All Screen articles in 24 May 2005 – Page 2
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Beta Cinema unveils raft of Cannes deals
Beta Cinema has announced a raft of dealsconcluded at last week's market in Cannes and expects the first sale for SergeiBodrov's Mongol to be finalised this week.Mennan Yapo's thriller Soundless was soldto the US (Koch Lorber Media), France (97 Film Production & Distribution)and Brazil (Swen do Brazil).Hannes Stoehr's Berlinale 2005 ...
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Sundance Institute supports six more filmmakers
The Sundance Institute has announced the second batch offilmmakers to receive training and creative suport through Annenberg Filmfellowships.The Annenberg Film Fellows Programme provides stipends,residencies and creative support to six filmmakers each year and was launchedin April 2004 with a $5m grant from Annenberg Foundation trustee CharlesAnnenberg Weingarten.The Fellows and their ...
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Bollywood legend Sunil Dutt dies
SunilDutt, 75, legendary Bollywood actor and current Youth and Sports Minister diedfrom a heart attack in his home in Mumbai. AmongDutt's most memorable films wereMother India (1956), and Padosan. Theman took Indian cinema by storm in the 60s and 70s following his big break in Mehboob Khan's Mother India .Among ...
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Indie luminaries lend names to IFC art-house in Manhattan
A high-profile roster of filmmakers including Alfonso Cuaron,Steven Soderbergh and Richard Linklater will serve on the advisory board of theupcoming IFC Centre in New York.Others involved in the refurbished art-house complex,which is situated smack in the heart of Manhattan's West Village on WaverlyStreet and Sixth Avenure, are several other east ...
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Wolfe Releasing swipes UK dogme drama for North America
Wolfe Releasing picked up Thom Best's Canadian thriller Ice Men and Jan Dunn's political drama Gypo in the last days of Cannes, and plansfestival engagements for both titles ahead of their North American theatricalreleases.Ice Men centres ona group of friends whose weekend getaway in their childhood cabin turns sourwhen uninvited ...
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Alliance Atlantis names Lazzarato as new CFO
Alliance Atlantis Communicationshas appointed David Lazzarato as executive vice president and chief financialofficer, replacing W. Judson Martin, who, as previously announced, is leavingAlliance Atlantis for health reasons. Lazzarato will be in office fromMay 30.'David'sextensive experience will be invaluable to us as we continue to grow ourbusiness,' said AAC chair and ...
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Metrodome takes on Von Trier's Manderlay
UK distributor Metrodome has bought Lars Von Trier's Manderlayfrom Trust Film Sales.The Cannes competition title has now sold to over 35countries. The US is the last major territory yet to announce a deal for Manderlay,Von Trier's follow-up to Dogville.Manderlay is the first Lars Von Trier directedfilm that Metrodome has handled; ...
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Gaspar Noe re-enters the Void
Gaspar Noe's Les Cinemas DeLa Zone has joined forces with Wild Bunch and Fidelite to co-produce his latestfilm Enter The Void.The $13.5m English languagefilm about a drug-dealing brother and his sister is expected to shoot in Japanin September.Equity co-producers includeJapan's Comstock Org and Russia's Central Partnership.Cinetic will handle USrights. The ...
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Ray of hope for German media funds
Germany's beleagueredmedia fund managers were afforded a slight ray of hope that they could soon beback in business after the Social Democrats' (SPD) regional election debacle inNorth Rhine-Westphalia at the hands of the Christian Democrats at the weekend.There was speculation on Monday that plans byGerhard Schroeder to call for an ...
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Fortissimo signs up Wong library
Fortissimo Films has signed a deal with Cannesjury president Wong Kar-wai's Jet Tone Films to handle the increasing list oftitles in the director's library, including films not previously represented byFortissimo.The deal is an expansion of the long-standingrelationship between Wong and Fortissimo which first worked with the directoron Chungking Express in ...
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World's Fastest Indian runs to Italy
Italian International Film (IIF) has acquired Italiandistribution rights to upcoming Anthony Hopkins vehicle The World's FastestIndian. The film, which is currently in post, tells thetrue story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indianmotorcycle and then took it to Utah where he set the land-speed world ...
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Viggo Mortensen takes lead in Nazi drama
Viggo Mortensen is to star in Good, the screen adaptation of CP Taylor's award-winning stage play set during the Nazi era. British actors Jason Isaacs and Mark Strong will also appear in the film, which will be directed by Vicente Amorin. The screenplay has been written by John Wrathall.Good tells ...
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New charter launched for downloading
Online film downloading is to get moreuser-friendly with the signing of a new charter.In Cannes, EU and US Internet service providers andtelecom operators endorsed a new online charter, which aims to ensurethat both service providers and film companies cooperate to fight piracyand provide an attractive supply of films which can ...
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SPC buys Starpai's comic-book autobiography for US
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has snapped up NorthAmerican rights on 'Persepolis,Marjane Satrapi's comic book autobiography set in Iran' during theIslamic Revolution.''Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud adapted and areco-directing the project 'about an outspoken nine-year-old girl whoselove-hate relationship' with her homeland eventually forces her intopermanent exile.''Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve,Danielle Darrieux and Simon' ...
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Weinsteins ramp up Asian Dynasty
Bob and Harvey Weinstein have set up the Asian labelDragon Dynasty and boosted their already sizeable library by licensing 43titles from News Corp subsidiary Fortune StarEntertainment.Dragon Dynasty will release all Asian titles in TheWeinstein Company's (TWC) stable, including recent theatricalacquisitions such as Ong Bak 2, SPL, Seven Swords and Dragon ...
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Artificial Eye loads up with Cannes titles
Leading UK independent distributor Artificial Eye has comeaway from Cannes with a haul of six titles in official selection including thisyear's Palme D'Or winner, the Dardennes brothers The Child, andDirector's prize winner, Hidden, by Michael Haneke.The other Artificial Eye pick-ups are Francois Ozon's Le Temps Qui Reste,which screened in Un ...
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IFC takes erotic arthouse film Destricted
IFC Entertainment has bought all North American rightsto the explicit 'portmanteau film Destricted.''IFC moved in following Monday's Critics Week screeningand plans a' simultaneous theatrical and video-on-demand release throughits First'Take division.''Destricted premiered at Sundance and comprises aseries of erotic' short films by such avant-garde filmmakers as GasparNoe, Matthew' Barney, Larry Clark ...
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Ang Lee and Focus reunited for wartime spy thriller
Hot on the heels of their global smash BrokebackMountain, Ang Lee and Focus Features are fast-trackingthe Chinese-language second world war spy thriller Lust,Caution.Bill Kong, who previously collaborated with Lee on CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon, is producing the projectwith Lee. Focus Features holds worldwide rights excludingAsia.Production is scheduled to begin this autumn ...
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Europe's MEDIA Programme gets $970m extension
The European Union's Media Programme has just secured over $970m (Euros 755m) to bankroll the European film industry.The Media 2007 fund will be used for training,development, distribution and promotion from 2007-2013, including atleast 20% going on development, 55% on distribution, 7% on training, 9%on promotion, 4% on pilot projects.The total ...
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Cannes Market reports 2005 attendance rise
The 46th Cannes FilmMarket has announced an 8% increase in attendance for the 2005 edition. This year, 83 countries were representedby 9,476 professionals compared with 8,814 from 74 countries in 2004. The mostdramatic rises came from Africa with 34% more participation, Canada up 25% andthe Middle East up 14%Companies registeringshowed ...
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