All Screen articles in 27 August 2001 – Page 3
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Mexico's IMCINE gives Spanish KWA first-look
Madrid-based sales house KWA has signed a first-look deal on all forthcoming productions out of Mexican national film institute IMCINE. KWA will also handle worldwide rights on two recent IMCINE films, Streeters (De La Calle) and Violet Perfume (Perfume De Violetas), both of which made waves as top prize winners ...
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Reviews
Gabriel And Me
Dir: Usan Prayad. UK. 2001. 86 minsAdapted from Lee Hall's award-winning 1996 radio play I Luv You Jimmy Spud, Gabriel And Me is a maudlin coming of age drama tackling familiar Hall themes of bereavement, family unity and the transforming power of the imagination. Despite sensitive handling from director Usan ...
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Fireworks to release The Believer after Showtime
Henry Bean's multiple award-winning The Believer will be released theatrically in the US in Jan 2002 by Fireworks Pictures through Independent Distribution Partnership (IDP) - despite and subsequent to its domestic premiere on Showtime in September.The controversial film, which stars Ryan Gosling as a former Yeshiva student turned neo-Nazi skinhead, ...
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Edward Noeltner joins Miramax Int'l as senior vp
Edward Noeltner has joined Miramax International as senior vice president of sales and distribution, reporting directly to Miramax Films chairman of worldwide distribution Rick Sands.Noeltner, a well-known face on the international festival and market circuit, comes to Miramax from AB Svensk Filmindustri where he was senior vice president, international distribution, ...
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Szabo, Chelsom, Cox and Saura premiere at Toronto
New films from Istvan Szabo, Peter Chelsom, Paul Cox and Carlos Saura will have their world premieres at the 26th Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 6-15. At the final press conference before the event, Festival Director Piers Handling announced the titles rounding out the programme including Closing Night selection Lantana, ...
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New Zealand suffering from parallel imports
The 1998 removal of parallel importation restrictions and the failure of the DVD zoning system are being substantially blamed for a box office battering in New Zealand. If the decline matches that experienced in Singapore, the only other OECD country where the theatrical window has effectively disappeared with the removal ...
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Madden takes spotlight at Chichester Film Festival
John Madden, director of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Shakespeare In Love, heads the guest-list at the 10th Chichester Film Festival.Amelie, Battle Royale and Baise Moi are amongst the international titles screening at the event, which runs from August 23 to September 9. Other previews and premieres include Brotherhood Of The ...
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Chung reassigned at Media Asia Group
Hong Kong film production and distribution company Media Asia Group has announced the reassignment of group managing director Thomas Chung, ending speculation that Chung would leave the company. At a board meeting last Friday, Chung was appointed as executive director, concentrating on producing The Touch, a $20 million joint venture ...
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Film Festival of India moves dates
The government-sponsored International Film Festival of India now in its 32nd year is being held in Bangalore from Oct 10 - 20. The dates have been moved from early January to mid October to accommodate more International and Indian films. For the first time the festival will showcase Indian films ...
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Norway's PM criticised for Cool And Crazy
Norwegian prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has been accused by the local media of double standards in his election campaign. Speaking passionately about film, music and cultural values, the PM praised the success of the crowd-pleasing documentary Cool And Crazy. Yet, according to Tom Remlov, former head of Norsk Film, which ...
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Venezuela's Oscars go for Three Nights
Fernando Venturini's acclaimed thriller Three Nights (Tres Noches) swept the board at Venezuela's equivalent to the Oscars, the Premios de la Calidad 2001 awarded by state-backed local film institute, CNAC. Three Nights won eight out of its 13 nominations, including awards for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography (Hernan ...
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Flanders Film Festival reveals jury line-up
British actress Kate Ashfield (The War Zone), US actor Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator) and composer Barrington Pheloung (Hilary & Jackie) are confirmed as jury members at this year's 28th Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent (8-18 October 2001). They are joined by Tunisian filmmaker Moufida Tlatli, French actress Marie Lafôret, Cannes' ...
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Rush Hour 2 jams Asian box office
Rush Hour 2, the sequel to 1998's hit action comedy, has opened to strong figures in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong, which is the birth place of star Jackie Chan, rewarded the latest film from its biggest living international star with opening weekend figures of $714,559 on just 33 ...
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Historical epic's marketing Thai-in
For a country relatively new to big-budget movie production, Thailand is surpassing even Hollywood in its marketing and cross-promotional efforts around the release of the historical epic Suriyothai. At lease eight major sponsors have contributed to a campaign that is estimated to cost more than $5.6m (BT250m)In addition to the ...
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Suriyothai becomes Thailand's biggest hope
Suriyothai, the most expensive Thai film ever to be produced, lived up to the furore surrounding its release with a three day opening gross (Aug 17-19) of $2.47m (Bt110m). According to distributor Saha-Mongkol, this shatters the previous opening record for a local film of $996,000 (Bt 43m) grossed by Nonzee ...
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Babelsberg conference to focus on European films
One of the major talking points at this year's Babelsberg 2001 film and TV production conference, is how to produce and market European films for the international market (Local Stories for Global Markets, Aug 28). It is a problem that plagues most international film-makers and for which there is no ...
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Apes lead the pack at UK box office
The massive opening of 20th Century Fox's Planet Of The Apes, the third biggest for the distributor in the UK after Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace and Independence Day, and the continued success of Warner Bros' Cats & Dogs, UIP's Jurassic ParkIII and several other high profile ...
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