All Screen articles in 27 August 2003 – Page 5
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New film studio launches in South Korea
Art Service, a division of South Korean major Plenus Entertainment, has unveiled Korea's latest and most technologically advanced studio complex in Paju, a city outside of Seoul located close to the North Korean border. The Art Service Studios presently consists of three sound stages and various amenities, with post- ...
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UNITED KINGDOM
Francois Ozon's Swimming Pool made a splash in the UK this week. A strong average of over $5,000 per location saw the director give its distributor UGC Films another hit following last year's 8 Women. That film was the then-fledgling UGC's second release and grossed only slightly less then ...
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Dimension's Spy Kids 3 gets special family screening at Venice
Director Robert Rodriguezand Salma Hayek will present a family screening of Dimension Films' Spy Kids3-D: Game Over at the Venice FilmFestival on Aug 28 that Miramax has offered to mark the event's 60thanniversary. Rodriguez and Hayek arealready scheduled to be in Venice for the world premiere of Once Upon A ...
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New arthouse distributor launches in Mexico
Daniel Birman, a co producer of Mexico's all time blockbuster The Crime Of Father Amaro and partner Fernando Alanis have founded a new arthouse distributor in Mexico. Called Film House, the new company will aim to acquire 10 to 12 titles a year. "We'll be on the lookout for arthouse ...
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New arthouse distributor launches in Mexico
Daniel Birman, a co producer of Mexico's all time blockbuster The Crime Of Father Amaro and partner Fernando Alanis have founded a new arthouse distributor in Mexico. Called Film House, the new company will aim to acquire 10 to 12 titles a year. "We'll be on the lookout for arthouse ...
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Norway's BV Film International files for bankruptcy
Norwegian industry veteran Bjorg Veland has filed a petition for bankruptcy for her distribution company Media West, formerly called BV Film International. A separate company from her sales outfit BV International Pictures, BV Film has had to close down after a disagreement over royalties on one unnamed film. Among ...
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Japanese goverment lines up behind local film
Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs has set aside $2.14m (Y250m) to back a series of measures aimed at supporting the Japanese film industry.The money will principally be spent on four initiatives: financing the first feature film of two young directors who have won prizes at film festivals and contests; financing ...
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Italian distributors binge on Venice titles
The race among Italian distributors to acquire local rights to Venice competition titles is fast reaching its peak as arthouse outfit Lucky Red announced that it will be the local distributor behind Noemie Lvovsky's Venice 60 title Les Sentiments, new Italian distribution label Esse & Bi acquired local rights to ...
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Italian distributors binge on competition titles
The race among Italian distributors to acquire local rights to Venice competition titles is fast reaching its peak as arthouse outfit Lucky Red announced that it will be the local distributor behind Noemie Lvovsky's Venice 60 title Les Sentiments, new Italian distribution label Esse & Bi acquired local rights to ...
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Ireland's Breathnach cranks up comedy caper
Irish director Paddy Breathnach (Ailsa, I Went Down, Blow Dry) gets back behind the camera on 25 August on the caper comedy Man About Dog, set in the Irish greyhound racing milieu. The film will shoot for seven weeks on location in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Belfast.Written by Pearse Elliott, ...
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Buddy, Slim Susie set for pan-Nordic releases
Morten Tyldum's romantic comedy Buddy and Ulf Malmros' Swedish black gangster comedy Slim Susie (Smala Sussi) are both to receive pan-Nordic releases via distribution major Sandrew Metronome.Very few Norwegian films get released in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland with 2001's box-office hit Elling an exception to the rule. Swedish films ...
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Buddy, Slim Susie set for pan-Nordic releases
Morten Tyldum's romantic comedy Buddy and Ulf Malmros' Swedish black gangster comedy Slim Susie (Smala Sussi) are both to receive pan-Nordic releases via distribution major Sandrew Metronome.Very few Norwegian films get released in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland with 2001's box-office hit Elling an exception to the rule. Swedish films ...
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Twin Sisters selected as Dutch Oscar candidate
Sleeper hit Twin Sisters (De Tweeling), directed by Ben Sombogaart, has been chosen as the Dutch contender in the best foreign language category at the Oscars.Twin Sisters is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Tessa de Loo, and deals with the relationship between twins Anna ...
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The Human Stain to open Chicago Film Festival
RobertBenton's eagerly awaited drama The Human Stain will open the 39th Chicago InternationalFilm Festival on Oct 2, after which there will be a tribute to the celebratedwriter-director.In addition someof this year's most acclaimed festival titles from around have beenunveiled as a selection of films that will screen at the event, ...
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Palm/Arthouse kicks off new production drive
ChrisBlackwell's Palm Pictures and its in-house label Arthouse Films haveacquired the remake rights to Jimmy Wang Yu's classic 1975 martial artsfilm, Master Of The Flying Guillotine.The acquisitionheralds a partial shift back into development and production for Palm Pictures,which made several films in 1998 and plans to unveil a 2004 slate ...
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