All Screen articles in 24 September 2007 – Page 4
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Wild Bunch closes a slew of deals on Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame
The screening of Hana Makhmalbaf's French-Iranian drama Buddha Collapsed Out Of Shame in official competition at San Sebastian has sparked a flurry of international sales. Wild Bunch has secured sales of Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf's first feature to the UK (Slingshot), Spain (Wanda), Canada (Crystal), Portugal (Lusomundo), Benelux (Imagine), Switzerland ...
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Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance
Dir: Darren Ashton. Australia 95 minsFollowing two children's dance troupes as they compete for top prize in a prestigious national tournament, Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance is an intermittently amusing backstage comedy that skewers the rampaging egos and vaulting ambition of its ragbag of aspiring show-biz types. Filmed in ...
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Normal
Dir. Carl Bessai. Canada . 2007. 100 min.With Normal , Canadian filmmaker Carl Bessai delivers his most accomplished film yet. An intense psychological portrait of lives shattered by a sudden death, it does everything well. Although it explores familiar terrain - comparisons with the daisy-chain of Paul Haggis' Crash are ...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina adds It's Hard To Be Nice to Oscar list
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Association of Film Makers chose Srdjan Vuletic's It's Hard To Be Nice (Tesko Je Biti Fin) as the country's foreign language submission for the Academy Awards.The drama, about a Sarajevo taxi driver who involuntarily gets mixed up in a series of complicated situations, opened this year's Sarajevo Film ...
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Latido secures more sales for Saura's Fados
Spanish sales outfit Latido Films has sold Carlos Saura's film Fados to countries across North, Central and South America. The musical drama, co-produced by Spain's Zebra Producciones and Portugal's Fado Filmes, has been sold to Canada (K Films Amerique), Mexico and Central America (Latino Vision), Venezuela (Amazonia). Deals were also ...
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The Class enters foreign Oscar race for Estonia
The Class has been put forward as the Estonian contender for the foreign-language Oscar.Ilmar Raag's debut feature beat out the other Estonian choice, The Autumn Ball, among the local Oscar committee.The drama, based on true events, is about a class geek and a friend who stands up for him to ...
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Festival preview: Rome's New Cinema Network
While no-one knows the exact number of potentially great film projectsthat just sit on the shelf, it is estimated 75% of first-timefilm-makers do not complete their second projects. WhenTeresa Cavina, who co-curates the Rome Film Fest's competitionselection with Giorgio Gosetti, decided to design a co-production eventto coincide with the festival, ...
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Coote appointed as CEO of Dune Entertainment
Australian producer Greg Coote has been appointed chairman and CEO of Dune Entertainment, the production company affiliated to multi-million dollar hedge fund Dune Capital Partners. Dune Entertainment has committed to invest more than $500m in a slate of Fox films over the next three years. 'I am greatly looking forward ...
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Berlin's EFM tightens access and starts premium first weekend rates
Berlin's European Film Market (EFM) is introducing new access restrictions to its venue in the Martin Gropius Bau for the first weekend (Feb 9-10), which may lead some accredited professionals looking to go elsewhere to do business at the festival. Moreover, new premium screening rates will be introduced for the ...
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Resident Evil 3 makes strong US debut
Sony's Resident Evil: Extinction went straight to the top of the North American box office chart this weekend with a $24m estimated gross, the best domestic opening yet for the Resident Evil sci-fi horror franchise. Two other wide releases had more modest debuts but several awards hopefuls had promising launches ...
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HARUMA MIURA (JAPAN)
Born north-east of Tokyo, Haruma Miura is only 17 - but already has an impressive resume.Miura's parents enrolled him in Tsukuba Actors' Studio as a child and he made his debut at just seven years old on the NHK television drama Aguri. Soon after, he made his film debut in ...
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YANG JIN-WOO (KOREA)
Yang Jin-woo has already demonstrated his versatility: the actor has just wrapped Won Shin-yeon's Seven Days, in which he plays a drugged-out rocker with a split personality. Meanwhile his previous film, Kwon Yong-kuk's The Elephant On The Bike, saw him playing an internalised, quiet part as a physically challenged young ...
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KIM KI-BUM (KOREA)
As a member of the popular boy group Super Junior, and with several TV drama roles under his belt, Kim Ki-bum has already had his fair share of stardom. He made his big-screen debut this summer in Attack Of The Pin-Up Boys, a mystery comedy in which he stars as ...
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KIM JAE-SEUNG (KOREA)
Kim Jae-sung is currently training in martial arts for his next appearance on the upcoming television mini-series Hong Gil-dong, a costume drama. The actor has yet to make a film but is being tipped as talent agency Yedang Entertainment's next big star. Yedang is placing Kim in television dramas to ...
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TONG DAWEI (CHINA)
Among the many young actors in China, Tong Dawei has one of the largest fanbases, popular with teenagers and housewives alike for his boy-next-door image. Describing himself as quiet and easygoing, Tong comes from an industrial town in north-east China. Originally a business student, he was later accepted into the ...
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SA HEE (KOREA)
Currently starring in the stage musical Singin' In The Rain in Seoul, in which she plays a quirky young woman who befriends two brothers, Sa Hee seems made to play lively gamines. 'I'm doing a musical because it's fun and I wanted to do it, but ultimately I am interested ...
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BAEK SUNG-HYUN (KOREA)
At 18-years-old, Baek Sung-hyun may be young, but he is committed. His performance as the neglected younger brother of an autistic runner in the 2005 hit Marathon had an authenticity that stood out. Baek is also experienced. 'When I was little, I lived next door to Lee Yi-jung [a TV ...
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ANANDA EVERINGHAM (THAILAND)
After he was talent-spotted a decade ago by GMM Grammy, one of Thailand's top entertainment companies, Ananda Everingham started to act in TV and features when he was just 15. Film has become his focus since 2004's horror hit Shutter made him a household name. Determined to show his versatility, ...
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Bourne stays ahead with $13m international weekend
Universal's The Bourne Ultimatum once again set the pace at the international box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $13m from 4,269 dates in 48 territories. The marketplace's only new entrant, Sony's Resident Evil: Extinction, opened in Mexico day-and-date with its chart-topping domestic launch and came in number one with ...
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TATSUYA FUJIWARA (JAPAN)
In the final shot of director Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale, a teenage boy who was not supposed to survive the government's horrifically staged game of death runs off into an uncertain future. Actor Tatsuya Fujiwara - who played 'Boy #15' - has a much surer future ahead of him.Born in ...