All Screen articles in 25 September 2008 – Page 6
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Taiwan starts subsidy for film-makers with box-office hits
Taiwan's Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a new production subsidy for film-makers who score box-office success.The announcement follows the phenomenal success of Wei Te-sheng's Cape No. 7 which has made over $1.6m in Taipei and an estimated $3m nationwide after three weeks on release. Interest shows no signs of ...
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A Mouse's Tale winner of Cartoon d'Or
French-born Benjamin Renner's graduation film from La Poudriere animation school A Mouse's Tale has been named the winner of this year's Cartoon d'Or at the 19th Cartoon Forum in Ludwigsburg.The four-minute short using silhouette animation, beat competition from four other finalists including UK animator Matthew Walker's John And Karen and ...
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F&ME kicks off shoots for three new UK co-productions
Mike Downey and Sam Taylor's UK production company Film And Music Entertainment (F&ME) pushes its busy slate forward with the start of principal photography on three new features: Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre, Donkey and Beneath The Surface.All three are co-productions, shooting - respectively - in Iceland, Croatia/Herzegovina and China/Sudan. All ...
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Norway names O'Horten as Foreign-Language Oscar submission
Norwegian director Bent Hamer's O'Horten will fly the Norwegian colours for the Oscar nominations as Best Foreign-Language feature, it was announced today (Sept 18) by the Norwegian Film Institute.The film was also scripted and produced by Hamer, for his own BulBul Film and was co-produced with Scanboxfilm, Pandora Film, and ...
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Fortissimo Films picks up Parque Via
Fortissimo Film Sales has picked up world sales for Mexican filmmaker Enrique Rivero's feature debut Parque Via. The film is currently screening in the Horizontes Latinos sidebar at this week's San Sebastian International Film Festival. Parque Via won 32-year-old Rivero the Golden Leopard in the International Competition at the Locarno ...
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Japanese director Jun Ichikawa dies at 59
Japanese film director Jun Ichikawa has died at aged 59, local media has reported. According to Ichikawa's office, he passed away suddenly in the early hours of Sept 19. He collapsed during a late night meal after working on the editing of his latest film, Buy A Suit.The news comes ...
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Banderas to star in Mexican drama La hija Del Ruisenor
Antonio Banderas has revealed that his next project will be the supernatural thriller La Hija Del Ruisenor from Mexican director Luis Mandoki.Banderas will star as the father of a young girl with supernatural powers. Filming is set to begin in January in Mexico where the actor has already made seven ...
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Cannes winner The Class enters Oscar race for France
In an expected move, Cannes Palme d'Or winner The Class has been chosen to represent France at this year's Oscars.Laurent Cantet's semi-documentary about life in a tough Parisian high school will vie for a shot at a best foreign language film nomination. The candidates will be announced in January. Click ...
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Side Effect takes best short film award at Oldenburg
Side Effect by Liz Adams' has won in the Best Short Film category at the 2008 Germany's Oldenburg International Film FestivalThe Oldenburg victory is Adams' second major win for Side Effect. In April this year it won the Cutting Edge Short Film Competition at Scotland's international horror genre festival, the ...
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Final Word: Toronto International Film Festival
Screen International looks back at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Click section to see more.Festival and market reviewToronto reviews Toronto salesToronto stories and festival dailies
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Oscilloscope buys North American rights to Dear Zachary
Oscilloscope Pictures has taken North American rights to Kurt Kuenne's Slamdance and SXSW documentary Dear Zachary.The New York-based company will release Dear Zachary in theatres in partnership with the newly formed MSNBC Films on October 31 in New York, marking MSNBC Films' first release.Dear Zachary is Kuenne's attempt to investigate ...
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Reviews
Kisses
Dir: Lance Daly. 2008. Ireland/Sweden. 76 mins.A small Irish charmer about two children who run away from their abusive homes and spend an eventful night in Dublin, Lance Daly's Kisses is so slight and whimsical that sometimes it feels more like a fairy tale than a dramatic feature film. Running ...
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IFP gives $130,000 in cash and in-kind awards to emerging talent
IFP presented $130,000 in cash and in-kind awards in support of emerging talent at the group's annual annual Independent Filmmaker Awards yesterday [September 18].In the juried awards, IFP presented the inaugural $50,000 Independent Filmmaker Lab Finishing Grant to Joseph Cashiola for his debut drama A Thing As Big As The ...
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Profile: Uberto Pasolini
Uberto Pasolini produced one of the biggest hits in recent UK history, 1997's The Full Monty, but he struggled to find UK finance for his feature directorial debut Machan, and took the project to Italy's Rai Cinema instead.'In Italy, I am known as the guy lucky enough to have made ...
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Features
United States - The yes man
One of Ryan Harrington's first priorities as the head of the new IndiePix Studios is to make sure people understand exactly what he is doing there. Bob Alexander founded IndiePix as a film download and DVD distributor in 2004 (known especially for documentaries including Billy The Kid) but IndiePix Studios ...
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International - Money money money
Universal's Mamma Mia! The Movie has crossed $300m internationally, keeping its top spot in Screen's international chart.Still playing in 4,303 screens, the Abba-inspired musical took $20m after opening in six more territories, including France, Hong Kong, India and Belgium, where it topped the chart.Takings improved 24% week on week. ...
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In Focus: Filmanthropy
The British Beekeepers' Association, the National Pig Association and the Women's Institute might not be the most obvious partners for documentary makers but it is a sign of a growing crossover between the film world and the third sector that all attended this summer's inaugural Good Pitch.Held during the UK's ...
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In Focus: Rio and Sao Paulo film festivals
The Brazilian selections at the international film festivals in Rio and Sao Paulo are a good barometer of the hot new local projects. Jose Padilha's Elite Squad opened last year's Rio film festival and went on to win the Golden Bear at Berlin.Who to knowat Rio. Click here for moreThe ...
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The critical view: reading classics
To mark its 75th anniversary, the British Film Institute asked 75 key figures 'from the world of film and current affairs' to choose the one film they would most like to share with future generations.It's an interesting line-up - not one of those utterly predictable critics' selections that are always ...
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Screen opinion: Call in the pros
There was an interesting line of argument at a recent conference in Germany about the supposed 'professionalisation' of the industry. It's an odd notion for an industry that is more than 100 years old but the contention is that the soft money has begun to harden, the hedge funds have ...