All Screen articles in 27 August 2007 – Page 4

  • Reviews

    The Nanny Diaries

    2007-08-21T22:57:00Z

    Dir. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, US, 105 minutes, colour, 35 mm.In The Nanny Diaries, adapted from the best-selling picaresque roman a clef about tending to the offspring of New York's elite, Scarlett Johansson plays a would-be anthropology student immersed in a foreign culture as a nanny to a ...

  • News

    Gross starts shooting $20m WWI epic Passchendaele

    2007-08-21T22:38:00Z

    Actor-director-screenwriter Paul Gross has begun shooting his WWI drama Passchendaele in Calgary, Alberta. Produced by Niv Fichman of Rhombus Media, Frank Siracusa of Whizbang Films and Francis Damberger of the Damberger Film and Cattle Company, the $20m, 45-day production will follow the exploits of Canadian soldiers leading up to one ...

  • News

    Dotzert to oversee Senator's German-language projects

    2007-08-21T21:21:00Z

    Senator Entertainment has appointed Dirk Dotzert tooversee the coordination of German language projects being offered tothe group's theatrical distribution and production arms.Dotzert, who had previously worked as a freelance consultant, will workclosely with Anatol Nitschke of Senator Film Verleih and ChristophMueller of Senator Film Produktion on the initial assessment andmonitoring ...

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    German fund managment group buys sales company Atlas

    2007-08-21T16:33:00Z

    Further changes are afoot in the German world sales scene after the decision by the film financing and fund management group Entertainment Value Associates (EVA) to acquire a majority interest in the Munich-based family-run sales company Atlas International Film through its subsidiary EVA Finance. The sales outfit with a catalogue ...

  • News

    San Sebastian announces Films In Progress line-up

    2007-08-21T15:59:00Z

    San Sebastian's Films In Progress sidebar will see six Latin American film projects from promising film makers compete for nearly $40,000 worth of completion funding and technical support. The line-up includes A Festa Da Menina Morta, a Brazil-Argentina-Portugal co-production from first time director Matheus Nachtergaele, star of such films as ...

  • Reviews

    Waz

    2007-08-21T11:05:00Z

    Dir: Tom Shankland . UK. 2007. 103mins. Blend together elements of Seven, Saw and the CSI television franchise and sprinkle liberally with torture porn nastiness and you have the recipe for WAZ, a grimy, unremarkable serial killer thriller that looks like the kind of derivative material destined for an early ...

  • Reviews

    The Waiting Room

    2007-08-21T10:27:00Z

    Dir/scr: Roger Goldby. UK. 2007. 96mins.A chance encounter changes lives and re-defines relationships in The Waiting Room, a mawkish, low-key ensemble piece that marks the debut feature of writer/director Roger Goldby. Stray moments of touching emotion and accomplished lead performances are some compensation for a central premise that is hard ...

  • News

    Pal lines up live-action version of Studio Ghibli's Fireflies

    2007-08-21T04:04:00Z

    Tokyo 's Pal Entertainment is set to produce a live-action version of Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novella Grave Of The Fireflies (Hotaru No Haka), to be directed by Taro Hyugaji. The story was famously adapted into an animated feature directed by Isao Takahata in 1988 and released on a double bill ...

  • News

    Ausfilm appoints Pitcher as chief executive

    2007-08-21T04:00:00Z

    Ausfilm, the organisation that markets Australia 's filmmaking talents to the world, has appointed Caroline Pitcher as its new chief executive. She is no stranger to the requirements of a locations role or to Ausfilm: she has spent the last four years as general manager of the Melbourne Film Office, ...

  • News

    Universal buys rights to Lone Survivor for Berg to direct

    2007-08-21T01:06:00Z

    Universal Pictures has bought the rights to Lone Survivor, true story of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell's wartime experiences in Afghanistan.The studio is understood to have beaten out several bidders for rights to the book, which is currently in the top five on the New York Times' non-fiction bestseller list.Peter Berg, ...

  • News

    Carl Perkins life story comes to screen via Fastlane Entertainment

    2007-08-21T00:09:00Z

    Santa Monica-based Fastlane Entertainment has acquired exclusive film rights to the life story of one of the founding fathers of rock and roll, Carl Perkins.The story will be based on a screenplay by Perkins' daughter and former songwriting partner Debbie 'DJ' Perkins. Fastlane founder Frank Miniaci will produce with Chesley ...

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    AFI to name annual award winners on Dec 16

    2007-08-21T00:04:00Z

    The eighth annual AFI Awards, which records each year's most outstanding achievements in film and television, will be announced on Dec 16.Ten AFI Movies Of The Year, 10 AFI Television Programs Of The Year and up to 10 AFI Moments Of Significance will be determined by AFI juries. The two ...