All Screen articles in 20 January 2008 – Page 5
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Stephanie Azam joins Telefilm's marketing and distribution team
Former Zeitgeist Films director of theatrical marketing Stephanie Azam has joined Telefilm Canada as marketing and distribution specialist for English-language feature film. Based principally in Toronto, Azam will work with Telefilm executive director Wayne Clarkson to ensure that the films in which the agency invests receive a higher standard of ...
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Stambler promoted to vice president at THINKFilm
Ben Stambler has been promoted to the position of vice president of acquisitions and development at THINKFilm.Stambler will continue to work out of the company's headquarters in New York where he started last March as director of acquisitions.During his relatively short time with the company Stambler has been instrumental in ...
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Bening to receive ASC Outstanding Achievement Award
Annette Bening will receive the American Society Of Cinematographers' (ASC) Board Of Governors Award at the 22nd Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards on Jan 26 in Hollywood.The honour is presented to individuals 'who have made significant contributions to advancing the global art of film-making', such as previous recipients like Bening's ...
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Truly Indie buys US theatrical rights to Backseat
Truly Indie has acquired US theatrical rights to Bruce Van Dusen's coming of age story Backseat and will release in New York on Mar 28 before expanding into further markets.Josh Alexander wrote and stars in the comedy about three friends who take a road trip from New York to Montreal ...
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TWC claim $210m in international grosses in 2007
The Weinstein Company's (TWC) slate of films grossed more than $210m overseas, according to figures release by the company today [Jan 15].The amount represents a rise of 170% over TWC's launch year in 2006 and was powered by a $49m take for the horror tile 1408, $41m for the animated ...
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Samuel Goldywn picks up Pieces for US distribution
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to Jeremy Podeswa's Holocaust drama Fugitive Pieces, which opened the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.The company plans a May theatrical release following the film's US premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on Feb 2.Fugitive Pieces stars Stephen Dillane, Rade Sherbedgia and Rosamund ...
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Arthouse picks up de Antonio's classic doc Painters Painting
Arthouse Films has picked up worldwide rights excluding Canada to the late Emile de Antonio's documentary Painters Painting - The New York School: 1940-1970.The film has never aired before on TV in the US and Arthouse will release a restored and remastered version for the first time on DVD through ...
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Supporting cast lined up for Kevin Smith's latest at TWC
Craig Robinson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, Jeff Anderson and Jason Mewes have joined Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks on The Weinstein Company's (TWC) Zack & Miri Make A Porno, which begins principal production in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Jan 16.Smith wrote and is directing the film, which stars Rogen ...
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Scorsese's Stones documentary to open Berlin on Feb 7
Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light will open the 58th Berlin International Film Festival on Feb 7 with the director and band in attendance.Scorsese used more than 16 cameras to capture more than half a million feet of footage when his crew filmed the veteran rockers over ...
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Persepolis, 4 Months fail to make Oscar shortlist
Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis both failed to make the cut as the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced its nine-film shortlist for the foreign language category.The films listed in alphabetical order by country ...
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Sue Kroll named worldwide marketing chief at Warner Bros
Sue Kroll has assumed the new role of president of worldwide marketing at Warner Bros Pictures following the departure last week of domestic marketing chief Dawn Taubin.Kroll's broad purview involves creating a seamless interaction between the domestic and international marketing divisions as she oversees strategic creation and implementation of worldwide ...
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Hot Docs honouring Leacock, Baichwall, Fraser
The Hot Docs documentary film festival will honour three notables of the form at its upcoming 15th edition: UK filmmaker Richard Leacock, Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal and the BBC's Nick Fraser, long-time commissioning editor of the UK broadcaster's Storyville documentary strand.Leacock, who will be presented with the Hot Docs Outstanding ...
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Spain's Imagina launches film sales division under Setuain
Spain's leading television distributor Imagina has moved into film sales, handling international rights on films produced by its associated companies, as well as pick ups from other independent production companies.Beatriz Setuain has taken the role as head of the new film distribution division, effective yesterday. She previously worked as an ...
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Japan's IMJ, Dub Incset up production label Smoke
IMJ Group subsidiary, IMJ Entertainment (IMJE), has established a feature film and visual contents company as a 50:50 joint venture with film and TV producer Dub Inc. The new company, Smoke, will be headed by Dub CEO Yasushi Utagawa, who will serve as producer on feature films developed under the ...
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Berlin selects 29 shorts, including 11 in competition
The Berlinale has selected 29 films for its Shorts section, including a special presentation of Serbian director Zelimir Zilnik's 1975 nine-minute film Inventory about housing speculation and foreigners living in Munich.A jury composed of Romanian producer Ada Solomon, French-actor director Marc Barbe and German actress Laura Tonke will have the ...
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Greek box office up 5% thanks to local hits including El Greco
The Greek box office registered a 5% rise during 2007 - up to 13.3m admissions from 12.9m in 2006, according to local experts. US blockbusters continued to perform well, as expected, but the boost was helped by strong performance by local productions.Zack Snyder's 300, although a US production, was a ...
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Mad Money
Dir: Callie Khouri. US. 2007. 104 mins.A relentlessly upbeat all-women heist comedy along the lines of How To Beat The High Cost Of Living and Fun With Dick And Jane, Mad Money is inoffensive star-driven entertainment which might capture the imagination of female audiences in theatres, before heading for a ...
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Berlin's Perspektive Deutsches Kino to include Randl's debut
The Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar has now finalised its 2008 programme with five feature films, four documentaries and four short films.The remaining six films to be confirmed include Lola Randl's feature debut In Between Days which was produced by Herbert Schwering's Coin Film as part of public broadcaster WDR ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to The Assembly and The Banquet
Metrodome Distribution has acquired all UK rights for two new Chinese films, The Assembly and The Banquet. Both are directed by Feng Xiaogang.The Assembly has already taken more than $30m at the Chinese box office. It is based on the true story of one man's journey during the 1948 Chinese ...
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Shot In Bombay
Dir: Liz Mermin, UK/US 2007. 99mins.Fact proves racier than fiction in Shot In Bombay, Liz Mermin's documentary on the filming of a Bollywood action movie based on true events. The film in question is Shootout At Lokhandwala, director Apoorva Lakhia's 2007 thriller inspired by a real-life Mumbai gun battle between ...