All Screen articles in 21 October 2003
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Gary Smith resigns from Winchester
Gary Smith, who foundedWinchester Entertainment in 1996, has resigned from the company to pursue otherinterests following the purchase earlier this year of Cobalt Media Capital fromAlton Irby and John Muse.Smith told Screendailyyesterday that he was glad to have the flexibility to pursue interests in andout of the film business and ...
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Stockholm unveils festival line-up
With three weeks to go until the 14th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival, festival director Git Scheynius and her team have unveiled the full line-up for this year's event (Nov 13-23).The festival will present around 140 films divided into ten different categories.Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill will open the ...
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KWA takes over Comandante sales
Spain's Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has picked up international rights on Oliver Stone's Fidel Castro documentary Comandante.Sales were previously handled by MediaPro, one of the film's co-producers alongside Spain's Pentagrama Films and Morena Films. The controversial title, which paints an amicable, grandfatherly portrait of the Cuban leader, premiered at last ...
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Berlinale reveals co-production market details
Further details of the first Berlinale Co-Production Market (BCM), which will be held during next year's festival from Feb 8-9, emerged this week.Producers have until Dec 12 to submit feature film projects for consideration for the market, which will be held at the Talent Campus venue Haus der Kulturen der ...
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Pathe UK to send out screeners to BAFTA members
Pathe UK has become the first major UK independent to say that it will send out screener tapes to BAFTA members this year.Pathe UK is distributing two highly fancied awards contenders: The Girl With A Pearl Earring and In The Cut. The company will send out screener tapes for both ...
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MPAA launches second anti-piracy trailer
The embattledMPAA will launch the second theatrical trailer of its anti-piracy campaigntomorrow (24), buoyed by claims that July's opening spot raised awarenessamong one in five 13 to 24-year-olds.Three monthsafter launching the Respect Copyrights campaign, a new trailer called'Movies. They're Worth It.' is going out in approximately5,000 theatres nationwide.The trailer isproduced ...
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Saban 'bullish' about German market
The expectations were high when it was revealed that Haim Saban was to give the keynote speech at the opening of this year's Munich Media Days on Oct 22. Would he spill the beans on the future strategy for ProSiebenSat.1 Media'As it was, he neatly manoeuvred himself out of revealing ...
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Europe's film sector to grow at 7%
Growth of the market forfilmed entertainment in Europe is set to more than double the average for thewider entertainment and media sectors over the next five years. According to management consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers in its annual Entertainment and Media Outlook:Europe report, compound annual growth for the entertainment sector willaverage 3.4% to ...
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UK box office edges close to record year in 2003
Despite a slow start to the year, the UK could once again see its annual box office record broken in 2003.With a host of high profile titles including the final instalments of The Matrix and The Lord Of The Rings franchises still to debut this year, 2003 could become the ...
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SPAIN
Spanish films continued performing well at the local box office. Comedy Football Days (Dias De Futbol) held steady in third position on its fifth weekend out through Buena Vista International, earning a cumulative Euros 6.55m. The total makes it the second highest grossing Spanish film of the year to date.Paz ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
In their second weekend at the chart, the latest local release Small World and Pirates Of The Caribbean held onto the two top positions in spite of SWAT opening. The Farrell/Jackson vehicle sold 4,991 tickets for the three-day weekend, making $12,706 for distributor Tuck. Small World proved to be ...
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New Zealand to host Women In Film International summit
About 350 delegates will converge on Auckland from April 21-24 next year for the biennial conference of Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI), immediately following a two-day board meeting that will set the agenda for the next 12 months."It will be an exciting blend of networking opportunities and professional ...
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Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic join EU Film Festival lineup in US
Pupi Avati will introduce his Italian romance Incantanto (The Heart Is Elsewhere) as the opening film of the upcomingannual EU Showcase festival, which runs in Washington DC from Oct 29-Nov 9.Organised by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the EuropeanCommission Delegation in Washington, the event features a host of festivalwinners ...
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London kicks off with In The Cut gala
The Times BFI London Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night (Oct 22) with the Gala Premiere of In The Cut, with director Jane Campion and stars Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo in attendance.The film opened a 16-day long festival which, under artistic director Sandra Hebron, looks to have become ...
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Hong Kong industry embarks on mainland China visit
A delegation of the Hong Kong film industry today (Oct 23) begins a three-day visit to Beijing to explore possibilities for closer co-operation with mainland China. Led by Ma Fung-Kwok, vice chairman of Hong Kong's Motion Picture Industry Association and deputy to the National People's Congress, the group consists of ...
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Framestore CFC opens New York office
London based visual effects, animation and post production house Framestore CFC is to open a New York office devoted to its advertising clients. The new venture will be led by Framestore CFC Board member and advertising head, Jon Collins as its managing director. Framestore CFC are currently in production on ...
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Mayor boosts London Film Festival funding
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has announced an increase of funding for the London Film Festival (LFF), held this year between Oct 22 and Nov 6. Working with the London Development Agency, the mayor's funding will begin next year, and will be channelled through Film London, which provides dedicated support, ...
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Beyond Borders
Dir: Martin Campbell. US. 2003. 127 mins. If the sweeping war-torn romance Beyond Borders had been made in the 1940s or 1950s with Ingrid Bergman or Ava Gardner in the lead role, it might have been a beloved classic. But times and tastes have changed. The Angelina Jolie version of ...