All Screen articles in 25 May 2001 – Page 2
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IFC satellite, cable deals ensure wider coverage
The Independent Film Channel (IFC) has struck a rash of carriage deals that extend the number of households that can watch it.Rainbow Media Holdings, which owns IFC, said that the channel had agreed a long-term carriage agreements with satellite platform DirecTV and also with cable operators Adelphia Communications and Charter ...
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Fox launches first pay-TV channel in Europe
Fox International Entertainment will next week launch its first stand-alone pay-TV channel in Europe, when it unveils the Fox channel in Spain.The new channel will broadcast 24 hours a day on the basic tier of digital satellite platform Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) and an array of local cable networks from ...
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Patagonic adds weight to 12-picture slate
Cecilia Roth, Norma Leandro, Leticia Bredice, Ricardo Darin and BetoBrandoni are the first five actors announced by Argentina heavyweightPatagonik Film Group as attached to its ambitious new TV movie project.Patagonik is readying 12 made-for-TV movies in co-production with Spain's Tornasol Films. According to Patagonik COO Dario Perticone, the films are ...
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France, Germany, Luxembourg pact for co-production
Germany and Luxembourg tightened their links with France were at last week's Cannes Film Festival by striking co-production treaties.Alongisde their main treaty, French and German culture ministers Catherine Tasca and Julian Nida-Ruemelin agreed to each provide Euro 1.52m a year for producing German-French films. Features benefiting from the support "must ...
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Bafta readies pre-Oscar slot for next year
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) is to return to its pre-Oscar slot for its film awards next year, subject to some routine consultations.Bafta has scheduled next year's awards for Sunday February 24, aiming to repeat this year's success when the ceremony moved from April. The repositioning ...
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Dogme film heads for competition at San Sebastian
Danish Dogme title Truly Human (Et Rigtigt Menneske) has secured a competition slot at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain in September.Seen as somewhere in between the gritty realism of Festen and the Dogme-lite of Berlin title Italian For Beginners, the film was well-received critically and a box-office success ...
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Parallel section and other prizes
Cannes 2001 parallel section and other prizesCinefondationFirst Prize Portrait Dir: Sergei LuchishinSecond Prize Reparation Dir: Jens JonssonThird Prize (shared) Run Away Dir: Yang Chao and Crow Stone Dir: Alicia DuffyFIPRESCI AwardsCompetion film The Son's Room (La Stanza Del Figlio) Dir: Nanni MorettiUn Certain RegardPulse ...
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Official selection prize list
Cannes 2001 Official selection prizesFeature Films:Palme d'OrThe Son's Room (La Stanza Del Figlio) Dir: Nanni MorettiGrand PrixThe Piano Teacher Dir: Michael HanekeBest ActressIsabelle Huppert, The Piano TeacherBest ActorBenoit Magimel, The Piano TeacherBest Direction (joint)Joel Coen, The Man Who Wasn't ThereDavid Lynch, Mulholland DriveBest ScreenplayDanis Tanovic, No Man's LandTechnical Achievement PrizeTu ...
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Italy celebrates Nanni Moretti as a national hero
Better known for nervous introspection than clambering over the audience a la Roberto Benigni, Nanni Moretti was at the centre of a media whirlwind on Monday as the Italian press celebrated Italy's first Palme d'Or in 23 years.Echoeing widesprad public sentiment over Moretti's Cannes triumph with The Son's Room (La ...
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The Warrior production outfit launches fresh slate
Sidus, the Korean production house behind Musa The Warrior, has unveiled a five-picture slate, including Musa director Kim Sung-soo's new project.Kim is readying an untitled sci-fi action picture, which could go into production later this year. Sidus, which aims to invest $15m-$17m a year in eight films, is looking for ...
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Germany's H5B5 invests in Nicolas Roeg's Addict
Germany's H5B5 Media is teaming up with best-selling writer Stephen Smith to set up a joint company to co-produce a screen adaptation of Smith's autobiographical novel, Addict.Veteran UK director Nicolas Roeg is attached to direct the story of Smith's 25-year descent into drugs and drink. H5B5 also announced in Cannes ...
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Gaumont develops Fabulous English-language titles
Gaumont is developing three further English-language movies through its first-look deal with Fabien Liron's Fabulous Films.Liron, currently in production on $15m romantic comedy I'm With Lucy, is working on an untitled $10m UK romantic comedy. Set in London, the picture is scheduled for shooting this year.Also in the pipeline is ...
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Splendid, Warner partner for rental distribution
Germany's Splendid Medien has signed a distribution agreement with Warner Home Video for a package of 19 films.Warner will handle rental releases on video and DVD in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland on the titles, which include Traffic, Gangs Of New York and Dr T And The Women. The two ...
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Regent, Scottish Screen head for Great Wilderness
The US' Regent Entertainment and UK funding body Scottish Screen have partnered on The Last Great Wilderness from up and coming British director David Mackenzie.Regent will handle US distribution and international sales on the Scottish road movie, which is now in post. Feature Film Co, the UK distributor bought by ...
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Australia unveils $16m funding boost
Australian film-makers and Australia-based productions have secured a funding boost worth $16.6m (A$31.6m) for the next four years from the state government of Victoria.Film production secured an extra $8.2m over the period, bringing the toal available to about three times current levels. Local film administration and support agency Film Victoria, ...
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Fireworks buys North America on New Zealand's Rain
Fireworks Pictures has picked up North American rights on New Zealand Directors' Fortnight title Rain.The distributor, a subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications, picked up the film from the New Zealand Film Commission. Set over one summer, the coming-of-age story is viewed as an auspicious debut for writer-director Christine Jeffs. ...
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DVD growth explodes in Germany, turnover up 190%
Germany's DVD boom continued unabated during the first quarter this year, with turnover rocketing 190% to account for 45.8% of the overall turnover from the video sell-through sector.According to the latest figures from trade organisation Bundesverband Video, DVD turnover soared to claim $73.4m (DM162.9m) in a sector worth $160m as ...
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Moretti wins Palme d'Or, Haneke wins three prizes
For all that this year's Cannes festival had been billed as the year of Asian cinema, the winners turned out to be largely European.Italy's Nanni Moretti won the Palme d'Or for his heart rending tale of loss, The Son's Room (La Stanza Del Figlio). While the competition was wide-open - ...
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