All Screen articles in 30 June 2000 – Page 4

  • Reviews

    Krampack

    2000-06-26T13:00:00Z

    Dir: Cesc Gay. Spain. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Messidor Films. Backers: Canal Plus, Television de la Catalunya. Int'l sales: Art Box. Prod: Marta Esteban, Gerardo Herrero. Scr: Cesc Gay, Tomas Aragay. DoP: Andreu Rebes. Prod des: Llorenc Miguel. Editor: Frank Gutierrez. Music: Joan Quilis, Albert Manera, Ricard Casals. Main cast: ...

  • News

    United, Malone confirm broadband partnership

    2000-06-26T11:54:00Z

    UnitedGlobalCom (United), the cable group that already controls one of the fastest growing broadband networks in Europe, will become the most important cable TV and high-speed internet player in Latin America. It is acquiring most of the international distribution and programming assets belonging to John Malone's Liberty Media.Under the terms ...

  • News

    Italy's Panorama pacts with US' Full Circle

    2000-06-26T11:24:00Z

    Rome's Panorama Films has partnered with Los Angeles-based Full Circle Entertainment to develop and produce English-language films in Europe and the US, the Italian company has announced. Full Circle's Jolie Chain and Panorama co-directors Marco Valerio Pugini and Ute Leonhardt are in talks with local filmmakers Eduardo Winspeare (Sangue Vivo) ...

  • News

    Tykwer, Szabo secure German public funding

    2000-06-26T10:47:00Z

    Tom Tykwer and Istvan Szabo are amongst the film-makers to secure cash in the latest round of funding awards from financing body the German Federal Film Board (FFA).Tykwer won funding worth $700,000 for his next feature, Heaven, from a script by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Pieseiewicz. The Berlin-based ...

  • News

    Granada float aims for $2.25 billion

    2000-06-26T09:42:00Z

    Granada Media, the media arm of the UK's Granada Group, plans to raise up to $2.25 billion through its upcoming floatation, the company revealed on Monday.Granada Media, which is demerging from its media and hospitality parent, said the share issue could value the new company at more than $10 billion.The ...

  • News

    Diller re-grouping anticipates dealmaking binge

    2000-06-26T06:33:00Z

    Barry Diller's USA Networks has streamlined itself into three distinct yet interrelated business units as a prelude to what many believe will another aggressive round of deal-making on both sides of the Atlantic especially now that this sprawling electronic empire is about to become affiliated with Vivendi Universal.The three divisions ...

  • News

    United, Malone carve out broadband powerhouse

    2000-06-26T06:28:00Z

    UnitedGlobalCom, the holding company that already controls one of the fastest growing broadband networks in Europe, will become the most important high-speed internet player in Latin America after reportedly acquiring most of the international distribution and programming assets belonging to John Malone's Liberty Media.According to the Wall Street Journal, United ...

  • News

    Bolstered BBC Films encroaches on FilmFour turf

    2000-06-26T06:23:00Z

    A bolstered BBC Films could be hived off from its hulking parent company and housed in new digs near London's Charlotte Street, within spitting distance of archrival FilmFour, according to plans currently being drawn up by the UK's public broadcaster. Assuming those plans get rubberstamped, BBC Films will soon re-locate ...

  • News

    Carrey tops US box office, Chickens in at two

    2000-06-26T03:59:00Z

    20th Century Fox claimed the top spot at the North American box office in the week that studio chief Bill Mechanic resigned his post. But the $24.2m opening for grossout comedy Me, Myself & Irene could be considered a disappointment for the studio which had been heralding the picture as ...

  • News

    Producers upbeat about first Spanish-US Forum

    2000-06-25T22:47:00Z

    The first annual Ibero-American Co-production Forum closed Thursday in Madrid with a sense of optimism about the ramifications of Forum host Telefonica Media's planned $100m production investment in Ibero-American cinema. General reactions to the three-day Forum, which was co-hosted by the Spanish Producers' Federation (FAPAE), were positive. Producers from across ...