All Screen articles in 23 October 2008 – Page 4
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Captain Abu Raed wins Heartland's grand prize
Amin Matalqa's Jordanian foreign-language Oscar submission Captain Abu Raed won the 17th Heartland Film Festival's grand prize at the weekend for best dramatic feature and a $100,000 prize. Click here for review. The annual Crystal Heart Awards Gala anointed Abigail Disney and Gini Reticker's Pray The Devil Back To ...
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Chinese director Xie Jin dies aged 84
Revered Chinese director Xie Jin died of sudden cardiac arrest on Saturday, Oct 18 in Shangyu city in China's Zhejiang province at the age of 84. The Shanghai-based filmmaker is seen as one of the most prolific in Chinese film history. He was also a member of the Academy of ...
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North American box office soars with Max Payne
The US economy may be in dire straits but Hollywood remains recession-proof as the North American box office climbed for the fourth consecutive weekend against the same period last year after Fox's videogame adaptation Max Payne starring Mark Wahlberg opened top on an estimated $18m. Fox Searchlight's Civil Rights ...
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Mamma Mia! crosses $400m international mark
Abba musical adaptation Mamma Mia! passed another milestone in a phenomenal run in international markets, crossing the $400m mark. Universal's dancing queens added $5.9m this weekend through UPI from 3,789 locations in 49 territories to reach $400.1m.In so doing became it became Universal's second biggest international release behind Jurassic Park. ...
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Eagle Eye perches at top of international box office
Paramount-DreamWorks' paranoia thriller Eagle Eye dominated the international charts with an estimated $12m haul, thought the story of the weekend was Mamma Mia!, which capped a fine overseas run by crossing $400m. Click here for more.Eagle Eye's weekend haul from 3,779 sites in 49 territories through PPI was powered ...
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Steve Jacobs' Disgrace wins $200,000 Black Pearl prize at Abu Dhabi
Steve Jacobs' Disgrace has picked up the $200,000 Black Pearl prize for best narrative film at the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) in Abu Dhabi.The adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's award-winning novel offers a disturbing insight into the soul of modern South Africa. Click here for review.The $150,000 best documentary ...
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James Newton Howard named Film Composer of the Year at Ghent
James Newton Howard has been names film composer of the year at the World Soundtrack Awards at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival. The prize came for work including Charlie Wilson's War, Michael Clayton and I Am Legend.The best original score honour went to Dario Marianelli for Atonement, while Marc ...
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67 countries submit titles for foreign language film Oscar
A record 67 countries, including first-time entrant Jordan have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category for the 81st Academy Awards.Nominations will be announced on January 22, 2009 and the Oscar will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Centre.Click ...
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Meirelles attends charity gala screening of Blindness in London
Fernando Meirelles is to attend a charity gala of his film Blindness in London in aid of charity ABC (Action for Brazil's Children) Trust.The screening at Apollo Cinemas Piccadilly Circus on October 31 will be the first time the film has played in the UK, coming a month before the ...
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Interview: Star Media founder Vlad Ryashin
In the latest of her interviews with senior figures in the Russian film industry, Olia Hercules talks to Vlad Ryashin, founder of the Star Media film and TV company and former-director of the largest Ukrainian TV channel, Inter.ScreenDaily: Why did Star-Media, a Russian media company open an office in the ...
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High Point Films takes rights to East, West, East - The Final Sprint
High Point Films, the theatrical sales division of Carey Fitzgerald's London based High Point Media Group, has taken international rights to Albanian/Italian co-production, East, West, East - The Final Sprint by Albanian Gjergj Xhuvani.Francesco Tagliabue (Sandokan, Don Milani) is producing out of Italy for Fast Rewind srl, along with Arben ...
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UK Film Council takes six UK film companies to TIFF and TIFFCOM
For the first time, the UK Film Council (UKFC) is taking a delegation of UK film companies to exhibit at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Tokyo Film and Content Market.The companies are Film and Music Entertainment, Headline Pictures, Screen West Midlands, Velvet Octopus Independent and Starfield Productions. The ...
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Max Payne
Dir: John Moore. US. 2008. 100 mins.As shiny and hollow as its used shell cases, Max Payne doesn't have much to offer beyond a recycled noir attitude and a progressively violent story that plays out rather predictably. Based on the popular video game of the same name, this action-thriller starring ...
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Strong Austrian presence as 2008 Viennale opens
Austrian filmmakers will have an unprecedented presence at this year's Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival).The festival opens today (October 17) with the Golden Palm winner The Class (Entre Les Murs).More than 20 local feature-length and short films have been programmed by festival director Hans Hurch including the world premieres of ...
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Fortissimo Films appoints Kees Koot to Chief Finance Officer
International film, TV, and sales outfit Fortissimo Films has appointed Kees Koot as its Chief Finance Officer. Koot will head Fortissimo's finance department out of its head office in Amsterdam. Koot joins Fortissimo from Dutch distributor A-Film Distribution where he was Finance Manager and helped create the company's Accounting and ...
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Amsterdam Filmmuseum and Thought Equity Motion in $40m project
The Amsterdam Filmmuseum has entered into a partnership with US company, Thought Equity Motion.The move is part of the Netherlands' hugely ambitious 'Images For The Future' project to digitise the country's entire film, radio and TV holdings. The Filmmuseum has around $40m (Euros 30 m) to spend on its digitisation ...
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UK initiative to bring female led comedy features to the big screen
Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones' Diary) and Olivia Poulet (Margaret, Killing me Softly) are among 13 women selected to take part in Last Laugh: Women Create Comedy, the new feature film development initiative from Warp X and Birds Eye View, supported by industry body Skillset.The initiative aims to bring female led ...
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Summit signs with Anders, Morris to develop untitled comedy
On the eve of Summit Entertainment's release of the teen comedy Sex Drive, the company has signed a deal with the film's screenwriters Sean Anders and John Morris to develop an untitled comedy.Anders will direct and Morris will produce the film about a wild college sophomore who inherits a stubborn ...
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UK Opposition party promises more Lottery money for film
A Conservative government would increase National Lottery-funded spending on film by 10%, shadow cultural secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Screen International UK Film Finance Summit.He said the oppositon - currently leading the government in opinion polls - was committed to the creative sector.'We recognise that the film industry is extremely ...
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Singapore's Raintree partners with Irresistible Films
Singapore's MediaCorp Raintree Pictures is to become the third partner inHong Kong-basedfilm fund, Irresistible Films, alongside producer Bill Kong and Japan's Avex Group. Raintreewill contribute a third share of the $25m fundwhich aims to invest in four to six Asian films a year, with budgets ranging between $1m-$3m, directed by ...