All Screen articles in 18 February 2004 – Page 5
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HUNGARY
A Kind Of America director Gabor Herendi's second feature, Hungarian Vagabond has taken the Hungarian box office by storm. The film attracted over 65,000 admissions over its opening weekend - finally pushing the final installment of the LOTR trilogy off the top spot, in the fifth week after its release.Herendi's ...
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FRANCE
Comedy Les 11 Commandements heads the box office this week nearly breaking the 1 million admissions barrier with its Jackass-inspired stunts pushing local caveman romp RRRrrrr !!! down to number 3.Disney's Brother Bear holds its number two position only dropping off by 16% in its second week.New US arrivals Peter ...
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Survival prospects narrow for Dutch producer
Oscar-winning Dutch producer First Floor Features and its sister company First Floor Films have been granted suspension of payment by the Amsterdam local court.During the suspension, which ends March 24th, company trustee Paul Schaink, affiliated to Lawyer's office Van Doorne, will assess the company's financial situation and future.Schaink says there ...
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Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi Pou Dakrisi)
Dir. Theo Angelopoulos. Greece/France/Italy/Germany, 2004. 178mins.This majestic three hour-long epic, possibly the most abstract in Theo Angelopoulos' career, is unlikely to affect his position either in the eyes of ardent admirers, who consider him one of the last modernists in cinema, nor in the opinion of his detractors, who have ...
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The Final Cut
Dir: Omar Naim. Italy. 2004. 104 mins.The best thing about this sci-fi thriller starring Robin Williams is its premise. The idea that advance in neurotechnology will one day allow us to video our whole lives from somewhere inside our brains throws up all kinds of issues about privacy, about the ...
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Senator takes on sales of Gold Circle comedy starring Chris Klein
Senator International will handle international sales on GoldCircle's high concept comedy The Long Weekend, which stars Chris Klein (AmericanPie) and Brendan Fehr (BikerBoyz, Final Destination).Currently shooting in Vancouver, the film has already been pickedup by Entertainment Film Distributors for UK distribution and HoytsCinemas/Universal have jointly acquired distribution rights in Australia.Written ...
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Les Choristes
Dir: Christophe Barratier. France. 2003. 95 mins.The hottest ticket at the European Film Market in Berlin this year, Les Choristes is the kind of heart-warming, sentimental yarn that some critics might look down on but which crowds are bound to queue around the block for. Fictionally covering the same territory ...
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... while Nelson Mandela is invited to open Cannes
South Africa's Department of Arts and Culture and National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is preparing for a very special Cannes Film Festival this year - after enjoying successful profiles at both Rotterdam and Berlin.This year's Cannes will feature a special focus on South Africa, celebrating its ten years of ...
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Fox plans movie based on BRATZ fashion dolls
Twentieth Century Fox has optioned live-action/animation featurefilm rights for MGA Entertainment's best-selling BRATZ fashion dolls while 20thCentury Home Entertainment has already started production on a direct-to-videospin-off."The BRATZ dolls are a true phenomenon that has taken the toy dollindustry by storm," Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos said in astatement.He added: ...
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Irish Film Institute announces honourees, travelling programme
The Irish Film Institute (IFI) has announced that the recipients of its 2004 awards for outstanding contribution to Irish film are Brendan McCaul, vice president and general manager of Buena Vista International, Ireland, and Rod Stoneman, director of the Huston School of Film and Digital Media and former chief executive ...
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In America and Eternal Sunshine bookend Bermuda fest
Jim Sheridan's award-winning drama In America will open the 2004 Bermuda InternationalFilm Festival (BIFF) on Mar 19 while Michael Gondry's romantic comedy EternalSunshine Of The Spotless Mind and David Mackenzie's Young Adam will close the event on Mar 25.Seventy-two pictures willscreen at the event, which includes competition feature and documentarycategories ...
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Sundance programme alumnus Hartsfield wins Maryland Fellowship
Caran Hartsfield's drama Bury Me Standing will receive the 2004 Producers Club ofMaryland Fellowship, set up to help a Sundance Institute Feature Film Programmealumnus with a feature project.The annual fellowship provides a $10,000 grant to help fund afilmmaker's post-Sundance Lab and pre-production expenses, which may includecasting, budgeting, and location scouting.Caran ...
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UK producers seek alternative film investment schemes
The UK Film Council, together with representatives from BSAC and PACT, met yesterday with Inland Revenue officials and made the case for transitional arrangements following the changes to the rules covering losses through partnerships announced on 10 February.The Council proposed to the Revenue that transitional relief should be available to ...
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Germany's Ottfilm goes under
After months of speculation about its future, German independent distributor Ottfilm has filed for insolvency, with the German press quoting managing director Christoph Ott as saying that the insolvency had been triggered by a "breach of contract on the part of investors". Business at the Berlin-based outfit will nevertheless continue ...
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Hanway tipped to handle Foresight slate
HanWay (owned by Jeremy Thomas) is emerging as the prime candidate to handle international sales on many of the films made through Foresight Film, the new Section 48 production fund launched by Prescience Film Finance that aims to raise £10m for a £40m film slate in the 2004/2005 tax ...
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North by Northwest open to Eastern Europe
North by Northwest, the popular Copenhagen-based training body for film professionals from across Europe, has expanded its pan European activities with a new programme, East of Eden.From its new Prague office, the programme is open to participants from all over Eastern Europe from Latvia to Poland, Cyprus and Slovenia.Deadline is ...
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Wim Wenders moves into theatrical distribution
Peter Schwartzkopff and Wim Wenders' new company Reverse Angle Production is to enter the German theatrical distribution arena later this year.The first release by Berlin-based Reverse Angle Mediasales will be Wenders' contribution to The Blues series, Soul Of A Man, on May 6, followed by Richard Pearce's The Road To ...
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Jingzhe team stalks White Deer
Chinese film The Story Of Er Mei (Jingzhe) that features in Berlinale's Panorama Special, could be a dry run for a big-budget epic that has eluded a number of China's top-name directors.Jingzhe's director Wang Quanan, star Yu Nan and the powerful Xi'an Film Studio Corp plan to re-team to make ...
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Indie Circle finds Paradise
Completed yesterday, one of the most interesting deals so far this European Film Market involved a film which may only be ready for Berlin 2005.Paradise Now, a personal journey by two people become suicide bombers is being directed by Dutch-Palestinian Hany Abou Assad, who previously made Rana's Wedding.Sold by Celluloid ...
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Co-Production Office boards Jesus You Know
Upscale French sales and production outfit The Co-Production Office has boarded Ulrich Seidel's, Jesus You Know, which last year won the best documentary award at Karlovy Vary.The film takes a darkly comical look at five Austrians and their own, highly individualistic communion with God. Characters range from a student who ...