All Screen articles in 30 March 2008 – Page 3
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Correction (Diorthosi)
Dir/prod:Thanos Anastopoulos. Greece , 2007. 83 mins.Hailed as the best Greek film of last year, Thanos Anastopoulos' second feature is a purposely-mystifying affair which leads its audience in a hide 'n seek game from the beginning and refuses to reveal itself until the final frame (a gambit which also makes ...
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CASE STUDY: St Trinian's
Ealing Studios' resurrection of the popular 1950s and 1960s St Trinian's film franchise is proving to be one of the shining lights at the UK box office.The schoolgirl comedy, based on the cartoons by Ronald Searle, had a budget of $13m (£6.5m) and has taken $24.8m (£12.3m) at the UK ...
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Huayi Brothers to float on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Media, the holding company of Huayi Brothers Pictures, is planning to launch an IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) by the end of the year, according to president Wang Zhongjun speaking to the Shanghai Security Journal. If successfully listed on SSE, Huayi will become the third ...
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E1 acquires THINKFilm's Canadian assets
Entertainment One (E1) and THINKFilm have signed a three-year all-rights output deal that will see E1 distributing THINKFilm's motion pictures in Canada through 2010. E1 has also acquired Canadian rights to THINKFilm's 235-title library for the remainder of the term that THINKFilm holds license to the properties. The content will ...
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Heart, Yasukuni take top prizes at Hong Kong fest
Takahashi Izumi's What the Heart Craves has won the Golden Digital Award in the Asian Digital Competition section of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). Peng Tao's Little Moth won the Silver Digital Award in the same section.Meanwhile, the Humanitarian Award for Best Documentary went to Li Ying ...
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Six win places in 16th Cannes Residence
The 16th edition of the Cannes Residence is set to welcome six new candidates.During the four-month session, they will meet with experienced film-makersand industry professionals to help them develop either their first or second feature.The successful candidates are: Rebecca Daly (Ireland), Nikias Chryssos (Germany), Adrian Sitaru (Romania), Manuel Nieto Zas ...
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Paramount partners Omnilab Media for The Bank Job
Omnilab Media has teamed with Paramount Pictures for the Australian and New Zealand distribution of The Bank Job, which will be in cinemas from July 31. The thriller opened at the top of the UK charts after it was released there on February 28 and has since taken more than ...
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Ten Korean cultural orgs launch federation
Led by the Korean Film Producers' Association (KFPA), ten cultural content-related organisations gathered to launch the Korea Federation of Culture Industries in Seoul today, for the strategic development of their industries. Aside from the KFPA, the inaugural members are the Seoul Theater Association, Korea Association of Film Art & Industry ...
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Infotainment's Robbers starts shooting with Hu Jun
Beijing-based Infotainment China has announced the shooting of $1.7m (RMB12m) martial arts drama The Robbers. The film is directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Yang Shupeng (The Cold Flame). Shanghai Film Group, Stella Megamedia and Infotainment are co-investing in the project.Hu Jun (Red Cliff), Jiang Wu (Shower), Taiwanese actor Li Liqun and ...
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Michael Apted launches UK directors' guild
TV and film director Michael Apted has initiated the launch of a UK directors' guild to address what he views as 'the cynical disregard for the film-maker'.Directors UK (D-UK) will officially launch in May with director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum) as president, and writer/director Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited) as ...
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Voltage takes on Eric Valette's creature car movie Hybrid
Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to Stallion Media's horror action film Hybrid which will be directed by Eric Valette (One Missed Call, Malefique).Oded Fehr and newcomer Shannon Beckner (pictured) are starring in the film about a female mechanic in a Chicago police garage who spends a night of terror ...
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Jodie Whittaker goes to South Africa for Turner's White Wedding
Jann Turner has started a South African shoot for White Wedding, her feature film debut.The romantic road movie is shooting across South Africa from Johannesburg and Durban to the Eastern Cape and Cape Town.Jodie Whittaker, who starred in Venus and St Trinian's, takes the lead opposite South African veterans Kenneth ...
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Silent Light takes five Ariels in Mexico including film, director
Silent Light, directed by Carlos Reygadas was the big winner at the 50th annual Ariel Awards, the Mexican equivalent of the Oscars which took place on Tuesday night.The third feature from Reygadas took prizes for best film, director supporting actress (first time actress Maria Pankratz), cinematography (Alexis Zabe) and original ...
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Titles screening at IFFLA 2008 include Frozen, The Pool, Shot In Bombay
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has announced the full schedule of films for the sixth edition of the festival which runs April 22-27 in Hollywood.As previously announced, Richie Mehta's Amal will open the festival and the world premiere of portmanteau film Mumbai Cutting A City Unfolds will ...
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Cale Boyter joins MGM in senior production role from New Line
Cale Boyter has been named executive vice president, production, at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), marking the first hire in the worldwide motion picture group by its new chair Mary Parent who joined the company a week ago.Boyter arrives at MGM from New Line Cinema where he has spent ten years, most ...
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Scott Shooman promoted to vice president at SPWAG
Scott Shooman has been promoted to vice president, acquisitions and productions, for Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG). He will continue to report to both Steven Bersch, president of SPWAG, and Lara Thompson, senior vice president of acquisitions for the division.He will continue to acquire both finished films and projects ...
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Miller named evp, worldwide marketing, at nascent CBS Films
Debbie Miller has been named executive vice president, worldwide marketing, for CBS Films which was established in 2007 to develop and produce four to six films a year with budgets up to $50m a film. The films will be released domestically through a new US theatrical distribution unit to be ...
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Argentina's Campanella ramps up for The Question Of His Eyes
Acclaimed Argentinian director Juan Jose Campanella will begin shooting his sixth feature film La Pregunta De Sus Ojos (The Question of His Eyes) this September in Buenos Aires.Campanella's own outfit 100 Bares will co-produce the film with local producer Jorge Estrada Mora and Gerardo Herrero's Tornasol Films of Spain. The ...
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Alex Ben Block to programme The American Pavilion at Cannes
Historian and journalist Alex Ben Block has been named director of programming for The American Pavilion at this year's Cannes Film Festival.He will develop and oversee all programming for the Pavilion, while also moderating panels, conducting interviews and leading discussions with critics. He reports to Julie Sisk who is founder ...
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Tarantino named Filmmaker On The Edge by Provincetown
The Provincetown International Film Festival, celebrating its tenth year at this year's event (June 18-22), has announced that Quentin Tarantino will be the recipient of this year's Filmmaker On The Edge Award.The announcement was made by film festival executive director Gabby Hanna, artistic director Connie White and director of programming ...