All Screen articles in 19 December 2001 – Page 2
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Prisa may acquire Quiero TV stake
Spanish multimedia conglom Prisa, backer of audiovisual powerhouse Sogecable, may buy a stake in troubled digital terrestrial television platform Quiero TV. In an interview published Friday in the on-line financial magazine Invertia, Prisa general manager of operations and vp of internet division Prisacom Ignacio Santillana is quoted as saying that ...
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South African government body briefs film industry
In a sign that the South African government is starting to take the local film industry seriously, the government's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) new film division held a briefing last week for over 100 producers, directors, exhibitors and broadcasters in Johannesburg. The newly created division - Media and Motion Pictures ...
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Spain's Manga strikes deal with Admira platforms
Barcelona-based Manga Films has inked a five-year partnership with Admira (Telefonica Media) TV holdings Via Digital and Antena 3.Admira had originally intended to buy out a 60% stake in Manga, a deal which fell through last summer. In its stead the new agreement, developed over several months, will see Manga ...
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Euro Pitch Point selects 12 projects for Berlinale
An international jury composed of Eurimages' executive secretary Renate Roginas, Senator Film Produktion's managing director Benjamin Herrmann, Road Movies' Uli Felsberg, Maestranza Films' Antonio P. Perez, and Renaissance Film's Angus Finney has selected 12 feature film ideas to be pitched by their writers at the 3rd European Pitch Point on ...
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Canada's Martinelli unveils Capri prod company
Canadian producer Gabriella Martinelli has launched a new Toronto-based production outfit, Capri Films, in partnership with Polish recording impresario Wladislow Bartoszewicz. The first project under the Capri banner will be Between Strangers, starring Sophia Loren and Gerard Depardieu, directed by Loren's son Eduardo Ponti and now in post production. Martinelli ...
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Natali's Headspace to develop digital features
Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali is launching a feature film and multi-media production company, Headspace, which will develop cutting-edge digital production techniques such as the Cinema HD processBest know for his debut cult hit Cube, Natali recently signed to direct the movie Nothing for newly launched Vancouver production house 49th Parallel ...
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Amelie on course for 19 million admissions
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Oscar-tipped French-language title Amelie is proving as much of a success abroad as it was at home. As of Dec 14 the crowd-pleaser has already sold over 17 million tickets in the 25 countries in which it has opened - equivalent to approximately $100m in box office gross. ...
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France's UGC to enter UK distribution market
French major UGC is planning to give foreign-language films a massive boost in the notoriously tough UK market by launching a UK distribution presence early next year.Plans for the initiative are being hammered out by UGC International executive Louisa Dent, who will oversee acquisitions for the venture. Dent, who declined ...
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Korea's Cinema Service launches distribution arm
Korean major Cinema Service has launched a new subsidiary, Big Blue Film, that will focus on the distribution of local features. The company will be headed by Choi Yong-bae, former head of distribution at Cinema Service, and will aspire to a slate of ten films per year.Ownership of Big ...
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Bollywood 'K3G' takes UK box office by storm
Bollywood received its latest boost at the UK box office this week with the Yash Raj Films release of the most expensive Indian film ever: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (K3G) to record figures.Scoring the biggest opening for an Indian release in the UK with $687,017 (£473,355) the film landed in ...
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Reviews
Charlotte Gray
Dir: Gillian Armstrong. UK-US. 2001. 121minsWith such elegant novel adaptations previously like Little Women and the under-rated Oscar And Lucinda, it is disappointing to see film-maker Gillian Armstrong falter somewhat in her respectable but muddled film of Sebastian Faulks' best-selling novel Charlotte Gray. The story of a Scottish woman ...
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Vivendi Universal, USA Networks in $10.3bn deal
Vivendi Universal has confirmed this morning that it is taking full control of the entertainment assets of Barry Diller's USA Networks (USA) in a deal valued at approximately $10.3bn and unanimously approved by both boards.Vivendi Universal will have a 93% control of an entity to be called Vivendi Universal Entertainment ...
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Italian pay-TV merger plan withdrawn
Italy's antitrust authority has announced that Vivendi Universal and News Corp have withdrawn their plan to merge their Italian pay-TV arms, pre-empting the watchdog's widely expected ruling against the operation. Despite initial industry confidence that the merger would receive swift regulatory approval, last September the antitrust authority opened an investigation ...
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Cannes' Fremaux explores Italian talent
Having visited Germany and the UK, Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux has turned his attention to Italy, visiting Rome to meet key players from the local film industry and find out more about new Italian talent. During his three-day visit, Fremaux reportedly met a number of producers, including Angelo Barbagallo, ...
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60's retrospective, 'shooting stars' at Berlinale
European cinema of the 1960s will be the theme of the 2002 Berlinale's Retrospective. In addition, a special 'Shooting Stars' film programme will be staged by pan-European promotion body European Film Promotion (EFP). Commenting on the 60s Retrospective, which has been organised by the Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek, festival ...
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Czechs appeal against Stockholm ruling on CME
The Czech Republic has appealed against a decision by a Stockholm tribunal in the case of Central European Media Enterprises (CME) and TV Nova that could cost the country up to $500m.On Sept 13, a three-member international tribunal found that the Czech Republic had violated its treaty on the mutual ...
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French film production on track for record year
French film production has reached a massive 162 titles during 2001 (compared to 150 last year), and will top a record 200, including films in which French partners are minority co-producers (against 171 last year) according to the CNC (Centre National de la Cinematographie).Fuelling the growth, the bullish trend for ...
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Echostar to sell 10% to Vivendi Universal
Vivendi Universal is to buy 10% of the US's number two satellite broadcaster Echostar.The deal is expected to help Echostar in its ongoing bid to acquire the biggest satellite player DirecTV. But it is not conditional on the takeover going through.The $1.5bn investment is seen by Vivendi Universal as the ...
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Venice Biennale gets unexpected new president
In a sudden and unexpected move, Italy's Culture Minister Giuliano Urbani has appointed ex-Eni and Telecom Italia manager Franco Bernabe to replace Paolo Baratta as president of the Venice Biennale, the organisation that manages the Venice Film Festival. News of Bernabe's appointment at the weekend caught many industry insiders off ...
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Diller Thriller for Vivendi Universal
At end of play yesterday (Sunday), it looked certain that Barry Diller will be named the film and TV overlord at Vivendi Universal as early as this morning - a move that would appear to relegate its current entertainment chief Pierre Lescure to the managerial sidelines within the French-American conglomerate.In ...
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