All Screen articles in 23 October 2006 – Page 2
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Hawaii fest gets underway with Asia-focused line-up
The 26th HawaiiInternational Film Festival (HIFF) opened over the weekend with a screening of AlejandroGonzalez Inarritu's Babeland a programme that has a strong emphasis on Asianfilms. The line-upincludes special focuses on South-East Asia, a celebration of the FilipinoCentennial in Hawaii,and a look at new Vietnamese cinema. HIFF is alsopresenting Japanese ...
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IFC takes US rights to Von Trier's Boss Of It All
IFCEntertainment's prolific acquisitions streak continued this week as the companyannounced it had taken all US rights to Lars Von Trier's Danish comedy Bossof It All.Thefilm was produced by Vibeke Windelov, Meta Foldagers and Von Trier's ZentropaEntertainment and will open through IFC First Take in spring 2007. IFC Filmspreviously handled Von ...
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Dutch distributor A-Film expands into Belgium
Dutch independentdistributor A-Film has plans to open a new office in Antwerp. The A-Film catalogue, including 1800 titles, willbe expanded to the Belgium market. General director Pim Hermeling appointed AnnSchepens as booker for theatrical sales.The first theatricalreleases include Mel Gibson's Apocalypto,Roger Michell's Venus, MichelGondry's Be Kind Rewind and PeterDuncan's Unfinished ...
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TWC options remake rights to Thai thriller 13
The Weinstein Company (TWC) hasacquired remake rights to Thai psychological thriller 13 from Sahamongkolfilm, in a deal that also includes NorthAmerican rights to the original film. The $1.2m film, which openedtwo weeks ago in Thailand, is the second feature from 26-year-old director ChukiatSakweerakul following Evil (Pisaj). Based on a Thai ...
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Prada struts past $100m after stylish $19m weekend
Fox International's The Devil Wears Prada swept past $100m on the back of anestimated $19m weekend overseas haul.The comedy now stands at $104m thanks to strong holds in theEuropean markets and a $617,000 number one debut in Sweden on 66 screens.Prada added$3.4m from 606 in its second weekend in Germany ...
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Shooting Dogs wins $100,000 top prize at Heartland Film Festival
MichaelCaton-Jones' Shooting Dogs won the$100,000 grand prize for best dramatic feature and Matt Ruskin's The Hip HopProject received the inaugural $25,000award for best documentary feature at the Heartland Film Festival.Shade won the $10,000 Vision Award for best short film, whileproducer Debra Martin Chase, whose credits include The Sisterhood Of TheTraveling ...
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Hong Kong's Focus Films picks up Malaysian duo
Hong Kong's Focus Films hastaken on the international sales rights to two Malaysian films - Tan Chui Mui'sdebut feature Love Conquers All and Yasmin Ahmad's latest film Mukhsin. Both films are currentlyplaying in the Winds of Asia section of the Tokyo International Film Festival. Love Conquers All, which won ...
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The Prestige opens top for Buena Vista in North America
Christopher Nolan's period mystery The Prestige starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackmanbeat out Clint Eastwood's wartime saga Flags Of Our Fathers at the domestic box office over theweekend.The Prestige is an intrigue-laden tale about rival magicians and opened numberone domestically through Buena Vista on an estimated $14.8m.Flags Of Our Fathers, ...
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Rome riches go to Russia's Playing The Victim
Russian drama Playing TheVictim (Izobrajaya Zhertvy) wasawarded the top Marco Aurelio prize at the Rome Film Fest's first editiontoday. The prize (awarded by a juryof fifty 50 Roman filmgoers led by Ettore Scola) includes a large cash prize of$252,310 (Euros 200,000), which was awarded to the film's director KirillSerebrennikov. Playing ...
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Santa Barbara festival names Will Smith a Modern Master
Will Smith will receive the 2007 Santa Barbara International FilmFestival's Modern Master Award.Smith stars in this season's upcoming drama The Pursuit OfHappyness and hiscredits include Men In Black, I Robot, Independence Day, and Hitch.Previous recipients of the award include Michael Douglas,Peter Jackson, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, ...
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IFC Films goes AMERICANese
IFC Entertainment has taken all North American rights to EricByler's AMERICANese,and will release the relationship drama through IFC First Take in 2007.Byler wrote and directed the feature, which receives itsEast Coast premiere this weekend at the Hamptons International Film Festivaland earlier this year won the audience award for best narrative ...
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Pacino to receive AFI's 35th Life Achievement Award
Al Pacino will receive the 35th AFI Life Achievement Award at agala tribute in Los Angeles on Jun 7, 2007."Al Pacino is an icon of American film," HowardStringer, chair of the AFI board of trustees, said. "He has created someof the great characters in the movies Ð from Michael Corleone ...
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Academy Foundation gives $290,000 to US-based film festivals
The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts andSciences has allocated $290,000 in grants among 27 US festivals for calendaryear 2007.Separately three festivals - the Los Angeles Film Festival, theSan Francisco International Film Festival and Telluride Ð have received $50,000each under a multi-year grant programme to fund long-term ...
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Industry finds first Rome Film Fest unique from Venice
As the Rome Film Festprepares to wrap its first edition on Saturday, the fears that it could not co-exist with Venice seem to have dissipated. .Although, of course, there remainsthe contentious issue of Rome's datesto be settled. Gaettano Blandini, General Director of Cinema at Italy's Culture Ministry told ScreenDaily.com the ...
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Fortissimo boards world sales for No Regret
Fortissimo Films has pickedup worldwide sales rights outside Korea to No Regret from DCG+ and Generation Blue Films.New film-maker LeesongHee-Il's film deals with the romance between a male escort and a man from highsociety, played by Lee Han and Lee Young-Hoon.Yoonhee Choi, managingdirector of Korean sales company Film Messenger, on ...
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New fees and passes planned for Berlin market
The organisers of nextyear's European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin (Feb 8-18, 2007) will now be offering film professionals three waysof attending the market.As EFM deputy director KarenArikian told ScreenDaily.com, the EFMwill have "alternatives which were not in place before. For example, forthe first time, we are offering EFM attendees ...
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UK Film Council gives P&A support to Volver
The UK Film Council hasannounced the latest funding recipients from its Prints and Advertising(P&A) Fund. The latest distributors andfilms supported include:$470,500 (£250,000) to Pathefor Pedro Almodovar's Volver $297,363 (£158,000) toOptimum Releasing for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth$282,367 (£150,000) to Iconfor Michele Placido's Romanzo Criminale$200,254 (£106,380) to UIPfor ...
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Liz ShackletonAsia Pacific Bureau ChiefKorean Tel: (82) 10 8659 5748Email: lizshackleton@netvigator.comJean NohKorea CorrespondentKorean Tel: (82) 18 205 0318Email: hjnoh2007@gmail.comIngrid HammondDirector for AsiaKorean Tel: (82) 10 8659 5850Email: ingridhammond @libero.itAlso attending:Colin BrownEditor-in-ChiefEmail: colinbrown1@earthlink.netDan FainaruReviewer
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Schorr, Hildebrand and Zipser take on roles at River Road
Bill Pohlad's Minneapolis and Los Angeles-based production companyRiver Road Entertainment has hired three key hires as it expands its LosAngeles operations.Former Sobini Films production chief Robin Schorr joins as head ofcreative production, producer Frank Hildebrand arrives as head of physicalproduction, and former Film Finance Corporation Australia's Deborah Zipser hasjoined as ...
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Fenkel moves from domestic to international at THINKFilm
Former THINKFilm vice president of marketing David Fenkel has beenpromoted to vice president of international as the company continues to ramp upits overseas sales business.Fenkel will represent the company at all markets and festivals andwill play a key role in international acquisitions. He will report toTHINKFilm's senior vice president Randy ...