All Screen articles in 5 May 2008 – Page 3
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Latin America - Lure of the Latin beat
BRAZILThe country's cities and the mighty Amazon are providing the backdrop to a growing number of US productions. Elaine Guerini reports.Brazil is gradually shedding its image as a violent and volatile place for film-making by welcoming a host of international footloose productions to the territory. Not content with stunning and ...
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Latin America - Q&A - Niv Fichman
Name: Niv Fichman, producer, Rhombus MediaProduction: BlindnessFernando Meirelles' Blindness is set in an unnamed modern city. Last year, it shot in Sao Paulo for four weeks in October, in Montevideo, Uruguay for one week in September and in Canada for five weeks in August and September- Why did you shoot ...
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Latin America - Q&A - Gale Anne Hurd
Name: Gale Anne Hurd, producerProduction: The Incredible HulkThis loose follow-up to 2003's Hulk shot in Rio de Janeiro in November (10 days in Tavares Bastos, three days in Bhering, one day in Lapa and one day in the Tijuca Forest) after 14 weeks in Canada- Why did you shoot in ...
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Latin America - Q&A - Francis Ford Coppola
Name: Francis Ford Coppola, director and producerProduction: TetroA co-production between Zoetrope Argentina, Zoetrope (US), Tornasol (Spain), Castafiore Films and BIM (Italy), Tetro follows the rivalries within an artistic Italian family living in Argentina. Shooting in Buenos Aires, Calafate, Bariloche in Argentina and Alicante in Spain from April until June with ...
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Latin America - Q&A - Laura Bickford
Name: Laura Bickford, producerProduction: The ArgentineA US-Spanish co-production between Focus Features, Estudios Picasso, Laura Bickford Productions, Morena Films, Section 8 and Telecinco about Che Guevara's involvement in the Cuban revolution. The majority (12 weeks) of the shoot was done in the state of Campeche, Mexico from May to July, the ...
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Latin America - Argentina
Buenos Aires alone hosted 18 feature films last year, of which three were international productions, including James Ivory's The City Of Your Final Destination. And productivity looks to be continuing into 2008 with Francis Ford Coppola in town this month to shoot immigration drama Tetro.The city's attractions are multiple: experienced ...
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Latin America - Mexico
Steven Soderbergh is the latest in a long line of major US film-makers to be lured across the border, shooting his Che Guevara film The Argentine in Mexico. With its low costs, diverse landscapes, professional crews and proximity to Los Angeles, the country has long been a popular production destination ...
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Profile: The Latin Amercian Film Company
Eduardo Costantini Jr first met Harvey Weinstein at a dinner during the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.Costantini is the son of an Argentinian tycoon who made his fortune in asset management and commercial real estate. At the time of the Weinstein meeting, Costantini Jr was running the Museum of Latin American ...
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The international view - Bringing it all back home
Screen's first-quarter box-office survey indicates a widening gap between international and domestic performance. While US and Canadian revenues ran around 3% off the 2007 pace, the international tally was 30% up year on year. In financial terms that means the international market was responsible for $4.28bn (71%) of the $6.5bn ...
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New Zealand - A-list Shines with Kiwi polish
It may be small but New Zealand is one of the world's most popular filming locations. James Cameron has finished shooting the action sci-fi Avatar for Twentieth Century Fox in the territory, while Guillermo Del Toro is set to spend the next four years in New Zealand shooting two Hobbit ...
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13 projects line up for Sundance Directors & Screenwriters Labs
The Sundance Institute has selected 13 projects for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 26- June 26.Under the leadership of Michelle Satter and the artistic direction of Gyula Gazdag, the projects selected for this year's residency include ...
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LongTale International picks up world rights to Palladin
LongTale International has acquired worldwide rights to Pine Hill/Tousi's comedy Looking For Palladin starring Ben Gazzara, Talia Shire and David Moscow.Andrzej Krakowski wrote and directed the story of a brash Hollywood talent agent who travels to Guatemala to track down a retired Oscar-winning actor.LongTale International will screen the film to ...
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Hollingsworth named MD of Warner Home Video Mexico
Schuyler Hollingsworth III has been promoted to managing director of Warner Home Video Mexico.Hollingsworth will manage all operations including DVD, video games and digital revenue streams and will work closely with senior management in the US and Canada to streamline the business.Schuyler previously served as vice president of sales, theatrical ...
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Canadian finance minister wades into C-10 fray
Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty has entered the ongoing film tax credit fray, saying the proposed tax law should not be amended and suggesting the issue will be a confidence vote of the Conservative minority government he represents.The minister's comments followed an appearance before the Senate banking committee studying the ...
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The Descent 2 starts shooting this weekend for Celador
Celador Films and Pathe will start principal photography on May 4 (Sunday) for The Descent 2.The film will reunite the team from the original horror hit. Neil Marshall, who directed the original, will this time produce alongside Christian Colson of Celador. Jon Harris, who edited The Descent, will make his ...
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Phathanavirangoon appointed TIFF South-East Asian programmer
Former Fortissimo Films executive Raymond Phathanavirangoon has been appointed South-East Asian programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival. His selection remit includes Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. His co-programmer, TIFF veteran Giovanna Fulvi, will continue to programme titles from mainland China, Japan and ...
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Media Luna picks up Family Rules, three market debuts for Cannes
Cologne-based sales company Media Luna Entertainment has picked up international distribution for Marc Meyer's ironic comedy Family Rules (Wir Sagen Du! Schatz) and is lining up another three market premieres for Cannes.Meyer's feature debut, starring Samuel Finzi, Nina Kronjaeger, and Anna Maria Muehe, was the closing film at last year's ...
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Senator's slate includes new features from Bornhak, Gansel
Senator Film has unveiled plans for two in-house productions and two co-productions this year, including new feature films by Achim Bornhak and Dennis Gansel, and an adaptation of Nick Greger's true story about his metamorphosis from one of Germany's leading right-wing extremists to an anti-Fascist.In its financial report for 2007 ...
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Britdoc opens applications for Big Pitch forum
Britdoc, now in its third year, has opened applications for The Big Pitch, it's Dragon's Den-style international pitching forum.Investors and comissioning editors from the US, Europe and Asia will participate. Last year's panel included experts from HBO, IFC, ARTE, Sundance Institute, ITVS, NHK Japan, Netflix, Discovery Films and SBS Australia.More ...
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Black & Blue starts shooting UK comedy Mixed Up
Black & Blue Films has started shooting UK comedy Mixed Up. The story, set in a record shop, stars Billy Murray, Adele Silva, Terry Stone, Zara Dawson, Lee Otwayterry Stone, Anna Brecon, Faye Tozer, Lisa McAllister, Giles Alderson, Sylvester McCoy and Abi Titmuss.The privately financed project is shooting on location ...