All Screen articles in 5 December 2005
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Korean box office on course to beat 2004 record
Korean box office admissionshit a ten-year high in November and are on course to set a new record byyear-end. In a monthly industry analysis report, multiplex chain CJ CGVprojects admissions for the year to total between 138 -141 million, up 3-4%from last year and bucking global trends.Korean box office has ...
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Korean box office on course to beat 2004 record
Korean box office admissionshit a ten-year high in November and are on course to set a new record byyear-end. In a monthly industry analysis report, multiplex chain CJ CGVprojects admissions for the year to total between 138 -141 million, up 3-4%from last year and bucking global trends.Korean box office has ...
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Korean box office on course to beat 2004 record
Korean box office admissionshit a ten-year high in November and are on course to set a new record byyear-end. In a monthly industry analysis report, multiplex chain CJ CGVprojects admissions for the year to total between 138 -141 million, up 3-4%from last year and bucking global trends.Korean box office has ...
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Germans may hear new finance ideas by Christmas
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's new administration may give an indication of their plans to attract private capital to the local film industry before the Christmasbreak.The issue has been top of the local film agenda after the scrapping of media funds last week and all eyes are now on the new ...
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
Dir: Andrew Adamson. US.2005. 140mins.Hopes are riding high on the back of Aslan, the talking lion, for The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, the first of Disney andWalden Media's mooted adaptation of CS Lewis' seven-book series.Coming after Peter Jackson'sstorming, imaginative rendition of TheLord Of The Rings trilogy - and ...
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Exiles takes top prize at Whistler Film Festival
Ilan Sargosti's Exiles In Lotus Land won the $8,600 (C$10,000)Borsos Award for Best New Canadian Feature as the 5thannual Whistler Film Festival wrapped on Sunday. The National Film Board ofCanada-financed film, which follows Quebecois street youth who have gravitatedto Canada's West Coast, was the lone documentary in the competition of ...
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DuBow named executive vp of worldwide sales at First Look
Kenneth DuBow has joined First Look Studios as executivevice president of worldwide sales.Reportingdirectly to First Look Studios chief executive officer Henry Winterstern andchief operating officer Bill Lischak, DuBow will manage US sales, includingexpansion into syndication, as well as expanding and managing internationalsales.DuBow mostrecently served as president and chief executive officer ...
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...but films will need to pass a cultural test
The UK government has announced details of a new "cultural test" to decide eligibility for its new film tax credit.The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has set out three qualifying categories:* Cultural hubs - where production or filming is UK-based* Cultural practitioners - where the cast, crew ...
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Soda Pictures takes two from Celluloid Dreams
UK distributor Soda Pictures has picked up rights to Laurent Cantet's HeadingSouth (Vers le Sud) andChristoffer Boe's Allegro. Both deals were struck withsales company Celluloid Dreams. Soda said that it bought Heading South after its London Film Festivalshowing, and that it had considered Allegroas a potential acquisition since the script ...
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Doc Exiles wins best new Canadian feature prize at Whistler
Ilan Sargosti's Exiles InLotus Land won the C$10,000 BorsosAward for Best New Canadian Feature as the 5th annual Whistler FilmFestival closed on Sunday. The National Film Board ofCanada-financed film, which follows Quebecois street youth who have gravitatedto Canada's West Coast, was the lone documentary in the competition of six newfeatures. ...
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Iron Island walks away with Goa's Golden Peacock
Iranian film Iron Island, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof,was awarded the Golden Peacock and a cash prize of $25,000 at the 36thInternational Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa (Nov 24 - Dec 4).The film, which screened inthe Directors Fortnight section of this year's Cannes film festival, follows the adventures of ...
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Britain's film industry back in 'business' after tax relief proposal
The long-awaited reform of UK film tax policy revealed yesterday has been widely welcomed by leading industry figures. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown yesterday announced a new net rate of tax relief of 16% for larger-budget films and 20% for lower-budget films. Both rates will apply only to ...
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Aeon Flux
Dir: Karyn Kusama. US. 2005. 92mins.A cult animated MTV series from the early 1990s getsa disappointingly dull live-action makeover in sci-fi thriller Aeon Flux, directed by Sundanceaward-winner (for her debut film Girlfight) Karyn Kusama.Teenage fanboysand their slightly older brothers will be the primary audience, and with Charlize Theron wearing the ...
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...and beats Aeon Flux at US box office
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire stayed on top of the domestic box officefor a third weekend, with an estimated $20.5m haul that raised the runningtotal to $229.8m.The family film is slowing down but still had much for thecompetition, including the only new title to break into the top ...
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Yves Marmion named chairman of the European Film Academy
French producer Yves Marmion was elected as the new Chairman of the EuropeanFilm Academy (EFA) on the eve of the weekend's European Film Awards ceremony.Marmion has taken over from NikPowell who had been serving as EFA's Acting Chairmansince the sudden and unexpected death of the previous Chairman producer Humbert Balsan ...
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Italian composer Francesco De Masi dies aged 75
Francesco De Masi, the Italian composer whose credits include LoneWolf McQuade, documentaries and numerous spaghetti Westerns, has died. He was75.De Masi was born in Rome on Jan11, 1930, and studied composition at the Neapolitan Conservatory under thedirection of Achille Longo. He moved on to study orchestra direction at theChigiana Academy ...
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Harry has stunning third weekend in international with $92.6m
In a stunning third weekenddisplay that underlines the might of the international arena, Harry PotterAnd The Goblet Of Fire added anestimated $92.6m from more than 11,600 prints in 57 markets for a $330.6mrunning total.Combined with the estimated$229m domestic tally the family picture's worldwide gross now stands at morethan $560m.Goblet Of ...
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Haneke's Hidden takes top honours at EFAs
MichaelHaneke's Hidden (Cache) was the big winner at last night's European FilmAwards in Berlin, including best film.TheFrench-Austrian-German-Italian co-production's honours included best director forHaneke, best actor for Daniel Auteuil, and best editor for Michael Hudecek andNadine MuseThe PrixScreen International went to George Clooney's Good Night, And Good Luck.Thebiggest ovation of the ...
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Grandmother's House goes home with top doc honours
The18th International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) ended on an upbeatnote at the weekend with the award of the Joris Ivens prize to MyGrandmother's House, from Spanish director AdanAliaga. Anintimate study of the relationship between a grandmother and her grandchild,the film is sold by Madrid-based Kevin Williams Associates.IDFA'sSpecial Jury Award ...
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Hidden soars at EFA awards
Michael Haneke'sHidden (Cache) was the big winner atSaturday night's European Film Awards in Berlin,making off with five awards, including best film. TheFrench-Austrian-German-Italian co-production also won best director for Haneke, best actor for Daniel Auteil,best editing for Michael Hudecek and Nadine Muse, andthe FIPRESCI critics' prize.It was a vindicationfor Haneke, as ...