All Screen articles in 29 July 2003 – Page 4
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Powell quits production for NFTS job
Nik Powell, one of the most prolific producers in the UK, is to quit the production scene and take over as director of the National Film & Television School (NFTS).He takes up the new job from 29 September and will cease to have any direct managerial role at Scala Productions, ...
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Documentaries dominate Swiss showcase at Locarno
Documentaries are particularly strong in this year's "Appellations Suisse" showcase of new Swiss cinema to be presented at the forthcoming Locarno International Film Festival (August 6-16).Of the ten films screening in the showcase which is primarily aimed at international buyers and festival programmers, seven are documentaries, including Stefan Haupt's local ...
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Locarno unveils full competition line-up
The concept of "passage" - historical, geographical and personal - is the common theme running through the International Competition line-up for the Locarno International Film Festival (August 6-16), according to festival organisers.This year, 19 of the 20 competition films are world premieres - and come from 17 different countries. The ...
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Competition watchdog to probe UK distribution
Competition watchdog the Office Of Fair Trading (OFT) is to investigate film distribution in the UK.The OFT will review its Film Orders, which regulate the distribution of films in the UK. The Orders were introduced in 1983 and 1994 after reports by the then Monopolies and Mergers Commission (now the ...
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Segal to part company with Odeon
Richard Segal, chief executive of UK cinema chain Odeon, is to leave the company in August. Ian Pluthero, most recently an executive director and chief executive of Carlisle Holdings, has been appointed to look after day-to-day running of the company while Odeon looks for a permanent replacement.Segal has headed the ...
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Coming And Going (Vai E Vem)
Dir: Joao Cesar Monteiro. Portugal. 2003. 179minsShown posthumously at Cannes out of competition following his death from cancer in February this year, Coming And Going is the epic final testament of Portuguese actor-director Joao Cesar Monteiro, who had some claim to being European cinema's single most eccentric talent. His films, ...
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Buddy chosen as closing local film at Haugesund
Buddy, the runaway hit of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, has been selected as the closing local film of this year's Norwegian International Film Festival (Aug 17-24) in Haugesund It will screen on Aug 21 and will at the same time be the opening film of the New Nordic Films ...
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Dumas-Zajdela appointed to CNC funding role
Frederique Dumas-Zajdela has been named president of the commission of France's CNC which deals with approving feature films for state funding. Dumas Zajdela manages local production house Noe Productions and will take over the CNC functions from Margaret Menegoz who was recently named president of French film export body Unifrance. ...
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Calendar Girls set for open air world premiere
Nigel Cole's highly anticipated Calendar Girls is set to make its world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival (Aug 6-16), as an outdoor screening in the Piazza Grande in front of a potential audience of 7,000.The high profile, public screening is seen by distributor Buena Vista International as an ...
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Film industry 'disappointed' by European VAT ruling
European film trade associations have reacted with "deep disappointment" to last week's European Commission (EC) ruling on value added tax (VAT), which keeps charges on DVDs and video cassettes at high levels.The EC's internal markets commission said that the objective of its sixth VAT revision was to simplify and rationalise ...
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Toronto puts Canadian film-makers into Perspective
Canadian filmmakers Gary Burns, Deepa Mehta and Guy Maddin have been awarded prominent positions in the line-up of the Toronto International Film Festival, as the event announced its Perspective Canada programme. Burns' A Problem With Fear (pictured) will open the programme, Mehta's The Republic Of Love will be a ...
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Imax beefs up China presence
Imax Corp. has increased to ten the number of giant-screen cinemas set to open in China by the year 2005, signing a deal with Shanghai United Cinema for two Imax MPX theatre systems. MPX systems can screen both Imax 2D and 3D large-format films as well as its DMR-branded transfers ...
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Indian beer baron moves into film production
Indian beer baron Vijay Mallya has entered the Indian film business and is to produce his first Hindi film, Rakth. Mallya runs UB Group, whose best-known brand is Kingfisher beer. Kingfisher is the market leading beer in India and sells in 65 countries around the world. Rakth, which is about ...
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15 year old's Madness leads Venice Critic's Week
The 18th International Critics Week line-up at the Venice Film Festival (Aug 27-Sep 6) will feature eight films this year, including Joy Of Madness by 15-year-old Hana Makhmalbaf (pictured), daughter of Iranian director Moshen Makhmalbaf and younger sister of Samira.A documentary, Joy Of Madness was filmed in Afghanistan and tells ...
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MGM in strongest ever position, says Yemenidjian
Fresh from the sale of its 20% equity stake in Rainbow CableNetworks, MGM's chairman and chief executive officer Alex Yemenidjian said thecompany was in its best ever financial shape as second quarter results wereunveiled.Company figures state that operating activities for the periodended Jun 30 generated $51.2m in net cash, compared ...
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Historias Minimas sweeps Los Premios Condor, Argentina's Oscars
Carlos Sorin's MinimalStories (Historias Minimas) made a sweep on Monday night of Argentina's Oscars, Los Premios Condor. The Spanish-Argentinian co-productiontook home eight awards from its twelve nominations, including trophies for bestpicture, director, original screenplay, new actor, cinematography and sound. Adrian Caetano's Un OsoRojo, won only one award out of anequal ...
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DPS buys into Vanguard Animation, forms co-production giant
Digital Production Studios(DPS), the New Jersey-based 3D animation subsidiary of IDT Media, has teamed upwith John Williams' UK-based Vanguard Animation in a major co-productionpartnership.The move paves the way foran animation giant following an eight-figure capital injection into Vanguardfrom the deep pockets of IDT Media's parent company IDT Corp, themultinational carrier, ...
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Japanese Story
Dir: Sue Brooks. Australia. 2003. 107minsA seemingly conventional mixture of life-changing road movie and cross-cultural romance becomes something much more interesting and intense thanks to an unexpected plot twist in the final third of Japanese Story. It may come too late for some viewers who will have already lost patience ...
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Locarno prepares to showcase global talent
Films by Korea's Kim Ki-Duk, Argentina's Martin Rejtman, Germany's Soenke Wortmann, Austria's Barbara Albert and Switzerland's Dominique de Rivaz Knecht will be unveiled on July 24 as world premieres at the forthcoming Locarno International Film Festival (August 6-16).The official Locarno competition line-up will be fully unveiled on July 24 at ...
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Spinetta named MD of FreemantleMedia production
Emanuela Spinetta has been appointed managing director of FremantleMedia's production business in Spain with immediate effect. FreemantleMedia, formerly known as Pearson Television, is one of the major international producers of entertainment and drama productions, responsible for more than 260 programmes in over 40 countries.In addition to her new role, Spinetta ...