All Screen articles in 21 July 2006 – Page 3
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Artificial Eye buys three more post-Cannes
UK distributor Artificial Eye has announced several further acquisitionson the back of Cannes.The deals are for Douglas Gordon and Philippe Pareno's Zidane: A 21stCentury Portrait, Sydney Pollack's Sketchesof Frank Gehry and CorneliuPorumboiu's Camera d'Orwinner 12:08: East of Bucharest. Artificial Eye plans aSeptember 29 release for the Zidane documentary, andthe other ...
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Chinese newcomer cast opposite Leung in Ang Lee's Lust, Caution
Tony Leung andChinese newcomer Tang Wei will star in Focus Feature's second world warespionage thriller Lust, Caution,which Ang Lee will begin shooting later this year in China.As previously reported here, Bill Kong will produce with Lee. Focus Featureschief executive officer James Schamus will serve as executive producer. Focusholds worldwide rights ...
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Locarno plans collaboration with Buenos Aires Lab
Next month's Locarno International Film Festival hasforged a new collaboration with the Buenos Aires Lab (BAL), theLatin American co-production market for independent cinema within the frameworkof the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival and TyPA (Teoria y Practica delas Artes), to allow selected filmmakers and producers from Latin America tomeet potential ...
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Lenny Crooks to take over UK's New Cinema Fund
TheUK Film Council has appointed Lenny Crooks as the new head of the New CinemaFund, effective Sept 18. His initial contract is for a two-year term, with theoption to extend by a further two years. Crookswill replace Paul Trijbits, whose six-year tenurewith the fund ends in September as expected. Crooks ...
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UK exhibitor Vue offers chapter with Stormbreaker tickets
Vue Cinemas is working with UK distributor Entertainmentin a special promotion for the forthcoming release of Stormbreaker. Vue will give away a free copy of a bonus chapterof Stormbreakerwith every ticket to the film. The chapter, entitled RTI, is written byAnthony Horowitz, and "uncovers more secrets in the world of ...
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Polley, Maddin premieres crown TIFF's Canadian line-up
World premieres of SarahPolley's feature debut Away From Her andGuy Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain!will be among the Canadian offerings at this year's Toronto International FilmFestival. Starring Julie Christie andGordon Pinsent, Polley's highly-anticipated production has been given a covetedGala spot. The Maddin picture, screening as a Special Presentation, istypically idiosyncratic: ...
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Bisset joins McDowell in cast of Vivaldi
Jacqueline Bisset hasjoined the cast of Vivaldi, BorisDamast's biography of the celebrated composer of The Four Seasons.Bisset will play the Countess, a principled aristocrat whose patronage of Venice's poorest citizens harbours a secret.Mechaniks is producing the project and was launched in 2002 by Damast andpartner Andrea Kikot. Both are serving ...
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Miller to adapt The Spirit for Odd Lot
Frank Miller will adapt anddirect Will Eisner's influential comic strip The Spirit for Los Angeles-based Odd Lot Entertainment.Miller, whose credits include Sin City and the upcoming graphic novel adaptation 300, will attend the comic book convention COMIC-Con onJul 22 to discuss the project.Odd Lot principals Deborah Del Prete and Gigi ...
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Canadian production companies see 11% revenue jump
Canada's film and televisionproduction community reported $2.55bn (C$2.9bn) in revenues in 2004, accordingto data released by Statistics Canada. It's an 11% increase since the lastnational snapshot of the sector in 2001. There were fewer companies tosurvey - 688 compared to 728 - but the profit margin for thesurvivors has improved ...
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Stephen Chow plans August start for A Hope
Hong Kong actor anddirector Stephen Chow announced that he will shoot his new film A Hope (working title) in August in China's Southeastern city Ningbo. Budgeted at $20m,the film will be co-financed by Chow's Star Overseas Limited, China Film Groupand Beijing Polybona Film Publishing.Chow will star inthe sci-fi film with ...
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Small Engine Repair takes first feature prize at Galway
The 18th Galway Film Fleadh closed Sunday night with a preview presentation ofwriter/director David Gleeson's second feature The Frontline, a crime drama about vulnerable Congolese immigrantsin Dublin which will be released by BVI Ireland after itsofficial world premiere on August 25.The Frontline was one of several new Irish features premiered ...
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Heimat Fragments expected to premiere in Venice
Veteran Germandirector Edgar Reitz's fourth Heimat film, Heimat Fragments (Heimat Fragmente), isexpected to have its world premiere at this year's Venice Film Festival.This willcontinue a tradition which saw Reitz's ground-breaking first Heimat premierein Venice in 1984, followed by Heimat 2 in 1992,and Heimat 3 - A Chronicle ofEndings and Beginnings ...
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Jerusalem festival gives top prize to satire Dead End
In a surprise decision, thejury of the 23rd Jerusalem Film Festival awarded the Wolginprize for best Israeli feature to DeadEnd, a black satire on TV reality shows directed by DrorSzabo. Szabo, who has beeninvolved in the production of reality shows, makes his feature directorialdebut with the project. The jury, headed ...
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Lady In The Water
Dir: M Night Shayamalan.US. 2006. 110 mins.An unusual setting,eccentric characters and a wry sense of humour partially compensate for asimplistic story and lack of mystery in M Night Shyamalan's Lady in theWater, a film that'sentertaining despite its shortcomings.Many fans of thewriter/director's past hits will find this modernist bedtime story/New Ageyempowerment ...
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German co-producer required for tax scheme, says fund chief
Non-German producers are likely to need a local partner if they want to benefit from the tax rebate to be introduced in Germany next year.Speaking at a film financing roundtable on the eve of this year's Munich Film Festival, Klaus Schaefer, chief executive of the Bavarian Film & Television Fund ...
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German co-producer required for tax scheme, says fund chief
Non-German producers are likely to need a local partner if they want to benefit from the tax rebate to be introduced in Germany next year.Speaking at a film financing roundtable on the eve of this year's Munich Film Festival, Klaus Schaefer, chief executive of the Bavarian Film & Television Fund ...
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Huntsberry named chief operating officer at Paramount
Former president ofNBC Universal International Frederick Huntsberry has been named Paramount chiefoperating officer.Paramount chairman Brad Grey made the announcement on Sunday afternoon, addingthat worldwide marketing, distribution and business affairs chief Rob Moore hasadded oversight of Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount Digital MediaGroup to his remit.Huntsberry, who will report to Grey, ...
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Scoop
Dir: Woody Allen. UK/US. 2006. 96 mins. After a surge of sortswith last year's Oscar-nominated Match Point, Woody Allen's topsy-turvycareer slumps again with the featherweight Scoop. Having successfullypulled off a dark, Patricia Highsmith-esque thrillerset in London with Match Point, he applies the dizzy slapstick comedy ofThe Curse Of The Jade ...
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Universal rewards trio of senior executives
Universal Pictures top brass have promoted three senior veterans aspart of an operational restructure.Rick Finkelsteinbecomes vice chairman of Universal Pictures and executive vice president ofUniversal Studios; Jimmy Horowitz has been named co-president of production andexecutive vice president of Universal Pictures; and Michael Joe has beenpromoted to executive vice president of ...
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Poland's Era New Horizons to open with Volver
Thesixth Era New Horizons Film Festival (July 20-30) will open with Pedro Almodovar's Volver. The festival, based in Wroclaw, Poland, will close with Ken Loach's The Wind ThatShakes The Barley.Amongthe 18 features in competition are: Lukas Moodysson's Container, Julia Loktev's DayNight Day Night, ShinyaTsukamoto's Vital, Bruno Dumont's Flanders, Abderrahmane Sissako's ...
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