All Screen articles in 7 April 2000 – Page 2
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Zentropa, Cylo team for paranormal strand
Zentropa Internationale, the recently-launched international arm of Dogme co-creators Zentropa, has partnered with start-up UK production house Cylo Film to form a new strand of innovative films where Dogme meets The X-Files.Although not being made as Dogme films, the English-language paranormal thrillers are to combine a quasi-documentary style with paranormal ...
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UGC acquires Gaumont's Antwerp multiplex
French exhibition giant UGC is buying rival Gaumont's 17-screen multiplex in Antwerp, Belgium for $22m (FFr150m), as part of its Europe-wide expansion plan kickstarted by the acquisition of the UK's Virgin circuit last year.UGC currently has two multiplexes in Brussels but plans to increase this number to five by next ...
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Kadokawa plunders comics for first kids' feature
Japanese media giant Kadokawa Shoten Publishing is making its first foray into children's features with Fushigi No Tatari-chan (Mysterious Little Tatari), based on a popular Kadokawa comic by Nanako Inuki.Kadokawa plans to release the film, which stars child actress Natxumi Ohira, during this summer's school holiday season. It will be ...
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Portugal's SIC Filmes unveils debut slate
Leading Portuguese private broadcaster SIC (Sociedad Independente de Comunicao) has unveiled the remaining seven projects on its debut film production slate of 10 made-for-TV movies. The slate, which nearly doubles Portugal's annual feature film output, was launched in 1999 under the banner SIC Filmes, in association with the national cinema ...
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Afrika to produce Diamonds with De Angelis, Global
Cape Town-based production outfit, Film Afrika Worldwide, is co-producing two feature-length TV movies, Diamond Hunters, with Italy's De Angelis and German investment fund Global Entertainment.Roy Scheider is set to star in the films, which are based on Wilbur Smith's best-selling novel of the same name. Denis Berry, whose credits include ...
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Cineart set to shoot Chytilova's Eden
Prague-based production outfit Cineart Production is developing the next feature from veteran Czech filmmaker Vera Chytilova - the $450,000 (CKR15m) Expulsion From Eden - which is set to shoot this summer.The project is a tragi-comedy revolving around a medical doctor who is given money by the Russian mafia to make ...
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Human Resources (Ressources Humaines)
Dir: Laurent Cantet. France. 1999. 100 mins.Prod Co: A La Sept Arte/Haut et Court production with the participation of Centre National de la Cinematographie, Procirep, BBC Films. Int'l Sales: Celluloid Dreams. US sales: Menemsha Entertainment. Prods: Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta. Exec Prod: Barbara Letellier. Scr: Laurent Cantet, Gilles Marchand. DoPs: ...
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The Wog Boy sails past A$10m mark
The Wog Boy, a broad Australian comedy with a strong Greek influence, has passed the A$10m mark at the local box office, and now has only four titles to overtake to make it into the all-time top 10 of locally-produced films.A mainstream film that reaches A$10m is regarded as a ...
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New Line Int'l pacts with newcomer Nexo in Italy
New Line International (NLI) has closed a round of package deals on its upcoming product and is finalising a new partnership in Italy with start-up distribution company Nexo Pictures.Nexo, which was formed by cinema-owner Ernesto Di Sarro, contingent on the New Line deal, has taken eight pictures initially - Frequency, ...
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Till joins Tiger Aspect board
Stewart Till, former president of Universal Pictures International, has joined the board of leading UK TV company Tiger Aspect.Till joins the outfit's holding board as a non-executive director and will also take a position on the board of film arm Tiger Aspect Pictures. He joins with immediate effect.The move follows ...
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Film Consortium leads backers on Manchevski's Dust
Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski goes back behind the camera today, finally going into production in New York on Dust, his long-cherished "epic western" which was originally set up in 1995 as a co-production between Robert Redford's South Fork Pictures and Miramax Films.The movie is now being backed by a host ...
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The Nameless wins Brussels Golden Raven
Spanish title The Nameless, directed by Jaume Balaguero, was awarded the Golden Raven at the 18th Brussels Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Films (March 17 - April 1). The prize includes $25,000 (BFr1m) towards the film's domestic or international promotion. The Nameless has previously picked up the European ...
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NETHERLANDS: News In Brief
Endemol takes stake in Italy's PalomarEndemol Entertainment, soon to be acquired by Spanish multimedia giant Telefonica, is taking a controlling 51% stake in Italian film and TV producer Palomar. Endemol, which produces successful format Big Brother, already owns Italian sitcom producer Aran and has subsidiaries and joint ventures in 14 ...
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Alliance seeks licence for joint venture with BBC
Several Canadian entertainment companies including Alliance Atlantis Broadcasting, have applied for licences to operate digital specialty channels in the latest request for proposals by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Among Alliance's proposals, which include channels devoted to independent film, books and biographical documentaries, is a partnership with BBC Worldwide ...
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Constantin, Impact join forces to build Stonehenge
Jeremy Bolt and Paul Anderson's UK and US-based production outfit Impact Pictures is partnering with German powerhouse Constantin Film on an adaptation of historical epic Stonehenge 2000 BC.The two companies will jointly produce the picture with Constantin taking worldwide rights in all media. Paul Anderson is to direct subject to ...
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Czech film industry slams proposed audiovisual law
The Czech film industry has attacked the country's impending audiovisual legislation because it contains a dramatically scaled down version of proposed film body, the Czech Audiovisual Centre.The Czech Audiovisual Law, intended to bring the country in line with European audiovisual legislation, gets its second reading in parliament on April 27. ...
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Suzhou wins top honours at Paris Festival
Suzhou He (Suzhou River), a second film by Chinese film-maker Ye Lou, picked up the Grand Prize at the 15th Paris Film Festival (March 27 - April 3). The film also walked away with the best actress award for Xun Zhou.Suzhou became one of the hottest films at this year's ...
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A Paradise Under The Stars
Dir: Gerardo Chijona. Cuba/Spain. 1999. 90 mins.Prod cos: Wanda Film, Institute Of Art And Film Cuba. Int'l sales: Wanda Film. Exec prods: Evelio Delgado, Puy Oria. Prods: Camilo Vives, Jose Maria Morales. Scr: Gerardo Chijona, Luis Aguero, Senel Paz. DoP: Raul Perez Ureta. Art dir: Erick Grass. Ed: Rori Saenz ...
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Yes claims $1bn value in run-up to float
UK video-on-demand pioneer Yes TV yesterday said that it believes it is worth more than $1bn, although it has less than 1,500 subscribers.The valuation came as Yes unveiled details of its planned flotation on the London stockmarket and said that its shares will be priced in the 225p-275p range. That ...
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Witt joins cast of PlesWin's Hollywood Sign
Germany's controversy-courting former ice-skating champion, Katarina Witt, is poised to return to the big screen in The Hollywood Sign. The film is the first to be financed by Eric Pleskow and Leon De Winter's Dutch studio PlesWin Entertainment Group and is the US production debut of Sonke Wortmann, German director ...
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