All Screen articles in 20 February 2009 – Page 5

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    Universum Film developing Tractors bestseller with UK's Trijbits

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    German distributor Universum Film has joined forces with UK-based producer Paul Trijbits of Ruby Films for the development of an adaptation of Marina Lewycka's A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian. The culture clash comedy about a dysfunctional Ukranian family living in Peterborough in the 1990s was a bestseller in ...

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    Wild Bunch swims in Oceans of Berlin deals

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Wild Bunch was striking an upbeat note as the company announced its EFMdeals yesterday. Despite the credit crunch, it emerged that the French powerhouses has closed multiple territories on its packed Berlin slate. 'I think the worst is still to come. We were all afraid that Berlin would be a ...

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    Necessities Of Life leads Genie Awards nominations

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Benoit Pilon's The Necessities Of Life received eight nominations and Yves-Christian Fornier's Everything Is Fine received seven as the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the contenders for the 29th-annual Genie Awards. Necessities Of Life was Canada's submission for the foreign-language Oscar. The two Quebecois titles were followed closely ...

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    Media Asia closes slew of saleson The Sniper

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Media Asia has closed deals on Dante Lam's The Sniper for territories including Germany, France, the UK and Turkey. The film, about a police sniper who vows to take revenge after he is unjustly imprisoned, has gone to KSM in Germany, Wild Side in France, Showbox in the UK, Horizon ...

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    Dieter Kosslick extends Berlinale contract till 2013

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Dieter Kosslick is staying put at the Berlinale - the festival director confirmed to Screen that his contract as festival director has been extended by another two years until April 30, 2013, four weeks before his 65th birthday. It was originally scheduled to expire in 2011. He also expressed optimism ...

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    Kim Ki-duk Film sues Korea's Studio 2.0

    2009-02-12T06:00:00Z

    Korean director Kim Ki-duk's production company, Kim Ki-duk Film, has filed suit against distributor Studio 2.0 for suspicion of profits embezzlement from the box office success Rough Cut, directed by Kim Ki-duk protege Jang Hun. Rough Cut was made for less than $1.5m with co-producer Sponge Entertainment and leading men ...