All Screen articles in 19 December 2003 – Page 3
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US online ticketer Fandango cuts deal with Canada's Cineplex
Fandango, one ofthe US' leading online and telephone film ticketing services, is expanding intoCanada through a partnership with Cineplex Galaxy.The company willnow sell tickets online to Cineplex Odeon theatres in the Greater Toronto areaand plans are afoot to roll out into four additional provinces in 2004."Our objective is to makemovie-going ...
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Broadcast Critics nominations favour Mystic River
The BroadcastFilm Critics Association has announced its nominees for the ninth annualCritics' Choice Awards, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Jan 10 inLos Angeles. Mystic River leads the pack with eight nominations, followed by In America on seven and Cold Mountain and Big Fish on five each.The ...
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THINKFilm welcomes Bright Young Things
THINKFilm hasacquired all North American rights from The Works to Stephen Fry's directorialdebut Bright Young Things.The filmpremiered at Toronto and will play in the Premieres section at Sundance inJanuary.THINKFilm headof distribution Mark Urman and Randy Manis negotiated the deal for THINKFilmand The Works chief executive officer Aline Perry, Rebecca Kearey ...
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Canada names its ten best films of the year
Films by Guy Maddin, DenysArcand and Robert Lepage as well as a Spanish-Canadian coproduction wereamongst the films judged as the ten best Canadian films of 2003 yesterday.Organised by the TorontoInternational Film Festival Group, the top ten list is intended to celebrateexcellence in Canadian film and present a platform for home-grown ...
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Mickie among latest Alliance Atlantis casualties
Veteran sales executiveCharlotte Mickie and Salter Street Films, the Halifax-based production companybehind Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine are the latest victims in Alliance Atlantis'cost-cutting measures. Last week the Torontoentertainment company announced plans to cut nearly half of the positionswithin its Entertainment Group, as its production arm is known. The companyalso ...
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Agronomist, Reckoning among first Bermuda Film Festival titles
The BermudaInternational Film Festival (BIFF) will take place from Mar 19-25 2004, withseveral titles already confirmed including The Agronomist, Jonathan Demme's documentary aboutHaitian civil rights activist Jean Dominique and The Reckoning, Paul McGuigan's morality play that starsPaul Bettany and Willem Dafoe.Festival categories will include competition feature,competition documentary and a Bermuda ...
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Acheson to be honoured by US Costume Designers Guild
James Acheson,who won Academy Awards for The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons and Restoration, will receive the Costume DesignersGuild's Bulgari Achievement for Film Award at the Guild's sixth annual awardson Feb 21 in Los Angeles.In otherhonorary awards, Tzetzi Ganev and Tomas Velasco will collect the President'sAward.Posthumousinductees into the Guild's Hall of ...
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Nemo swims past $330m mark for BVI
Finding Nemo continued to plough its way throughinternational waters at the weekend, grossing $31.5m to raise its internationalrunning total to a stunning $330.2m.With no new openings BuenaVista International (BVI) executives pointed to strong number one holds inJapan and key European territories as the weekend highlights.In its secondweekend in Japan the ...
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Hong Kong films expand 2003 market share
Hong Kong productions reversed their downward slide at the local box office in 2003, grossing $47m (HK$366) as of December 14, up 11.6% from the same period last year, according to industry body, the Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA). In addition, Hong Kong-produced films accounted for 46.7% of this year's ...
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FilmFour options Vernon God Little and Brick Lane
The UK's new look Film Four has optioned two high profile books, DBC Pierre's Booker Prize winning Vernon God Little for director Pawel Pavlikovsky and Monica Ali's Brick Lane for Ruby Films.The books are among 45 projects currently in development at a slimmed down FilmFour, which is headed by former ...
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FilmFour options Vernon God Little and Brick Lane
The UK's new look Film Four has optioned two high profile books, DBC Pierre's Booker Prize winning Vernon God Little for director Pawel Pavlikovsky and Monica Ali's Brick Lane for Ruby Films.The books are among 45 projects currently in development at a slimmed down FilmFour, which is headed by former ...
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Germany's BKN secures London Stock Exchange listing
BKN, the Cologne-based animation firm, has become the first renegade company from Germany's discredited Neuer Markt to be listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).The Neuer Markt was for three years home to a host of high-flying new technology and media companies. But many of the companies collapsed, were embroiled ...
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Odeon hires banks to evaluate bids
British cinema chain Odeon has hired investment banks Morgan Stanley and Tricorn Partners to evaluate offers for the business, according to wire and newspaper reports on Wednesday (17 Dec) London's Financial Times and Reuters reported that Odeon, partly owned by German bank WestLB, has received several bid approaches, including one ...
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Rings racks up bumper UK advance ticket sales
Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King took over £1m in advance ticket sales before its release today (Dec 17) in the UK.The figure, published by the Cinema Advertising Association, confirms the huge level of anticipation for the third part of Peter Jackson's trilogy that exists around ...
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Newell, Leconte projects win UK development funding
New projects from directors including Mike Newell, David Mackenzie, Patrice Leconte and Chris Cunningham have received development backing from the UK Film CouncilThe Council's Development Fund is working with Newell (Mona Lisa Smile, Four Weddings And A Funeral) and Laura Bickford (producer of Traffic) at 50 Cannon who are producing ...
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New Romanian studio complex to open next year
Romania's growing attraction as a location for film production could increase still further with the arrival of a new studio complex next year.The project is the brainchild of British property developer Andrew Stear, who has been based in Romanian capital Bucharest for the last seven years. His company BPD Management ...
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Chouchou emerges as most profitable French film
Merzak Allouache's comedy Chouchou was the most profitable locally produced film of 2003. With a budget of Euros 7.6m, the film earned Euros 17.6m during its theatrical release - a 230% return on investment.According to a study by French daily Le Figaro, the second most profitable film was the ...
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Cannes names Residence film-maker candidates
The Cannes Film Festival's film-maker training programme, Residence, has announced its participants for its next session.The new talents are : Wang Bing from China, Israel's Hadar Friedlich, Switzerland's Celine Macherel, Vladimir Perisic from Serbia and Montenegro, Jaime Rosales from Spain and Belgian Dorothee Van Den Berghe.The Festival Residence is a ...
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London Film Critics unveil Awards contenders
The Magdalene Sisters, Young Adam, In This World, The Hours and The Mother have been shortlisted in the best British film category for the London Film Critics' Awards.The best film category, meanwhile, comprises Master and Commander, The Hours, Far From Heaven, Mystic River and Lord of the Rings.The 24th London ...
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Tesela emphasises new talent with 2004 slate
Spanish production company Tesela is preparing three new films to shoot in 2004 with a continued emphasis on seeking new writing and directing talents.The company, majority owned by Grupo Prisa-backed production house Plural Entertainment, is known for discovering young directing talents such as Achero Manas (Pellet), Alberto Rodriguez (The Suit) ...