All Screen articles in 5 December 2002 – Page 4

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    Germany's Tobis breaks away from StudioCanal

    2002-11-29T04:05:00Z

    The future for German distributor Tobis has become much clearer after a management buyout (MBO) by shareholders Kilian Rebentrost and Pathe.The MBO has seen the duo acquire StudioCanal's 60% majority holding in the Berlin-based company. They have also taken over the activities of its local production arm StudioCanal Produktion, which ...

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    Asian film libraries prepare to reveal hidden treasures

    2002-11-29T04:05:00Z

    Two years after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the jury is still out on whether the film created a huge, global market for Chinese-language film. However, several Asian companies are still working on the assumption that the film's international box office success managed to kick down numerous doors, and not just ...

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    Portugal's national film institute appoints new president

    2002-11-29T04:05:00Z

    Portugal's National Film Institute ICAM has appointed a new president in the midst of an industry-wide controversy concerning the funding body's outstanding debts.Elisio Cabral de Oliveira was appointed to replace long-time ICAM president Pedro Berhan da Costa, who resigned late last month amid multiple back-and-forth accusations of incompetence with the ...

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    Tracy Geraghty appointed director of Film Makers Ireland

    2002-11-29T04:05:00Z

    Film Makers Ireland (FMI) has announced the appointment of Tracy Geraghty as the new Director of the association.Until recently, Geraghty has been programme manager with North by Northwest, the Denmark-based script development programme supported by the MEDIA Programme. Prior to that she had worked with Eurimages and with the Irish ...

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    Anomalies delay foreign language Oscar announcement

    2002-11-29T04:05:00Z

    The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has delayed naming its list of official entries for the 2003 foreign language Oscar category in order to clear up anomalies over submissions from Afghanistan, Palestine, Hong Kong and the UK. The list was expected to go up on the Academy's official ...

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    Argentinian production levels leap 50% - despite economic crisis

    2002-11-29T04:05:00Z

    Argentina is producing an astonishing number of films, despite the country experiencing the worst economic crisis in its history. According to Bernardo Bergeret, marketing director of Argentinian film institute (INCAA), so far there have been 156 feature films in various phases of production this year, 50% more than in 2001. ...

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    Spain's digital TV merger is finally approved

    2002-11-29T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish government has approved a merger between the country's two leading digital satellite TV operators Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) and Via Digital. The government regulator placed some 34 conditions on the merger. More than a dozen of these concern rights to cinema content and thematic channels. Ten further conditions ...