All Screen articles in 26 December 2007 – Page 2
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The International view - The wheel: re-invented
From the beginning, the film industry has revelled in reheating its past and serving it up again and again and again. Great film-makers from John Ford to Kon Ichikawa have remade their own films and sometimes that exercise has expanded or embellished on an original.There are literal remakes and sequels, ...
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The Writer's Strike:Cloudy forecasts
The film and television industries represent collectively a $500bn global enterprise that attracts some of the keenest minds in business. And yet, judging by the high emotions evident at so many industry get-togethers these past six weeks, when talk turned invariably to the writers' strike, this is also a sector ...
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Search for business models undermines digital progress
The term 'business model' has been haunting the film industry all year. It has been a given in any conference presentation and a must at market and festival discussions.The reason for this ubiquity is easy to understand. However great the raw data appears for this year's box office or however ...
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International - UPI builds up a global village
David Kosse is now celebrating a full year as president of Universal Pictures International (UPI), and he will tell you it has been a challenging ride.While he is no stranger to the company - Kosse has been head of UPI's London operation since 2003 - this is the company's first ...
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Botswana - Production Number One
It is fitting that when he started filming, Anthony Minghella did not know if The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency would end up as a feature or a TV film. After all, this is a director who made his international name as an Oscar winner for such sweeping cinematic epics ...
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High stakes at box office in awards corridor
Handling a prestige film in North America has always called for a combination of art and science and, faced with today's increasingly crowded market place, it is more important than ever distributors get the balance right. This season alone finds a multitude of films in the mix: from critical darlings ...
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Awards Countdown - Best director - The visionaries
1. TIM BURTONSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet StreetBurton has a Bafta nomination under his belt for Big Fish in 2003 and was nominated for the feature animation Oscar for Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. But bearing in mind his films have grossed several billion dollars between them, he is ...
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Awards Countdown - Best Documentary - Rewriting the doc rule book
Michael Apted knew he was in for some flak when he went to meet the documentary film-making communities of Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco late last year.But the chairman of the documentary branch executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) thought the meetings ...
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Awards Countdown - People - Awards People
SARAH POLLEYThe Away From Her director talks to Peter Bowen about the film's long journey from story to screen.While making films seems second nature for Sarah Polley - she started acting at age six and making short films in her teens - she took more than six years to write ...
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Profile: Liz Mackiewicz of Arclight Films
When she officially joined Arclight Films just before last November's American Film Market, Liz Mackiewicz brought a wealth of experience to the Los Angeles-based international sales and finance company.While Arclight may have established itself as a significant international sales player in its first five years of operation, its new executive ...
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Romania, Israel and Lebanon: the emerging territories of 2007
The emergence of a body of critically acclaimed work from Romania, Israel and Lebanon, has been among the more surprising developments of 2007.Cannes was a watershed for the three nations. The Palme d'Or awarded to 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu's harrowing drama about an illegal abortion ...
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2007 review: Hollywood looks for local heroes
These are dynamic times for Hollywood's overseas business. The studios' international infrastructure is evolving to accommodate a trend that has been around for years and is poised to explode. By the end of 2007, local-language releases such as The Orphanage (El Orfanato) in Spain, Saawariya in India and Dororo in ...
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German box office fails to match 2006boom
After Germany's exhibitors' fortunes revived in 2006 following a catastrophic 2005, box-office takings and admissions have fallen back again this year by 8-9%, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI. Box-office revenues amounted to $ 983.5m (Euros 684.13m), compared to $ 1.06 bn (Euros 740.09 m) in 2006 although still ...
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Seven films announcedforBerlin Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar
The Berlinale's Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar has announced half of the section's programme for the seventh edition.The opening film on Feb 8will be1st of May - All Belongs To You (1. Mai - Das Ende Vom Lied), an episodic feature directed by Jakob Ziemnicki, Sven Taddicken and the directorial duo ...
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France Televisions deal boosts feature films on French TV
France's public television holding company, France Televisions, has signed an agreement with local film producers which increases the number of feature films airing on its channels as well as guaranteeing higher investment in film production. France Televisions is comprised of channels France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5 and ...
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Hungarian Film Week to feature world premiere of Delta
Eighteen films, including nine world premieres, will compete at the 39th Hungarian Film Week in Budapest Jan 29-Feb. Among the most anticipated titles in the competition is the world premiere of Kornel Mundruczo's new film, Delta . The director's 2002 film, Pleasant Days, won a Silver Leopard at Locarno for ...
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Into The Wild leads Screen Actors Guild nominations
Sean Penn's Into The Wild leads the The Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, with nominations in four categories: Emile Hirsch for leading actor, Hal Holbrook for supporting actor, Catherine Keener for supporting actress, and best cast.Other films with multiple nominations are Michael Clayton and No Country For Old Men with ...
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NonStop to sell sequel to Gnomes And Trolls
NonStop sales will handle international sales for Gnomes and Trolls II, after selling the original film this year.The 3D animated fairy tale is from White Shark AB with executive producers Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (Toy Story, Garfield).The first Gnomes and Trolls is in production and will be finished in ...
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Peace Arch signs letter of intent for $35m ContentFilm deal
Peace Arch Entertainment Group has entered into a letter of intent to acquire ContentFilm.The letter of intent is non-binding and subject to various conditions and due diligence. The deal is worth 19,500,000 Peace Arch shares plus cash of $35m. The total deal value based on a pure cash offer, is ...
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Kim to replace Shin as CJ international chief
Leading Korean investor/distributor CJ Entertainment has announced that head of International Business, David Shin, has stepped down. Former head of Domestic Marketing and Distribution, Kathy Kim, will take his place with an expanded role as head of International Business and Worldwide Distribution. Kim will continue to oversee distribution of foreign ...
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