All Screen articles in 28 November 2000 – Page 3

  • News

    Danish film in line for government boost

    2000-11-22T18:54:00Z

    The Danish film industry is set to receive an additional cash boost from the local government which plans to establish a $5.7m (DKr50m) film fund with the participation of private investors. The fund is part of a wider initiative to support Denmark's cultural sector which has recently surpassed both the ...

  • News

    ALCAS launches fund for Paramount quartet

    2000-11-22T18:47:00Z

    German fund specialist ALCAS is offering the investing public a slice of four upcoming Paramount features including the next film in the Tom Clancy franchise, The Sum Of All Fears, and Ben Stiller comedy Zoolander.Investors are being invited to contribute at least $43,000 (DM100,000) to a $280m (DM650m) fund, which ...

  • Reviews

    Las Razones De Mis Amigos

    2000-11-22T16:25:00Z

    Dir: Gerardo Herrero. Spain. 2000. 105 mins.Prod co: Tornasol Films. Spain distrib: Alta Films. Int'l sales: Kevin Williams Associates (34-91-338-5355). Prods: Gerardo Herrero, Javier Lopez Blanco. Assoc prod: Mariela Besuievsky. Scr: Angeles Gonzalez Sinde, based on the novel La Conquista Del Aire by Belen Gopegui. DoP: Alfredo Mayo. Prod des: ...

  • News

    IN THE HOT SEAT - ANDREAS KLEIN

    2000-11-22T16:16:00Z

    For years, Splendid Medien had a reputation as a solid, if unexciting, video and licence trader. Andreas Klein is now reinventing the company as a multinational content owner. Patrick Frater takes stock.Formerly known as a specialist video and licensing concern with a distinct taste for action films such as Rumble ...

  • News

    Taxidermia stuffs the competition at Alcala

    2000-11-22T15:58:00Z

    The Alcala de Henares Film Festival, Spain's top short film festival, closed its 30th edition Saturday night in a rousing awards ceremony at the Teatro Cervantes, so named for the town's best-known native son.Luis Cervero's Taxidermia, a critical and post-modern take on the practice of stuffing animals, won the top ...

  • News

    Dancer to open Estonia's Black Nights fest

    2000-11-22T15:53:00Z

    Lars von Trier's Palme d'Or-winning Dancer In The Dark will open the 4th Black Nights Film Festival, which takes place in the Estonian cities of Tallinn and Tartu from December 3 to 10.As the name indicates, the festival offers entertainment through Estonia's long and dark December nights, and this year ...

  • News

    Murdoch, Packer tipped to back investment bank

    2000-11-22T15:51:00Z

    Australia's two biggest media moguls, Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch, are to bankroll a new investment bank that also has backing from Swiss insurer Zurich Financial Services, according to Australia's Sydney Morning Herald.The Packer family company, Consolidated Press Holdings Investment Corporation, is to tip in $28m (A$55m) into the new ...

  • News

    Koenig's Helkon shares to stay in the family

    2000-11-22T15:49:00Z

    Germany's Helkon Media has announced that shares in the company belonging to the late Werner Koenig will be inherited by his mother, who is the sole beneficiary. Koenig's mother, who requested not to be named, said in a statement that she does not plan to sell her son's estimated 16% ...

  • News

    TF1, Pathe discuss merging film divisions

    2000-11-22T11:05:00Z

    Leading French broadcaster TF1 and film group Pathe are in talks to merge part of their film activities, in a move that is seen as a response to rival Canal Plus' strength in the film rights arena, and its impending merger with Vivendi and Universal Studios. The companies said in ...

  • News

    Columbia TriStar buys Temptation from Showcase

    2000-11-22T03:06:00Z

    Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group has acquired rights in North America and multiple international territories to Showcase Entertainment's The Right Temptation, a thriller starring Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca DeMornay and Dana Delaney.The film tells the story of a female private investigator hired by a jealous wife to uncover her husband's suspected ...

  • News

    Winstar to tour 13-film Rohmer retrospective in US

    2000-11-22T03:04:00Z

    US specialised distributor Winstar Cinema will tour a retrospective of 11 features and two shorts directed by Eric Rohmer in brand new prints across the country starting next year. "Tales Of Rohmer" will also form the centrepiece of a more extensive retrospective being planned at New York City's Film Forum ...

  • News

    Kinowelt USA buy Cap'n Ricky script by Mark Perez

    2000-11-22T03:02:00Z

    Kinowelt USA has acquired the rights to Cap'n Ricky, a new screenplay by hot comedy writer Mark Perez whose credits include The Country Bears which is in pre-production at Disney, The Party Professional which was bought by Universal for Casey Silver's Gone Fishin Productions and Untitled Dave Sheridan Project which ...