All Screen articles in 7 November 2001 – Page 2
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Martin Sheen becomes latest London fest dropout
US actor Martin Sheen has bowed out of an on-stage appearance and interview at this month's Regus London Film Festival, the event has confirmed.The UK festival said that Sheen's decision to pull out was due to "work commitments", although it comes only days after Bruce Willis said he would stay ...
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Telefonica Media ready to sell stakes, change name
Telefonica Media, part of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, is to slim down the assets it owns and focus on a simpler array of businesses in Europe and Latin America. It will also change name to Admira.At a rare press conference, Telefonica Media executive president Juan Jose Nieto confirmed reports that ...
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Pressman's ContentFilm hires Tulley, Roban
Ed Pressman and John Schmidt's digital production and distribution outfit ContentFilm has hired Douglas Tulley as the company's chief financial officer and Michael Roban as head of business affairs. Prior to joining ContentFilm, Tulley was senior vice president of finance and strategic planning at USA Films, and a vice president ...
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Brenda Johns hired as Warner int'l distrib exec
Brenda Johns has been named vice president, international distribution at Warner Bros Pictures.Johns will be responsible for supporting the department's distribution efforts for all Warner Bros Pictures-produced titles, as well as international acquisitions and co-productions."Brenda has an extensive background in theatrical distribution, as well as great instincts and foresight," said ...
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UIP chiefs Oneile, Cripps sign for five more years
United International Pictures (UIP) chairman Paul Oneile and president Andrew Cripps have both renewed their contracts with the company, taking them through to 2006. The move comes as UIP enjoys a strong year, having already grossed $1.7bn this year thanks to films such as Shrek, Bridget Jones Diary and American ...
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Rave Macbeth shines for US' Constellation
US indie distributor Constellation Entertainment has picked up Rave Macbeth, an all digital filming of Shakespeare's Macbeth transposed to the modern day rave dance scene.Constellation will give the picture, directed by Klaus Knoesel, a theatrical release in April 2002 and then handle video and DVD releases. The $3.5m English-language film ...
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BAFTA LA ceremony postponed five months
Political events have caused the postponement of the BAFTA LA Britannia Awards until April 12.The awards, where George Lucas is to receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film, and HBO Original Programming the Britannia Award for Excellence in Television, were scheduled for Nov 10.BAFTA LA Chairman Gary ...
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Truly Human tops Luebeck's Nordic Film Days
Danish Dogme-title Truly Human (Et Rigtigt Menneske) went away with top honours, the NDR-Foerderpreis worth $11,500 (DM25,000) and the Baltischer Filmpreis, at the 43rd Nordic Film Days in Luebeck, Germany.The jury glowing said of the film: "Through the eyes of a modern Kaspar Hauser, the film succeeds in laying bare ...
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British Telecom applies for broadcast licence
British Telecommunications (BT) has applied to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) for a licence to become a TV broadcaster.Although it says it currently has no near term plans to operate services it is known to be eyeing video-on-demand (VoD) and multi-channel TV. BT also admitted that its networks would need ...
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UK press is spellbound by Harry Potter magic
The UK awoke on Monday morning to blanket coverage of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.With the exception of business daily The Financial Times, every British national paper carried front page news of the film's premiere at Leicester Square. The premiere was attended by a stream of celebrities as well ...
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Behind The Sun, Lagaan, Atanarjuat join Oscar race
Walter Salles' Behind The Sun, Cannes Camera d'Or winner Atanarjuat The Fast Runner and epic cricketing film Lagaan have joined an increasingly promising line-up as India, Canada and four Latin American countries unveiled their Oscar hopefuls.Japan picked the less well-known film Go, a drama by Yukisada Isao about a boy ...
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Korea's CJ poised to suck up newcomer Tube
South Korean major CJ Entertainment is poised to acquire independent outfit Tube Entertainment in a deal that looks to reshape the landscape of the Korean film industry. A formal acquisition is likely to take place by late November or early December, around the time that CJ Entertainment intends to ...
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Emmys pick Judy Davis over Emma Thompson
The 53rd Annual Prime Time Emmy awards, twice-cancelled in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, finally went ahead Nov. 4. There were no great surprises in terms of network television series ' NBC's White House fiction The West Wing won its second consecutive award for best drama series ...
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Monsters, Inc. swallows $63.5m
Michael Eisner will be sighing with relief. The Walt Disney/Pixar animation, Monsters, Inc., scored a $63.5m opening weekend bonanza. Based on estimates, the film set a Disney record and, more important symbolically, reclaims from DreamWorks the record for a three-day opening by an animated film. DreamWorks' animated film Shrek opened ...
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MMG boards Palm Tree drama quartet
Armi Artsi's Milestone Media Group (MMG) has boarded a slate of four period features being readied by Scottish development and production outfit Palm Tree Productions. The deal was finalised at last week's Mifed film market.Palm Tree recently secured independent financial backing from Monaco-based media investment company IP Hedge for the ...
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MIFED: UK's Film Company enjoys bumper sales
Defying the economic and political gloom, UK foreign sales outfit The Film Company enjoyed a busy MIFED.It sold Zombie Dawn of the Dead to Gaga Communications, comfortably Japan's leading buyer in MilanUK independent title The Bunker was sold to Mi-Pic for Japan, AMIK Films for Spain, GMI for South Korea, ...
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Film-makers protest Iran's treatment of Milani
Film-makers' association Facets Multimedia, critics group FIPRESCI and dozens of film directors have voiced their support for jailed Iranian auteur Tahmineh Milani, who faces execution over her recent film The Hidden Half.Industry luminaries who have appealed to the Iranian government to relent include Francis Ford Coppola, Ang Lee, Steven Soderbergh, ...
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MIFED: Paradiso nets magnificent seven for Benelux
Territories making themselves noticed this MIFED by the numbers and activity of their buyers included Benelux, Turkey and Russia. One company from Benelux was particularly busy. Brussels-based independent distributor Paradiso Entertainment bought Benelux rights to The Human Stain and The Adopted from Lakeshore. From New Line, a regular source of ...
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EFCA lobbies against EC-proposed subsidy ceiling
Film lobby group, the European Film Companies Alliance (EFCA) has taken issue with a key European Commission communication on state aid schemes for cinema.The Commission proposal was published last week and recommended capping state aid to 50% of a film's production budget, arguing that this would stimulate the growth of ...
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UK French Festival to benefit from Amelie success
The 10th instalment of the French Film Festival UK will get underway on Nov 16 with an Amelie-like air of optimism.The festival includes screenings of Eric Rohmer's The Lady And The Duke (L'Anglaise Et Le Duc), Gabriel Aghion's Absolutely Fabulous (Absolument Fabuleux), Claude Miller's Betty Fischer And Other Stories and ...
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