All Screen articles in 4 July 2003 – Page 4

  • News

    Academy gets tough on Oscar campaigning

    2003-07-03T04:00:00Z

    The Academy OfMotion Picture Arts & Sciences yesterday issued strict new guidelines overmarketing practices for Oscar contenders. They aren't guidelines anymore,the Academy statement said, they are 'regulations.'The Academythreatens suspension of membership or expulsion if members indulge in campaignactivities which have undermined the letter or spirit of the regulations andeven suggests ...

  • News

    Academy gets tough on Oscar campaigning

    2003-07-03T04:00:00Z

    The Academy OfMotion Picture Arts & Sciences yesterday issued strict new guidelines overmarketing practices for Oscar contenders. They aren't guidelines anymore,the Academy statement said, they are "regulations."The Academythreatens suspension of membership or expulsion if members indulge in campaignactivities which have undermined the letter or spirit of the regulations andeven suggests ...

  • Reviews

    Koktebel

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Dir. Boris Khlebnikov, Alexei Popogrebsky. Russia. 2003. 100mins.One of the nicest surprises at Moscow, this unprepossessing but remarkably sensitive road movie will most likely have a very busy festival career - and not just because it took the Grand Jury Special Prize and the Silver St. George. Rather, few selectors ...

  • News

    Facing Windows cleans up at Italy's Golden Globes

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows swept the Italian Golden Globe awards last night, taking five awards including Best Film, and Best Actor and Actress for Filippo Nigro and Giovanna Mezzogiorno, respectively. The film also picked up the Best Music prize, for Andrea Guerra, and Best Screenplay, for Ozpetek and writing partner ...

  • Reviews

    Bright Leaves

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Ross McElwee. US. 2003. 107minsBright Leaves may start out exploring the deadly allure of tobacco but it soon mushrooms into an engaging mixture of family album, social history and human eccentricity. Best known as the award-winning director of Sherman's March (1986), Ross McElwee now has an enviable track record ...

  • News

    AOL Time Warner reduces Chinese TV stake

    2003-07-03T00:00:00Z

    AOL Time Warner has sold a controlling stake in Chinese Entertainment Television (CETV) to Hong Kong's Tom.com, less than two years after the channel was granted broadcast rights in mainland China.Diversified media company Tom.com, owned by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing, is paying US$6.8m for a 64% stake in CETV. ...

  • News

    Osbourne to star in Malice In Sunderland

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    Kelly Osbourne, of hit TV series The Osbournes, is to star in Malice In Sunderland, a contemporary reworking of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.Simon Fellows is to direct the UK-German co-production, with shooting scheduled to shoot later this year. Mark Byrne of the UK's What's The Story is producing, while Christian ...

  • News

    Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti wins Prix Michel d'Ornano

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    Cannes Critics' Week winner, Depuis Qu'Otar Est Parti has been announced as the winner of the 13th annual Prix Michel d'Ornano. The film's director and screenwriter Julie Bertuccelli will receive the award at the Deauville Festival of American Film in September.The prize was created as an aid to writers and ...

  • News

    Ten first-time directors to compete at Guadarrama fest

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    Asif Kapadia's The Warrior and Eduard Cortes' Nobody's Life (La Vida De Nadie) are among the ten films to compete at next week's second annual International Film Festival of Guadarrama in Spain (July 12-23).Only first-time feature directors are eligible to compete at Guadarrama, where jury and public prizes are awarded. ...

  • News

    Strand takes The Child I Never Was for US release

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    US indie distributor Strand Releasing has picked up Kai S Pieck's feature debut The Child I Never Was (Ein Leben Lang Kurze Hosen Tragen) (pictured) which is being handled internationally by Bavaria Film International.Premiering last year at the Hof Film Days, the film is based on the life of Germany's ...

  • News

    Black hole looms for UK finance

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    With debate raging over what should replace the UK's influential tax deferrals, only two things are certain. Firstly, many in the industry support preserving a status quo that last year saw investors shelter $2.7bn (£1.6 bn) through sale and leaseback schemes and, to a far smaller extent, riskier production schemes.Secondly, ...

  • News

    Bavaria Film takes int'l sales on Tuschi's feature debut

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    Bavaria Film International will handle international sales on Cyril Tuschi's feature debut SommerHundeSoehne which is set to shoot on location in Spain and Morocco this October. The low-budget production between Tuschi's Lala Films! and Nicholas Conradt's Friends Production has received backing from Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg and broadcaster ARTE and has already ...

  • News

    Enterprise Australia promotes sustainable film business

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    A number of Australian government agencies have joined forces and recruited media management consultant Jonathan Olsberg from the UK-based Olsberg SPI to help Australian producers stop living a hand-to-mouth existence between productions and start developing sustainable businesses. Enterprise Australia has been adapted from similar programs held in the UK and ...

  • News

    RTL, Planeta reach agreement on Antena 3

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    Luxembourg-based RTL Group and Spain's Grupo Planeta have reached an agreement which could see both companies increasing their stakes in Spanish free-to-air broadcaster Antena 3.Following the IPO of Antena 3 planned before year-end, RTL Group and Grupo Planeta could up their respective 17.2% and 25.1% shares in the channel, the ...

  • News

    Equator posts $2m pre-tax loss for 2002

    2003-07-02T04:05:00Z

    Equator Group, the UK media concern which earlier this year ended take-over talks with Handmade Films, has posted a pre-tax loss for last year of $2m (£1.2m).The red ink was in contrast to a profit of $789,000 (£475,000) the year before. Equator's sales also dropped steeply, falling to $613,000 (£369,000) ...

  • News

    Lombardo promoted to president of Cinesite Hollywood

    2003-07-02T04:00:00Z

    Dan Lombardo has been namedpresident and Jerry Pooler is stepping into a new role of executive director,creative, at Cinesite Hollywood, the LA digital facility which was founded in1992 and opened Cinesite (Europe) in London in 1994.Lombardo, who joinedCinesite two years ago as vice president of production, will also continue inthe ...

  • News

    Angels go Full Throttle with $12.5m in 11 territories for CTFDI

    2003-07-02T04:00:00Z

    Charlie'sAngels: Full Throttleopened with a kick in 11 territories over the weekend, taking $12.5m on 1,386screens for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI).The actioner opened day-and-date with the US in thecountries and topped the charts in nine of the 11. In the remaining twoterritories, it was the highest grossing Hollywood ...

  • News

    Italy's Cattleya unveils dynamic production slate

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Founded in 1999 by former Medusa producers Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz and Giovanni Stabilini, Cattleya is proving itself to be one of the most dynamic independent production companies in Italy today.On Tuesday, Tozzi announced a slate of high-profile films that the company is preparing for the 2003-2004 season, featuring such ...

  • News

    Macquarie, Nine raise $13.6m for second production fund

    2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Australians had reached into their pockets for $13.6m (A$20m) by the time the clock struck midnight on June 30, the deadline for investment in Macquarie Bank and the Nine Network's second film and television production fund. While they did not dig as deeply as last year, which saw $16m (A$23.6m) ...