All Screen articles in 2 October 2007 – Page 2
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Cinetic strikes Canadian distribution pact with Maximum Films
Robert Lantos' fledgling Toronto-based sales and distribution company Maximum Films has struck a three-year deal with New York's Cinetic Media to release Cinetic films in CanadaThe agreement further boosts the prestige factor associated with Maximum's pipeline following recent deals with Fortissimo Films, Magnolia Pictures, and IFC.It also realises Cinetic's stated ...
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HarperCollins strikes alliance with New York producer Sharp
HarperCollins Publishers has truck a strategic alliance with New York-based producers Sharp Independent to collaborate on the adaptation of HarperCollins titles.The alliance is another example of film companies allying themselves with publishing houses to access and exploit material. In 2005, Focus Features partnered up with Random House to create Random ...
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Prolific NYC-based Plum sets up fourth picture this year
New York-based Plum Pictures has lined up its fourth production this year, the comedy Bart Got A Room with William H Macy and Cheryl Hines.Alia Shawkat and Steven Kaplan also star in the coming-of-age story about a nerdy high school student who tries to find a prom date while his ...
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UKFC Development Fund restructures single-project funding
The UK Film Council's Development Fund, which will hand out an average of $8m (£4m) per year through 2011, has announced a number of changes to the way it funds single projects. Tanya Seghatchian, the Harry Potter and My Summer Of Love producer who took over as head of the ...
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Irish Arts Minister boosts production fund by $2.8m
In his first major announcement since he took on responsibility for film in June, Irish Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism, Seamus Brennan, has confirmed additional funding of $2.8m(Euros 2m) for the Irish Film Board (IFB), to encourage international film and television projects to shoot in Ireland. The extra money ...
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Orange to sponsor BAFTAs for two more years in 2008-2009
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts says that phone company Orange has extended its sponsorship of the film awards for two more years in 2008 and 2009. Orange has already sponsored the BAFTAs for 10 years. Hattie Magee, head of partnerships for Orange UK, said: 'We are delighted ...
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Grumbar promoted to distribution president at Icon
Hugo Grumbar has been promoted to president of distribution for Icon Film Distribution. He had been head of group marketing. In the new position, he will oversee all marketing, publicity and distribution operations; he reports to chief executive Martin Bigham. Also at Icon, Mark Fisher has been named Group Financial ...
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Battle for Haditha
Dir. Nick Broomfield . United Kingdom, 2007. 94 minsBattle for Haditha dramatises one of the most notorious atrocities of the Iraq War, the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqis by American marines in the city of Haditha on November 19, 2005 , for which five marines stand trial at Camp Pendleton ...
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Cannes winner Jeon to star in low-budget Muttjin Haru
Amid a flurry of offers after her Cannes Best Actress Award win for her performance in Secret Sunshine, top Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon has opted to star in Lee Yoon-ki's upcoming low-budget drama Muttjin Haru (which roughly translates to A Fine Day.) Lee has previously drawn attention at fests like ...
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Shadows in the Palace (Goong Nyeo)
Dir: Kim Mi-jung. South Korea 2007. 111 mins.To get a handle on Kim Mi-jung's impressive debut, imagine The Name of the Rose set it in a Korean royal court of the Joseon dynasty. The big difference, apart from the cultural transposition, is that this historical murder mystery takes place in ...
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Future Shorts relaunches UK festival in London tonight
After a summer break, the Future Shorts festival is relaunching tonight.The London festival kicks off tonight at the Greenwich Picturehouse, before screeing at other London locations through Oct 30. Regional screenings will be held in Glasgow, Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Manchester, Norwich and Exeter. The festival's selections ...
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Fry, Brand, Fisher and Lily Allen to star in Austen spoof
UK-based Sprout Productions is in pre-production on period comedy Jane Austen Handheld with director Tristram Shapeero, who makes his feature film debut after working on TV's Green Wing, Peep Show and Brass Eye. Carrie Fisher, Stephen Fry, Russell Brand and Lily Allen will star in the comedy spoof of Pride ...
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ContentFilm does a run with skiing documentary Steep
ContentFilm International has taken on international rights (excluding North America) for Steep. Mark Obenhaus directed the documentary about big mountain skiing, and it was filmed in locations including Alaska, Wyoming, Canada, France and Iceland.The featured skiiers include Ingrid Backstrom, Chris Davenport, Doug Coombs, Shane McConkey, Andrew McLean, Seth Morrison, Eric ...
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Flawless
Dir: Michael Radford. UK/Luxembourg 2007. 105 mins.A diamond heist thriller set in pre-swinging London circa 1960, Flawless is polished but hollow. It's not just the setting that is retro: the story itself feels a little old-fashioned, like The Day they Robbed the Bank of England or Rififi with fewer accomplices ...
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HBO expands international sales team and promotes Bowen
HBO has expanded its international sales team, appointing four new vice presidents of international distribution. They are Carol Eymery, Roes Marie Vega, Roberta Ibb-Hartog and Dan Selig. Also, Jennifer Bowen has been promoted to senior vice president of international distribution. She has been with HBO since 1995. Eymery, Vega, Ibba-Hartog ...
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Ian Foster takes MD job for Universal UK home entertainment
Ian Foster has been named managing director, Universal Pictures UK, a division of home entertainment company Universal Pictures International Entertainment. Foster had been commercial director at Entertainment UK Ltd and previously served as managing director of Demon Music Group. He is based in London and reports to UPIE president Eddie ...
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Cinemavault picks up Blue Blood for AFM
Los Angeles-based Cinemavault Releasing International has picked up three films in the run-up to AFM including the noir thriller Blue Blood (formerly If I Didn't Care). Benjamin Cummings and Orson Cummings wrote the screenplay to the film, which premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival and is currently on ...
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Fox Latin America takes on Gabriel Garcia Marquez adaptation
Fox Latin America has acquired all Latin American rights to Stone Village Pictures' Gabriel Garcia Marquez adaptation Love In The Time Of Cholera, which will receive its world premiere at the closing night of the Rio Film Festival on Oct 4. Fox plans a December holiday release in Central and ...
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Purefoy to star in Solomon Kane
James Purefoy has been cast in the lead on Samuel Hadida's upcoming comic book adaptation Solomon Kane. Following what the producers called 'an exhaustive search', they have finally found the man to play the eponymous 16th century soldier and Puritan.Kane is a damned soul following a life of cruelty and ...
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Iceland adds Jar City to foreign-language Oscar race
Baltasar Kormakur's Jar City will represent Iceland in the race for the foreign-language Oscar.The thriller won the Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary and it is a nominee for the Nordic Film Prize. Jar City was well received in Telluride and Toronto; IFC Films has nabbed North American rights from Trust ...