 1988 best foreign language Oscar winner Babette's Feast.Prior to his death in November 2003 Betzer, who headed Panorama Films International, was in the ...
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Paramount strikes European d-cinema deal with Arts Alliance Media
Digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media has signed a non-exclusive long-term deal with Paramount for digital cinema deployment in Europe.Under the pact, Paramount Pictures International has committed to supply its films in digital format to AAM DCI-compliant screens in the UK and Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal, the ...
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Peur(s) du Noir selected as Rome's surprise film
The Rome Film Fest has announced the world premiere of Peur(s) du Noir - a collective animation film featuring the work of six top comic book and graphic art talents. The film focuses on childhood nightmares and adult phobias.Celluloid Dreams is handling sales. The six episodes are designed by ...
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UTV, Palador announce separate world cinema channels
After severing ties,India's UTV and Palador Pictures haveseparately announced initiatives to promote world cinema. Integrated media company UTV will soon launch a TV channel focusing on international movies from across the globe. Called World Movies, the 24-hour channel will be targeted at Indian viewers agedbetween 18-35 years and will feature ...