All Screen articles in 21 April 2006 – Page 2
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Miller and Relph join Arts Alliance Media
Digital film distributor Arts Alliance Media has appointedSir Robin Miller and Simon Relph as non-executive directors.Miller was formerly chief executive and chairman of Emap,owners of Screen International.Relph was thefounding chief executive of British Screen Finance Limited and is anindependent producer with 17 films under his belt.Arts Alliance Media chairman Thomas ...
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The Unforgiven (Yongseobadji Mot-hanja)
Dir/scr: Yoon Jong-bin. S Kor. 2005. 126mins.The traumas of masculinity and themilitary life are sensitively and obliquely probed in The Unforgiven, the debut feature fromKorean writer-director Yoon Jong-bin. Despitecurrents of menace and brutality, it lies at the more contemplative end ofSouth Korea's cinema spectrum, its elliptical, two-strand structure making itakin ...
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KOFIC to send Korean filmmakers overseas
The Korean Film Council(KOFIC) is setting up a series of international training programmes, startingin China, to help Korean filmmakers to work more easily overseas.The "Business R&DCampuses" will enable Korean filmmakers to meet with and learn from local industryfigures and government officials, in order to adapt to and work moreefficiently in ...
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The Wedding Director (Il Regista Di Matrimoni)
Dir/scr: Marco Bellocchio. It. 2006. 102mins.After his compelling Red Brigade psycho-drama Good Morning, Night, Italian auteurMarco Bellocchio returns to the hermetic, dreamlikemode of The Hour Of Religion with hislatest effort, The Wedding Director, inwhich a leading arthouse film-maker is talked intoshooting a Sicilian matrimonial video.Bellocchio is a profoundly visual director, ...
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Miami Film Festival takes industry delegation to Chile
The Miami International FilmFestival (MIFF) has launched an industry delegation to Chile this week to shareknowledge, build contacts and increase exposure to media and industryprofessionals in the local film community.The initiative is the secondpart of a film exchange programme launched during the 2006 festival in Marchwhen the work of six ...
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India's independent filmmakers heading to Cannes
A delegation of independentIndian filmmakers with international ambitions will be attending and exhibitingunder one umbrella at this year's Cannes film festival.The group, which is called IndependentIndian Filmmakers (IIF), comprises 24 individuals who are seeking to workinternationally - either by co-producing, co-financing or distributing globally- and to create products outside of ...
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Warner promotes Albery to anti-piracy vp in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Trevor Alberyhas been promoted to vice president of anti-piracy operations in Europe, theMiddle East and Africa for Warner Bros.Albery will bebased in London and will report to Warner Bros' senior vice president ofworldwide corporate anti-piracy Darcy Antonellis.He joined thestudio as anti-piracy counsel for European anti-piracy operations in March2004.Prior to joiningWarner ...
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Panavision secures $345m credit facility
Camera manufacturer Panavisionhas refinanced its debt and signed a $345m senior secured credit facility as itembarks upon a new phase of corporate expansion.The company'spresident and chief executive officer Bob Beitcher said the move allowedPanavision to develop new products following the success of the Genesis digitalcamera, and expand its worldwide television ...
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National Video Resources unveils 20 recipients of media fellowships
US non-profit group NationalVideo Resources (NVR) has unveiled the 20 recipients of its Media ArtsFellowships and two additional awards to artists of exceptional promise.Recipientsinclude Down To The Bone director DebraGranik, whose Church Ave is thestory of a streetwise Brooklyn man, Nanobah Becker whose feature Full is about a gay Navajo ...
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Elmer to head acquisitions at Pathe UK
Emil Elmer has been named as the new head of acquisitions at Pathe UK following the departure of Berenice Fugard to Paramount's specialty arm.Formerly director of acquisitions at Miramax UK, Elmer said he was joining a great team: "I have for a long time admired Francois and his team at ...
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Melbourne film festival to close with Mayhem
Black comedy Suburban Mayhem, starring Emily Barclay,will close the 55th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on August 13. Director Paul Goldman (Australian Rules, The Night They Called It A Day) said the festival is seen as bothan audience-friendly and cutting edge event and is the perfect place to launchthe film: ...
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Hannigan appointed to European Film Academy
The director of the CorkFilm Festival, Mick Hannigan, has been invited tojoin the European Film Academy. The 50-year-old Festivalhas also been chosenas a participant in the European Film Academy PrixUIP initiative in 2006. As a voting member of theEFA, Hannigan will join a membership including LordAttenborough, Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodovar,Federico ...
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Khan joins Momentum as UK finance director
Saher Khan has been appointed as director of finance at Momentum Pictures in the UK.Khan, who is currently financial controller at Universal Pictures International, will take up her position in the London office this month, reporting to Krista Wegener, UK VP of Finance."We are delighted to have Saher join our ...
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Sony's Mexican production unit starts Charm School
Sony'sMexican local production unit Columbia Films Producciones Mexico has startedprincipal photography in Mexico City on its first feature, Fernando Sarinana'scomedy Charm School.Thestory follows the rebellious 18-year-old daughter of a political candidate whois sent to a finishing school and locks horns with the doughty principal.Martha Higareda, Camila Sodi and Blanca Guerra ...
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Taking Father Home wins digital prize at HKIFF
Shanghai-based director Ying Liang's Taking Father Home was awarded the Golden Digital Award at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). The film tells the story of a country boy who travels to the big city in search of his father whom he believes has become a rich property ...
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Danish films under the spotlight at Seattle Film Festival
Fourteenfeatures from Denmark including five North American premieres have beenselected to spotlight the Scandinavian country in the upcoming 32nd SeattleInternational Film Festival (SIFF).The titlesinclude Annette Olesen's 1:1, PernilleFischer's A Soap, Niels Arden Oplev's WeShall Overcome, Anders Thomas Jensen's Adam'sApples, Christoffer Boe's Allegro, and Dagur Kari's Dark Horse.'AlthoughDanish cinema has always ...
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Japanese conglomerate invests in Klockworx
Japanese conglomerate SojitzCorp has announced the purchase of a 17.94% stake in independent filmdistributor Klockworx for $1.33m (Y157m). Sojitz execs were dispatched to thecompany this month.Sojitz, which already has agrowing library of animation contents for mobile phone distribution, sees theinvestment as a way to expand its content and methods of ...
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Academy Awards set for Feb 25, 2007
The79th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Feb 25 2007 at Hollywood's KodakTheatre.TheAcademy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) issued the timetable forthe upcoming awards season yesterday. Nominations ballots will be mailed on Dec26 2006 and nominations polls close on Jan 13 2007.Nominationswill be announced on Jan 23, ...
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Shanghai teams with Warner China Film on Phone Call
Shanghai Film Group isjoining forces with Warner China Film HG Group to produce contemporary drama The 601st Phone Call.Director Feng Xiaogangserves as the producer of the film while TV actor Zhang Guoli takes thedirector's seat. Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung and Zhou Bichang, winner of China's top-rated SuperGirl TV contest, ...
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German media fund acquires Odeon Film
German private media fund GFP Medienfonds has taken a majority stake in the Munich-based TV/film producer Odeon Film.Aninvestment division of the GFP II and GFP III funds acquired the 53.66%shareholding held in Odeon Film until now by the Bavaria Film Group "afterseveral months and long negotiations", according to Bavaria Film ...
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