All Screen articles in 20 February 2009 – Page 4
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Sweden - The big time
Has the Swedish wunderkind rediscovered his box-office lustre' In advance of its gala screening in competition at the Berlinale, Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth, his first English-language film, was already on top of the Swedish box-office charts. The film was outperforming The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. This was the first time ...
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Awards Countdown - BAFTAs - BAFTA 'slums' it
It was a Sally Field experience for Slumdog Millionaire at this year's Bafta film awards (February 8) as Danny Boyle and his team discovered the British Academy really, really liked their film. Seven awards from 11 nominations, including best film, made it the top dog of the evening and it ...
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Lance Weiler's multi-screen ambitions
Many independent film-makers try to self-distribute their films or use new platforms; Lance Weiler has actually succeeded in grossing $5m from the self-distribution and digital dissemination of his past work.The Pennsylvania-based writer-director pioneered digital distribution with 1998's The Last Broadcast and 2006's Head Trauma and is now planning his most ...
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TIFFG names Karen Black director, Canadian initiatives
The Toronto International Film Festival Group has named Karen Black as director, Canadian initiatives, for the organisation. Black has served as acting director for the past year, following Cam Haynes' departure in 2008.Her remit includes TIFFG's Film Circuit, Canada's Top Ten and the Student Film Showcase. She will also be ...
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New Directors/New Films to open with Amreeka, close with Push
Cherien Dabis' Amreeka will open the New Directors/New Films 2009 programme presented by New York's Museum of Modern Art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Amreeka is about a single mother and her teenage son who move from Ramallah to middle America.The series will have its first ever closing ...
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Six sentenced in illegal Internet broadcast of Les Bronzes 3
A Paris court has sentencedsix people, includingthree employees of TF1, to a one month suspended jail sentence for their involvement in illegally broadcasting Patrice Leconte's 2006 hit Les Bronzes 3 Amis Pour La Vie on the Internet. Agence France Presse reports that two of those sentenced are employees of TF1's ...
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Fidalgo takes Norwegian rights to two Berlin competitors
Norwegian distributor Fidalgo has acquired two films which had their world premieres in this year's Competition at the Berlinale.Deals were concluded by Fidalgo with The Match Factory for Uruguayan filmmaker Adrian Biniez's feature debut Gigante and with TrustNordisk for Annette K. Olesen's Little Soldier. In addition, Berlin-based distributor Neue Visionen ...
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Confessions Of A Shopaholic
Dir: PJ Hogan. US. 2009. 104mins.Fashion magnate Coco Chanel once declared that luxury is the opposite of vulgarity but in the current economic climate such conspicuous consumption can seem somewhat tacky, or even a sign of mental psychosis, especially when a character opines, 'No man will ever treat you as ...
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ReviewsEmpire Of Silver (Baiyin Diguo)
Dir: Christina Yao. China-Taiwan-Hong Kong. 2009. 115mins.Savings and loans crises meld with an unrequited love story in Taiwanese stage director Christina Yao’s first feature. Set in mainland China around 1899, this odd epic has a polished and well-crafted look - it’s clear that reams of research ...
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Joseph Phillips takes lead in UK family feature Halo Boy
Director Stephen Cookson is currently shooting family feature Halo Boy in London for CKM Entertainments.Joseph Phillips, a 16-year-old actor who played Michael in London's stage version of Billy Eliot, has taken the lead role in Halo Boy.Cookson says of his star: ''I was looking for not only someone who is ...
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Arthouse takes on Shulman doc Visual Acoustics
Arthouse Films has acquired North American and worldwide rights to feature documentary Visual Acoustics: The Modernism Of Julius Shulman.Eric Bricker directed the film, which explores the career of 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who works with human models and striking landscapes to explore how nature mixes with urban design. Dustin ...
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Match Factory floats with Vinterberg's Submarino
The Match Factory has taken on sales for Thomas Vinterberg's low budget feature Submarino which is based on the novel of the same name by Jonas T Bengston. The deal continues Match's collaboration with Danish production house Nimbus Film after handling international sales on their previous productions of Ole Christian ...
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Rapid Eye picks up Phantom'sLove Exposure
Rapid Eye has acquired all German-speaking rights to Forum title Love Exposure from Japan's Phantom Film. Directed by Sono Sion, the four-hour drama follows a young boy who falls in love with a girl who later becomes his step sister. He is then forced to rescue her, along with her ...
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Eurimages plans contribution systemrestructure
A clearer picture is beginning to appear of how Eurimages (the Council of Europe fund for the co-production, distribution and exhibition of European cinematographic works) might change its contribution system. Last month, it emerged that Holland and Italy were considering withdrawal from Eurimages on the grounds that they put more ...
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Latido closes number of deals on Sex, Party & Lies
Madrid-based sales outfit Latido has closed several sales on Sex, Party & Lies by Albacete and Menkes. The film, to be released by Sony Spain on 250 prints in late March, has gone to Korea (Planis Entertainment), Greece (Art Free) and the US (Multivision). France, Italy and Russia are in ...
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WKW's Jet Tone recruits Chengto directProtein Girl
Wong Kar-wai's production outfit Jet Tone Films hasbrought on boardTaiwanese director Cheng Hsiao-tse to write and direct urban comedy drama Protein Girl. Scheduled to start shooting this summer, the film follows three characters - a thirty-something woman, a boy who is growing up to become a young Casanova and another ...
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Era New Horizons to offer cash prizes
Polish film festival Era New Horizons 2009 is to introduce financial rewards for its winners with four of the five competitive sections of the ENH 2009 to offer $90,300 (Eu70,000) in cash prizes and distribution guarantees. New Horizons International Competition, the competitive section of the festival screening 14 features that ...