All Screen articles in 28 August 2009 – Page 12
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Features
Mannerheim
A biopic on Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, the Swedish-speaking nobleman who served the Russian Tsar, before he returned to Finland in 1917 to become the father and later president of his country. He died in 1951
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Tessa Ross joins Screenwriters' Festival line up
Tessa Ross, head of Film4, and an executive producer of Slumdog Millionaire has joined this year’s International Screenwriters’ Festival line up.
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Malaysia's Yasmin Ahmad dies aged 51
Renowned Malaysian writer-director Yasmin Ahmad passed away last Saturday after suffering a stroke and brain haemorrhage. She was 51.
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Film4 Somerset House series to welcome Almodovar, Cruz, Frears, Hurt
The fifth-annual Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House will welcome guests including Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz.
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Kaleidoscope snaps up $74 zombie movie
London-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has picked up UK rights to zombie movie Colin, which was made for a mere $74.
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Eight new London boroughs eligible for Film London’s film fund
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Film London have launched this year’s London Borough Film Fund Challenge, which includes new the new Film London in 90 Seconds.
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Beeban Kidron skips out on Hippie Hippie Shake
Hippie Hippie Shake director Beeban Kidron has left the project, now in post-production, because of ‘creative differences’ in editing with the production company, Working Title.
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Warner set for second weekend of Potter magic as Universal expands Public Enemies
New moves internationally are largely quiet this week as Harry Potter continues his worldwide domination for Warner Bros International - building on the record international opening weekend of $236m.
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Focus teams up with Quad on French rom-com Heartbreaker
Focus Features International and Quad will co-produce French-language romantic comedy Heartbreaker
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Kaleidoscope signs first look deal with Instinctive Film
London-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has struck a deal with Berlin-based Instinctive Film for the UK distributor to release a slate of genre projects to be produced by Instinctive out of a new studio set up in Eastern Europe.
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High Point seals a number of deals on Satellites & Meteorites
UK-based High Point Media Group has sold Irish rom-com Satellites & Meteorites to a number of territories including Japan (AMG), Middle East (Prime Pictures), Russia (First Film) and China (DDDream).
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Chengtian completes takeover of Golden Harvest
Beijing-based Chengtian, also know by its English name of Orange Sky, has completed its takeover of Hong Kong’s Golden Harvest, with some name changes and the ramping up of the combined group’s production activities.
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Nikkatsu takes over AMG’s acquisitions unit
Japanese studio Nikkatsu has acquired the buying and selling operations of Japan’s AMG Entertainment in a move designed to strengthen its own acquisitions activities.
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Valhalla's Gale Anne Hurd gets her man for The Hunted
Valhalla Motion Pictures has announced its second director hire in two days, putting Kaare Andrews in the hot seat for assassin thriller The Hunted.
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$1.6 million content fund launched for northeast England
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media is launching a new $1.6m (£1m) content fund for film, TV, games, interactive media and music.The North East Content Fund has earmarked $165,000 (£100,000) for film development, with a further $330,000 (£200,000) of the fund aimed at film production. It is the agency’s ...
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Sarajevo competition lineup includes world premieres, Cannes titles
The 15th-annual Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the lineup of 10 films in its official competition section including two world premieres – First Of All, Felicia which marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Razvan Radulescu with Melissa de Raaf, and Slovenian Girl, the latest film from Damian Kozole (Spare Parts).
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Myriad Pictures names Kevin Forester CFO
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico has promoted Kevin Forester to chief financial officer, effective immediately.
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Rome Film Festival cuts top prize fund
The International Rome Film Festival has dramatically reduced the prize money for the Golden Marco Aurelio from €200,000 ($284,000) to just €40,000 ($56,800).
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KOFIC to back Im Kwon-taek’s 101st film
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) is awarding master director Im Kwon-taek $319,200 (KW400m) in cash and up to $159,600 (KW200m) in services for his 101st film Sanghwaji (working title).