All Screen articles in 27 March 2009 – Page 4
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Egoyan's Chloe will continue to shoot around Neeson's schedule
Production on Atom Egoyan's Chloe will continue in the wake of the death of actress Natasha Richardson, the wife of the film's star, Liam Neeson.Richardson died Wednesday in New York following a ski accident in the Quebec resort of Mt. Tremblant. The New York City medical examiner's office said the ...
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New York Film Critics Circle backs programme at New Directors
The New York Film Critics Circle has backed a Critics Choice programme to run from March 30-April 3 to mark the group's 75th anniversary.The programme falls within the New Directors/New Films series jointly presented by the Museum Of Modern Art and the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.The Critics Choice Program ...
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US PR outfit Falco Ink launches division specialised in Hispanic media
Falco Ink partners Janice Roland and Shannon Treusch announced they have launched a film and television division specialising in Hispanic media.Soldanela Rivera has been hired to oversee the division; she has worked extensively in production and marketing in film and the performing arts, with more than 15 years of experience ...
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Tyson, The Cove to close AFI Dallas festival on April 2
James Toback's Tyson and Louie Psihoyos' The Cove will share the AFI Dallas International Film Festival's closing night gala presentation spotlight on April 2.The following day Peter Bogdanovich will receive the AFI Dallas Star Award in recognition of his career achievements in cinema.Sony Pictures Classics holds North American rights to ...
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SnagFilms strikes content deal with Hulu documentary channel
Online distributor SnagFilms has announced it will provide portions of its video library to the new documentary channel on Hulu, the online video service that offers features, TV shows and clips for free.In addition to featuring documentaries from SnagFilms' library of 600 titles, the Hulu documentary channel will provide viewers ...
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Metrodome's deal with High Fliers comes to an end
Metrodome's long standing relationship with High Fliers as their DVD rental partner in the UK has comes to an end with all rental activity to be handled in-house with immediate effect. Metrodome have stated that the decision is part of their growth strategy. Rental activity was the last operation that ...
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Broccoli Foundation donates $1.4 million to UK film charity
The Albert R. Broccoli and Dana Broccoli Foundation is donating $1.4 million to The Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) to mark the centenary of the birth of Albert R. Broccoli. Barbara Broccoli said 'We are pleased to continue in Cubby and Dana's tradition. Cubby was a former Governor and ...
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UK's Momentum Pictures to offer films through iTunes
Momentum Pictures has struck a deal with iTunes that will see its films made available for purchase and rent through the UK's iTunes Store. In a move to expand its online presence, Momentum Pictures has signed a deal with iTunes which will see its current and future releases available for ...
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Babelsberg boards Boxhagener Platz and Jerry Cotton
Studio Babelsberg will co-produce two German feature productions Matti Geschonneck's Boxhagener Platz and Cyrill Boss and Phillip Stennert's Jerry Cotton. The announcement follows Studio Babelsberg's recent partnership on Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Roman Polanski's The Ghost. Tragicomedy Boxhagener Platz which has just started principal photography, is a $4.8m (Euros ...
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France has record year for production and investment
France had a record year for production and production investment in 2008, according to figures released by France's Centre National du Cinema which warned that the industry still needs to be prudent in the current financial climate and pointed to the growing importance of online distribution. Overall, big and small ...
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Observe And Report
Dir: Jody Hill. US. 2009. 86 mins.Watching Observe And Report is like babysitting a hyperactive boy - it's precocious, unpredictable and amusing in small stretches, but after a while you wish it would settle down and focus. Building off the small cult success of his 2008 indie comedy The Foot ...
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NewsDisney 3-D animation Up to open Cannes Film Festival
The world premiere of animation film Up from Disney/Pixar, will open the the 62nd Cannes Film Festival ceremony on Wednesday May 13, 2009.
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Star appoints Yim as head of Chinese filmprogramming
Regional broadcaster Star has appointed Cora Yim as vice president, programming for Star Chinese Movies and Star Chinese Movies 2. Yim was previously director of marketing & strategic planning for Hong Kong-based animation producer Imagi International Holdings. Prior to that, she was senior manager, acquisition & marketing at Hong Kong's ...
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China Film Group to import Slumdog Millionaire
China's state-own film importer China Film Group has confirmed that it will import Academy Award-winner and world-wide hit Slumdog Millionaire to the mainland China market. The release date is scheduled for March 26. The film's director Danny Boyle will be attending itsBeijing premiere next week, according to a source at ...
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Korea's Barunson acquires majority stake in Sio
Barunson, the investor/producer of Korean hit The Good, The Bad, The Weird, has acquired a majority stake in Sio Films, producer of hits such as Park Chan-wook's Old Boy. Barunson acquired 700,000 shares equalling a 51.8% stake, in Sio Films for $492,800. Head of Sio Films Syd Lim will now ...
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Beijing-based ACE lines up thriller, Japan co-production
Beijing-based distributor-turned-producer ACE Film Studio has announced that it is lining up thriller Midnight Taxi and China-Japan co-production Dream Wall (working title). Adapted from Xu Zi's hit online novel of the same name, Midnight Taxi tells the true story of a Beijing-based taxi driver's encounter with a mysterious woman. Scriptwriter ...
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Sorority Row cast named Showest Female Stars Of Tomorrow
The female ensemble cast of Summit Entertainment's upcoming horror remake Sorority Row will jointly receive the ShoWest 2009 Female Star Of Tomorrow Award.Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Audrina Partridge, and Margo Harshman will be presented with the award at ShoWest's final night banquet and award ceremony on ...
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Natasha Richardson dies after skiing accident at age of 45
Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award winning stage and screen star and scion of British performing arts royalty, has died following a skiing accident. She was 45.The daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and the late director Tony Richardson was flown to hospital close to her home in New York on Tuesday evening ...
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Examining Pathe UK's newpath
Last week, Pathe UK announced its decision to focus on developing and producing its own films rather than acquiring third-party titles. Its move to create all of its own product supply and to team up with Warner Entertainment UK (WEUK) for the distribution of its films has met a mixed ...
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DDA launches US domestic publicity division under Dana Archer
DDA Public Relations is expanding its Los Angeles offices by launching a domestic publicity division to be led by Dana Archer, recently arrived from Weber Shandwick.Archer is named as vice-president of corporate publicity and will pursue film, television, home entertainment and corporate clients and serve as a conduit for DDA's ...