All Screen articles in 6 August 2007 – Page 3
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Middle East in the Midwest
As a slew of Iraq-themed films are readied for wide US theatrical release, Patrick Z McGavin talks to two film-makers about the appetite for the subject among financiers and audiences. After the breakout success of his second feature, The Illusionist, director Neil Burger had an enviable freedom when choosing his ...
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Comic-Con: geek power
The desire to tap into Comic-Con's powerful nerd demographic is luring Hollywood to the San Diego event - at the expense of ShoWest. Jeremy Kay reports. The flurry of key studio casting announcements on 2008 tentpoles that emanated from Comic-Con last week will have been closely monitored by industry watchers. ...
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Canada - Ten years in the making
On September 14, Jan Miller's baby turns 10. Strategic Partners (SP), the co-production market she founded in 1998 will begin a new decade.Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada as an adjunct of the Atlantic Film Festival, the three-day event has developed a reputation as a no-nonsense destination for producers ...
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Film investment: bursting with cash
The global film business is being revolutionised as billions of dollars of bank finance pours into the sector. Richard Brass explores why institutions are more willing to embrace risk, and asks banking luminaries whether they are taking on too muchThe dramatic developments in film financing over the last few years ...
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Britdoc: international incidents
This year's Britdoc festival underlined why UK documentary film-makers are turning to the international market. Wendy Mitchell reports. Oxford's Britdoc festival hopes to distinguish itself from other UK festivals by setting its sights on the international market for feature documentaries. This year's event (July 25-27), with increased ranks of US ...
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Bourne to run
The Bourne series was one of the first major productions to put its international financing structure on screen. As Universal gears up for the global roll-out of The Bourne Ultimatum, John Hazelton explores the benefits of such globe-trotting. Even for an international man of mystery, Jason Bourne really gets around. ...
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Margery Bone: contenders shift stage to screen
Margery Bone is using her contacts in theatre to develop new talent and feature projects. Wendy Mitchell reports. Producer Margery Bone knows first-hand how one career can morph into another. She started as an actress in her teens and 20s before moving into producing shorts and features.And now she is ...
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Bollywood box-office: for better or for worse
Why are Bollywood distributors optimistic despite recent local flops' Udita Jhunjhunwala reports.India has seen a slow start to 2007 despite earlier predictions from the Indian film industry of a buoyant first six months. 2006 was the most successful year in a decade for Hindi films in the territory and while ...
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Crowds flock to Bart exhibition
The Simpsons Movie raked in the international doh! this weekend as Fox's much-awaited film opened with $82.5m over the three-day period. The Springfield gang amassed a total of $96.8m across 71 territories on 5,527 screens for a whopping $14,925 average. The fifth Harry Potter instalment slipped by 51% to second ...
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Bergman and Antonioni: through a lens darkly
Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni both challenged audiences and understood the power of film, saysLen KladyEarlier this week a US television commentator, in marking the passing of Ingmar Bergman, referred to him as the greatest film-maker of all time. He didn't use any qualifiers and his tone evinced not the ...
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'Our focus now is much more on the slate facilities' - Anthony Beaudoin on film financing
The global film business is being revolutionised as billions of dollars of bank finance pours into the sector. Anthony Beaudoin, senior vice-president and manager, film finance, Bank of Ireland, gives Richard Brass his assessment.Until four years ago, the Bank of Ireland had no involvement at all in the film industry, ...
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Amitabh Bachchan: Indian summer
Bollywood idol Amitabh Bachchan tells Chris Evans why his days of singing and dancing are behind him as more challenging roles beckon. 'The Indian economy is opening up and as a result the country's culture, food, dress and industry are suddenly becoming very attractive. Investment is coming from all parts ...
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'There's only a handful of banks now that are willing to do the smaller deals' - Adrian Ward on film financing
The global film business is being revolutionised as billions of dollars of bank finance pours into the sector. Adrian Ward, vice-president of the entertainment, sports and media group, Israel Discount Bank, gives Richard Brass his assessment.Not every film financier is abandoning the single-picture deal and piling into multi-picture slate deals ...
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Liberty Kid wins top prize at NY International Latino festival
Ilya Chaiken's inner city drama Liberty Kid won the 8th New York International Latino Film Festival's (NYILFF) Best Picture Award and a $2,500 prize as the event drew to a close at the weekend [Jul 29].Alexandre Fuchs' debut feature Hijos De La Guerra (Children Of The War) won best documentary ...
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Sony takes multiple territories on Frank Miller's The Spirit
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG) has picked up comic book adaptation The Spirit for France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, and Latin America excluding Brazil and Mexico.The deal was brokered through Odd Lot International. Gigi Pritzker and Deborah Del Prete's Odd Lot Entertainment is producing the film with Lionsgate, which holds ...
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UK 's Footprint Films aims to raise initial $22m with new film fund
Yet another player has entered the UK film financing landscape. Film finance house Footprint Films has worked with The Route Group to launch the Footprint Film Fund, which aims to raise an initial $22m and a further $21m during its first year of operation. Footprint said it would offer a ...
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Toronto to host world premiere of Taymor's Universe
Julie Taymor's pop music odyssey Across The Universe will have its world premiere as a gala presentation at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, it was announced today. Also announced as a gala is Woody Allen's Venice world premiere title Cassandra's Dream.The musical pays homage to 30 'generation-defining' pop songs ...
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Kings to get US showcase through Directors Guild
The Screen Directors Guild of Ireland (SDGI) in association with the Directors Guild of America (DGA), has announced that the winner of this year's Directors Finders Series Award is Kings, directed by Tom Collins. Kings will be showcased on Sept 28 in the DGA Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Los ...
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Simon West starts shoot for $51m Purple Mountain in Nanjing
Purple Mountain, a feature film about the Nanjing massacre during WWII, started shooting yesterday in Nanjing's Pukou train station with Con Air director Simon West working off a script by Jeffrey Caine, who previously adapted The Constant Gardener. The project is budgeted at $51m (RMB400m), co-produced by Jiangsu Province Cultural ...
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Directors in Warp X's Darklight include McKeon and Bhide
Low-budget studio Warp X has selected the four directors going forward in its Darklight: Women Direct Horror scheme. The directors are Smita Bhide, Miranda Bowen, Corinna Faith and Juliet McKeon. Each will now work with Warp X to develop their individual projects. Bhide's project is about a young Indian woman ...