All Screen articles in 23 April 2006 – Page 3
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Baranski and Runge compete for Karlovy Vary grand prize
Andrzej Baranski'sSeveral People, Little Time and BjornRunge's Mouth To Mouth will compete for the grand prize at the 41stKarlovy Vary International Film Festival. Several People, LittleTime, an intimate psychological drama inspired by the relationship betweenthe Polish poet Miron Bialoszewskiand a blind woman. It stars Krystyna Janda who won the best ...
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Da VInci Code backer pulls out of film business
InvictaCapital is to quit the UK film business, says managing director Niall Bamford.TheLondon-based company, one of the powerhouses behind the sale andleaseback-driven production boom in the UK in recent years, is estimated tohave raised over $2.2bn (£1.25bn) for the film industry in the last five years.Recentprojects the company has backed ...
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Da Vinci Code backer pulls out of film business
InvictaCapital is to quit the UK film business, says managing director Niall Bamford.TheLondon-based company, one of the powerhouses behind the sale andleaseback-driven production boom in the UK in recent years, is estimated tohave raised over $2.2bn (£1.25bn) for the film industry in the last five years.Recentprojects the company has backed ...
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Kingsley to play assassin in mob comedy You Kill Me
Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoniand Luke Wilson are set to star in the mobcomedy You Kill Me for Code Entertainment, Kingsley's BiPolarProductions, Carol BaumInc, and Mike Marcus' Echo Lake Productions.John Dahl will direct the project and shooting is expected to beginbefore the end of themonth in Winnipeg, Canada.Kingsley plays an alcoholic ...
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Pitt and Blanchett among UIP stars for Cannes
JamieFoxx, Beyonce Knowles, Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are among the starsconfirmed to attend Cannes next month.UIP, which is distributing their films in certain territories, has eight films at Cannes which include Paramount specialty arm's Babel, being sold by Summit Entertainment internationally, and An InconvenientTruth; excerptsfrom Paramount's World Trade Center; ...
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Holloway moves from Lionsgate to Fox Searchlight in national publicity
Melissa Holloway (pictured) hasleft Lionsgate to become vice president of national publicity at FoxSearchlight.She started work on Apr 24and reports to chief operating officer Nancy Utley.Holloway joined Lionsgate inJanuary 2001 and served as vice president of publicity since 2004, overseeingcampaigns for this year's best picture Oscar winner Crash, Monster's Ball,Amores ...
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Pathe distribution head takes Fox UK MD role
Pathe head of distribution Ian George has beennamed as managing director of Twentieth Century Fox UK. George has been with Pathefor the last seven years and enjoyed success with films including this year'sbest film Oscar winner Crash."After seven hugely enjoyable years at Pathe,it is a wrench to leave. However, I ...
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Dehmel, Cordova get vp stripes at Fox International
Craig Dehmel has beenpromoted to vice president of sales and strategic planning and Peter Cordovahas been promoted to vice president of finance at Fox International.Dehmel will report tocompany co-presidents Tomas Jegeus and Paul Hanneman and will manage releaseplanning and execution for all Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000, Fox Atomic, FoxAnimation, ...
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Tartan UK signs three-year deal with Arts Alliance Media
Tartan Films Distribution(TFD) and European digital distribution service provider Arts Alliance Media(AAM) have signed an exclusive three-year digital rights and services dealcovering theatrical digital cinema and home distribution via video on demandand electronic sell-through.The deal marks the firsttime a content provider has signed up for the entire package of AAM's ...
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EFP selects 22 producers for Cannes Producers On The Move
European Film Promotion(EFP) has selected 22 aspiring producers for the Producers On The Movenetworking initiative that will take place during Cannes.The initiative, supported bythe European Union's the MEDIA Programme, offers young filmmakers the chance tomeet and discuss projects with members of the press and industry executives.Producers On The Move hasspotlighted ...
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14 projects line up for Sundance Director and Screenwriters Labs
14 projects have beenselected for the Sundance Institute's annual June Directors and ScreenwritersLabs, set to take place in Utah from May 29-Jun 29.The Labs give emergingfilmmakers the chance to work under the guidance of experienced mentors, whothis year include Atom Egoyan, Harold Ramis, Robert Redford, Antonia Bird,Caleb Deschanel, Keith Gordon, ...
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New head named for Greek Film Centre
Film producer George Papalios has been appointed tolead the state-subsidised Greek Film Centre (GFC), replacing novelist and screenwriter ThanassisValtinos.The GFCplays a key role in the Greek industry making funds available for development,co-production and promotion.Papalios isa businessman and producer who during the 70s and early 80s personally financeda number of important ...
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Mezzogiorno bags lead role in Newell's Cholera
Italy'sGiovanna Mezzogiorno (pictured) has joined Javier Bardem on the cast of Stone VillagePictures' Love In The Time Of Cholera,adapted from the bestselling novel by Gabriel Marcia Marquez.StoneVillage Pictures will fully finance and assume all international rights to the$35-40m project, which is set to begin in Brazil on August 15.SummitEntertainment is ...
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Mackiewicz leaves First Look to join Media 8
LizMackiewicz is leaving First Look Studios and will start work at Media 8Entertainment on May 1 as senior vice president of worldwide distribution.Mackiewicz(pictured), who previously served at First Look Studios as senior vicepresident of worldwide sales and distribution, will represents the company'sslate of titles at Cannes next month.Thatslate includes the ...
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Swiss hand out $3.6m reward for local film successes
Zurich-basedproduction house Dschoint Ventschr and distributor Frenetic Films were theleading beneficiaries when Switzerland's Federal Office for Culture (BAK) paidout $3.6m (4.6m Swiss Francs) "reference" funding to producers,distributors and exhibitors of successful Swiss films in 2005.DschointVentschr received $217,000 (276,000 Swiss Francs) for seven releases, includingSamir's Snow White, which was the second ...
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Dombivli-Fast wins top jury prize at LA Indian fest
NishikantKamat's Dombivli-Fast won the grandjury prize for best feature and Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal's BombayCalling took corresponding documentaryhonours as the 4th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles closed at the weekend.PrakashKovelamudi's Belly Full Of Dreams wonthe audience award for best feature and Ali Kazimi's Runaway Grooms won the award ...
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Zucker named president of distribution at SPRI
MarkZucker has been promoted to president of distribution at Sony PicturesReleasing International (SPRI).Zucker,who previously served as senior executive vice president, will continue tomanage the international distribution of all titles in the Sony fold, includingColumbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, TriStar, Screen Gems, and Sony PicturesClassics.Basedin Los Angeles, he reports directly to Columbia ...
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Capital festivals benefit from Film London fund
A dozen London film festivals areto benefit from Film London's Audience Development Fund over the next sixmonths.They are:Black FilmmakersMagazine International Film Festival (September 8-16) £5,000Bird's Eye View(March to September) £7,500 Fashion In Film Festival (May 12-21) £4,000Short Film Summer School (July 12-15) £3,000 African Film Festival (May 30 - June ...
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Arclight grabs worldwide rights to India-set Rajapur
Arclight Films has picked up worldwide rights to Nanda Anand's romanticepic Return To Rajapur andwill commence sales at Cannes.The US-India co-production, a story of love and destinywhich takes place in a Northern India desert city, makes its world premiere atTribeca on Apr 26.Lynn Collins, Kelli Garner, Justin Theroux, Manoj Bajpai, ...
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Zentropa goes solo in Danish distribution
Zentropa willdistribute its own films in Denmark starting from this autumn. For some yearsthey have had an unusually friendly deal with primary Danish competitor in filmproduction, Nordisk Film, about distributing Zentropa's films. Nordisk willstill send out the next couple of Zentropa movies, but in future PeterAalbaek Jensen and Lars von ...
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