All Screen articles in 7 April 2004 – Page 4
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Malaga film festival unveils competition line-up
The Spanish Film Festival of Malaga (April 23 - May 1) has unveiled its full competition line-up for this year's seventh edition, where actress Geraldine Chaplin, director Fernando Trueba and distributor Enrique Gonzalez Macho will receive tributes.The 16 films in competition offer a broad selection of the current Spanish film ...
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Feature collaboration just the ticket for Loach, Olmi, Kiarostami
International festival favourites Ken Loach, Ermanno Olmi and Abbas Kiarostami are teaming up to direct a single feature film entitled Tickets.The three veteran directors co-wrote the screenplay, which takes place on a train from an Eastern European country to Rome's Termini station. The film is expected to start shooting on ...
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Marshall to get career tribute at Tribeca Festival
The world premiere of GarryMarshall's comedy Raising Helenstarring Kate Hudson at the Tribeca Film Festival will kick off a tribute tothe veteran director on May 2.The screening will befollowed by an on-stage interview and Q&A session with Marshall, whosecredits include Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries and Runaway Bride."We are honoured ...
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Call to cancel Stuttgart film festival
The future of next year's Filmfest Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg looks uncertain after comments by Gabriele Roethemeyer, chief executive of the MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg fund and managing director of the festival's organising body.Speaking to the local newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung on the eve of this week's International Animation Film Festival, Roethemeyer said that she wouldn't ...
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German network cuts acquisition spend, ups film support
ARD, Germany's public broadcasting network plans to cut its spending on film production and acquisition by Euros 100m over the next four years from 2005.Speaking to the German news agency dpa, Hans Wolfgang Jurgan of the film licensing subsidiary Degeto Film said that the present annual expenditure of Euros 240m-250m ...
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TURKEY
Turkey, the latest territory addition to ScreenDaily.com's World Box Office service, boasts two local productions in its current top 10.While down 37% on its previous weekend local hit Neredesin Firuze' continues to hold a top three position and has taken a $4.5m gross to date for UIP.Something's Gotta Give held ...
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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
When I Grow Up I'll Be A Kangaroo (Kad Porastem Bicu Kengur), the new teen comedy from Thunderbirds (Munje) (2001) director Radivoje Rasa Andric and producers Milko Josifov and Zoran Cvijanovic opened at number one last weekend, selling 19,319 admissions for a total gross of $75,695 for Cinears.Josifov is a ...
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Kal Ho Naa Ho leads IIFA nominees
Nikhil Advani's romance KalHo Naa Ho leads the pack of fifthInternational Indian Film Academy (IIFA) nominees with 12 nods including bestpicture, best actor, best actress and best direction.The nominations wereannounced at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi, India, on Mar 31. All winners willbe chosen by the public and handed ...
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FRANCE
Les Choristes remained at number 1 this week with only a 4% drop off its first week out.New entry, Enki Bilal's Immortel, an eerie mix of sci-fi and animation, landed at number 2 with a strong $7,112 per screen average.Viggo Mortensen actioner Hidalgo opened at number 3 with disappointing results ...
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International executives lead New Zealand film school
Fortissimo Film Sales' Wouter Barendrecht, German-based producer-distributor Karl Baumgartner, UK-based producers Judy Counihan and Rosa Bosch and The Warrior producer Bertrand Faivre are amongst the tutors at this month's Film Business School In New Zealand.Twenty-one New Zealand producers have been selected to attend the five-day course, the first time that ...
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Wild Bunch ready to drop lawsuit over revolutionised Che
WithSteven Soderbergh stepping to replace Terrence Malick as the director of Che, this re-written biopic about the Cubanrevolutionary Che Guevara may prove an easier sell on the international market,believes its relieved Paris-based sales agent Wild Bunch.Malick'sabrupt departure last month from Che in order to focus more immediately on The New ...
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Shoots attracted to new studios, locations and low costs
For full Australia and New Zealand production listings, click HEREMany internationally known women adorn the cast lists of Australia's upcoming films, although not all of them are known for being on the big screen.Rachel Hunter, who plays a caravan park Goddess and mother to an indeterminable number of children ...
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Michael Grade appointed chairman of the BBC
Michael Grade, the former chief executive of Channel 4, has been appointed chairman of the BBC.Grade heads UK studio group Pinewood Shepperton, which he announced only this week would float this year on the London stock exchange.Grade is a former controller of BBC1 and director of BBC television programmes and ...
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OZ and NEW ZEALAND Prod Lists - April 2 2004
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALANDAUSTRALIAPRE-PRODUCTIONDECEMBER BOYS(Becker Films) Backers: Film Finance Corporation Australia, South Australian Film Corporation. Int'l sales: MBM (German-speaking territories), Aura Entertainment (rest of world). Dist: Becker (Aust/NZ). Drama. Four orphans go for a holiday by the sea. Friendships are tested and new alliances made when rumours emerge that two ...
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First Look gets domestic to family drama Touching Wild Horses
First Look Media has pickedup all domestic rights to Eleanore Lindo's family drama Touching Wild Horses, which stars Jane Seymour, Charles Martin Smith andMark Rendall.First Look's Bill Bromileynegotiated the deal with David M Perlmutter of the privately owned Canadianproduction company Chesler/Perlmutter.First Look Media will openthe picture theatrically on Apr 30 ...
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WBITD signs multi-year deal with SBS in Holland
Warner BrosInternational Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed an exclusivemulti-year deal with SBS Broadcasting (Holland) for current and upcomingtheatrical pictures and television programming.Titles includethe upcoming Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban and Ocean's Twelve, The Matrix Reloaded, The Last Samurai and Mystic River.The deal also gives SBSBroadcasting, which comprises the ...
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Swedish films face funding crisis
A funding crisis is threatening the Swedish film industry as a conflict between US distributors and local exhibitors threatens to delay the new Swedish Film Agreement.The agreement, which is designed to generate money for local productions, is due for renewal at the end of this year, and a number of ...
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Goldman to produce Crimson Rivers III
During his acceptance speech as French producer of the year, Alain Goldman confirmed that he will be producing a third instalment in the successful Crimson Rivers franchise, to be directed by Florent Emilio Siri who is currently working on Bruce Willis vehicle Hostage.Goldman will also produce an adaptation of 2000 ...
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UK Film Council creates new 'development franchises'
Creating what have been immediately dubbed "development franchises" after the National Lottery super entities formed in the 1990s, the UK Film Council is to underwrite a handful of film operations allying producers with distributors and financiers from the UK and overseas.The initiative, which has had producers and executives scrambling to ...
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German p&a fund comes unstuck
The p&a fund model launched last year by Ideenkapital to raise investment for the marketing costs of three 20th Century Fox releases appears to have come unstuck.According to the Association of German Media Funds (VDM), the tax authorities in Munich at Finanzamt Muenchen III are not expected to recognise the ...