All Screen articles in 18 February 2007 – Page 5
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Beaufort
Dir: Joseph Cedar. Is. 2007. 120mins Based on an award-winning, best selling documentary book by journalist Ron Leshem about the last stand of an Israeli unit in Southern Lebanon before their retreat in 2000, Joseph Cedar's painful and highly relevant film adaptation, while not addressing directly last summer's renewed outbreak ...
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Spain's film-makers call for a Spanish Unifrance
Spanish film-makers and industry representatives are calling on their government to help better promote Spanish cinema abroad by following the model of Unifrance. The call came as one of a series of conclusions out of a landmark two-day industry-wide conference held this week in Cordoba (Feb 12-14) to analyse key ...
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Shorts International launches ShortsTV channel
Shorts International has turned on its ShortsTV cable channel airing an extensive catalogue of short films 24 hours a day to audiences in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. As well as Oscar-winning works and commended films from around the world, there will be up to 1,800 new films screened this year. ...
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Hart splits with Sharp and launches Evamere
After more than ten years in business together, the founding partners of New York based Hart Sharp Entertainment - John Hart and Jeffrey Sharp - have decided to pursue different opportunities. For his part, Hart has now launched a new venture called Evamere Entertainment that will focus on ...
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The Third Day scoops Fajr International Film Festival
Tehran 's annual Fajr International Film Festival came to a close on February 11 with a national awards ceremony that saw the main gongs go to Mohammad Hossein's war drama The Third Day. Despite multiple nominations, critics' favourite The Night Bus, an original take on the war theme by first-time ...
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TLA takes UK home rights to Sorry, Haters
TLA Releasing has acquired the UK home entertainment distribution rights to US feature Sorry, Haters. TLA partner and director of acquisitions Richard Wolff negotiated the deal with Silke Wolz of Dream Entertainment, on behalf of the film-makers. The film is about a New Jersey woman who becomes involved with an ...
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Hot Fuzz
Dir: Edgar Wright. UK/USAt its best, Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's follow-up to Shaun Of The Dead, is wildly funny and very inventive. The film-makers take the conventions of the British cop drama and subvert them entirely. They relish combining gentle whimsy with hellzapopping violence. Their frame of ...
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Film London, LFF partner on UK's new Production Finance Market
Here in Berlin, Film London announced plans for the UK capital's first Production Finance Market, which will run October 22-23 in association with The Times BFI London Film Festival (Oct 17-Nov 1).The two-day event in central London will bring together more than 100 film producers, and financiers from the UK, ...
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I Have Never Forgotten You ' The Life And Legacy Of Simon Wiesenthal
Dir: Richard Trank. US. 2007. 103mins.A worthy memorial to Simon Wiesenthal, a man who had become a legend in his own lifetime, the documentary I Have Never Forgotten You... displays all the admiration, affection and love be expected from a film produced by the centre bearing his name. Some revered ...
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Eros enters French VOD and Egyptian theatrical markets
Eros International, the UK-based sales company that concentrates on Bollywood projects, will enter the French VOD market later this month. Eros is the only Bollywood provider for CanalPlus' CanalPlay, which will launch with 12 Eros offerings on February 22.Eros is also making headway into Egypt, which had in recent years ...
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Moretti's first Turin sets dates as Nov 23 to Dec 1
The first details of the 25th edition Turin Film Festival, led by Italian art house director Nanni Moretti, were disclosed in Berlin despite Moretti's absence due to a bout with the flu.The festival will run November 23 to December 1 and continue to boost new talent, focus on cutting edge ...
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Stannard joins DDA as CFO and partner
John Stannard has joined London-based DDA Public Relations as a partner with DDA founder/chairman Dennis Davidson and Lawrence Atkinson and Chris Paton. He also becomes chief financial officer for DDA Event Management, reporting to MD Caroline Warburton.For the past 10 years, Stannard had been finance director at media group TVF ...
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I'm A Cyborg to open 31st Hong Kong Film Festival
Jacob Wong, curator of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) has announced Park Chan-wook's Berlinale competition title I'm a Cyborg, but That's Okay is to open the 31st HKIFF March 19. The festival runs March 20 - April 11.The film is nominated for two Asian Film Awards (AFA) - ...
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Berlin - the critical verdict
IN COMPETITIONReviewed films appear in blue - click to go to review.Screen Jury results appear in red5=excellent, 4=Good 3=Average 2= Poor 1=BadLa Vie En Rose (Fr-UK-Cz Rep)1Screen Jury verdict (Marks out of 5) 1.88Dir: Olivier DahanMarion Cotillard stars in this biopic of France's most beloved chanteuse, Edith Piaf. The film ...
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2 Days In Paris
Dir: Julie Delpy. France/Germany 2006. 96 mins.Yes, it's another film in which Julie Delpy walks around Paris with an American guy talking about relationships. But despite the surface similarities, the French actress-singer-scriptwriter's first commercial film as director (she herself has described her first feature, the no-budget Looking For Jimmy, as ...
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Starfield, Maybe team on Lebanon drama
Paul Raphael's London-based Starfield Productions is working on After The Summer Rain, a new drama that was partly shot in Lebanon during the war last year. The project, which is already in post-production and will be vying for a slot in Cannes, is directed by Philippe Aractingi, whose Bosta was ...
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Englund to direct The Vij in Hungary for ReDark
Freddy Kreuger is back - but this time he is behind the camera. At the EFM this week, ReDark's Loris Curici has announced two new projects including one that will be directed by Robert Englund, the star of the legendary Nightmare On Elm Street films.Production is due to begin in ...
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The Rocket wins nine Genies, but Bon Cop is best picture
Charles Biname's The Rocket, a bio-pic of a French Canadian hockey legend won nine Genie Awards for its 13 nominations but failed to grab the crown. Bon Cop, Bad Cop, the bilingual buddy cop film that conquered the national box office, was dubbed Best Picture at the 27th Genie Awards ...
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Lives Of Others wins four German Film Critics Awards
FlorianHenckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-nominated The Lives Of Others hasadded to its impressive list of distinctions by picking up four of thisyear's German Film Critics Awards: for Best Feature Film Debut, BestActor (Ulrich Muehe), Best Editing (Patricia Rommel) and BestCinematography (Hagen Bogdanski).Lastyear's Berlinale Competition entry Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmidreceived the prize ...
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Cyborg to open Hong Kong International Film Festival
Park Chan-wook's I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK, which is screening in competition at Berlin this year, has been selected as the opening film of the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival. Director Park and the film's stars, Rain (Jung Ji-hoon) and Lim Soo-jung, will attend the official opening gala ...