All Screen articles in 19 May 2007 – Page 10
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My Blueberry Nights
Dir: Wong Kar Wai. 2007. US. 111mins Life is as plaintive and banal as a country western ballad in My Blueberry Nights. Wong Kar Wai's English-language debut may have all the trappings of an American road movie but at the core it is a characteristically dreamy exploration of love, loss ...
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The Screen Jury at Cannes: 1997 - 2007
Every year at Cannes, Screen International asks critics from around the world to rate each feature in competition, using a scale that runs from four stars (‘excellent’), through three, two and one (‘good’, ‘average’ and ‘poor’) to zero (‘bad’). An average mark is arrived at for each film and the ...
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Film4 to help London's ICA with refurbishment fundraising
The UK's Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) has announced an ambitious fundraising programme in collaboration with Film4 to raise funds for ICA Cinema. The fundraising drive will primarily go to support refurbishment of two cinemas at the ICA.Film4 will advise and support the ICA in significant fundraising strategies, with details ...
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Frears doesn't expect any 'brutality' as he leads Cannes jury
Stephen Frears and his Cannes competition jury made their first public appearance in Cannes on Wednesday at the festival's opening day press conference.Frears was flanked by jury members Toni Collette, Maggie Cheung, Maria de Medeiros, Sarah Polley, Marco Bellocchio, Orhan Pamuk, Michel Piccoli and Abderrahmane Sissako.When asked whether any of ...
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Satanas takes feature prize at first Emerging Talent Fest in Monaco
The inaugural International Emerging Talent Film Festival ended Tuesday night in Monte Carlo, Monaco, with the festival's Wing Award for best feature going to Satanas by Andres Baiz from Columbia/Mexico.Best director, feature, went to Tai-Sik Kim for Driving With My Wife's Lover (Korea), while best director, short, went to Lily ...
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Industry Trust launches $6m campaign to tackle copyright theft
The Industry Trust for Intellectual Property Awareness is kicking off the largest anti-piracy campaign ever in the UK on June 1 to educate the public about the damaging effects of what they now refer to as 'Knocking Off'.New research shows that copyright theft cost the film and television industry $912m ...
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Becker rocks on Elijah Wood's Iggy Pop story
Becker International has come on for international sales on Nick Gomez's The Passenger, based on Iggy Pop's life during the 1960s and 1970s.Elijah Wood will play the lead, with a script written by Eric Schmid.This Is That Corporation and Traction Media are executive producing, with Traction representing North American rights. ...
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Cannes market buzz titles 2007
From starry commercial films to projects from world-renowned auteurs, Screen previews some of the hot projects in the market at Cannes (May 16-27).Click on the regional links to the right - each page lists major projects, with links to sales company contact details.
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Cannes market buzz titles 2007: Asia
From starry commercial films to projects from world-renowned auteurs, Screen previews some of the hot Asian projects in the market at Cannes. Click the sales company names below to navigate to the relevant websites.IndiaLiz Shackleton in MumbaiInitially a broadcaster, UTV Motion Pictures has evolved into an integrated studio that also ...
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Cannes market buzz titles 2007: North America
From starry commercial films to projects from world-renowned auteurs, Screen previews some of the hot North American projects in the market at Cannes. Click the sales company names below to navigate to the relevant websites.Jeremy Kay in Los AngelesFocus Features International is bringing the Coen brothers’ spy caper Burn After ...
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Cannes market buzz titles 2007: Europe
From starry commercial films to projects from world-renowned auteurs, Screen correspondents preview some of the hot European projects in the market at Cannes. Click the sales company names below to navigate to the relevant websites.UKWendy Mitchell in London Among this year's hottest UK projects is Incendiary, from Bridget Jones's Diary ...
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Cannes market buzz titles 2007: Latin America
From starry commercial films to projects from world-renowned auteurs, Screen previews some of the hot Latin American projects in the market at Cannes. Click the sales company names below to navigate to the relevant websites.BrazilElaine Guerini in Sao Paulo More than 30 Brazilian film companies will be at the market ...
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Arthouse, Red Envelope buy Danny Williams doc
Arthouse Films and Red Envelope Entertainment have partnered to acquire North American rights to Esther B Robinson's documentary A Walk Into The Sea: Danny Williams And The Warhol Factory. The film won the best New York documentary award at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month as well as the ...
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Magnolia, Red Envelope acquire Hallam Foe for North America
Magnolia Pictures and Red Envelope Entertainment have teamed up to acquire North American rights to David Mackenzie's Hallam Foe which had its world premiere in competition at Berlin this year. The film, which stars Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles and Ciaran Hinds, is the story of a young man searching the ...
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UK producers cleared to use tax credit as equity
UK producers can use the UK tax credit which came into force earlier this year as equity in their films.The announcement was made yesterday by the UK Film Council, FilmFour and BBC Films.It resolves one of the principal issues that remained unresolved after the introduction of the new credit and ...
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Withoutabox expands European services
Digital pioneer Withoutabox has expanded its services for independent film-makers into Europe through a deal with UK-based distributor.The LA company will be represented bt Andy Whittaker, MD of London-based Dogwoof.It is a statement of intent for Withoutabox, which has rapidly expanded since being founded seven years ago by UCLA film ...
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Lucas signs to direct GreeneStreet's Laws Of Motion
Writer-director Craig Lucas has signed on to the satirical comedy Laws Of Motion, which GreeneStreet Films International (GSFI) will begin selling in Cannes.Lucas previously directed the 2005 Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee The Dying Gaul and wrote the 2002 drama The Secret Lives Of Dentists.Matthew Perry, Ben Foster and Hilary ...
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Weinstein prepares for controversy over Sicko
Harvey Weinstein arrives in Cannes this week with a battalion of lawyers and PR gurus ahead of a possible legal tow that threatens to overshadow the world premiere of Michael Moore's Sicko.Moore's expose of the US healthcare industry is set to outdo the controversy over his 2004 Palme D'Or winner ...
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Zwick recruits Craig to lead wartime Defiance
Ed Zwick, riding high on the back of his Oscar-nominated global hit Blood Diamond, is preparing the Second World War Polish Resistance epic Defiance and has cast Daniel Craig in the lead.At time of writing several buyers were circling for domestic rights to the Bedford Falls production, which Zwick will ...
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Fukusaku and Oshii unite to lead Toei's Rebellion
Japanese studio Toei is developing a sci-fi action project, Rebellion: The Killing Isle (working title), uniting two of Japan's hottest film-making talents - Kenta Fukasaku and Mamoru Oshii.Battle Royale II director Fukasaku is set to direct the $10m film from a script by Oshii - director of acclaimed anime titles ...