All Screen articles in 17 June 2004 – Page 2
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UIP returns to Serbia and Montenegro
After a year'sabsence, UIP releases are to be handled by a new distributor in Serbia andMontenegro.UIPs new localdistributor, Taramount Film was launched in Belgrade last week, following thecollapse of Vans, its former principal distributor in the territory.Taramount Film isa sister company of Slovenian Karantanija Cinemas and Croatian VTI, who havebeen ...
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Kusturica's Miracle to open Jerusalem Film Festival
Emir Kusturica's LifeIs A Miracle has been selected for the opening night of this year'sJerusalem Film Festival.The screening will take place on July8, at the open airSultan Pool theatre located in the valley separating the new city from the oldone.Kusturica himself has been announced for the Thursday nightevent, in for ...
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East European production swings into high gear
Therecent economic boom in Russia has made it easier to finance films - bothprivately and from government funds. Dozens of young new directors are expectedto complete new films by the end of the year with the Russian Ministry ofCulture giving priority to funding debut projects.Butveteran directors in Russia and Poland ...
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SF Film moves toward Danish production
The Danish arm of Nordic major Svensk Filmindustri, SF Film,has taken the first step towards its long-held ambition of developing its ownprojects by acquiring the film rights to two novels, newcomer Sara Blaedel'scrime story Green Dust and Per HelgeSoerensen's satirical Spin."Our aim is obviously to make a difference in Danish ...
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Distributor welcomes McDonald's attack
McDonald's Australia has launched a two-week cinema andtelevision campaign labelling Super SizeMe filmmaker Morgan Spurlock as 'irresponsible' but which will, accordingto the film's distributor, merely boost the film's takings."This is publicity we could never have dreamed ofgetting without them," said Dendy Films general manager Andrew Mackie."What makes it so effective ...
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MPAA launches new phase of anti-piracy public education campaign
The MPAA is stepping up itsanti-piracy battle in the living rooms and college dormitories of America as itannounced a new phase in its public education campaign this week.The latest move sees aseries of advertisements in daily newspapers, consumer magazines and more than100 college newspapers warning of the perils of illegal ...
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Uncovered: The War On Iraq
Dir/prod: Robert Greenwald. US. 90mins.Lessflamboyant than Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 - and, therefore,perhaps less superficially entertaining - Uncovered: The War On Iraq isa must-see for every American who cares about their country, regardless oftheir political persuasion.While the twofilms reach a similar conclusion - that the Bush administrations statedrationale for war ...
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Starz, RealNetworks team for internet PPV service
UScable programming giant Starz Encore and software house RealNetworks havelaunched an internet-based pay-per-view (PPV) service.The service, dubbed Starz Ticket on Real Movies, willbe a subscription service allowing web users to legally download an unlimitednumber of films for a $12.95 monthly fee.Movielink, the download site launched by five of theHollywood studios, ...
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In My Father's Den
Dir: Brad McGann. NZ-UK.2004. 125minsLast year's Sydney FilmFestival opened to an embarrassing effort, the feeble Australian comedy TheHonourable Wally Norman. This year, in contrast, a packed house was grippedby New Zealand director-writer Brad McGann's assured debut feature In MyFather's Den, a hard-to-categorise mix of family conflict, coming of agedrama and ...
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Karlovy Vary unveils European focused competition
The 39th edition of theCzech Republic's Karlovy Vary Film Festival (July2-10) has lined up animpressive number of new European titles for its competition programme with astrong presence from Eastern Europe plus titles from India, Japan and Iran.A few films had already beenannounced, such as Marek Najbrt's black comedy Champions (Mistri) ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Verdict returned in Intertainment v Franchise case
The jury returned a verdicttoday in the matter of Intertainment vs Franchise Pictures and Elie Samaha in aSanta Ana courtroom today.The jury found in favour ofIntertainment on fraud and breach-of-contract claims. They ruled againstIntertainment on the charges of conspiracy and found Elie Samaha not guilty ofRICO.They dismissed Franchise'sbreach-of-contract claims against ...
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Oz arts minister slow clapped off stage at Sydney fest
Australia's Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport Rod Kempwas slow clapped off the stage prior to this week's Sydney Film Festival worldpremiere screening of the reconstructed version of the 1919 romantic comedy TheSentimental Bloke.Theoutbreak of bad manners appeared to be either cineastes annoyed at thespeeches, invited VIPs and delayed ...
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GERMANY 16 June
Its takings may have slipped week-on-week by 35%, but Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban easilyheld on to the top spot with over 1.2m admissions - more than the rest of theTop 15 put together - .and a screen average of $8,018 from its 1,214 screens.The weekend's best screen ...
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ITALY 16 June
While the Italian box office suffered from the start of thebeach-going season, veteran Italian director Fabio Carpi's new film, Le Intermittenze Del Cuore, opened atnumber 11, scoring the third-highest screen average of any film at the weekend.Starring Argentinian actor Hector Alterio, the film, whichis set in Italy, France and Switzerland, ...
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AUSTRALIA 16 June
Harry Potter And ThePrison Of Azkaban grossed nearly A$14.8m from 452 screens on the weekendfor Roadshow. Even taking into account that it was a holiday weekend, afive-day period instead of the usual four, it was an extraordinary result forthe third film of the trilogy. Nothing else came close.There were three ...
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Morrison, Salom promoted to vps at Miramax International
Martha Morrison and JavierSalom have been promoted to vice presidents of international marketing atMiramax FilmsBoth Morrison and Salom willcontinue to work out of Miramax's New York offices and will report to JereHausfater, executive vice president of Miramax International."Martha and Javier both havewhat it takes in the complex arena of International ...
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Ealing Studios eyes Eastern European expansion
The UK's Ealing Studios is preparing to expand into EasternEurope.The legendary film studio is part of a consortium planningto bid for Bulgaria's Boyana Film Studios, the Eastern European country'sleading film production complex.The state-owned studio has been for sale for a number ofyears and is now expected to be privatised by ...
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Hafstrom's Derailed lined up for London, NY shoot
Derailed, the English-language debut from the Oscar-nominatedSwede Mikael Hafstrom, is being lined up to shoot in London and New York City,the director told Screendaily.Dimension Films is backingthe film which is scheduled to start shooting in September with Clive Owen inthe lead role."We will be shootinginteriors at a London studio, we ...
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Counihan takes top film role at Skillset
Oscar winning producer JudyCounihan has been appointed director of film at UK training body Skillset,responsible for driving forward A Bigger Future - the UK Film SkillsStrategy.A Bigger Future, a joint initiative between Skillset and the UK FilmCouncil, is a five year, £50m strategy designed to revolutionise trainingand skills in the ...
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David Picker elected chair of PGA, East
David Picker hasbeen elected chair of Producers Guild of America East and succeeds Nancy Goldman, who willcontinue to serve the guild on the board of governors.Lydia DeanPilcher and Harvey Wilson become the new vice chairs, while Robin Berla andSteven Rosenbaum will represent the "members at large".Under Goldman'sleadership, PGA East's ...