All Screen articles in 20 January 2003 – Page 4
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First Forum titles confirmed for Berlin
Piotr Tzaskalski's Edi, the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Lynn Hershmann Leeson's clone thriller Teknolust, starring Tilda Swinton in four roles along with Jeremy Davies and Karen Black, and Ulrike Ottinger's six hour-plus documentary travelling through south east Europe, Sudostpassage. Eine Reise Zu Den Neuen Weissen ...
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UK bucks downward trend of European cinema admissions
While cinema admissions fell last year in France, Germany, Spain and Italy, the UK was the only major European market to see growth in ticket sales - and by a hefty 10%-plus.Although official figures are yet to be released for the territory, the UK is likely to register at least ...
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Exception adds co-production to sales activities
Exception, the company minted out of former StudioCanal boutique Wild Bunch, has announced it is adding co-production to its activities. The outfit, started by former Wild Bunch and StudioCanal executives Vincent Maraval, Alain de la Mata, Vincent Grimond and Brahim Chioua will now provide an international co-producing service alongside its ...
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70 Iranian features submitted for Fajr International Film Festival
The 21st Fajr International Film Festival is to be held in Tehran from Feb 1-11 2003. Commemorating the 24th anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, it will consist of two International Competitions - for feature-length and short narrative films respectively - and an Out-of-Competition section for films which do not ...
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Schlessel named Columbia president in SPE restructure
In a raft ofpromotions rewarding key players in last year's record-breakingperformance by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Peter Schlessel has beennamed president of Columbia Pictures and Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach havebeen named co-presidents of production at the studio. SPE earned more than$1.57bn at the domestic box office last year, an ...
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Verdone comedy hits gold for Warner Bros in Italy
Warner Bros' driveinto international production and acquisitions got a seal of approval at thebox office over the weekend when the studio's first Italian-languageco-production, Ma Che Colpa Abbiamo Noi (It Can't Be All Our Fault), opened number one in Italy on $1.7m (Euros 1.6m). The comedy-dramadrew 277,744 admissions from 245 screens ...
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Gold Circle launches domestic distribution arm
Paul Brooks, theLondon-born producer and president of financing, production and internationalsales outfit Gold Circle Films, which co-funded 2001's smash hit MyBig Fat Greek Wedding,announced today (Jan 14) the launch of domestic theatrical distributor GoldCircle Releasing. While independent distribution is a notoriously treacherousbusiness, Brooks, who founded UK distributor Metrodome in the ...
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Hill promoted to head all Icon UK operations, Mayson joins as COO
Mel Gibson andBruce Davey's Icon Entertainment is reorganizing its UK operation, namingNick Hill, former CEO of Icon Film Distribution Ltd (IFDL), as CEO of the UKIcon Group which includes both IFDL and the company's international salesand distribution arm Icon Entertainment International.UK distributionveteran Hill joined Icon in 1999 from his position ...
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No Good Deed
Dir: Bob Rafelson. USA. 2002. 104mins.Based on a Dashiell Hammett story, Bob Rafelson's latest noir thriller is neither particularly dark nor especially thrilling. Samuel L Jackson makes a fair stab at the first black diabetic cello-playing cop in cinema history, but his bitter intensity is not enough to paper over ...
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Pauly Shore's directorial debut opens Slamdunk Film Festival
Actor-comedian Pauly Shore's feature directorial debut, You'llNever Wiez In This Town Again, leads an eclectic line-up of seven features and 27 shorts forthe 2003 Slamdunk Film Festival. Billed as a semi-autobiographical slapstickstory, Shore plays a man who loses everything he knows and has to work his wayback into the entertainment ...
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Five gay features win completion funding from Frameline/Horizons
Frameline, which each year presents the San FranciscoInternational Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and philanthropic body Horizonshave named five feature projects as recipients of the 2002 Horizons/FramelineCompletion Fund. The fund was set up 10 years ago to help gay, lesbian,bisexual and transgender media artists with the final stages of production. ...
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European Commission investigates sales of TV rights
European Commission anti-trust regulators are investigating a number of Hollywood studios and European pay-TV companies over the sale of TV rights to movies.The Commission said today that it was examining a clause in Hollywood film contracts with European television networks that may be anti-competitive - and that may prevent rival ...
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Sony TV int'l promotes McMahon
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has announced the promotion of John McMahon to senior executive vice president, managing director for its European operations. A 12-year veteran of SPTI - a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company - McMahon took charge of its European activities in 1998. Since then he ...
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Taiwan's Golden Horse festival under threat
The future of Taiwan's Golden Horse Film Festival and awards ceremony is again looking uncertain as a group of legislators are seeking to axe the event's entire budget. Taiwan's parliament has passed the second reading of a motion, brought by 13 legislators of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), to cut ...
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Grill Point wins top German critics prize
Andreas Dresen's Silver Bear winner Grill Point (Halbe Treppe) (pictured) has won the German film critics' Best Feature Film prize.In addition, Hans Weingartner's much lauded White Noise (Das Weisse Rauschen) was named Best Feature Debut, with Best Actor honours going to the film's lead Daniel Bruehl (who was also recognised ...
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Constantin Film retreats from TV to focus on features
Leading German producer-distributor Constantin Film plans to concentrate its energies even more on the feature film sector in future.Speaking to the German daily newspaper Die Welt, Thomas Friedl, Constantin's board member for distribution and marketiing, said that his company was "assuming that the TV market will remain weak in ...
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Expat Indians plan to raise funds for Bollywood productions
Indian IT Millionaires settled in Silicon Valley are looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in Bollywood. Over 600 venture capitalists, angel investors and bankers including Kanwal Rekhi, Shailesh J Mehta, Rahul Bhasin, Raj Dugar and Brajesh Mehra participated in a Media and Entertainment conference in ...
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Krohmer debut to open Berlinale's German sidebar
Stefan Krohmer's feature debut Sie Haben Knut will open the Berlinale's German cinema sidebar Perspektive Deutsches Kino which promises a film mix that "will once again be colourful, exciting and varied in content", according to the sidebar organisers.The realistic and satirical ensemble film, which was made early last year on ...
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Turner Laing named BSkyB's head of film and acquisitions
BSkyB has appointed Sophie Turner Laing, the BBC's controller of acquisitions, to head the UK satellite broadcaster's film and acquisitions activities. Turner Laing, who secured Band Of Brothers and 24 for the BBC, effectively replaces Paul Taylor as director of film channels and acquisitions. Taylor is leaving the company after ...
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Yoji Ikushima is ShoWest International Exhibitor of the Year.
Yoji Ikushima,managing director of leading Japanese exhibitor Warner Mycal Corporation, hasbeen named ShoWest 2003's International Exhibitor of the Year, it wasannounced today (Jan 14) by Robert Sunshine, chairman of ShoWest operatorSunshine Group Worldwide. Ikushima will receive his award at the InternationalDay Luncheon on Mar 3, the opening day of ShoWest ...