All Screen articles in 4 September 2000 – Page 4
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Cinar founders to stay on as directors
Cinar Corp CEO Barrie Usher has said that the company will keep founders Micheline Charest and Ronald Weinberg on the board of directors, despite having asked them to step down on August 17.The news comes after the two said through a lawyer that they would not resign as company directors ...
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Caine to receive San Sebastian Donostia award
Sir Michael Caine will be the recipient of this year's Donostia Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 21-30). John Irvin's film Shiner, in which Caine plays the ambitious father of a rising boxing star, will screen out of competition in the festival's official section.In 1996, Caine won ...
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Oz exhibs slash ticket prices to counter Olympics
Australia's three major exhibitors are dropping their ticket prices by more than 60% during September in anticipation of a downturn in business as a result of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.The move was lead by Hoyts, which also took into consideration the extended school holidays in some parts of ...
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Warner, Videocine launch Mexican production outfit
Warner Bros and Mexico's Videocine have formed a joint production venture, Coyoacan Films, following the success of their first co-production The Second Night (La Segunda Noche).Romantic comedy Second Night grossed $5.2m in Mexico and ranks among the top five all-time Mexican box office hits. Producer-distributor Videocine has a busy development ...
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IFP/West absorbs LA Indie Film Fest into programme
Independent Feature Project/West, the non-profit organisation for independent film-makers, is to take over production of the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (LAIFF), the April event which to date has been staged by the LA Film Collaborative (LAFC). It will now be incorporated as an ongoing program of IFP/West.Festival director Richard ...
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Lolafilms, Kinowelt make Rain together in Iowa
Marking their first co-production since announcing their share-swapping production and distribution pact at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Spain's Lolafilms is joining forces with Germany's Kinowelt to make Rain, an English-language American-set project to which Martin Scorsese is attached as executive producer. The film will be a 50-50 co-production between ...
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Offline acquires US rights to Jang Sun Woo's Lies
New York-based Offline Releasing has acquired US distribution rights to Korean director Jang Sun Woo's controversial film Lies and will work with boutique distributor Cowboy Booking International to release the film at arthouse venues nationwide, starting with a New York play-date on Nov 17.Featured in both the 1999 Venice Film ...
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Sitges adds Sabotage, Shadow Of The Vampire
Spain's Sitges International Film Festival (Oct 5-14) has announced two more films in this year's line-up: screwball comedy Sabotage will close this year's event, while Elias Merhige's Shadow Of The Vampire will compete as part of the official selection.The English-language Sabotage, from Spain's Ibarretxe Brothers (writer-directors Esteban and Jose Miguel, ...
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Edinburgh toasts latest wave of British filmmaking
Critical enthusiasm for a new wave of British filmmaking was reflected in the prizes announced Sunday night at the 54th Edinburgh International Film Festival. Pawel Pawlikowski's lyrical, Venice-bound Last Resort received the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature whilst the Standard Life Audience Award confirmed the crowd-pleasing qualities ...
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Indian filmmakers turn to bilingual period epics
In a bid to penetrate the international film market, Indian filmmakers are taking the historical route with several Hindi and English period pieces now going into production.Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan is producing and acting in a film on the ancient Indian emperor, Ashoka, directed by Santosh Sivan who earlier ...
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San Sebastian competition has heavy Spanish accent
The San Sebastian International Film Festival has unveiled 15 titles for its official selection at this year's 48th edition (Sept 21-30).The line-up so far is marked by a high number of Spanish productions and co-productions, among them Karl Francis' One Of The Hollywood Ten, starring Jeff Goldblum and Greta Scacchi, ...
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Myriad acquires foreign rights to Double Whammy
Kirk D'Amico's international sales outfit Myriad Pictures has acquired international distribution rights to Tom DiCillo's latest picture Double Whammy starring Denis Leary, Steve Buscemi and Elizabeth Hurley. The deal was completed between Myriad and the film's producers David Kronemyer and Marcus Viscidi. Kronemyer's Gold Circle Films retains domestic rights.IN-motion AG, ...
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