All Screen articles in 3 June 2007 – Page 4
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European film commissions join forces in Brussels
A new association, the European Film Commissions Network, met for the first time during the recent Cannes Film Festival.Fifty film commissions from all over Europe had their first general assembly meeting during the festival and will continue to meet on a regular basis to share experiences and foster joint initiatives, ...
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Jellyfish (Meduzot)
Dir. Etgar Keret, Shira Geffen. Is-Fr. 2007. 78mins.While it makes for a bleak portrait of dysfunctional families and wretched personal lives, Jellyfish is a surprisingly accessible and easy to watch feature that deservedly won the Critic’s Week prize at Cannes.A promising debut by a tandem whose work has successfully adorned ...
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Cobra to announce winners of 50-second short competition
Cobra Beer will host its second-annual CobraVision Awards on Monday, June 4, at London 's BFI Southbank. Presenters at the ceremony will be TV presenter June Sarpong and actor Martin Freeman. Of the 20 finalists in the company's 50-second short film competition, CobraVision will select one winner and two runners-up. ...
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Momentum's The Painted Veil added to Odeon Digital Trial
Momentum Pictures has added its film The Painted Veil to the Odeon Digital Trial. The trial, which started in February, is running at Odeon Hatfield and Surrey Quays, where DCI -compliant digital projection systems have been installed on all 18 screens. Odeon is testing various technology suppliers to evaluate their ...
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Cannes Market attendees up 4% to 10,491
The Cannes Film Market has announced strong results for its most recent edition. 10,491 participants were accredited from 92 countries with new territories from Africa and Asia taking part for the first time. The figures represent a 4% jump over last year with, notably, increased participation from Latin America (up ...
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MK2 sells Van Sant's Paranoid Park to 72 territories
MK2 has announced stellar sales on Gus Van Sant's Cannes competition film Paranoid Park. The skateboarder-turned-accidental-murderer tale, which won the 60th anniversary award at Cannes last weekend, has been sold in 72 territories including the UK to Tartan Films, Italy to Lucky Red, Spain to Vertigo, India to Palador, Argentina ...
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Matson promoted at NBC Universal's Global Networks
Greg Matson has been appointed senior vice president, commercial & network development, Global Networks, an international division of NBC Universal. The new appointment is effective immediately. He currently serves as senior VP, network development and distribution and will now also coordinate the commercial operations for Global Networks. Peter Smith, President, ...
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Germany's Constantin Film to co-produce Faubourg 36
Leading German producer-distributor Constantin Film has joined forces with France's Galatee Films and Pathe Renn production to produce Faubourg 36 (working title), the next feature from The Chorus director Christophe Barratier. Set in Paris in 1936, Faubourg 36 will focus on three unemployed theatre professionals - played by The Chorus ...
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You, The Living
Dir/scr: Roy Andersson. Swe-Ger-Fr-Den-Nor. 2007. 94minsOne of European cinema's most distinctive stylists, and darkest humourists, returns with another tragi-comic panorama of the human condition in You, the Living. The fourth feature from Sweden's Roy Andersson is remarkably close in tone and style to Songs From the Second Floor, which won ...
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Cristian Mungiu, Coens get top votes from Screen's Cannes jury
This year's Screen International Jury at Cannes has picked joint winners for the first time in its history. The panel of international critics, who scored each of the 22 films in competition on a scale from 4.0 (excellent) to zero (bad), gave top marks to Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or-winning 4 ...
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Martin to direct Cadillac Records for Sony BMG Film
Sony BMG Film has chosen Darnell Martin (Their Eyes Were Watching God) to direct Cadillac Records, a feature about the world of rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, from her own script. Production is set to begin later this year on location in Chicago, with Sofia Sondervan and Andrew Lack ...
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Kerry McCluggage to give keynote at IFTA conference
Kerry McCluggage, chairman of Allumination FilmWorks and former chairman of Paramount Television Group, is to deliver the keynote speech at the Independent Film & Television Alliance's (IFTA) annual Production Conference next month. The event, which takes place on June 15 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, will also feature panels on ...
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CineVegas to honour Hopkins, Kingsley, Theron
The Cine Vegas Film Festival has set Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Mike Newell and Charlize Theron to receive awards during its June 6-16 run at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Hopkins will get the event's Marquee Award; Kingsley the Vanguard Actor Award; Newell the Vanguard Director Award; and ...
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NonStop's Cannes buying spree includes 4 Months and Paranoid Park
By purchasing Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's Cannes winner, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Sweden 's NonStop Entertainment has concluded a golden hat trick, having already acquired the Golden Bear winner from Berlin (Tuya's Marriage) and the Golden Lion winner from Venice (Still Life).NonStop will distribute Mungiu's illegal abortion ...
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EEAP kicks off Paramount Vantage deal with Marc Pease
Berlin-based East European Acquisition Pool (EEAP) has begun a long-term cooperation with Paramount's independent division Paramount Vantage by acquiring all Central and East European rights to the new Ben Stiller comedy The Marc Pease Experience. In addition, EEAP continued its close cooperation with The Weinstein Company by picking up six ...
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New London festival to spotlight North American indies
The first Declaration of Independence Film Festival will be held in London June 1-7, with a concentration on North American independent films. Features selected include Dan Casey's micro-budget Detroit crime drama The Death Of Michael Smith, Ali Selim's Sweet Land starrign Alan Cumming and Alex Kingston, Paul Fox's Everything's Gone ...
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German and UK producers to bring Catweazle to the big screen
The Red Baron producers Dan Maag and Thomas Reisser of Niama Filmproduktion are teaming up the UK's Paul Knight and Richard Carpenter of Catweazle Ltd. for a feature film based on the 1970s cult international hit TV series Catweazle. Based on Carpenter's original series about the magical adventures of the ...
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Thijs Romer to co-star in Tucci's Van Gogh remake
Young Dutch actor Thijs Romer will co-star in the forthcoming remake of Theo van Gogh's Blind Date, to be directed by Stanley Tucci. Shooting starts in two weeks in Belgium. It will be Romer's international film debut. He co-stars as a waiter, who is watching a married couple who are ...
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AV closes more deals on crocodile thriller Black Water
AV Pictures has closed more deals on its hot seller Black Water, including a North American deal with Grindstone Entertainment Group. Other new deals at the end of Cannes included France (Free Dolphin Entertainment), Germany (Legend), Scandinavia (Nobel Entertainment), CIS (Lizard Cinema Trade), Mexico & Central America (Cine Video y ...
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Kindred's Erb and Nicolo start production outfit Feverpitch
Distribution and production executives Jeffrey D. Erb and Joe Nicolo have left distribution company Kindred Media Group to form their own production operation, Feverpitch Pictures. Feverpitch plans to produce two to four films a year in the $1m-$5m range. The company says it will also set up one or two ...