All Screen articles in 20 August 2002 – Page 3
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Argentinian box office shrugs-off economic crisis
Despite Argentina's crushing economic crisis, box office earnings shot up 15% and admissions rose 20% during the country's school holidays compared to the same period the previous year, according to the latest figures from EDI Nielsen. While robust ticket sales are normal during the winter months in Argentina, this year's ...
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Viareggio festival aims to restore former glory
Aiming to restore its past glory, returning festival director Felice Laudadio has unveiled the line-up for this year's European Cinema Festival (Sept 14-21), including a competition section whose jury will be headed by Commedia all'Italiana founder Mario Monicelli.The festival will give special attention to new German cinema. Two German films ...
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NuVision chief steps down
Pedro Rodriguez Domecq has resigned from his post as president of Mexico-based, Latin American distributor NuVision. Domecq's resignation comes amid reports that NuVision and sister production company Altavista have both been cutting staff following slow returns and less than successful productions since last year's Love's A Bitch (Amores Perros). Federico ...
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Constantin exits Escape Artist deal
Munich-based producer-distributor Constantin Film yesterday said it had prematurely terminated a two-year output deal with US producer Escape Artists as a result of changes to its product sourcing strategy.Reporting a narrowing first-half net loss of Euros6m (2001: Euros6.7m), Constantin said it had been forced to write-off Euros3.9m - the value ...
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Chuo joins Artisan as vice president, acquisitions in Los Angeles
Artisan Pictures has hired Monica Chuo as its vice president of acquisitions based in Los Angeles. She will report directly to the company's executive vice president Patrick Gunn, and fills the space left by senior vice president, acquisitions, Leilani Forby who left Artisan recently to join former Artisan colleague John ...
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German box office continues upward swing
The recent upward trend in the German exhibition sector has continued in the first half of 2002, according to statistics issued by the German Federal Film Board (FFA).While the number of cinema-goers increased year-on-year from 79.7m to 80.7m - equivalent to growth of 1.3% -, box-office revenues expanded by 7.8% ...
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Berlinale hit with second sidebar defection
Renate Zylla, director of the Berlinale's Children's Film Festival (Kinderfilmfest), has tendered her resignation, less than a fortnight after Wolfgang Jacobsen's announced he was stepping down as the organiser of the festival's Retrospective. Zylla had worked for the Kinderfilmfest in Berlin since 1985 and was appointed the sidebar's director in ...
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Toronto unveils world and North American premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 5-14) will feature the world premiere of director Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers, along with the North American premieres of writer/director Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale and Julie Taymor's Frida.Filmed in Morocco, Four Feathers is Kapur's (Elizabeth) epic tale of man's indomitable spirit and ...
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Festival unveils more world and North American premieres
The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 5-14) will feature the world premiere of director Shekhar Kapur's The Four Feathers, along with the North American premieres of writer/director Brian de Palma's Femme Fatale and Julie Taymor's Frida.Filmed in Morocco, Four Feathers is Kapur's (Elizabeth) epic tale of man's indomitable spirit and ...
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Das Werk thrown E60m lifeline
The survival of ailing post-production group Das Werk has been given a crucial boost through the granting of a credit line of more than Euros60m ($58.5m) and the extension of previous loans by a banking pool that includes BHF Bank, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank.The additional funds were made available after ...
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European DVD software sales to jump 150% over next four years
Western European consumer spending on DVD software is forecast to increase by more than 150% over the next four years, reaching Eu15.3bn ($15bn) by 2006 and accounting for 85% out of a forecast Eu18.4bn ($18bn) total spending on video software, according to researcher Screen Digest.While sales of VHS tapes in ...
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Okay
OKAYReviewed by Sheila Johnston in LocarnoScreened in competitionDir: Jesper W Nielsen. Denmark. 2002. 95mins. Danish actors must be the envy of their colleagues the world over: this tiny national industry produces an endless stream of films which treat very recognisable, everyday problems with that distinctive Nordic blend of comedy and ...
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Korean festival delayed by success
The third edition of Korea's indieKINO International Film Festival, due to have taken place later this month, has been postponed until December. Rather than spelling trouble, the reason appears to be the event's growing success.Originally to have taken place Aug 19-Sept 15, the online event will now take place Dec ...
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Kaufman, Magiday & Resnick form Focus buying troika
Universal Pictures'specialized arm Focus Features has finalized the structure of its acquisitionsdepartment, ending months of speculation which has seen the exit of senioracquisitions executives Graeme Mason from Universal Pictures International(UPI) and Steven Raphael and Amanda Klein from USA Films. Focus was formed byUniversal from the merger of USA Films and ...
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Breillat, Chaio join Venice's Upstream jury
French director Catherine Breillat and Taiwanese producer Peggy Chiao will light up the jury for Venice's Upstream competition (Controcorrente). Lebanese film critic Ghassan Abdoul-Khalek will head the jury, which also includes FIPRESCI chief Klaus Eder and Italian director-critic Enrico Ghezzi. The winner of the cutting-edge section's San Marco prize ...
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Breillat, Chaio join Upstream jury; Zaoralova, Hauff to pick De Laurentiis winners
French director Catherine Breillat and Taiwanese producer Peggy Chiao will light up the jury for Venice's Upstream competition (Controcorrente). Lebanese film critic Ghassan Abdoul-Khalek will head the jury, which also includes FIPRESCI chief Klaus Eder and Italian director-critic Enrico Ghezzi. The winner of the cutting-edge section's San Marco prize ...
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MGM launches two branded channels in Africa with Multichoice
MGM Networks,the TV networks arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), is to launch two channelsinto Africa after striking an agreement with Multichoice Africa. The 24-hour aday, seven-days-a-week channels, which are dubbed MGM Movie Channel, will becarried on Multichoice Africa's DStv platform. One will be supplied inEnglish to subscribers throughout sub-Saharan Africa, while ...
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Veteran BVI Japan executive Nakajima dies aged 71
Veteran Japanesemovie executive Isamu Nakajima died last week (Aug 7) in Tokyo at the age of71. He was vice president of sales for Buena Vista International Japan (BVIJ)at the time of his death.Nakajima-san wasconsidered one of Japan's top distribution executives, respected byexhibitors and admired by competitors. He began his career ...
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