All Screen articles in 21 November 2003 – Page 5
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Constantin sees theatrical revenues dive
Theatrical revenues at Germany's Constantin Film were halved in the third quarter of 2003, from Euros 14.2m to Euros 7.99m, a drop far in excess of the 5.8% decline at the overall German box office. For the nine months to end of September Constantin recorded a drop in theatrical receipts ...
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Seydoux brothers team for new archive venture
The Seydoux brothers have once again joined forces to create a new company. Nicolas and Jerome Seydoux, who respectively head up French studios Gaumont and Pathe, merged their cinema circuits a few years back to create Europalaces and are now following suite with their companies' archives.The new entity, which is ...
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France approves new tax credit scheme for film
The French government has approved a film tax credit scheme which was presented by prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin last week.The total amount of credit available will be equal to 20% of all expenditure for work done in France. It will have a ceiling of Euros 500,000 for fiction and documentary ...
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NonStop, Bright Angel pick up Mifed package deals
NonStop Entertainment, partof Sweden's Millennium Media Group, swooped on packages of rights at Mifedincluding Hong Kong's Infernal Affairs and Oliver Stone's Looking ForFidel.NonStop bought Scandinavianand Baltic rights to Infernal Affairs II and III, the second andthird instalments of a police thriller trilogy directed by Andrew Lau and AlanMak. The rights ...
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Alex de la Iglesia unveils his new film, Ferpect Crime
Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia has unveiled details of his new film, Ferpect Crime (Crimen Ferpecto), prior to a ten-week shoot to roll in Madrid and Seville next Monday, November 17.The director of such cult hits as Day Of The Beast and Common Wealth called the new film, about ...
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Oz financing forum aims to usher in a new era
An Australian Film Financing Forum is to be held in Sydney on November 27. The forum is designed to arm potential film financiers with the knowledge they need to make more informed decisions - and to hook them up with key film industry players. Actor, producer and forum patron Bryan ...
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Lanzarote gears up for 5th annual screenings
The Spanish Film Screenings of Lanzarote are gearing up for their upcoming fifth annual edition November 27-29.The three features to be premiered in the now traditional evening gala ceremonies are Santi Amodeo's Astronautas (pictured), Ramon Barea's El Coche De Pedales and Ramon de Espana's Haz Conmigo Lo Que Quieras.Others of ...
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First ever Brazilian Film Market to start on November 19
The 36th Brasilia Film Festival is to host to the first ever Brazilian Film Market from November 19th to 24th this year. Organised by Brazilian sales and promotion company Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV, the market has already confirmed the attendance of buyers from Europe, North America, Latin America ...
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Nippon Herald, Shochiku team up for Alexander
Shochiku and Nippon Heraldhave once again teamed up to buy Japanese rights to a US epic, this timebuying Oliver Stone's Untitled Alexander The Great Project from Intermedia and Summit Entertainment.The deal was sealed at MIFEDby Patrick Wachsberger and Bob Hayward of Summit.The two Japanese companies,which have teamed up before to ...
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NEW ZEALAND
It is unusual to see as many as three openers among the top five films but that was the case on the weekend. The Matrix Revolutions was convincingly ahead of everything, grossing NZ$553,478 despite the 56% drop on the previous week. BVI's Seabiscuit, with NZ$109,682 from 52 screens, and 20th ...
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Spanish films get increased TV funding
For full current Spanish production listings see the International Production Listings section, or click here.In what would appear a reversal of fortune for both Hollywood studios and local feature films, Spanish broadcasters are cutting spending on foreign film acquisitions in favour of more local product. The projects they are ...
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Venice Film Festival to be run by foundation
The Italian government is pressing ahead with plans to overhaulthe statute of the Venice Biennale, the state body that runs the Venice FilmFestival, and has now approved a draft law to turn it into a foundation thatwill be partly financed by private individuals.The government's greenlight comes on the shoulders of ...
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Warriors to open Mumbai festival
Mumbai's International Film Festival will open on Nov 20 with He Ping's Warriors Of Heaven And Earth, the Chinese language film co-produced by Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia.In all, 80 films from 28 countries including Shekhar Kapur's Four Feathers will be screened during the seven-day international event. A highlight this ...
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Oz production levels fall dramatically
Kim Dalton, chief executive of the Australian Film Commission (AFC), has expressed 'great concern' at new figures released today that indicate a dramatic fall in Australian production levels.The total number of features of all types made in the 12 months to June 30 fell to 26 from 39 in the ...
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Trio of films dominate Huelva prizes
Guillermo Casanova's El Viaje Hacia El Mar, Marcelo Ferrari's Subterra and Boris Quercia's Sexo Con Amor split the lion's share of the top awards at the 29th edition of the Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva (Nov 8-15), a premiere event solidifying the ever more important links between the Spanish and ...
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Elf outguns Master And Commander as Revolutions tumbles
Exhibiting dramatically contrasting fortunes in their second weeks, New Line's comedy Elfclimbed one place to pole position on an estimated $27.2m at the weekend, whileWarner Bros' The Matrix Revolutions dropped two to third and appears to be in early terminal decline.Jon Favreau's feel-good film cost around $30m and has amassed$71.3m ...
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Canada boosts tax credits for local producers
The Canadian government is planning to increase the labour-based tax credit available to local film and television producers.The long awaited move follows up an increase to the tax credit available to off-shore producers in February 2003.The changes are designed to boost Canadian production and to increase Canada's attractiveness as an ...
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AUSTRALIA
Three films that could not be more different from each other, Roadshow's star performer The Matrix Revolutions on 453 screens, Columbia TriStar's In The Cut on 56 screens, and Hopscotch's Spellbound on just 13 screens, were the stand-outs in terms of their screen average on the weekend. Each notched up ...
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Box office Love-fest, Actually
Universal's Love Actually overtook The Matrix Revolutions at the top of the Italian charts in itsfirst international opening, grossing $2.3m from 322 sites and tracking 11%ahead of Bridget Jones's Diary.In Portugal, Richard Curtis' romantic comedy took $330,000from 60 theatres for second place. There it is tracking 43% ahead of NottingHill.In ...