All Screen articles in 29 May 2009 – Page 12
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ReviewsNo One Knows About Persian Cats (Kasi Az Gorbehayeh Irani Khabar Nadareh)
Dir. Bahman Ghobadi. Iran. 2009. 101mins.
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News
Usen in talks to sell Gaga Communications
Japanese media and communications conglomerate Usen has announced that it’s in talks to divest its interests in film distribution subsidiary Gaga Communications.
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News
Singapore’s MDA launches fund for international projects
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has unveiled details of a new fund, dubbed the International Film Fund (IFF), that will invest up to $3.4m (S$5m) each in 17-20 international projects.The IFF is open to animation and live-action features at any stage of production, so long as the producers are partnered ...
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Features
The Erotic Human
A sensual and poetic, yet sober look at human eroticism. An anthropologist (Jørgen Leth), collects material for a study on the nature and significance of the erotic. Identifying a number of travel destinations where he will look for the erotic in countries where he knows it exists, he seeks ...
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Features
Diamants Sur Ordannance
Elias is completing the last hours of a two-year community service sentence working as an ER nurse. The evening turns to catastrophe when Rudy, his former accomplice, comes to ER after a road accident in which he was trying to elude the dastardly Ortega brothers with some of the booty ...
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Features
Les Gardiens De L'Ordre
Two rank-and-file police officers wound a young executive after he shoots a fellow officer without cause. Wrongly accused of excessive use of force, they lose their badges and decide to prove their innocence by investigating the drug responsible for their aggressor’s altered state.
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NewsStar Trek rules international roost with $35.5m overseas launch
Star Trek, J J Abrams’ franchise reboot from Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment, coaxed a sturdy $35.5m from more than 5,000 sites across 54 territories in its maiden voyage according to PPI estimates, ranking number one in 23 markets.
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NewsThe Cove wins audience prize at Hot Docs
US filmmaker Louie Psihoyos’ The Cove won the 2009 Audience Prize at Toronto’s international documentary film festival Hot Docs. The film tells of efforts of environmentalists and animal rights activists to end the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
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NewsScreen Australia relaxes investment requirements
Screen Australia is to make a substantial change to its rulebook on feature film investment in response to current worldwide financing difficulties.
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Village Roadshow Pictures refinances loan facility
Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP) has completed a restructure of its $900m film financing production facility, in a deal that makes it available through until September 30, 2010.
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NewsGowariker to direct Buddha biopic
Indian filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has signed up to direct Buddha, a big-budget English-language biopic, which is being financed by billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi.
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NewsPrincipal photography of Invasion Of Privacy to start later this month
Invasion Of Privacy (aka The Resident), will start shooting later this month in New Mexico.London-based Exclusive Media Group is fully financing the project, which sees Antti J. Jokinen make his directorial debut. Exclusive Film Distribution will be handling international sales at Cannes.Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will lead the ...