All Screen articles in 2 October 2007 – Page 3
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Chuck And Larry make it to top of international box office
Universal/UPI's comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry ruled the roost overseas at the weekend courtesy of an estimated $9.3m haul from 2,512 venues in 38 territories. The comedy climbed to $38m following a weekend session that was punctuated by seven number one debuts in Germany, Mexico, Austria, ...
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Game Plan beats The Kingdom to take US domestic crown
Disney's family sports comedy The Game Plan beat out Universal's new terrorism drama The Kingdom to open at the top of the charts on an estimated $22.7m at the weekend. The Game Plan stars The Rock as a quarterback who discovers he has a seven-year-old daughter. Kyra Sedgwick and ...
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Raeburn ready to shoot adaptation of Afrikaans bestseller
Michael Raeburn is to direct an adaptation of Marlene van Niekerk's Afrikaans tragicomic novel Triomf.Raeburn and Malcolm Kohl have collaborated on the screenplay set during the 1994 first post-apartheid general election in South Africa and focusing on a family from the white underclass.The film stars Lionel Newton, Obed Baloyi, Vanessa ...
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Baker and Brolin sign up for Last Chance Harvey
Kathy Baker and James Brolin have joined Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson on the cast of Overture Films' romance Last Chance Harvey, which is set to begin filming in and around London this week [Oct 1]. Eileen Atkins, Richard Schiff and newcomer Liane Balaban have also boarded the project ...
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Conch Awards honour best in UK sound
The UK Screen Association'sConch Awardsannounced its winners at The Mayfair Hotel in London. SelectedConch 2007 winners:Best Music Production - sponsored by Ascent MediaCasino Royale - Air StudiosUnsung Hero Award - sponsored by MedialeaseGerry Teague - previously Chief Engineer at De Lane LeaMary Roche - Tea Lady, Anvil StudiosBest Film Soundtrack ...
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Showbox, CM Entertainment team for Blueberry Nights
Major Korean distributor Showbox Mediaplex has acquired Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights for South Korea, in tandem with CM Entertainment, formerly known as Inmoa Entertainment. Saya Huddlestone, international sales director at StudioCanal, struck the deal with Chris H. Lee, vice president of acquisitions at Showbox, and Thomas Kim, president of ...
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Wang takes Golden Shell at San Sebastian
Wayne Wang's A Thousand Years of GoodPrayers picked up best film Golden Shell at SanSebastian. Click here to see review.The film - adapted from a short story by Chinese writer Yiyun Li - also earned the best actor prize for Henry O.Nick Broomfield was named best director for his Iraq ...
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Boorsma brothers' Milo wins Kodak NPP Development Prize in Utrecht
The Kodak NPP Development Prize of 5,000 euros was presented on Saturday night to the project Milo written and to be directed by Berend and Roel Boorsma and produced by San Fu Maltha of Fu Works. The award was announced at a dinner to conclude the Netherlands Production Platform (NPP) ...
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Carice van Houten joins Body of Lies and Repossession Mambo
Black Book star Carice van Houten has signed up for two new projects: Ridley Scott's Body of Lies and Repossession Mambo.In the Ridley Scott directed Body of Lies, the Dutch actress co-stars next to Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Her production days are scheduled this week in Morocco. Right after ...
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Nordic films triumph at Copenhagen
More than half of the 11 features in competition at this years Copenhagen International Film Festival went home with an award. The main winners were Nordic films. Ake Sandgrens To Love Someone was the only film to win two awards taking home the script prize to Kim Fupz Aakesson and ...
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TONG DAWEI (CHINA)
Among the many young actors in China, Tong Dawei has one of the largest fan-bases, popular with teenagers and housewives alike for his boy-next-door image. Describing himself as quiet and easygoing, Tong comes from an industrial town in north-east China. Originally a business student, he was later accepted into the ...
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BAEK SUNG-HYUN (KOREA)
At 18-years-old, Baek Sung-hyun may be young, but he is committed. His performance as the neglected younger brother of an autistic runner in the 2005 hit Marathon had an authenticity that stood out. Baek is also experienced. 'When I was little, I lived next door to Lee Yi-jung [a TV ...
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YU NAN (CHINA)
Winning much praise at Berlin this year for her performance in Wang Quanan's Tuya's Marriage - which picked up the Golden Bear - Yu Nan has been drawing comparisons with Gong Li, another major Chinese export. Her career certainly has its parallels with Gong's: both won recognition by portraying a ...
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ZO IN-SUNG (KOREA)
When Yu Ha's sharp and poignant gangster film A Dirty Carnival was released, cinema-goers did a double-take when they saw the lead actor: previously, most people associated Zo In-sung's tall good looks with the image of a fresh college student or rich playboy. But in A Dirty Carnival, he played ...
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STAR SUMMIT ASIA - THE STARS
CURTAIN CALLStar Summit Asia's Curtain Call showcases talent established in the region.John Cho (US)Ananda Everingham (Thailand)Tatsuya Fujiwara (Japan)Lim Soo-jung (Korea)Yu Nan (China)Zo In-sung (Korea)CASTING BOARDStar Summit Asia's Casting Board section showcases the region's brightest up-and-coming actors.Sei Ashina (Japan)Baek Sung-hyunKim Jae-sung (Korea)Kim Ki-bum (Korea)Yang Jin-woo (Korea)Haruma Miura (Japan)Sa Hee (Korea)Tong Dawei ...
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PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CONTENTS - click to see moreIntroduction to PIFFIntroduction to Asian Film MarketStar Summit AsiaAFM market buzzPusan programmers pick out favouritesProfile of Pusan founder Kim Dong-ho Interview with festival co-director Lee Yong-kwan
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Future shorts launches television service.
Short film label Future Shorts is to launch a television service through online platform Joost.The service starts this week showing shorts and music videos as well as interviews and coverage of films events.Future Shorts was founded in 2003 and offers a platform for film-makers in 25 countries.
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Norwegian Film Institute appoints new head
Managing director Nina Refseth of Norwegian publishing house Stiftinga Det Norske Samlaget was today appointed head of the new Norwegian Film Institute, so far named the 'new enterprise.'Refseth, who according to the institute's interim board has a substantial management experience from Norwegian culture life, most recently with three years in ...
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The Reader denied permission to film atconcentration camp
Stephen Daldry's The Reader has been denied permission to shoot a scene with lead actor David Kross at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin.According to the Berliner Zeitung, Horst Seferens, the spokesperson for the memorial's foundation, explained that the museum has 'a fundamental approach: feature films should ...
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XXY is Argentinian foreign-language Oscar nomination
Lucia Puenzo'sfirst feature XXYhas been selected as the Argentinian submission for the foreign-language film category at next year's Academy Awards. The $1.2m Argentinian-French-Spanish co-production, which won the Critics Week main prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, is thestory of the brutal transforming moment when an intersexual teenager comes to ...