All Screen articles in 21 April 2004 – Page 5

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    Arthouse titles win UK distribution backing

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    Oscar winner Capturing The Friedmans, Michael Winterbottom's Code 46 and Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi are amongst the films receiving National Lottery cash to boost their UK releases.The films are amongst the latest batch of titles to secure p&a investment from support body the UK Film Council, which aims for the lottery ...

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    French admissions rise on back of local hits

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    Admissions at French cinemas rose slightly in the first quarter of 2004, according to new figures from France's national cinema federation (FNCF).The FNCF said admissions increased 2.3% to 48.2m compared to the same period last year.It noted that March's three-day Springtime of Film scheme was one of the reasons behind ...

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    Millennium extends deal with Emmett/Furla for ten new films

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    Avi Lerner's MillenniumFilms has extended its non-exclusive international distribution deal to handlea further ten pictures for Emmett/Furla Films.The partners' most recentundertaking is David Burke's $25m journalism thriller Edison starring Justin Timberlake, Morgan Freeman, KevinSpacey and L L Cool J that began shooting in Vancouver last month.Emmett/Furla is in postproduction with ...

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    Metallica doc scoops top Danish festival prize

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    Copenhagen's NatFilm Festival wrapped in the Danish capital over the weekend, and awarded its audience prize to Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster.Tomas Alfredsson's Swedish drama Four Shades Of Brown was singled out by the critics jury.The NatFilm Festival remains the biggest film event in Denmark ...

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    Munich festival to honour Kaurismaki brothers

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    Filmmaker brothers Aki and Mika Kaurismäki are to be the subjects of this year's Retrospective at the Munich Film Festival (June 26 - July 3).Both directors are expected to accompany the retrospective in person.This year's festival, which is the first under the new management of director Andreas Stroehl, will see ...

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    Best Of Youth dominates David Di Donatellos

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    Marco Tullio Giordana'ssix-hour epic The Best of Youthwon the lion's share of David di Donatello awards, Italy's most prestigiousfilm accolade, during a ceremony whose live broadcast on Rai-uno wasdramatically cut short by reports that one of four Italians currently heldhostage in Iraq has been killed.Giordana's drama, whichchronicles the lives of ...