All Screen articles in 4 August 2003 – Page 3
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Warner Bros' Engagement stirs French debate
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's next film, A Very Long Engagement, is stirring up controversy in France even before the first images have been shot. The film is to be produced by a new outfit, 2003 Productions, which was set up and is run by Warner Bros France president Francis Boespflug and is ...
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France helps propel English box office haul
Working Title's Johnny English continued to demonstrate Rowan Atkinson's audience-pulling power in Europe last week when it launched in France through Mars Distribution, it's final European territory.The only international territory not handled by distribution giant UIP, France saw 428,079 admissions taken in its first full week on release from 557 ...
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Insomnia director readies Ibsen adaptation
Erik Skjoldbjaerg, who made his international breakthrough with his debut feature Insomnia (1997), will return to his native Norway to direct an updated screen version of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play An Enemy Of The People. To be produced by the recently restructured Norwegian arm of Nordic major Nordisk Film, producers ...
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T3 looks to storm key European markets
Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines will again be the one to watch this weekend as openings in the key UK, Germany and Spain markets look set to push the sci-fi epic past $100m.Directed by Jonathan Mostow, the third instalment in the hit series has grossed $92m at the international ...
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Le Divorce
Dir: James Ivory. US/France. 2003. 115mins. Fans of film-makers Merchant Ivory should not fear that they have abandoned the literary classics altogether with their latest film. While Le Divorce is set in today's Paris, with hip young actors like Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts in the lead roles, it feels ...
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Indican digs for emeralds with Colombian gem-trading biopic
Los Angeles-basedindependent distributor Indican Pictures will release Andrew Molina's EmeraldCowboy - Esmeraldero, the firstAmerican film to shoot in the Colombian capital of Bogota in 26 years and thefirst time cameras had entered the region's emerald mines. Emerald Cowboy -Esmeraldero chronicles the truestory of the famed adventurer and emerald trader Eishy ...
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Berlin Talent Campus secures major sponsor, sets deadline
"Let's get passionate about film" is the motto for the Berlinale's second Talent Campus which will be held during next year's film festival from February 7-12.Campus organisers have also revealed that Volkswagen has joined Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, the UK's Film Council and the House of World Cultures as one of the ...
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Zipser takes investment role at Australia's FFC
Deborah Zipser is returning to Australia from LA to become an investment manager in the Sydney headquarters of the Film Finance Corporation (FFC).For the last four years she has worked as a lawyer at The Motion Picture Bond Company, most recently as head of business and legal affairs. She joins ...
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Arclight, Spice Factory launch Oz film fund
Sydney-based sales agent Arclight Films International and prolific UK production company Spice Factory are to launch an Australian film fund. The news was revealed by Arclight managing director Gary Hamilton and Spice Factory joint director Michael Cowan on July 31 during the final outing of a two-city road show that ...
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Montreal secures Elephant for North America premiere
Gus Van Sant's Palme d'or winner Elephant will have its North American premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival. The festival announced a selection of titles from its various programmes including some Official Competition titles and some of those screening Out of Competition, including Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatore's Io Non ...
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LA's Filmmakers Alliance lauds Anders
Director Allison Anders, whose films include Things Behind TheSun, Gas Food Lodging and the Hispanic drama Mi Vida Loca, will receive this year's 4th AnnualVision Award from the Filmmakers Alliance.Anders is the first woman to collect the honour that recognisesestablished directors who have maintained a distinct artistic vision throughouttheir career. ...
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Kodak adds Laser-Pacific to digital imaging stable
Eastman Kodak has acquiredthe Los Angeles-based Emmy Award-winning post-production company Laser-PacificMedia in a deal worth $30.5m.Kodak will run the companyas a wholly owned subsidiary headed up by Laser Pacific president andco-founder Emory Cohen, who will report to Kodak's Entertainment Imagingproducts and services operation.Laser-Pacific and Cinesite,Kodak's visual-effects and digital restoration and ...
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ARGENTINA Production Listings - August 1 2003
Copyright: Screen InternationalARGENTINA - August 1PRE-PRODUCTIONALTERNATE THERAPIES(Verbum) Budget: $625,000. Backer: Incaa. Drama. A psychiatrist turns his patients' stories into best-selling novels. Exec prods: Eduardo Montes Bradley, Rodolfo Duran. Prod/dir/scr: Duran. Main cast: Daniel Rabinovich, Manuel Callau, Diego Peretti, Claudia Fontan, Noemi Frenkel. Shooting from Feb 15, 2004.Contact: Eduardo Montes Bradley, ...
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Tornatore targets Kidman for Leningrad
Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore and Medusa vice-president Giampaolo Letta will be flying out to New York next week to talk to Nicole Kidman about joining the cast of the Oscar-winning director's upcoming English language movie, Leningrad.While Rome-based Medusa does not expect to sign a contract next week, company spokesman Claudio ...
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German producer pair relaunch film fund
Producers Eberhard Junkersdorf (pictured) and Dietmar Guentsche have relaunched their media fund Neue Bioskop Germany (NBG) with the support of the Hamburg-based private bank Bankhaus Woelbern to raise private equity for the financing of a raft of German and English language features to be shot in Europe.The original fund, which ...
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Hamburg fest plans Euro hits showcase
A showcase of local European box-office hits is one of the programme innovations being planned for this year's Filmfest Hamburg (Sept 19-26) under the new festival director Albert Wiederspiel.Austria's Poppitz, Sweden's Kops and Italy's Christmas On The Nile (Natale Sul Nilo) are already confirmed for the Eurovisuell sidebar which is ...
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Malaysian funding plan runs into controversy
Malaysian director-screenwriter Adman Salleh's third feature, Paloh, is proving almost as controversial as his last film, Amok, which was once banned in its home country. Paloh is claimed to be the first Malaysian film that touches on the sensitive issue of the inter-racial relationship between the Chinese and the Malay. ...
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Bulgaria looks to cash in on footloose productions
Bulgarian studios are getting ready to profit from the increase in prices that is expected to accompany the accession of its neighbours to the European Union next year."We see the three years between 2004 and 2007 when Bulgaria is scheduled to join the EU as a window of opportunity," said ...
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Warner Bros France to distribute Fechner's L'Incruste
A new French production company, Zig Zag Productions, has joined up with veteran producer Christian Fechner for the upcoming L'Incruste which Warner Bros will distribute in April 2004.According to French weekly trade Le Film Francais, former agent Jean-Michel Stazzu, who created Zig Zag, has been developing L'Incruste over the past ...