All Screen articles in 2 October 2007 – Page 5
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China - A new dawn
The Sun Also Rises, the third film by Chinese maverick director Jiang Wen, adopts an entirely different narrative and visual style to his previous films, the semi-autobiographical In The Heat Of The Sun and satirical drama Devils On The Doorstep.Gone is the stark realism of those films, replaced by a ...
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Chasin' Jason
ANALYSIS: INTERNATIONAL BOX-OFFICE WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 21-23(Last3-dayweek)Film (origin)gross $ScrsCume $Terr1(1)The Bourne Ultimatum (US)$14,159,7173,902$145,587,801492(New)Resident Evil: Extinction (US)$7,878,375992$8,144,67043(9)I Know Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (US)$5,099,7801,661$26,864,423284(2)The Simpsons Movie (US)$5,035,2741,544$332,055,644115(11)Superbad (US)$4,981,3311,043$9,908,56186(7)Ratatouille (US)$4,656,0002,535$216,416,000277(8)No Reservations (US)$4,603,5662,199$30,348,573458(3)Hero (Jap)$4,418,753475$39,168,88019(New)The Mafia, The Salesman (S Kor)$4,236,119442$4,970,196110(4)Hairspray (US)$3,968,5961,794$48,521,4783011(5)Shrek The Third (US)$3,285,3321,107$464,034,6491612(New)A Love (S Kor)$3,266,741388$3,862,268113(6)Rush Hour 3 (US)$3,071,3882,150$74,081,4293214(14)Disturbia (US)$2,868,1271,594$31,928,5223015(13)Atonement (UK-Fr-US)$2,833,663594$13,897,057216(New)Mongol (Rus-Ger-Kaz-Mon)$2,776,244356$2,776,244317(12)Run, Fat Boy, ...
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Box office: data - Shining example
One of the world's largest-scale experiments has suggested strong audience demand for digitally restored archive material.The UK Summer of British Film season, organised by the UK Film Council and the BBC, showed classic films at 136 theatres signed up to the National Digital Cinema network. Audiences across the country were ...
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ASIAN FILM MARKET BUZZ
THAILANDThailand's Mono Film (which sold the remake rights for romantic drama Me ... Myself to Korea's K&Entertainment earlier this year) is showing the latest footage of Fighting Beat (Pahuyut) - a martial-arts drama set on Phi Phi Island and directed by Piti Jaturaphat - and Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn's romantic comedy Gig ...
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Co-production PRO & Star Summit Asia
The Asian Film Market is striving to be a full-service market and already encompasses the contents market, projects market PPP and locations and production services convention Bifcom.Last year, the market also launched talent showcase Star Summit Asia, which aims to stimulate co-productions by showcasing Asian talent, and this year is ...
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PUSAN'S AFM STAKES ITS CLAIM
Now in its second year as a fully fledged market, Pusan's Asian Film Market (October 8-11) is still relatively small and takes place at one of the busiest times of the year - but is already considered a key event by many international buyers and sellers.In its first edition last ...
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Walden and Kerner team up for basketball feature
Walden Media and Jordan Kerner's Kerner Entertainment Company are teaming up on the feature adaptation of sports columnist Adrian Wojnarowski's 2005 book The Miracle Of St Anthony. The book explores a year of the life of Bob Hurley Sr, one of America's most successful and prolific high-school basketball coaches ...
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Screenwriters selected for second French Autumn Stories season
The second edition of Autumn Stories is set to kick off October 1 at the Abbaye de Royaumont, north of Paris. The scheme, created by the Franco-American Cultural Funds and the Ile de France Film Commission, invites four American screenwriters to finalise their feature projects over a six-week period. ...
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Cotillard to receive Palm Springs breakthrough award
Marion Cotillard will receive the 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's (PSIFF) Breakthrough Performance Award for her performance in La Vie En Rose. Cotillard, the first honoree to be unveiled for the 2008 festival, will be invited to collect her trophy at the Awards Gala on Jan 5 ...
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Universal Japan strikes DVD distribution deal with Geneon
Universal Pictures Japan and Geneon Entertainment have created a home entertainment distribution partnership. Geneon will distribute Universal's new release titles on DVD, with the first release being The Bourne Ultimatum in March 2008.However, Universal Pictures Japan, led by MD Ghen Akiyama, will continue to distribute all Universal catalogue and television ...
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Danish smash Olsen Gang to get CGI treatment in new feature
Denmark's Olsen Gang (Olsenbanden) - the most successful franchise in the country's film history - will be resuscitated in a new CGI feature. Danish major Nordisk Film, which produced the 14 original Olsen Gang films between 1968-1981 and in 1998, has received development support from the Danish Film Institute for ...
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LFF plans industry talks including one-day digital seminar
The London Film Festival is planning several special industry seminars for this year's festival. The Ateliers du Cinema Europeen (ACE) and the French Institute, with support from Skillset, the UK Film Council and the MEDIA Plus Programme will work with the LFF to host the seminar Creative Producer - A ...
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Rome's second run offers 19 world premieres and star power
Rome Film Fest (Oct 18-27) has announced the line up for its second edition (full list here), reinforcing its mission to be a people's 'festa' (the Italian word for party) while showing increased capability to attract top talent in a line up that focuses on European premieres as it capitalises ...
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Reykjavik opens with world premiere of Sigur Ros - Heima
The fourth Reykjavik International Film Festival will open tonight with the world premiere of Denni Karlsson's Sigur Ros - Heima, a film about the internationally successful Icelandic music group Sigur Ros. Guests of the festival will include Peter Greenaway, who will receive the festival's honorary award for film directing; Finnish ...
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Poland chooses Andrzej Wajda's Katyn as Oscar contender
A Culture Ministry selection committee featuring Polish filmmakers Janusz Majewski, Jan Kaczmarek and Slavomir Fabicki made a unanimous decision in selecting Andrzej Wajda's film Katyn from among 16 contenders for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Katyn explores the events leading up to the Katyn massacre ...
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San Sebastian's Films In Progress champions Gasolina
In San Sebastian 's Films In Progress section, Guatemalan youth drama Gasolina by Julio Hernandez Cordon has won three of the five awards, including the top industry prize. Films in Progress provides completion funding for projects from rising Latin American talents hoping to make a name for themselves on the ...
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Control and Band's Visit among EFA discovery nominees
Four films have been nominated for the European Discovery award at the forthcoming European Film Awards. They are: Eran Kolirin's The Band's Visit from Israel, Anton Corbijn's Control from the UK, Jan Bonny's Counterparts (Gegenuber) from Germany and Ozer Kiziltan's Takva (A Man's Fear Of God) from Turkey/Germany. A total ...
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Scorsese signs on for George Harrison documentary
Martin Scorsese is set to direct a documentary feature film about the life and work of late musician George Harrison. Scorsese will also produce through Sikelia Productions with Olivia Harrison through Grove Street Productions and Nigel Sinclair through Spitfire Pictures. Olivia Harrison, the widow of the ex-Beatle, said that work ...
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Latin American experts discuss piracy troubles in Rio
Piracy is of the major concerns being discussed during RioMarket (Sept 21-Oct 3), the largest gathering of the audiovisual industry in Latin America.'The industry lost an estimated $6.1bn last year, with Latin America representing 16,7% of that,'' said Steve Solot, senior vice president for Latin America operations of the Motion ...
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Mexico submits Reygadas' Silent Light as Oscar entry
The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences has selected Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light (Stellet Licht) as the Mexican entry for foreign-language Oscar consideration. The film, which Reygadas also wrote and produced, is a Mennonite love story with dialogue in an unusual old German dialect. Johan, a married man, transgresses ...