All Screen articles in 4 September 2002 – Page 3
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Telluride world premieres Schrader, Clark, Reggio movies
The TellurideFilm Festival, one of the worlds most secretive festivals whichdoesnt announce its lineup until the event itself begins, kicked off its29th festival today (Friday) in the Colorado mountain-top resort andwill screen four world premieres in its four-day schedule including new filmsfrom Paul Schrader and Larry Clark.The festival,run by Bill ...
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Working Title's WT2 begins to shoot The Calcium Kid
Working Title Films' low budget division WT2 is set to start principal photography on The Calcium Kid, starring Orlando Bloom, who plays Legolas in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.The off-beat comedy is a mockumentary about a young milkman who is also amateur boxer and ends up fighting the world ...
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IT International Theatres reports first-half loss for 2002
Half year results for multinational exhibition group IT International Theatres were hit by weak results in its home Israeli market and the strengthening of the US dollar against the currencies of its developing Central European operations.While revenues increased a fraction to $33.8m (compared with $32.8m), the first half showed losses ...
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Latin American films compete for San Sebastian prize
Thirteen Latin American films will compete for the Made in Spanish award at next month's 50th anniversary edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Sept 19-28).Among the films competing for the prize, which has tripled in value to Euros 18,000 after its introduction last year, are:Bolivar Soy Yo, Jorge ...
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Spanish regulator raises concerns over pay-TV merger
The merger of pay-TV platforms Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) could result in a "monopoly on rights to feature films" according to an investigation by Spain's industry regulator.A Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) report states among its conclusions that the 'two platforms already have a very clear dominant position ...
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UK Film Council invests in four new local projects
The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund has announced four new investments, including new projects from Under The Skin director Carine Adler and One Day In September producer John Battsek.Carine Adler will write and direct Finding Out, a love story set in a small English seaside town about a lonely ...
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Deltamac is newest distributor to enter Hong Kong market
Hong Kong's increasingly competitive distribution sector has a new player Deltamac (HK) Ltd, which will handle the Hong Kong theatrical release of The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers in January next year.The decade-old video distributor, owned by Taiwanese disc manufacturer CMC Magnetics Corp, has quietly put together a ...
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Venice sales: Bim, Distribution 01 active for Italy
Italy's BimDistribuzione has picked up all Italian rights to Blue Moon, Austriandirector Andrea Maria Dusi's feature debut which follows the odyssey of threecharacters from Vienna to the Black Sea port of Odessa. BlueMoon, which received its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival lastmonth, has been sold by First Hand ...
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Venice sales: Bim, Distribution 01 active for Italy
Italy's BimDistribuzione has picked up all Italian rights to Blue Moon, Austriandirector Andrea Maria Dusi's feature debut which follows the odyssey of threecharacters from Vienna to the Black Sea port of Odessa. BlueMoon, which received its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival lastmonth, has been sold by First Hand ...
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RAI Cinema unwraps powerhouse autumn slate
Jeremy Irons hasjoined the cast of Mathilde, a thriller set during the Bosnian War whichis one of a host of new titles on Rome mini-major Rai Cinema's upcomingproduction slate. The Euros7m film,which marks the feature debut of Yugoslav-born director Nina Mimica, seesJeremy Irons play the part of a British army ...
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RAI Cinema unwraps powerhouse autumn slate
Jeremy Irons hasjoined the cast of Mathilde, a thriller set during the Bosnian War whichis one of a host of new titles on Rome mini-major Rai Cinema's upcomingproduction slate. The Euros7m film,which marks the feature debut of Yugoslav-born director Nina Mimica, seesJeremy Irons play the part of a British army ...
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Trust enjoys Lilja sales success, buys Wilderness
Trust Film Sales,the world sales offshoot of Denmark's Zentropa Entertainment has had a busystart to Venice, acquiring David Mackenzie's The Last Wilderness andstriking a number of sales deals on Venice competition picture Lilja 4-Ever.Trust bought Wilderness, adebut feature by noted British shorts director Mackenzie, after its outing atlast month's Edinburgh ...
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Trust enjoys Lilja sales success, buys Wilderness
Trust Film Sales,the world sales offshoot of Denmark's Zentropa Entertainment has had a busystart to Venice, acquiring David Mackenzie's The Last Wilderness andstriking a number of sales deals on Venice competition picture Lilja 4-Ever.Trust bought Wilderness, adebut feature by noted British shorts director Mackenzie, after its outing atlast month's Edinburgh ...
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Mueller goes Downtown with RAI
Former Locarno festival boss, Marco Mueller has signed a ground-breaking deal between a new outfit heis launching, Downtown Pictures, and Rome's Rai Cinema. The deal, which was announced by Mueller, Rai Cinema CEO Giancarlo Leone and president GiulianoMontaldo, is a 2-year first look, non-exclusive production agreement which willsee the Rome ...
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Mueller goes Downtown with RAI
Former Locarno festival boss, Marco Mueller has signed a ground-breaking deal between a new outfit heis launching, Downtown Pictures, and Rome's Rai Cinema. The deal, which was announced by Mueller, Rai Cinema CEO Giancarlo Leone and president GiulianoMontaldo, is a 2-year first look, non-exclusive production agreement which willsee the Rome ...
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Columbia TriStar rolls out with XXX, dominates Europe with MIIB
Columbia TriStar FilmDistributors International (CTFDI) embarked on its second wave of internationalroll-outs for XXX over theweekend, scoring $1.2m in total with openings in Taiwan, Estonia and CentralAmerica. The Vin Diesel action movie grossed $388,000 from 18 screens inTaipei, faring slightly better than studio stablemate Vertical Limit managed in that territory ...
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Hong Kong exhibitors slash ticket prices
Hong Kong cinemas are slashing ticket prices for the second time this year after a disappointing summer in which box office takings slumped by 36%The Hong Kong Theatres Association announced that 51 of HongKong's 60 cinemas will cut admission prices to $3.20 (HK$25) every Tuesday and Wednesday for the next ...
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Phenomenal Greek Wedding is now number two
Disney's Signs held off IFC Films's sprightly My Big Fat GreekWedding to retain top spot with anestimated $16.5m haul over Labour Day weekend as the summer season officiallycame to a close. M Night Shyamalan's crop circle chronicle averaged $4,805 from3,437 theatres and has a cumulative total after five weeks of ...
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Not much to get buzzed up about in Venice
If a festival is only as good as the films it screens,Venice has cause to be more than a little worried. It's day five on the Lido,and so far only the mosquitoes, out in record numbers this year, have beenconsistently successful in getting under the skin.Thestart was respectable enough. Frida, ...