All Screen articles in 23 March 2007 – Page 3
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Elvis And Anabelle
Dir/scr: Will Geiger. US. 2007. 98mins. A warm-hearted and always smoothly-functioning depiction of small-town Texas life, Elvis And Anabelle is sweet-natured but lacks enough grit to push it beyond the DVD shelf. It's an offbeat love story, with a hint of the otherworldly about it, and the script and the ...
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North West Vision backs awards
UK film, TV and media development agency North West Vision is sponsoring a category at the Big Chip Awards, in recognition of the northwest region's Best Innovation in digital technology. Chris Moll, Head of Funds for NWV, said: 'At North West Vision we are determined to expand and support the ...
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Chiao signs 10-picture output deal with Meridian Pictures
Taiwanese producer Peggy Chiao has signed an output deal with David Dong's Meridian Pictures, under which she will produce a slate of ten films for the Shanghai-based production and financing entity. The projects will be mostly from young, first-time directors from Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, which Chiao will recruit ...
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300 continues to carve up the international box office
Collective takings of nine major territories saw a 10.8% increase year-on-year and generated $209m at the box office last weekend, according to Screen International's Screen Index. Japanese box office revenue saw the biggest increase - the territory was up a whopping 50.4% compared to the same weekend of 2006, after ...
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Virgin Snow leads sales charge for Korea 's CJ
Leading Korean company CJ Entertainment has announced a raft of sales concluded at Hong Kong Filmart, led by CJ-Kadokawa co-production Virgin Snow. The teen romance, was pre-sold to Hwa Yea Multimedia for Malaysia, Box Office for Thailand and BHD for Vietnam. Set in Kyoto, Virgin Snow stars Lee Joon-ki (King ...
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Xian city launches film festival and fund
The Xian City Cultural Bureau and Xian-based Qujiang Entertainment Group have announced the launch of the Xian Film Festival for New Talent, which will take place in the ancient Chinese capital in May. The two organisers also announced a film fund of $12.9m (RMB100m) to support young filmmakers, which will ...
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Deauville Asian film fest line-up announced
The Deauville Asian Film Festival has unveiled its line-up for the ninth edition, to be held March 2-April 1. Benoit Jacquot will head up the jury with Bruno Coulais, Marina De Van, Mylene Jampanoi, Laure Marsac, Dominique Pinon, Gilles Taurand and Gaspard Ulliel. The opening night film will be Tuya's ...
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Scandinavia invests in Spain 's Palma Pictures
Mallorca-based production company Palma Pictures has recently been acquired by Scandinavian investors Joachim Odqvist and Ture Stendahl. Odqvist and Stendahl are entrepreneurs who have interests in many businesses, including the hotel sector. They recently sold Scandinavia's largest amusement park group, Parks and Resorts. A management team of Palma CEO Mike ...
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UK film industry warns kids about film piracy
Schools across the UK have been provided with teaching packs compiled by industry-backed charity Film Education in a bid to raise awareness of film theft, which cost the UK film industry $1.4 billion (£719m) in 2005. The pack is aimed at 11 to 14-year-olds, a group that a Film Education ...
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Pang Ho Cheung's Now Showing is coming soon
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) announced today at its award ceremony that Pang Ho Cheung's Now Showing has secured finance from Hong Kong 's Sundream Motion Pictures and Beijing-based Huayi Brothers. Huayi Brothers' Chen Kuo-fu, the Taiwanese director of Double Vision, is producing the film. Shooting is expected ...
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Lotte Entertainment sells three to Thailand, Malaysia
Korean sales agent Lotte Entertainment has sold three films to Thailand and Malaysia at Hong Kong Filmart. J Bics picked up Song Kang-ho-starring drama The Show Must Go On for Thailand, directly after the world premiere at Filmart. Song, who plays a father torn between his family and his job ...
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Messenger, Night-fragrant Flower among winners at HAF
Hong Kong-born director Clara Law's The Messenger clinched the HAF award for a Hong Kong project at the awards ceremony of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum on Thursday (March 22). Part-love story and part-mystery drama, the project also won the Technicolor Thailand's post-production service award. Kore-eda Hirokazu's Night-fragrant Flower ...
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Lotte sells three films to Thailand and Malaysia
Korean sales agent Lotte Entertainment has sold three films to Thailand and Malaysia at the HK Filmart. J Bics picked up Song Kang-ho starring drama The Show Must Go On for Thailand, directly after the world premiere at Filmart. Song, who plays a father torn between his family and his ...
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Big Media Group unveils plans to produce 100 movies
In defiant response to Hong Kong 's falling production levels, local producer BIG Media Group has unveiled a strategy to produce 100 movies in five years. The company, which has recently undergone a restructuring, is also setting up an investment fund with IDG China Media Fund, while talks with further ...
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Abigail Walsh joins Independent from Goldcrest Films
Abigail replaces Ana Ayesta as head of sales at Independent, the international sales and production company established by Luc Roeg.Walsh, who was previously director of sales at Goldcrest Films, will work alongside managing director Andrew Orr and head of marketing Sarah Goodwin, heading the company's sales operations. The first round ...
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Bruno Ganz cast in adaptation of Swiss bestseller
Veteran Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, who delighted international audiences with his performance as the grandfather in Fredi M Murer's Vitus, has been cast for the lead role in an adaptation of Thomas Huerlimann's 1998 bestselling novel Der Grosse Kater.The co-production between Benito Mueller's Barry Films and Claudia Wick's Abrakadabra Films ...
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Del Toro's 'Tres Amigos' question Mexican production incentives
As Pan's Labyrinth took nine awards at last night's Ariel awards ceremony - the Mexican film industry's top awards - director Guillermo de Toro was already using his industry influence to petition the government with a proposal to amend the country's tax-shelter laws.Del Toro made the trip to Mexico City ...
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2008 Academy Awards will take place on Feb 24
The 80th Annual Academy Awards will take place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Sunday, Feb 24 2008 following a timetable announcement by the Academy today.Nomination ballots for the upcoming awards season need to be posted by Dec 26, 2007, and the nominations polls close on Jan 12, 2008, ...
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Maddin's Brand to get US release in live and pre-recorded versions
Guy Maddin's 2006 drama Brand Upon The Brain! will be presented as a live event in select cities featuring an 11-piece live orchestra, a five-person live foley team, and a live celebrity narrator.Maddin will appear in person to present the film at the live engagements in May in Chicago (The ...
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Tribeca All Access names 32 projects in 2007 programme
Organisers at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival have announced the selected projects for Tribeca All Access (TAA), the programme designed to foster relations between industry executives and film-makers from traditionally underrepresented communities.Tribeca All Access will present 32 new projects at the five-day event, which runs from Apr 25-29 during this ...