All Screen articles in 7 November 2001 – Page 4

  • News

    Iberoamerican forum to host 44 new film projects

    2001-10-31T18:18:00Z

    Spanish organisers of the annual Iberoamerican Co-production Forum (Nov 18-20) have unveiled the list of 44 new feature film projects set to participate in this year's event.Attendance at the Forum, which functions as a mini-market, is expected to be high thanks to its new date and location. The event will ...

  • News

    Tykwer's Heaven to open Berlinale 2002

    2001-10-31T18:15:00Z

    As predicted, Tom Tykwer's Heaven, starring Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi, has been selected as the opening film of Dieter Kosslick's first Berlin festival as director, making its world premiere on February 6, 2002. (Screendaily Oct 12, 2001)German films have rarely opened the Berlinale, let alone been selected for the ...

  • News

    Muted Mifed benefits smaller buyers

    2001-10-31T17:57:00Z

    With many of the big US and Japanese players absent, 2001 was never going to be a vintage year for MIFED. The market corridors of the Fiera in Milan were visibly quieter than in previous years and a number of exhibitor booths were paid for but remained empty. As a ...

  • Reviews

    Vajont

    2001-10-31T15:53:00Z

    Dir: Renzo Martinelli. Italy/France. 2001. 116 mins.Vajont is an all-European disaster movie. Although it's tempting to shuffle the word-order, producer-director Renzo Martinelli's $8.2 million production is not an all-European movie disaster: it's just a mediocre example of the genre. Although it boasts a couple of French co-stars (Daniel Auteil and ...

  • News

    Gumpert joins Intermedia Film Equities

    2001-10-31T00:18:00Z

    Former Universal Pictures executive vp Jon Gumpert has joined the Internationalmedia Group as vice chairman of Intermedia Film Equities USA, Inc.In his new post, Gumpert will be in charge of supervising worldwide feature film operations, including the structuring and financing of film projects, while further areas of responsibility will be ...

  • News

    Ross exits Ster Century to launch art-house plexes

    2001-10-31T00:14:00Z

    Mike Ross, managing director of pan-European exhibition circuit Ster Century Europe, has exited the company. He is replaced by Selwyn Grimsley, previously European operations director. Both Ross and Grimsley are founding directors of Ster Century, which now operates 190 screens across the UK, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Poland, Hungary, the Czech ...