All Screen articles in 30 March 2004 – Page 3
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Singapore unveils world's first digital multiplex
Singapore exhibitor Eng Wah Organization is on target to roll out the world's first full digital multiplex, strengthening Singapore's reputation as a pioneer in digital cinema technology.Installation of 2K digital screens at a five-screen multiplex of Eng Wah is near completion. The five digital cinema screens supplied by Barco are ...
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Directors Ratner, Craven, Toback attend Brown's Ivy Film Fest
Students on thecampus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, have put together animpressive array of guests and films for their upcoming Ivy Film Festival whichruns Apr 9 to 11.Directors Wes Craven, Brett Ratner and James Toback and AmericanSplendor icon HarveyPekar will speak alongside CAA agent Roy Ashton, Greenfield Productions'director ...
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Spain's Golem joins DVD alliance Cameo Media
Spanish arthouse distributor Golem Distribucion has joined start-up DVD distribution alliance Cameo Media as an equal partner.The Golem addition rounds out Cameo's direct line to product from some of Spain's leading independent distributors and producers, including Alta Films, Wanda Films, Tornasol Films and Continental Producciones.The companies are all equal partners ...
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Tribeca unveils May festival lineup, 30 world premieres
30 world premieres willscreen at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, which runs from May 1-9 in NewYork City and for the first time includes the NY, NY Features and NY, NYDocumentaries sections among the five competition strands.Overall 65 films from around the world have been culled from arecord 3,300 submissions, ...
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Constantin bullish about future despite 2003 losses
Despite posting earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of Euros -11.8m in the 2003 financial year, German producer-distributor Constantin Film is upbeat about its future performance and predicts sales growth of 55% for 2004.In its annual financial statement for 2003, Constantin reported a 13% decrease in consolidated sales from 2002's ...
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HONG KONG
Horror sequel The Eye 2, produced by Hong Kong's Applause Pictures, has outperformed the original film in its opening week, grossing US$741,729 from 40 screens.Directed by the Pang Brothers, The Eye 2 stars Shu Qi as a pregnant woman who starts to suffer from terrifying hallucinations. Eugenia Yuan and Thai ...
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Studios hit as UK gov't outlaws p&a tax schemes
US studios including Walt Disney, Miramax and Universalhave been stopped from accessing an estimated £400 million in UKtax-based funding to underwrite their p&a costs through another loophole intax regulations.Hardon the heels of closing down production funds on February 10, the InlandRevenue today extended its tightening up of tax rules to ...
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BULGARIA
Clearly not content with her double-whammy at the Italian box office last weekend, Penelope Cruz achieved the same feat in Bulgaria, albeit with a different headliner.Fanfan La Tulipe, which opened last year's Cannes Film Festival, launched into the top spot for distributor Van Kris on five screens. Gerard Krawczyk's remake ...
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Happy Day for Danish gospel comedy
MFA has acquired the German and Austrian rights to Hella Joof's as yet unfinished Danish gospel comedy drama Oh Happy Day from Nordisk Film International Sales. Earlier this year Ascot Elite picked up Swiss rights to the film.The buy was made based on a 10-minute promo, as the film won't ...
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Oz's FFC bankrolls December Boys, Wolf Creek
The Film Finance Corporation (FFC) has agreed to invest in two new Australian films, the 1960s drama December Boys to be directed by LA-based Rod Hardy, and the low-budget digital horror film Wolf Creek, by first-time writer/director Greg McLean.December Boys has been adapted from Michael Noonan's novel by Marc Rosenberg ...
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Chomet secures Dimension backing for Scottish animation
Belleville Rendez-Vous director Sylvain Chomet has confirmed plans to set up his own animation company, Studio Django, in Edinburgh, Scotland.The first two productions announced by Studio Django are 2D project Barbacoa and an unnamed 3D project in collaboration with Miramax division Dimension Films. Dimension chairman Bob Weinstein flew the Chomets ...
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Singapore admissions to rise as censorship laws relax
Cinema attendance is expected to rise significantly in Singapore thanks to the launch next week of a new ratings system.In a move to further ease the country's strict censorship laws, Singapore's Board of Film Censors is due to creates a new category of M18 for viewers aged 18 and above.Currently ...
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German DVD outfit wins backing to increase acquisitions
Leading German DVD company e-m-s new media has been granted a Euros 5m extension of its credit line by principal banker Dortmunder Volksbank. The money will help finance the acquisition of new film rights to add to its 400-title library.In addition, the previously short-term overdraft facility of Euro 3.5m has ...
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ROMANIA
In the third week of its release Cold Mountain has finally been pushed off the top of the Romanian box office chart. Welcome To The Jungle and Duplex both made strong starts but the momentum certainly belonged to the Ben Stiller-Drew Barrymore comedy which produced an amazing 5,000 admissions on ...
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JAPAN
With Spring Break in full swing in Japan, distributors have been busy rolling out films aimed at teens and kids.The two new openers most successful in attracting this demographic are both Japanese. Quill, a drama about cuddly seeing-eye dog, debuted on the chart at number two, with a sky-high screen ...
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Straight Jacket to open Miami Gay & Lesbian festival
Straight Jacket, Richard Day's follow-up feature to Girls Will BeGirls, will open the 2004 Miami Gay& Lesbian Film Festival which takes place for the sixth time from April 23to May 2.The festival will alsopresent Miguel Albaladejo's Cachorro (Bear Cub) as thecenterpiece gala screening and will close with a gala screening ...
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Focus brands new genre label Rogue Pictures
Focus Features has unveileda new film label Rogue Pictures which will produce and distribute suspense,action, thriller and urban films to be released on a wider scale in thedomestic market than the traditional Focus specialized fare.The announcement was made byFocus co-presidents David Linde and James Schamus at Showest yesterday andincluded three ...
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Organisation relaunches as Australians In Film
The non-profit Australians In Film (formerly The Los AngelesAustralian Film and Television Association) has relaunched boasting celebrityambassadors including Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe, a new board of advisorsand a slate of events.The new-look organisation kicked off 2004 by co-presenting theJurlique Australian Film Festival in January and hosting a sold-out screeningof ...
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Antonellis gets top anti-piracy job at Warner Bros
Darcy Antonellis has been named senior vice president of worldwideanti-piracy operations at Warner Bros Entertainment, a new post that puts theveteran entertainment technician in charge of protecting the company'sintellectual property.Reporting to executive vice president of corporate businessdevelopment and strategy Kevin Tsujihara, Antonellis will lead the studio'sIntellectual Property Council and coordinate ...
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ContentFilm follows up Never Die Alone with Daddy Cool
ContentFilm has greenlit the screen adaptation of cult 1970swriter Donald Goines' hitman drama Daddy Cool.The New York-based company announced it would finance and producethe project just days before Friday's release (26) through Fox Searchlight ofits other Goines adaptation, Never Die Alone.Never Die Alone director Ernest Dickerson is expected to direct ...
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