All Screen articles in 3 June 2003 – Page 4
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Euro film bodies lobby Commission for more ambitious vision
European film councils this week called on the European Commission to adopt a more ambitious vision for the European film industry and to include it in the new EU constitution currently being considered by member states.At a meeting of European culture ministers in Greece, the 16 state-funded film councils (see ...
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Osama is first title for five-strong buying alliance
Osama, the first Afghan film to be made since the fall of the Taliban, was jointly acquired by five European distributors which last year formed a loose buying alliance.The currently unnamed company is owned by Lucky Red of Italy, Frenetic Films of Switzerland, Haut Et Court of France, Cineart of ...
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Spain's youth-themed Jove fest attracts contenders from 30 countries
Eight features and 70 short films from more than 30 countries will face off in the two parallel competition sections of next month's 18th annual Cinema Jove Film Festival (June 14-21).The feature titles chosen from 47 entries to this youth-oriented festival in Valencia, Spain all mark their premieres in Spain. ...
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Ozon's Swimming Pool has a splashy start
Two of this year's high-profile Cannes competitors, Francois Ozon's Swimming Pool and Lars Von Trier's Dogville, may have come away lacking awards but both have shown they don't lack audiences as they launched in multiple French-speaking territories last weekend.Swimming Pool dived into second place in France where the thriller sold ...
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MGM, Rogers sign VOD pact
MGM Home Entertainment and Rogers Cable have signed an agreement that will see some of the studio's pictures on the Canadian cable company's VOD service. Rogers says it's the first Canadian company to sign a VOD content agreement with a Hollywood major. Rogers and competitors Calgary-based Shaw Cable and Carleton-based ...
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Spain's Sogepaq announces 'best Cannes in years'
Calling Cannes its "best market in years," Spanish sales house Sogepaq announced a slew of deals, including local hits Mondays In The Sun and Mortadelo & Filemon - The Big Adventure.Fernando Leon's award-winning Mondays was sold to Winchester Entertainment for the UK and Ireland. The film, Spain's official nomination to ...
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Bruce Almighty
Dir: Tom Shadyac. US. 2003. 102minsThe triumvirate of actor Jim Carrey, director Tom Shadyac and screenwriter Steve Oedekerk struck box office gold with their first film together, 1994's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Ever since they have worked together in various combinations (for example Shadyac and Carrey with Liar, Liar). Finally ...
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Rai Trade sells its Heart out
Rai Trade did good business with Pupi Avati's competition film A Heart Elsewhere (Il Cuore Altrove), selling it in over 20 territories.Deals included ones struck with Axiom Films for the UK, Ocean Film for France, Palace for Australia, Art Film for Brazil, Cine Video Y TV for Mexico, Alliance Atlantis ...
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Wanda Vision sells Suite Havana to Trigon
Spanish producer-distributor-sales house Wanda Vision has sold Cuba-set co-production Suite Havana to Trigon Films for all Swiss and Austrian rights.Havana director Fernando Perez's prior film, Life Is To Whistle (La Vida Es Silbar), drew more than 100,000 admissions in Switzerland, Wanda chief Jose Maria Morales said.Suite is one of several ...
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Spanish producers focus on foreign finance
Spanish producers have avidly begun turning to foreign partners in a bid to finance their films. In fact, co-production talk has dominated recent Spanish events - such as first-ever Italian-Spanish co-production market in Madrid; the Spanish Film Screenings of Malaga which saw meetings between the UK's Film Council and Spanish ...
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Sweden's Film I Vast gears up for more films
Swedish regional fund Film I Vast is expanding its already considerable studios with another 4500 square meters of fully equipped sound stage. "We're not doing this because of Manderlay, but we are in talks about that film," said CEO Tomas Eskilsson referring to the second film of Lars von ...
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Latest Cannes sales
Turkish competition film Distant (Uzak) secured itself a US release with a sale to New Yorker, the specialist releasing operation that is now under new management.Korean sales house Mirovision secured a big deal on its hugely ambitious animated film Wonderful Days, selling the $13m-budget picture to Pathe for France and ...
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Latest Cannes sales
Turkish competition film Distant (Uzak) secured itself a US release with a sale to New Yorker, the specialist releasing operation that is now under new management.Korean sales house Mirovision secured a big deal on its hugely ambitious animated film Wonderful Days, selling the $13m-budget picture to Pathe for France and ...
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Camera d'Or win paves way for sales and new film
Danish writer-director Christoffer Boe might be a newcomer, but after the success of his Cannes Critics' Week entry Reconstruction, which took both the Camera d'Or and the Label Regards Jeunes this weekend, buyers are eager to close further deals on the film. Germany, France, Italy and Australia have joined the ...
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Buyers pick up Whore
Spanish production and sales outfit Dolores Pictures has closed five all-rights deals on its English-language title Whore.Sales include to Italy (DNC), Hong Kong (Intercontinental Film Distribution), South Korea (Jon Cinema Co Ltd), Indonesia (Rapi Films) and Israel (Shoval Films).The film, which stars Denise Richards and Daryl Hannah in a tale ...
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Buyers pick up Whore
Spanish production and sales outfit Dolores Pictures has closed five all-rights deals on its English-language title Whore.Sales include to Italy (DNC), Hong Kong (Intercontinental Film Distribution), South Korea (Jon Cinema Co Ltd), Indonesia (Rapi Films) and Israel (Shoval Films).The film, which stars Denise Richards and Daryl Hannah in a tale ...
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Sweden's NonStop is ceaseless buyer
Sweden's NonStop Entertainment had a busy time in Cannes acquiring the Palme d'Or winner Elephant by Gus van Sant and a further seven other films. From Elephant sales house, HBO Films London, it also bought Sundance winner American Splendor. From Pandora, NonStop took John Sayles latest film Casa De Los ...
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Sweden's NonStop is ceaseless buyer
Sweden's NonStop Entertainment had a busy time in Cannes acquiring the Palme d'Or winner Elephant by Gus van Sant and a further seven other films. From Elephant sales house, HBO Films London, it also bought Sundance winner American Splendor. From Pandora, NonStop took John Sayles latest film Casa De Los ...
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Spain's City of Light studio options Mario Puzo's Borgia novel
Spain's City of Light studio complex has optioned the rights to Mario Puzo's last novel, The Family, with plans to film the Euros 25m feature on-site in 2005. US scriptwriter David Giler (Aliens 3) will adapt the epic tale about the powerful 15th century Borgia family whose influence under Rodrigo ...
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German DVD boom gathers pace
Germany's DVD boom continues at the expense of the VHS video market, according to figures released by video trade body BVV for the first quarter of 2003.The number of DVDs sold increased year-on-year by 57% from 7.4m units to 11.6m, while that for sell-through VHS cassettes dropped by 37% from ...