All Screen articles in 6 January 2008 – Page 3

  • News

    Universal says 2007 was studio's 'most profitable year of all time'

    2008-01-02T22:18:00Z

    Universal Pictures has reported that 2007 marked a box office high for the studio with a global take of $2.133bn, consisting of a best ever $1.099bn domestic gross and $1.034bn in international markets.The studio also said it had scored best-ever financial returns from its domestic home entertainment and international television ...

  • News

    Japan, Korea make strong showing in HAF 2008 line-up

    2008-01-02T21:30:00Z

    Japan's Nakata Hideo (Ring series) and South Korea's Park Chan-wook (Old Boy) and Bong Joon-ho (The Host) are among the world-renowned Asian filmmakers who have had projects selected for the 2008 edition of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF). A total of 25 projects have been selected for the ...

  • News

    Robert Luketic's 21 to open 15th South By Southwest

    2008-01-02T19:53:00Z

    Columbia Pictures thriller 21 directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey will open the 15th South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival on March 7 in Austin, Texas.The film, based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down The House: The Inside Story Of Six ...

  • News

    Films Distribution to premiere three new features at Rendez-Vous

    2008-01-02T17:37:00Z

    French sales outfit Films Distribution has announced the world premieres of three new titles at the upcoming Rendez-Vous with French cinema. The event, organized by French film export body Unifrance, runs Jan 10-14 in Paris.At the Rendez-Vous, Films Distribution will screen The Maiden And The Wolves directed by Gilles Legrand ...

  • News

    Berlin-Brandenburg and Hamburg funds receive more cash

    2008-01-02T17:00:00Z

    Father Christmas did not forget the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB) and Filmfoerderung Hamburg Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH) as local politicians have decided to increase their financial commitment to their respective funds.The federal state of Brandenburg provided an additional$2.2m (Euros 1.5m) for MBB's 2007 budget, bringing the final total to $42.3m (Euros 28.7m).The ...

  • Reviews

    Those Three (An Seh)

    2008-01-02T13:13:00Z

    Dir/Scr: Naghi Nemati. Iran, 2007. 77mins.Naghi Nemati's assured, poetic debut proves that the Iranian talent factory is still up and running. Playing in Dubai after its Locarno festival bow and Toronto slot, this austerely-shot existential odyssey about three soldiers lost in a snowy wasteland seems tailor-made to illustrate Fellini's claim ...

  • News

    Yip rejoins Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures

    2008-01-02T12:22:00Z

    May Yip has rejoined Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures (EMP) as general manager for distribution. Yip left EMP in 2003 to join Fortune Star Entertainment in which she spent the next four years heading up distribution. In her new role at EMP, she reports directly to chief executive Albert Lee.Lee ...

  • There Will Be Blood
    Features

    Best Picture: There Will Be Blood

    2008-01-01T12:02:00Z

    Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films

  • No Country For Old Men
    Features

    Best Picture: No Country For Old Men

    2008-01-01T12:00:00Z

    Miramax Films, Paramount Vantage