All Screen articles in 26 August 2005

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  • News

    New US outfit Kindred teams up with HispanoFilms

    2005-08-26T04:00:00Z

    Fledgling NewYork and Pennsylvania-based boutique distributor Kindred Media Group ispartnering up with HispanoFilms Distribution on the US distribution of EnriqueRenteria's Mexican comedy Dame Tu Cuerpo (Gimme Your Body).The partnerswill seek to broaden the reach of the picture, which has grossed more than $4min Mexico, as part of a strategy by ...

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    Northern relations boost southern box office in Korea

    2005-08-26T04:00:00Z

    Therunaway box office success of Welcome To Dongmakgolhas driven home a point about the South Korean box office: films about NorthKorea sell. Dongmakgol,based on a stage play by Jang Jin, is centered around two South Koreansoldiers, three North Korean soldiers, and an American pilot who meet in aremote mountain village ...

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    Australian hit ready for international breakout

    2005-08-26T04:00:00Z

    TheAustralian drama Look Both Ways may become the country's long-awaited international breakout after taking $230,000(A$300,000) on home soil in its first week from only 17 screens.The film, which has its international premiere at Toronto, has beenthe number one film in every cinema in which it opened and was the seventh ...

  • Reviews

    The Cave

    2005-08-26T03:47:00Z

    Dir:Bruce Hunt. US. 2005. 96mins.US-backedbut utilising international above- and below-the-line talent and locations, TheCave is an efficient yet routine horror thriller with what would normallyseem like a novel underground exploration setting. Unfortunately, the settingis shared with recent British caving chiller The Descent - so in theinternational marketplace at least, The ...

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    Giant recognised at Haugesund

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian documentary Giant has walked off with most of the top prizesat the NorwegianInternational Film Festival in Haugesund, which wrapped today (August 26).Arne B. Rostad and Hallvard Bræin's film aboutNorwegian artist Erik Bye took home the top Andreas Award as well as theaudience and local critics prize.Bye, who died last ...

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    Warner revs up Dukes in UK, France, Spain, Mexico

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    The Warner Bros PicturesInternational (WBPI) duo of The Island and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory are expected to lead the international pack onceagain this weekend.Sci-fi actioner TheIsland, which has been the highestgrossing international release of the last two weekends, opens in Italy on Aug26. It has amassed $85.3m to date.Meanwhile ...

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    New Line hails Crashers as year's top comedy

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    New Line' s WeddingCrashers has overtaken Hitch to become the biggest grossing comedy ofthe year in North America, racing to a $180m domestic running total since itsJul 15 launch.WeddingCrashers now ranks asthe second biggest R-rated comedy of all time behind Beverly Hills Cop, which finished on $234.8m. It is alsothe ...

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    Directing Change names Dalton to work with Eyre on Scandal

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    BAFTA award winner Hattie Daltonhas been selected as the latest female director to benefit from Women in Filmand Television (WFTV) initiative Directing Change.She will work alongside SirRichard Eyre on upcoming feature Notes From A ScandalDirecting Change is designed to address theunder-representation of women directors in the UK industry. It gives ...

  • News

    Leigh, Ladd Jr win special awards at Flanders in Oct

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Mike Leigh andUS producer Alan Ladd Jr will each receive the Joseph Plateau Award for theiroutstanding achievements in filmmaking at the upcoming Flanders InternationalFilm Festival.Leigh willreceive his award from Imelda Staunton, the Oscar nominated star of his 2004drama Vera Drake.Leigh's other credits include Naked, High Hopes, Secrets And Lies, and ...

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    Israeli director completes Venice competition jury

    2005-08-25T16:45:00Z

    Amos Gitai will complete the main competition jury at theupcoming 62nd Venice Film Festival, the Biennale has announced.The Israeli director will join jury president DanteFerretti, Chinese writer Acheng, directors Claire Denis and Edgar Reitz,Icelandic musician and actress Emiliana Torrini and producer Christine Vachon.Meanwhile, the Venice Film Festival has unveiled heightenedsecurity ...

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    Cannes prizewinner opens documentary festival

    2005-08-25T14:00:00Z

    An award-winning study of women's legal statusin a small community in Cameroon opens this year's 18th International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).Britishfilm-makers Kim Longinotto and FlorenceAsiyi's Sisters In Law follows the work of the female publicprosecutor and judge in a traditional community in the African country. The filmwon the Prix Art ...

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    Cooper, Phillippe team up for Universal FBI thriller

    2005-08-25T04:00:00Z

    Chris Cooper andRyan Phillippe have signed to star in Universal Pictures' true-life spythriller Breach,Billy Ray's follow-up to Shattered Glass.The studio plansto begin production towards the end of this year on the story of a trainee FBIagent who is assigned to a top secret division and begins to suspect hisarrogant employer ...

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    Celluloid Dreams closes deals on Toronto opener

    2005-08-25T04:00:00Z

    Celluloid Dreams has pickedup international sales rights on Deepa Mehta's Water which is the opening night film at the TorontoInternational Film Festival on Sept 8. Cellulloid managing directorCharlotte Mickie told Screendaily.com the company has already closed deals withGolem for Spain, Rosebud for Greece, Australia's Dendy Films and Universum Filmin Germany.The ...

  • Reviews

    Gypo

    2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Jan Dunn. UK.2005. 98minsThe prospect of anofficially approved British Dogme film may not set hearts racing but Gypodefies any low expectations. An accomplished first feature, it makes a virtueof its adherence to the vows of cinematic chastity required by the Dogmemanifesto.Shot in 13 days on a microbudget from a ...

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    Weather Man world premiere to close Chicago

    2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

    The 41st ChicagoInternational Festival will open on Oct 6 with Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy Elizabethtown starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunstand closes on Oct 20 with the world premiere of Gore Verbinski's family drama TheWeather Man.The WeatherMan stars Nicolas Cageas an ambitious broadcaster who gets a shot at the big ...

  • Reviews

    The Cave

    2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Dir:Bruce Hunt. US. 2005. 96mins.US-backedbut utilising international above- and below-the-line talent and locations, TheCave is an efficient yet routine horror thriller with what would normallyseem like a novel underground exploration setting. Unfortunately, the settingis shared with recent British caving chiller The Descent - so in theinternational marketplace at least, The ...

  • News

    Blitz makes fictional debut with Rocket Science

    2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Los Angeles-basedproduction company Duly Noted has begun filming in Baltimore on the romanticcomedy Rocket Science,Jeff Blitz's fictional follow-up to his Oscar-nominated documentary Spellbound.Rocket Science chronicles an awkward teenager's efforts to courtthe apple of his eye by joining the high school debating team.The cast ofmostly newcomers includes Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, ...

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    De Hadeln's Montreal FilmFest announces inaugural competition

    2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Sevenworld premieres will be on offer at the first Festival International de Filmsdu Montreal, the upstart event at the centre of Montreal's film festival wars.TheFIFM - which is calling itself the New Montreal FilmFest in English -announcedthe 14-film line-up for its inaugural Iris Awards competition on Wednesday, twodays before the ...

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    Zaentz, Forman call action on Goya's Ghosts

    2005-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Milos Forman will strike up principal photography on his $36million (Euros 29m) historical drama Goya's Ghostsstarring Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman and Stellan Skarsgard on September 5in Spain.The highly-anticipatedbiopic marks the reunion of Forman with his OneFlew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus producer Saul Zaentz. Ghosts willshoot entirely on location ...

  • Reviews

    The Dark

    2005-08-24T16:20:00Z

    Dir: John Fawcett. UK.2005. 92minsA promising supernaturalthriller never quite comes to the boil in The Dark. The latest featurefrom Ginger Snaps director John Fawcett blends together the intriguingingredients of a pagan religion, a remote coastal location, the power of amother's love and the scorn of an injured child but it ...