All Screen articles in 19 August 2003 – Page 2
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Warner posts number two in Japan with $5.3m for Hero
ZhangYimou's action film Hero scored an excellent Japanese bow through Warner EntertainmentJapan at the weekend, grossing an estimated $5.3m from 360 screens.The epic drew433,786 admissions and ranked second behind holdover local title, BaysideShakedown 2.According to thedistributor Hero'sopening was 158.6% better than Die Another Day and 289.4% better than The Sum ...
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Tomb Raider 2 opens top in Germany for Concorde
Paramount's Lara CroftTomb Raider: The Cradle Of Lifecontinued to show good legs on its international roll-out this weekend,launching in nine territories, including a number one bow in Germany throughConcorde.Germany and Switzerland,where the film is handled by Ascot Elite, provided the Jan de Bont film itsfirst non-UIP international launches, taking pole ...
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T3 vaults past $200m, CTFDI cracks $150m
With no majoropenings at the weekend, Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines added $16.1m from approximately 6,400screens in 50 territories to raise its international running total (alldistributors) to $219.2m.In territories handled by Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International (CTFDI) the sci-fi sequel has grossed $150.3m todate. The film will open in China ...
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Placid Lake makes ripples in Oz
Tony McNamara's The Rage In Placid Lake is gathering critical plaudits in Australia.The Australian film was the most popular feature at the recently wrapped 52nd Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) and its script has just won both the adapted feature film category and the top prize at the Australian Writers ...
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Disney dissolves Indian joint venture
The Walt Disney Company and Modi Enterprises Ltd have dissolved their joint venture company, Walt Disney India Pvt Ltd. Disney is now seeking the Indian government's permission to set up a wholly owned subsidiary for the launch of the Disney Channel in India. The move comes after the expiry ...
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Euro directors lined-up for EFP Toronto panel
European Film Promotion is to present a European directors panel at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.Titled 'Cinema in the 'new' Europe: Does European filmmaking have a renewed creative edge and sense of purpose'', panellists include France's Solveig Anspach, Spain's Cesc Gay, Austria's Ruth Mader, and the UK's Peter ...
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Euro directors lined-up for Toronto EFP event
European Film Promotion is to present a European directors panel at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.Titled 'Cinema in the 'new' Europe: Does European filmmaking have a renewed creative edge and sense of purpose'', panellists include France's Solveig Anspach, Spain's Cesc Gay, Austria's Ruth Mader, and the UK's Peter ...
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UK strong, Brown Bunny Redux at Toronto
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival has unveiled its complete line-up, which includes a raft of worldpremieres from film-makers as diverse as Richard Linklater, Jacques Rivette andMike Hodges in addition to those already announced from Robert Altman, JaneCampion and Carl Franklin.And North American audiencesare in for their first viewing of Vincent Gallo's ...
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UK strong, Brown Bunny redux at TIFF
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival has unveiled its complete line-up, which includes a raft of worldpremieres from film-makers as diverse as Richard Linklater, Jacques Rivette andMike Hodges in addition to those already announced from Robert Altman, JaneCampion and Carl Franklin.And North American audiencesare in for their first viewing of Vincent Gallo's ...
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Vivendi muddles its way past auction deadline
The sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, the company which ownsUniversal Studios, has become so confusing that the world's major businesspapers cannot agree who is left in the auction - even after this week's finaldeadline. The New York Times reportstwo companies still standing, TheFinancial Times says three on one page, four ...
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Euro video market booms to Euros11.2bn value
The European video market grew last year by 27% to a retail value of Euros11.2bn according to trade body, the International Video Federation (IVF).The figures are a significant increase on the IVF's preliminary estimate of 15% expansion. The new figures also show an acceleration when compared with 2001, which registered ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to Valentin
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired all UK rights to Argentinian director Alejandro Agresti's comedy, Valentin.The deal was negotiated with Kathy Morgan International acting for First Floor Features. Metrodome has scheduled the film, which was picked up by Miramax Films, for a February release. Newcomer Rodrigo Noya stars as the titular ...
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Magnusson takes over as head of production at Nordisk
Rumle Hammerich, head of production at the Copenhagen-based Nordisk Film Production, has been replaced by Kim Magnusson (pictured), general manager of Nordisk Film's film and TV drama operations.Hammerich previously developed highly successful TV-series like Taxa and Unit One as well as the upcoming Defense (Forsvar), and he will continue to ...
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Golden Horse organisers target Hong Kong
Organisers of Taiwan's Golden Horse awards are in Hong Kong to promote the 40th anniversary of the event amid criticisms that too many prizes have been given to Hong Kong-produced films.Last year for example, Hong Kong movies scooped the top prizes for best director (Hollywood Hong Kong), best actor (Three-Going ...
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Distant Horizon takes world rights to 'junkmation' feature
Anant Singh, CEO of Distant Horizon, has announced the acquisition of worldwide rights to Africa's first full-length animation feature, The Legend Of The Sky Kingdom, and that the film will open the African Horizons section of the Montreal Film Festival where it will have its world premiere. The film, produced ...
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Maddin' s Dracula earns him DGC nomination
Canadian director Guy Maddin has been nominated for an award from the Directors Guild of Canada for his critically acclaimed Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary.Maddin received a nomination in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Direction - Television Movie/Mini-Series. The second annual DGC Awards, which will be held on ...
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Wind blows to UK and Switzerland
Tom Barman's Any Way The Wind Blows, which had its international premiere in Locarno's competition, has been picked up by Axiom Films for the UK and Agora Films for Switzerland. The film, which will be screening at the forthcoming Montreal World Film Festival, will be released in the Netherlands by ...
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Kiev Festival to host Berlin-style talent campus
The 33rd edition of the Kiev (Kyiv) International Film Festival Molodist (Oct 25-Nov 2), will host its first Talent Campus, in association with, and modelled on the Berlinale Talent Campus.Following the success of the Berlinale Talent Campus which was launched in February 2003, the Kiev Festival developed its own talent ...
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Sea Of Silence, Dutch Light to open Benelux Screenings
World premieres of Stijn Coninx's Sea Of Silence and Pieter-Rim and Maarten de Kroon's documentary Dutch Light will open the newly established Benelux Screenings of the Holland Film Meeting at the Netherlands Film Festival on September 26.The Dutch-Belgian-German-Danish co-production Sea Of Silence was pitched at the Netherlands Production Platform of ...
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UK Film Council unveils anti-piracy task force
Nigel Green, joint head of leading British distributor Entertainment Film Distributors, is chairing a new task force to tackle piracy in the UK.The action group includes representatives of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, US studios, actors' union Equity and all sections of the UK industry. The initiative was ...
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