All Screen articles in 18 February 2006 – Page 6

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    Ambitious Rome festival to launch co-production event

    2006-02-12T12:14:00Z

    Theinaugural Rome Film Festival (Oct 13-21) is looking to set up aco-production event along the lines of Rotterdam's CineMart which will includea cash prize for the best project presented."TheCineMart structure is so far the best one," explained Rome's internationalprogramme manager Teresa Cavina on the decision to emulate Rotterdam's popularpitching bazaar.Rome'sindustry ...

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    VCL and 3Rosen on a Promise with Warner Bros

    2006-02-12T12:14:00Z

    ChenKaige's The Promise, which screened at the Berlinale last week, will be one of the firsttitles to be released theatrically in Germany as part of a new venture betweenDatty Ruth's VCL Film + Medien and the 3Rosen Filmverleih.WarnerBros Germanywill handle billing and booking on Kaige's fantasy epic, while 3Rosen will ...

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    Auteurs are New Crowned Hope for Vienna

    2006-02-12T11:36:00Z

    Furtherdetails are emerging of the six new features being prepared as part of Vienna'sNew Crowned Hope Festival (November 14-December 13) to celebrate the 250thanniversary of Mozart's birth.Titlesare Bahman Ghobadi's The Last Symphony Of The Kurds, Garin Nugroho's RequiemFrom Java,Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Intimacy, Paz Encina's Hamaca Paraguaya, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun'sDarattand Tsai Ming-Liang's Dark ...

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    Pusan fest cements plans for AFM

    2006-02-12T04:00:00Z

    The Pusan International FilmFestival (PIFF) has unveiled details of the full-scale film market it plans tolaunch this year - the Asian Film Market (AFM) - which takes place during the11th edition of the festival from Oct 15-18.The four-day market has anew venue at the Grand Hotel in the Haeundae beach ...

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    Lightning strikes on Heaven And Hell

    2006-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Los Angeles-based Lightning Entertainment has pickedup worldwide'sales, excluding India, to Rahul Dholakia's controversialdrama'Parzania: Heaven & Hell On Earth, andJonathan Stack and Jeff'Swimmer's documentary Secrets Of The Code.''Parzania is based on real events surroundinganti-Muslim violence in India that'eventually led to the overthrow of theruling party. The picture was initially banned in'India ...

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    New Pink Panther purrs at US box office

    2006-02-12T00:00:00Z

    MGM/Columbia's The Pink Panther won a tightrace at the North American box office this weekend, as four new wide releasesfound their respective audiences and took the top four spots on the box officechart. With an estimated gross of $21.7m, The Pink Pantheredged out New Line's Final Destination 3, while Universal's ...

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    New Pink Panther purrs at US box office

    2006-02-12T00:00:00Z

    MGM/Columbia's The Pink Panther won a tightrace at the North American box office this weekend, as four new wide releasesfound their respective audiences and took the top four spots on the box officechart. With an estimated gross of $21.7m, The PinkPanther edged out New Line's Final Destination 3, while Universal's ...