All Screen articles in 24 June 2003 – Page 3
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Ireland gears up for renewed production activity
A stagnant period of film production in Ireland comes to an end this week with the start of shoot on Pierce Brosnan's Laws Of Attraction, followed next week by Jerry Bruckheimer's King Arthur .Arthur, which has a budget of $85m, is the biggest production ever to come to Ireland, dwarfing ...
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William Fraker to receive special honour at Lodz
Pioneering cinematographerWilliam A Fraker is to receive the Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award at the11th Annual International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, whichruns in Lodz, Poland, from Nov 29-Dec 6.Born in Los Angeles in Sep1923, Fraker graduated from the University of Southern California with a degreein film-making and eventually ...
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Sarandon, Tucci join cast of Miramax's Shall We Dance
SusanSarandon and Stanley Tucci will join Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere in thecast of Peter Chelsom's remake of Shall We Dance for Miramax Films and Spyglass Entertainment. Miramaxis handling domestic rights on the film, Spyglass has international exceptJapan where Gaga Communications has rights.Thecast also includes Bobby Cannavale, Lisa Ann Walter, ...
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It's Initial from now on, IEG is out, says Los Angeles company
Following its recent adoption of a new company logo,Graham King's independent finance, production and distribution companyInitial Entertainment Group has announced that it will no longer be known asIEG.Hereafter, the company has said, it will be known by itsfull name or as Initial but no longer by the acronym IEG.Recent creditsfor ...
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Crimson Gold
Dir: Jafar Panahi. Iran. 2003. 96mins.The triumphant march of Iranian cinema continues apace. After Samira Makhmalbaf's At Five In The Afternoon won the jury prize in the main competition at Cannes comes Crimson Gold, Jafar Panahi's fourth feature, which picked up the Un Certain Regard jury prize. Set in present-day ...
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UK National Film Theatre to be digital cinema test-bed
The British Film Institute (BFI) has secured funding from the Department of Trade and Industry for a digital cinema test-bed at the National Film Theatre (NFT).The so-called Digital Test Laboratory is being set up just as BFI parent the UK Film Council develops plans for a nation-wide circuit of digital ...
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UK, French shorts lead Cartoon D'Or hopefuls
British and French animated shorts make up almost two-thirds of the 25 European films vying to be shortlisted for the nominations for this year's Cartoon D'Or.Among the films being considered by a jury composed of CARTOON's Corinne Jenart, the UK's Mark Baker, Denmark's Jannik Hastrup and Spain's Antonion Zurera Aragon, ...
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Deep Breath
Dir: Parviz Shahbazi. Iran. 2003. 86minsThe most acclaimed Iranian films of recent years have opened the world's eyes to the plight of women in a brutal patriarchal society. Deep Breath widens the debate by reflecting the experience of a defiantly apathetic younger generation who feel no investment in the system ...
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New Zealand still examining tax incentives
Despite New Zealand's Economic Development Minister, Jim Anderton, stating that tax incentives are being seriously considered for the film industry, mixed messages are coming from the Government.According to today's issue of the NZ Herald, Anderton said the country was looking at a number of options including a model based on ...
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Odyssey to embark on world sales for Piccadilly Jim
Odyssey Entertainment is to handle worldwide sales on PG Wodehouse adaptation Piccadilly Jim for the UK's Mission Pictures, the companies announced on Wednesday.The period comedy of manners and mistaken identity sees Crush director John McKay directing a cast including Sam Rockwell from a script by Oscar winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes. ...
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EAVE plans more production forums
MEDIA Plus producer training programme EAVE has announced plans for further Production Forums in Venice, Ghent and Vendome following its first one on 'Responding To New Developments in European Distribution' in Paris from July 4-6.The Venice Forum - 'Getting To Know Asian Markets' - from August 23-26 will bring experts ...
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Croatia gets its first multiplex
Blitz-Cinestar, a new joint venture between Croatian distributor, Blitz Film & Video Distribution and German exhibitor, Cinestar/Kieft & Kieft, is to open Croatia's first multiplex this autumn. The multiplex, Cinestar Zagreb will have 13 state-of-the art screens over two floors with a total seating capacity of 2,954. All theatres will ...
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South Korea, France re-open co-production treaty talks
South Korea and France have re-entered negotiations to draw up a co-production treaty, following the signing of an informal co-operation agreement at last year's Pusan International Film Festival between the Korean Film Commission (KOFIC) and the Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC).A full co-production agreement signed on the governmental level ...
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Italian company produces French Crime
French stars Daniel Auteuil and Anna Mouglalis are currently working on the set of an Italian film, A Strange Crime, which is being shot entirely in French and produced by The Hundred Steps producer Fabrizio Mosca. The Euros 6m thriller is directed by acclaimed stage director Roberto Ando, whose first ...
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Kidron close to Bridget Jones sequel
After months of speculation, UK director Beeban Kidron is close to a deal to direct Renee Zellweger in Working Title Films' Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason.Kidron has long been linked to the sequel to the 2001 hit but negotiations have stepped up in the last week. Zellweger, who starred ...
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Cambridge film fest boasts wealth of UK premieres
The 23rd Cambridge Film Festival, which runs July 10-20, has secured a range of UK premieres including Peter Greenaway's Cannes competition entry The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Part 1, The Moab Story, Gregor Jordan's Buffalo Soldiers, Wolfgang Becker's German hit Good-Bye, Lenin! and Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning Spirited Away.Other UK premieres at ...
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Nine films compete for Melbourne's FIPRESCI award
Three films from South Korea, three from Australia, two from Japan and one from China, all by debut directors, are competing for the 52nd Melbourne International Film Festival's FIPRESCI Award, director James Hewison announced today. From South Korea comes Byun Young-Joo's Ardor, Park Chanok's Jealousy Is My Middle Name, and ...
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Australian producers body to launch script market
The Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) is to launch SPAAMart, an initiative aimed at presenting Australia's best scripts to potential production partners. SPAAMart will be part of the annual SPAA conference, which is being held from November 18 to 21 at Melbourne's new Centre for the Moving Image. ...
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Peter Sellers on hold as Rush returns to Australia
HBO Films has reportedly put The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers on hold after star Geoffrey Rush was forced to return to Australia for personal reasons.The biopic was shooting at Shepperton Studios in the UK, but, according to UK reports, Rush took an emergency flight to Australia to be ...
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NonStop signs up with SF Anytime VOD service
Stockholm-based distributor NonStop Entertainment AB has signed a deal with Video on Demand (VOD) service SF Anytime. The long-term agreement will see a number of NonStop-titles become available by streaming over broadband. SF Anytime earlier this year launched a VOD service allowing for the viewing of films at home through ...