All Screen articles in 7 November 2005 – Page 6
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The Whispering Of The Gods (Germania No Yoru)
Dir: Tatsushi Omori. Jap. 2005. 107mins.An unblinking plunge into depravity, blasphemy andviolence, set in the idyllic confines of a Catholic monastery, Tatsushi Omori's debut feature The Whispering Of The Gods falls squarelyinto the love-it-or-loathe-it category.Screened in competition atthe Tokyo International Film Festival, it evoked fervent praise from some -Japanese film ...
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Optimimum and Madman join forces on the home front
Independentdistributors Optimum Releasing and Madman Entertainment have announced theformation of a home entertainment joint venture.OptimumMadman will distribute titles in the UK and Australian markets. First on the Optimum Madman slate is Bill Melendez' 1979Emmy award-winning animated feature The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Also acquired for both UK and ...
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John Lesher to head up Paramount Classics
Endeavor partner John Lesherhas been hired to head up Paramount Classics in a move that Paramount isexpected to officially announce this week.Lesher has been one of several contenders linked with the job in recent monthsas the tenure of former co-chiefs David Dinerstein and Ruth Vitale lookedincreasingly shaky.The appointment of the ...
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Fortissimo sells new territories on UK drama Snow Cake
Fortissimo Filmshas sold UK feature Snow Cake to several more territories. The new dealsare with DCA in Argentina, A Film in Benelux, United King in Israel, Media FilmInternational in Korea and Thailand, Monolith in Poland, and Lusomundo inPortugal.Marc Evans'dramatic feature, written by Angela Pell, stars Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaverand Carrie-Anne ...
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Moviehouse boards UK mockumentary Exhibit A
UK-based salescompany Moviehouse Entertainment has come on board for Dom Rotheroe's ExhibitA, a psychologicalmockumentary that recently wrapped shooting in the UK.Bent Films'Darren Bender, a former commissioning editor at Channel 4, is producing ExhibitA. Mark Herbert, HugoHeppell and Sheryl Crown are executive producing alongside Moviehouse's GaryPhillips and Mark Vennis.Exhibit A, about ...
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New Benelux distributor BFD hoovers up Hannibal, Bobby Z
In the run-up to the AFM,voracious new Dutch and Belgian-based outfit Benelux Film Distributors (BFD),is hoovering up product. Along with titles already announced, the company hasconfirmed it will be releasing Young Hannibal: Behind The Mask, The LastMogul, Hurricane Chasers, The Life And Death Of Bobby Z, Running Scared and The ...
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IFTA overhauls licensing agreements
Embracingsweeping changes in the international marketplace, the Independent Film &Television Alliance (IFTA) has modified all its standard licensing agreementsand included a stand-alone internet rider.Therevision will run as a matter of course on all of IFTA's Model InternationalLicensing Agreements and will offer buyers the chance to address internetrights distribution and revenue ...
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Kimmel International takes on South African Drum
Kimmel International has picked up international rights to ZProductions' South Africa-set drama Beat The Drum and is offering to buyers at AFM.Directed by David Hickson from a screenplay by W David McBrayer,Karen S Shapiro, and Richard Shaw, the story centres on a young orphan who setsout to Johannesburg with his ...
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Siritzky introduces Chinese Emmanuelle to AFM buyers
Veteran producer and salesagent Alain Siritzky is hatching a new $5 million Emmanuelle-style erotic drama to shoot in Beijing and Shanghai.The Mandarin-language drama,billed as "sex in the forbidden city," is based on the hugely popular blogs by26-year-old Chinese writer Mu Zimei. These blogs have now been published inbook form. "I ...
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New Films International takes Folks overseas
NewFilms International has picked up international rights to Raymond de Felitta'sroad movie The Thing About My Folks,which stars Reiser, Peter Falk, Olympia Dukakis and Elizabeth Perkins. NewFilms is commencing sales at AFM this week on the story of a father and son whoembark upon a road trip in search of ...
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Korine's Mr Lonely features Pallenberg, Morton, Luna
Colourful details have emerged of Mister Lonely, the latest feature from Tennessee and London-basedmaverick Harmony Korine (Gummo, Julien Donkey Boy). 60s icon Anita Pallenberg is to play the Queen OfEngland, Denis Lavant will portray Charlie Chaplin, Samantha Morton is MarilynMonroe and Diego Luna will play a Michael Jackson impersonator"I am ...
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Kiwi festival favourite finally makes it to the States
Sales agentNZ Film has sold US rights to the psychological drama In My Father's Den to Tartan Films, which is looking to release thefilm theatrically in May 2006.It's beenslow progress for the UK/New Zealand co-production that was one of the darlingsof the international festival circuit in 2004, but it was ...
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Hong Kong's Focus sells First Cuts, Love to Japan
Hong Kong star Andy Lau'sFocus Films has sold its entire FOCUS: First Cuts series of Chinese-languagefeatures to Japanese distributor and talent management company IMX. In addition, the company hassold romantic drama All About Love,starring Lau, Charlie Young (Seven Swords) and Charlene Choi (Twins Effect) to Japan's Movie Eye Entertainment and ...
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Goalpost hopes to score on debut with Clubland
Fledgling UK sales agent Goalpost Filmis backing Australian drama Clublandas its first project.The film, starring BrendaBlethyn, and directed by Cherie Nowlan starts shooting in Sydney at the beginning of nextyear.Clubland producer Rosemary Blight of RB Films said the coming of agecomedy about a shy and inexperienced young man and his ...
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Cineclick generates market buzz with Korean duo
Korean sales agent CineclickAsia is introducing two new productions to international buyers at the AFM- Blue Swallow, based onthe true story of Korea's first female aviator, and Bong Joon-ho's $10m monstermovie The Host. Both films were stirring upbuyer interest at the recent market Pusan film market, held alongside the PusanInternational ...
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Italian home entertainment company buys into theatre distribution
Italy's Mondo Home Entertainment has acquired a 51% stake in ambitious local theatrical distributor Moviemax.MondoHE is Italy's leading company in the home entertainment and video-on-demand sector. Itsparent company, Mondo TV, is Italy's premier animation outfit was only thesecond entertainment company after Mediaset to be listed on the Milan StockExchange.The$3m (Euros ...
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Tartan buys US rights to Father's Den
Salesagent NZ Film has sold US rights to psychological drama In My Father's Den to Tartan Films, which is looking to release thefilm theatrically in May 2006.Itseems a little late for the UK/New Zealand co-production to be making such asale given that it was one of the darlings of the ...
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Cinemavault spins into SJP's butter
Toronto-based Cinemavault Releasing International is bringing a line-upof 10 titles to AFM including Sarah Jessica Parker's first feature producercredit in Spinning Into Butter and the high school sports drama 30 Days starring Ellen Burstyn and Taye Diggs.Directed by Mark Brokaw, Spinning Into Butter stars Parker as the dean of a ...
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Echo Bridge takes domestic rights to The Big White
Echo Bridge Entertainment has picked up all North American rightsfrom Capitol Films to Mark Mylod's black comedy The Big White starring Robin Williams, Holly Hunterand Woody Harrelson. Williams plays a desperate travel agent in Alaska who fakes areport of his brother's death as part of an insurance scam. Ascendant Pictures'Christopher ...
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Wild Bunch: From Penguins To Polar Bears
Hot off announcing a $145mnjoint-venture devoted to co-producing and acquiring big budget films, France'sWild Bunch enters the AFM with a new $7m nature documentary that echoes its USmega-success The March Of The Penguins.The company has signed withNational Geographic Feature Films to handle Call Of The North, a five-year odyssey in ...