All Screen articles in 5 December 2008 – Page 5

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    Burma VJ - Reporting From a Closed Country wins Amsterdam top prize

    2008-12-01T13:22:00Z

    Burma VJ - Reporting From a Closed Country has won the VPRO Joris Ivens Award 2008, the main competition at IDFA (the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam). Burma VJ - Reporting From a Closed Country consists largely of material filmed in secret by a group of reporters during the uprising against ...

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    Showbox Mediaplexpicks up Breathless, The Pot from Pusan line-up

    2008-12-01T08:15:00Z

    Korea’s Showbox Mediaplex has picked up for international sales two independent films -Yang Ik-june’s Breathless and Kim Tae Gon’s The Pot - from the recent Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) line-up.

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    Katyn, Moscow Belgium among winners at Denver Film Festival

    2008-12-01T01:21:00Z

    Andrzej Wajda's Polish wartime drama Katyn won the best narrative feature in the Starz People's Choice Awards as the 31st Starz Denver Film Festival came to a close last week.Daniel Junge's They Killed Sister Dorothy was named best documentary and Nicky Phelan's Granny O'Grimms Sleeping Beauty won the best short ...

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    New Line's Four Christmases leads Thanksgiving box office parade

    2008-12-01T01:09:00Z

    Ticket sales over the Thanksgiving weekend climbed 3.7% on last year as Warner Bros' comedy Four Christmases - a New Line hand-me-down following the merger earlier this year - starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn dethroned Twilight on an estimated $46.7m over five days and $31.7m over three.Buoyed by excellent ...

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    Slumdog Millionaire wins best film at BIFAs

    2008-11-30T22:27:00Z

    Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at this year's British Independent Film Awards.The film won both best film and best director at the BIFAs, hosted by James Nesbitt at London's Old Billingsgate Market. Slumdog Millionaireactor Dev Patel was also named newcomer of the year.Boyle were presented with the ...

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    SPRI's Quantum stays top in international with $20.1m weekend

    2008-11-30T22:09:00Z

    Bond stayed on top of his game as Sony Pictures Releasing International's Quantum Of Solace added a further $20.1m from 8,755 screens in 73 markets to raise the estimated tally to $340.1m.The $482m worldwide running total will cross the half-billion mark by next weekend. The only new overseas release was ...

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    Sony picks up Spanish rights to El Juego Del Ahorcado

    2008-11-30T21:08:00Z

    Sony Pictures Spain has picked up Spanish distribution rights to renowned director Manuel Gomez Pereira's romantic drama El Juego Del Ahorcado.Based on the novel by Imma Turbau, El Juego tells the story of a young boy and girl, Sandra (Clara Lago)and David (Alvaro Cervantes), who fall in love with each ...

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    International Screenwriters Festival moves date and venue

    2008-11-30T17:37:00Z

    The fourth edition of the International Screenwriters' Festival is to have a new date and venue.The event will shift to October 26-29 at the famous Cheltenham Ladies College school in the Cotswolds town.The event has established itself in recent years as a must-attend event, bringing together writers and the wider ...

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    Expose of the Burmese dictatorship win Amsterdam doc award

    2008-11-30T17:26:00Z

    Burma VJ - Reporting From a Closed Country has won the VPRO Joris Ivens Award 2008, the main competition at IDFA (the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam).The film, described by jury member Bianca Stigter, as 'a harrowing reminder of the power and the weakness of images,' was directed by Dane, Anders ...

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    The Reader

    2008-11-30T17:05:00Z

    Dir: Stephen Daldry. 2008.US/UK/Germany. 122 mins.

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    Frozen River wins Stockholm's Bronze Horse

    2008-11-30T17:01:00Z

    US director Courtney Hunt left Stockholm with 16lb excess luggage, as her feature debut, Frozen River, was awarded the Bronze Horse - the heavy grand prix - of the 19th Stockholm International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday (Nov 30).The jury chaired over by Finnish veteran producer-director Jorn Donnergave the ...

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    Waltz With Bashir takes top prize at Tokyo Filmex

    2008-11-30T13:34:00Z

    Director Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir was awarded the grand prize at the conclusion of the 9th edition of Tokyo Filmex (Nov 22-30).The award carried a cash prize of $10,470 (Y1m). The film's animation director Yoni Goodman was on hand to receive the honour.An Israel-France-Germany co-production, Waltz With Bashir is ...

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    Tony Manero takes top prize at Turin Film Festival

    2008-11-30T13:09:00Z

    Chilean director Pablo Larrain's Tony Manero has won the top prize at the Turin Film Festival.The film also took the Fipresci prize as well as best actor honours forAlfred Castro's portrayal of a 50-year old impersonator of Tony Manero - John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever.Previously seen at Cannes ...