All Screen articles in 16 October 2008 – Page 5
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Nicolas Traube re-elected as president of Film France
Nicolas Traube has been re-elected to the post of president of Film France, the organisation responsible for promoting the country as a shooting location. The board also renewed the posts of David Kodsi as treasurer and Olivier Meneux as secretary. Three vice-presidents will be nominated to represent the regional film ...
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Michael Winterbottom presents Short Circuit prize at Raindance
25 yer old Robert Reed was declared the winner of the Short Circuit competition with his short The Driving Test. He was presented with his prizeby Michael Winterbottom at the Raindance Film Festival.The Short Circuit competition was the initiative of Dailymotion, a provider of user generated and licensed online video ...
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Mikhalkov andChen receive Kurosawa award
Russian actor-director Nikita Mikhalkov and Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige have received this year's Akira Kurosawa Award. The announcement was made by the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).Awarded annually for lifetime achievements in film directing, the trophy carries with it a cash prize of $50,000. The award will be presented at ...
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Julia to be released in UK cinemas and via Sky Box Office on same day
Chelsea Films (part of The Curzon Artificial Eye Group) andSky Television have signed a deal to release Julia, starring Tilda Swinton, in cinemas and on Sky Box on Dec 5. This is the first time an English language title will be released in this way. Julia, which was directed by ...
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Russia's Central Partnership Group to boost its theatrical distribution
In a move designed to improve domestic release standards, Russian Central Partnership Sales House has created a new position of vice president theatrical distribution, and appointed Andrey Radko to the role. Radko's previous role of theatrical distribution general manager is taken by Vadim Vereshchagin.Radko will be responsible for theatrical distribution, ...
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German domestic market share at record 21.3%
German films have secured a market share of 21.3% in the first nine months of 2008, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI. This is almost 50% higher than 2007's 14.4% share and higher than 2006's record 20.3%.That market share would be even higher - up to 25% - if ...
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Danish film Dancers opens competition for 50th edition of Nordic Film Days
The Nordic Film Days main competition programme will open with Danish director Pernille Fischer Christensen's Dancers.The event is the world's largest showcase of Nordic and Baltic cinema and will celebrate its 50th anniversary when it runs in Lübeck, Germany between Oct 29-Nov 2.Other films in competition include: Finnish director Aku ...
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Celluloid picks up international rights to Sex My Life
Celluloid Dreams has acquired international rights to Bahman Motamedian's feature Sex My Life. The film, which debuted in Venice last month, is a mix of documentary and fiction that follows seven transsexuals living in modern-day Tehran.The subjects' journey to finding their true identity is demonstrated as they seek acceptance from ...
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Danny Glover joins voice cast of UK animatronics feature Agent Crush
Danny Glover has joined the voice cast of animatronics adventure Agent Crush which is being sold worldwide by Fantastic Films International.He joins a cast already including Ioan Gruffudd, Neve Campbell, Brian Blessed, Brian Cox, Alice Evans and Roger Moore.The film has already completed principal photography in the UK using state-of-the-art ...
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Erin Stam joins Participant as svp of production
Erin Stam has been named senior vice president of production at Participant Media, and will be responsible for supervising the development and overseeing the production of narrative features for the company.She reports to Jonathan King, executive vice president of production at Participant.Stam joins Participant from Spyglass Entertainment where she was ...
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Sundance Institute, Time Warner name 2008 storytelling fellows
The Sundance Institute and Time Warner have named the recipient of the 2008 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows as playwright Kristen Greenidge and film-makers John Magary and Dees Rees.Greenidge participated in the 2008 Sundance Theatre Lab with her project Bossa Nova while Magary with Blood Abundance, Or The Half-Life Of Antoinette ...
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Scarecrows, Naked Of Defenses pick up Pusan awards
The 13th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) wraps tonight (Oct 10) with the top New Currents Award going ex aequo to Roh Gyeong-tae's Land Of Scarecrows and Masahide Ichii's Naked Of Defenses. Headed by actress/filmmaker Anna Karina, the New Currents Jury for first and second feature films from Asia lauded ...
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Belmonte and Nauchtergaele share top awards at Rio
Jose Eduardo Belmonte's Se Nada Mais der Certo and Matheus Nauchtergaele's directorial debut A Festa da Menina Morta shared the major spoils at the 10th Rio de Janeiro Film Festival. Belmonte's thriller Se Nada Mais de Certo took best feature award and best actress prize for Caroline Abras. A ...
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Rio winners led by Should Nothing Else Work Out, Dead Girl's Feast
The winners of the 2008 Rio International Film Festival were announced tonight at the closing award ceremony at Odeon theatre. The Premiere Brasil's best film prize, known as the Redentor award, was given to Se Nada Mais Der Certo (Should Nothing Else Work Out), directed by Jose Eduardo Belmonte. One ...
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Eagle and Bunny chase Mamma in international marketplace
Expansion by studio releases including Eagle Eye and The House Bunny could finally end the reign of international box office queen Mamma Mia! this weekend. Having hunted down $17.5m to date from the first stage of its international roll-out, DreamWorks-Paramount thriller Eagle Eye swoops into its first major European and ...
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Interview: Ridley Scott
'Ridley Scott is the most efficient director I've ever worked with,' says Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in Scott's latest epic Body Of Lies.'There are not many people able to focus simultaneously on six or seven different cameras at various angles and be a human editing machine. He's got seven monitors ...
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In Focus: Groundbreaking indie film My Suicide
Independent movie My Suicide is unlike anything you have ever seen. Ostensibly the story of a 17-year-old boy who announces he will commit suicide on camera for his school project, the story is told from the point of view of the boy (newcomer Gabriel Sunday) as a visual stream of ...
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In Focus: Summer festival review
Here are three thoughts about film festivals. Some of us spend too much time at them. Like junkies trying to recapture that first blissful high, we return time and again in search of a lost sense of excitement and discovery. Second, some take themselves terribly seriously. Not just the big ...
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Preview: Tokyo International Film Festival
Despite its size and status as Japan's only International Federation of Film Producers Associations (Fiapf) accredited event, the Tokyo International Film Festival (Tiff) has sometimes been overlooked outside Japan.But as Tiff enters its 21st edition (October 18-26), a new mission statement together with Asia's growing interconnection is bringing the centrepiece ...