All Screen articles in 4 February 2004 – Page 5
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Timbuktu premiere to open Dublin festival
The Dublin International Film Festival is marrying strong local and international fare for its second edition with 97 features and numerous shorts being shown over ten days at three city centre cinemas.The festival opens on February 12 with the world premiere of Alan Gilsenan's Timbuktu with Eva Birthistle and closes ...
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Italy confesses to highest level of piracy in western world
Italy has the highest level of piracy in the western world, according to the latest data released by national anti-piracy watchdog FAPAV.While legal DVD and video sales netted Euros 417m in Italy last year, the black market was estimated at more than Euros 250m - around 30% of the total ...
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US and UK outfits partner for British DVD label
A new independent home video and DVD label is being launched in the UK by 3DD Entertainment, Lorber Media and Red Productions.Called inD, its initial releases are scheduled for Spring 2004. It aims to release new and classic films, TV drama, documentaries and music specials.The first releases will include the ...
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Davis, Ginsburg & Morris join BAFTA/LA board
Periscopepresident J Alan Davis, Passport Entertainment president David R Ginsburg andwriter-producer Peter Morris have been elected to the board of BAFTA/LA.Theboard has re-elected Gary Dartnall as chairman, Antony Root as deputy chair,Rebecca Segal as secretary and Pamela Godfrey as treasurer."It'sbeen gratifying for all of us to watch BAFTA/LA become one ...
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War (Vojna)
Dir: Jake Mahaffy. USA 2004. 84 mins.Virtually a one-man labour of love, Jake Mahaffy's War is one of those works that French critics sometimes term a 'UFO' - a film that comes out of nowhere, or comes direct and unmediated from its director's unconscious. Working over four years without no ...
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Solanas doc set to open Fribourg festival
Veteran Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas, who will receive an Honorary Golden Bear at next month's Berlinale, will be presenting his new documentary La Memoria Del Saqueo as the opening film for this year's Fribourg International Film Festival (March 21-28).According to the festival organisers, Solanas' film will be complemented by a ...
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CZECH REPUBLIC
ScreenDaily.com's latest territory chart addition, Czech Republic, enjoyed strong local input last weekend as two new home-made comedies claimed the second and third chart positions behind Return Of The King - in its second week in the territory.Both released on 25 screens, Falcon's Jak Basnici Neztraceji Nadeji played best in ...
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Ex-Deutsche Columbia chief joins Falcom Media
Producer Andrea Willson has been recruited by the Swiss rights trader/distributor Falcom Media Group to manage the company's expansion into German language production as a "second strategic business unit" alongside the core business of rights trading.Berlin-based Willson, who ceased being the managing director of Deutsche Columbia Pictures Filmproduktion (DCPF) when ...
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BULGARIA
Despite only playing its third weekend in Bulgaria The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King has already lost its box office crown.The 11-time Oscar nominated fantasy film dropped 63% in its third weekend in the Eastern European territory and saw its number one position go to newcomer ...
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BBC in crisis as director general Dyke quits
BBC director general Greg Dyke has resigned in the wake of the official Hutton inquiry into the death of scientist David Kelly.Dyke's decision to step down follows BBC chairman Gavyn Davies' resignation on Wednesday, shortly after the report was published.The BBC has announced that Dyke's deputy Mark Byford will step ...
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Asshak, Tales From The Sahara (Asshak, Geschichte Aus Der Sahara)
Dir: Ulrike Koch. Switzerland/Germany/Netherlands 2004. 110mins.Effectively an ethnographic documentary reinforced with a slender strand of narrative, Asshak is a generally engrossing portrait of the customs and beliefs of the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara. Given the current favour for films with an ethnographic and environmental slant, notably The Story Of ...
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Galaxy signs up stars for April blast off
The cast for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - which is set to shoot at Elstree Studios in the UK from April - is rounding out.Hip-hop star and actor Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel and The Office star Martin Freeman have all been confirmed for the Spyglass Entertainment/Walt Disney Co. ...
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Intermedia's epic to be named Alexander
Intermedia'sAlexander The Great project currently coming to the end of its epic shoot underdirector Oliver Stone will be titled Alexander, a title which has been cleared and approved by theMPAA.IlyaSalkind's film about the great emperor is titled Macedonia's Alexander TheGreat.Alexander is set to open at the end of the year ...
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Aaltra
Directors: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern. Belgium. 2004. 90 mins.Tell people that a festival's hot ticket is a black-and-white Belgian road comedy, and you're liable to be greeted with scepticism, especially when the protagonists are two middle-aged men in wheelchairs. Nevertheless, Aaltra is this year's surprise delight at Rotterdam (where it ...
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Senator takes on worldwide rights to 3D CGI Moebius movie
SenatorInternational has picked up worldwide sales rights from digital contentproducer GDC Holdings to celebrated French artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud'ssci-fi fantasy adventure Thru The Moebius Strip.Themove marks the first foray into animation for both companies and is also thefirst full-length CGI feature for GDC Holdings subsidiary GDC Productions andthe first 3D ...
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Cannes is set to be long on shorts
The Cannes Market is toextend its operations with the launch this ear of a separate section for shortfilms.In the Palais des Festivalsthe market will create a new area "Short Film Corner" devoted entirely toshorts. It will include a meeting place for short film producers, institutionsand festival programmers that is equipped ...
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Korean industry stunned as top production houses merge
A major re-alignment is set to sweep the South Korean production sector, as leading production houses KangJegyu Films and Myung Films have been acquired by local manufacturing company Seshin Buffalo.The companies will be re-launched as a merged entity called MK Buffalo in April.MK Buffalo will become the first film-related company ...
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Shochiku ramps up slate as it goes for growth
After six straight quarters of improving sales and profits, boosted by such hits as The Twilight Samurai and the Lord of the Rings films, Shochiku is ramping up its slate of domestic and foreign titles.At a January 23 presentation to 400 exhibitors, investors, analysts and reporters, Shochiku officials, led by ...
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Giannini tipped for Venice figurehead role
Oneof the favourite betting games at the Rotterdam festival this week has beenspeculation about who will front the next Venice festival, with the smart moneynow riding on a split role between a figurehead chief and a chief selectoror artistic head.Sources close to the Venice festival organisation say that an announcement ...
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Hungarians target foreign producers during Film Week
Twenty-three new Hungarian features will be presented at the annual Hungarian Film Week (Jan 27-Feb 3) to local audiences and the approximately 120 foreign guests invited to the country's most important film event.Sixteen of the new films screen in the festival's competition programme, including Benedek Fliegauf's Dealer which will also ...