All Screen articles in 20 July 2001 – Page 3
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PrimaCom signs ppv deal with Universal
Private German cable network PrimaCom and Universal Studios International have signed a non-exclusive pay-per-view (ppv) output deal for a wide range of current and library titles from Universal, including Oscar-winner Gladiator and The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas. Commenting on the agreement, Hans Wolfert, chief corporate development officer at PrimaCom ...
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Godard's Eloge De L'Amour to screen at LFF
Jean-Luc Godard's Eloge De L'Amour will screen as the French Gala film at November's London Film Festival.The Cannes competition title, being released in the UK by Will Clarke's Optimum Releasing, is billed as a study of memory and history told through the four stages of love - meeting, physical passion, ...
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Quebec grants $9.1m to Lions Gate partner
CineGroupe, the animation partner of Lions Gate Entertainment, is set to receive a cash injection of $9.1m from Societe generale de financement du Quebec, the state investment agency of the Canadian province. Lions Gate spokesman Gordon Keep told Screendaily the investment will allow CineGroupe to grow its future business and ...
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UK's lukewarm development culture heats up
Last week, the UK Film Council announced its first round of long-term slate funding deals with six production outfits. The $7m (£5m) annual development fund is designed to give promising companies long-term support in beefing up their development capabilities, both in terms of property acquisition and personnel. Fragile Films, Archer ...
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White Noise takes top Babelsberg prize
Max Ophuels Prize winner Hans Weingartner and Oscar nominee Marc-Andreas Bochert were among the recipients of the 2001 Babelsberg Media Awards presented last weekend. Weingartner, received the $15,303 (DM35,000) Best Graduation Feature Film Award for his das weisse rauschen (The White Noise), while Bochert was presented with the $21,861 (DM50,000) ...
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Antonia Bird swoops on Run adaptation
Antonia Bird is to direct an adaptation of crime novel Run for recently-formed UK production outfit Hanthum Films and the director's own company, 4Way Pictures.Written by Douglas E Winter, the book revolves around the character of Burdon Lane, a gunrunner-businessman on a so-called milk run which goes wrong. Winter is ...
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Chile warms to film censorship reversal
The Chilean government has voted almost unanimously to scrap film censorship in the country, with 125 votes in favour and eight abstentions. However, the senate has asked to delay the vote's implementation until the approval of a bill presented by the newly appointed members of the ratings/censorship board, the Consejo ...
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Korea seeks to thwart Hollywood invasion
"Hollywood domination is dangerous for world cinema" declared leading Korean actor, Moon Seong-keun today as he led a call for the establishment of a new international organisation to protect cultural diversity and promote film from outside the Hollywood system. "We have yet to determine which is the best means to ...
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SHREK retakes top spot at UK box office
Despite five openers making an entry in the UK top 15 chart at the weekend the battle for the top position was between two holdovers. Last week's leader Lara Croft: Tomb Raider dropped off 41% from its opening weekend to take $3.2m (£2.3m) from 446 sites in its second. This ...
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Shaun Redick leaves WMA to join Kamins at ICM
Shaun Redick, formerly director of the independent film division at The William Morris Agency (WMA), aka WMA Independent, has joined LA talent agency International Creative Management (ICM) as an agent in its international division.Redick has been at WMA Independent for four years working with Cassian Elwes and Rena Ronson; among ...
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Hi Tereska
Dir: Robert Glinski Poland 2001. 86mins.After making an impressive acting debut as a young criminal in the leading role of Robert Glinski's Hi, Teresa, 15-year- old Aleksandra Gieter had to return to the reform school that she had been plucked from to play the part. Ironically she escaped a ...
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Q&A with Columbia Pictures' Barbara Robinson
Barbara Robinson, managing director of Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia says that a studio can act like a local player.How does Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (CPFPA) operate'Our mandate is to acquire, develop and produce local-language films primarily for the Asian market but hopefully with potential to move beyond Asia ...
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Moviesystem gets Pathe, Besson library for VoD
Moviesystem, a new company which spans conventional video distribution and video-on-demand (VoD), has picked up VoD rights to Pathe and the Luc Besson-headed Europa Corp. The five year deals give Moviesystem worldwide rights to the 600-title back catalogue and the current output of Europa. A wholesaler which has developed a ...
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Arista adds script workshop to Oscar Moore Prize
Arista, the training initiative of the EU's Media II programme has joined forces with The Oscar Moore Foundation, the charity launched and run by Screen International in memory of its former editor-in-chief, to add an exclusive seven-day story editor workshop to the annual scriptwriting prize of £10,000.The annual Oscar Moore ...
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Argentina lacks support for local films
Argentine newspaper La Nacion has highlighted the relative dearth of admissions for local films despite the increasing number of releases, international festival awards and a general upsurge in film production. According to the paper's analysis of the last six months, while there were 10 more releases in the first half ...
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AMC bids high for General Cinemas
US theatre circuit AMC has raised the stakes in the consolidation of North American exhibition, offering $62.5m for bankruptcy-bound rival General Cinemas. The offer surpasses by $20m the cash portion of the latest offer submitted by Onex Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management, the investment firms behind the $247m buyout offer ...
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Karlovy Vary fest fetes Amelie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie grabbed the $20,000 grand prize at the 36th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which closed on Saturday 14 July. Jeunet's comedy about the adventures of a Parisian girl stood out from a slate of films dominated by darker themes this year, including drug addiction and Alzheimer's.Special jury ...
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Warner grabs French comedy from Gaumont
Warner Bros' French division is to produce Ma Femme S'appelle Maurice, the next film by French comedy specialist Jean-Marie Poire (The Visitors). The $13m (Ffr100m) title, which is also to be backed by Germany's Babelsberg Studios, Canal Plus and French public broadcaster France Television, starts shooting on July 23 in ...
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Global box office to grow 36% over next decade
Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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