All Screen articles in 30 March 2007 – Page 2
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Malta: inward production
In recent years, Malta has successfully attracted some ambitious projects, such as Troy and Munich. The Mediterranean island may offer tax credits, ocean-side water tanks, sunshine and plenty of spectacular locations but the challenge now is to lure big US projects in the face of heavy competition from Eastern European ...
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UK: inward production
The UK has been a popular location for major US and international productions for decades. But with uncertainty in recent years over the territory's tax incentives and a clampdown on Gaap financing, Colin Brown - who was appointed in December 2006 - will need to convince US studios of the ...
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Industry moves
Kreska's new at YorkKristine Kreska has become the new director of acquisitions and licensing for York Entertainment. She was previously vice-president of feature film sales at BD Fox & Friends, Inc.Vitale steps down at first Look picturesRuth Vitale will step down as president of First Look Pictures on April 30 ...
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Hungary: inward production
Although it offers a 20% tax rebate on film production, Hungary has been hampered in the past by its lack of studio space. This could be set to change. The new Korda Film Studio in Etyek, about half an hour's drive from Budapest, is expected to host Hellboy 2 this ...
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Germany: inward production
Germany has it all: a wide diversity of locations and the sophisticated production facilities and infrastructure found in the three major film-making hubs of Munich, Cologne and Berlin-Brandenburg. Having recently hosted the likes of The Bourne Ultimatum and Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer, Germany got more attractive with the ...
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Mongolia - Making the long walk to freedom
Shot entirely on location in the Mongolian steppes, Desert Dreams is written and directed by Zhang Lu, a Chinese film-maker of Korean descent. He takes on the story of a mother and son who escape from North Korea and journey to Mongolia. There they encounter a man battling desertification by ...
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France: inward production
Canada may double for New York or Chicago, but when it comes to France, producers often choose the real deal. The Da Vinci Code, The Devil Wears Prada and Marie-Antoinette all shot in the territory.While there are no specific tax breaks for international productions the national film commission, Film France, ...
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In Focus - Victory March
3 00 has been happily rewriting the cinematic rulebook over the past three weeks. It has already broken box-office records in the US, with a $70m opening weekend, the highest for a March film and the third highest US opening for a film with an R-rating. Now the Spartans are ...
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Editorial - The spoils of war
It is not normal for Screen to focus on the performance of a specific film but the heroic efforts of Warner Bros' 300 in boosting a year's box office that was already shaping up to be a classic deserves analysis.It is not the quality of the film that is the ...
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Czech Republic - Who wants to be a millionaire'
I Served The King Of England is Jiri Menzel's first feature in more than 10 years.Set during the former Czechoslovakia's fall to the Nazis, the film follows the adventures of a waiter who longs to be a millionaire. It is Menzel's latest adaptation of novelist Bohumil Hrabal's work, following on ...
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Czech Republic: inward production
Prague has seen significant growth as a production hub in recent years, but it has been the local industry taking the initiative in attracting foreign producers. The Czech Film Commission was established by local producers in 2004 in order to assist foreign film-makers, promote the Czech Republic and lobby government.With ...
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Playing to the crowd
One of the great debates for international film is why movies so rarely trouble the box office beyond their national boundaries. For all the talk of cultural diversity, the blockage generally comes down to the simple fact of language. Dubbing and subtitles remain a big obstacle.Finding ways to break through ...
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Film commissions: friends in hired places
What is a film commissioner' 'On one end of the spectrum, they can be basically not much more than civil servants allocated film as part of their portfolio but they can also be people who have worked in the industry and know how we think and what we need. The ...
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Canada: inward production
Toronto's main advantages as a film production location are that it is Canada's largest city, it is the capital of its most populous province and next door to the US. Producers can shoot Toronto for New York, Chicago or Boston and tap into federal tax credits, Ontario tax credits and ...
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Australia: inward production
Australia regularly hosts major studio shoots, but the production services industry is vulnerable to big fluctuations. While 2004/05 saw $196.2m in inward investment, the following 12 months saw a drop of to $18.6m.Ausfilm is funded by the national government, film service companies and state film agencies. It is pressing to ...
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Ancient Greece is the word
300 continues to conquer at the international box office and took a whopping $48.2m at the weekend as it expanded into an additional 20 territories. The Spartan epic was boosted by 241% and had number one openings in all markets, bringing its international total to $79.3m after just three weeks. ...
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Market focus - Double ahead for India
India 's film industry is expected to more than double in value in the next five years, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The business will be worth $4.1bn (rup175bn) by 2011, compared to the $2bn (rup84.5bn) it was worth in 2006, according to the report presented at this week's Ficci-Frames conference in ...
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Production - AFCI Trade Show 2007 - The world's locations meet in one location
This year more than 200 members of the Association of Film Commissioners International (Afci) are expected to descend on Santa Monica for the 22nd Afci Locations Trade Show 2007. The event runs from April 12-14 and is a key opportunity for the global community of film commissioners to promote their ...
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Sky signs up three-year deal with Spyglass Entertainment
UK-based BSkyB has struck a new, three-year output deal with Spyglass Entertainment, which covers up to 15 Spylass-produced titles from 2008. Spyglass's past hits have included Seabiscuit, Memoirs Of A Geisha, Bruce Almighty and The Sixth Sense. The deal covers both Sky Movies paid broadcast rights (including HD broadcasts) and ...
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Ascot Elite Home Entertainment partners with MFA+
Stuttgart-based independent Ascot Elite Home Entertainment has entered a long-term partnership with German theatrical distributor MFA + FilmDistribution to handle the home entertainment rental and sell-through distribution and marketing of selected MFA + titles in all German-speaking territories. It will begin in the coming months with the Colombian box-office hit ...