All Screen articles in 25 September 2006 – Page 4
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Revolver takes UK rights to Wright's contemporary Macbeth
Revolver Entertainment has taken UK rights toGeoffrey Wright's new adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in contemporary Melbourne.The deal was signed with sales company Arclight after Macbeth's recent world premiere in theVanguard section at the Toronto International Film Festival. It comes on theeve of its 30-screen release in Australian cinemas tomorrow ...
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Miller's follow-up to Capote lands at Vantage
Bennett Miller has teamed up with Paramount Vantage to develop TheImmortalist, the Oscarnominated director's follow-up to Capote.It is understood the drama centres on several characters involvedin life extension research. "It's not a science-fiction film," Millersaid. "It's a drama set in the very real world of those pursuing'biological immortality'."It's a pursuit ...
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Athens festival opens tonight with Volver
The 12th AthensInternational Film Festival, otherwise known as Opening Nights Conn-X, kicksoff tonight with the gala presentation of Pedro Almodovar's Volver.Volverwill be joined in the Premieres section with Brian De Palma's The BlackDahlia, Michael Mann's Miami Vice,Jason Reitman's Thank You For Smoking,Aki Kaurismaki's Lights In The Dusk, GelaBabluani's 13 (Tzameti), ...
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New international film festival launched in Dallas with AFI
The inaugural AFI Dallas International Film Festival will run inTexas from Mar 22-Apr 1 2007.Approximately 150 features and shorts will screen at the event andco-sponsor Target has endowed $25,000 cash grants for the best narrative anddocumentary entries."The AFI Dallas International Film Festival is a result ofDallas's love of film and ...
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The Namesake
Dir: Mira Nair. USA. 2006. 122minsMira Nair's best films have shown an optimism aboutlife and an affection for the flaws and failings of her characters, and shebrings a similar sense of compassion to TheNamesake, her adaptation of the novel by Pulitzer prize-winner Jhumpa Lahiri. A sweeping saga ofculture clashes and ...
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Smith, Ricupero promoted in production/acquisitions at Myriad
Myriad Pictures has boosted it production and acquisitions team,promoting Matthew Keene Smith to the role of director and naming Luiza Ricuperomanager.The LA-based company has got involved on several high profileprojects in the recent past, including Brad Silberling's comedy 10 Items OrLess, which stars MorganFreeman and Paz Vega and was bought ...
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Gang to star in Lee Myung-se's M
Korea's Core Studio has announced that Gang Dong-won will star in M, the next project from Lee Myung-se,director of Duelist and Nowhere To Hide.Selected for the upcomingPPP, M is a mystic melodrama about awriter who is suffering from constant dejà vu as he falls for a mysteriousgirl. The film is ...
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These Encounters Of Theirs (Quei Loro Incontri)
Dir/scr: Jean-MarieStraub and Daniele Huillet.It. 2006. 68mins.A profoundly uncommercialpiece of avant-garde filmmaking, Jean-Marie Straub and DanieleHuillet's TheseEncounters Of Theirs divides 10 non-professional actors into couples, thenhas them take turns in declaiming the DialoguesWith Leuco, Cesare Pavese's abstract, philosophical work. The result isfeature that has something of a cleansing (some would ...
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The Dog Problem
Dir: Scott Caan. US. 2006. 98mins.Told with a casual poignancy and unpredictability,Scott Caan's TheDog Problem is loose, funky and impressively original. Taking its titlefrom a quotation by playwright Edward Abbey, it's a detailed comedy of mannersabout the strange and complicated emotional odyssey that the title animal sparksin a struggling young ...
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Tokyo to open with Flags, close with Murder
The Tokyo International FilmFestival (TIFF) has announced its full line-up for the 19th edition which willclose with veteran director Kon Ichikawa's MurderOf The Inugami Clan. TIFF and Kadokawa chairmanTsugihiko Kadokawa announced Ichikawa and director Milos Forman as recipients of the AkiraKurosawa Award, which carries a prize of $100,000.As previously announced, ...
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Born And Bred (Nacido Y Criado)
Dir: Pablo Trapero. Arg-It-UK.2006. 100mins.The first 10 minutes of Born And Bred seem indicate that Pablo Trapero'snew film will contain the some of the same gentle touches prevalent in hisprevious feature Rolling Family. Butthen the picture's true theme kicks in and any expectations that we are aboutto watch a story ...
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Smythe-Bishop appointed senior vp, publicity & promotions, at MPD
SusanSmythe-Bishop has been appointed senior vice president, publicity and promotionat Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (MPD). A 14-yearveteran in the publicity and promotion offices of the Canadian releasingcompany, Smythe-Bishop will nowoversee all publicity and promotion strategies for all theatrical releases inEnglish Canada. 'Susan hasbeen integral in the growth of ...
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Estevez's Bobby to open LA's AFI FEST
The US premiere of Emilio Estevez's ensemble drama Bobby will open AFI Fest 2006 on Nov 1.Festival organisers also unveiled 13 world premieres, among themChad Lowe's comedy Beautiful Ohio starring William Hurt, Rita Wilson and Julianna Margulies; DavidCunningham's thriller After; and David Stenn's documentary Girl 27, about a former dancer ...
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Stefanac named director of AFI Digital Content Lab
Journalist, author and interactive media and web design pioneerSuzanne Stefanac has been appointed director of the American Film Institute'sDigital Content Lab (DCL).The DCL has worked with many leading entertainment companies andcreated more than 75 interactive prototypes since its inception nine years ago.Stefanac's team includes newly appointed production manager LisaOsborne and ...
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Australia mulls 40% tax rebate for producers
The Australian government ismulling a 40% tax rebate for producers, as a means to boost local production, aproposal which has secured the backing of the Film Finance CorporationAustralia (FFC).The government is currentlyreviewing its direct and indirect support of the film industry and the FFC madeits submission public this week thereby ...
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Spurlock confirmed, panels lined up for SXSW 2007
Morgan Spurlock will discuss his career in one of several liveevents planned for the 2007 South by Southwest (SXSW) film conference andfestival.Panel highlights include an assessment of non-profit initiativesdesigned to help film-makers; the impact of emerging technologies on cinema;and depicting on-screen sex.Among the speakers lined up for the event are ...
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Peter Smith to head NBC Universal International
Peter Smith has been promoted to president of NBC UniversalInternational. He had been president of Universal Pictures International sinceits inception in 2000. His new appointment is effective immediately, although he will continueto look after Universal Pictures through the end of the year while areplacement is appointed. Smith will continue ...
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Rome's Extra programme to include Cobain documentary
RomeFilmFest has announcedsome of the films selected for its Extra section, which presents innovativeworks across formats and genres. The Extra programme willinclude fictional features, animations, documentaries, filmed concerts,innovative TV works, a tribute to the Tribeca FilmFestival in New York, andspecial events and workshops. Films will include AJSchnack's Kurt Cobain ...
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Strong Dutch opening for Verhoeven's Black Book
Paul Verhoeven's acclaimed Black Book (Zwartboek) has given localfilms a welcome boost in The Netherlands this week, scoring the best localopening of the year and the fifth best opening for any title. The World War II thriller,which is this year's Dutch Oscar entry for best foreign language film consideration,claimed $863,524 ...
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Dinard competitors include London To Brighton
The Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard has announced the six competition titles for thisyear's 17th festival (Oct 5-8).The competitorsare Yousef Ali Khan's Almost Adult, Sean Ellis' Cashback, Menhaj Huda's Kidulthood, Paul Andrew Williams' London To Brighton, Adrian Shergold's Pierrepoint and Niall Heery's Small Engine Repair. Those titles willcompete for ...