All Screen articles in 8 July 2008 – Page 4
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Germany's DFFF extended from 2010 to 2012
The German Government has agreed to extend the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) for another three years from 2010 to 2012 with an annual budget of $94.2m (Euros 60m).The DFFF's incentive scheme was launched at the beginning of last year with an annual budget of $ 94.2m (Euros 60m) for ...
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Sarajevo Panorama section to open Aug 15 with 24 City
The Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) has unveiled this year's Panorama section, which 'strives to bridge avant-garde and mainstream films with exceptional narrative films.'Panorama will open Aug 15 with Jia Zhang-ke's 24 City and will close with Arnaud Desplechin's A Christmas Tale. Both were well received in Cannes Competition.The other ...
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Canada's Alliance Atlantis bans Globe and Mail critics
Canadian distributor Alliance Atlantis has banned critics from the Globe and Mail newspaper from its advance previews.According to a source at the newspaper, Globe reviewers stopped receiving invitations to screenings during the past week. When they made inquiries, they were told the paper was banned for the foreseeable future. The ...
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Metrodome plans multi-platform UK release of CSNY Deja Vu
Metrodome Distribution has announced plans for a simultaneous multi-platform release for Neil Young's CSNY Dejà Vu.Metrodome will release the concert documentary in cinemas and on video-on-demand platfomrs FilmFlex (Virgin Media) and 4oD (Channel 4) on July 18.Peter Urie, CEO of Metrodome, said: 'We are very excited to be offering consumers ...
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Cracks sells to StudioCanal for France, UK, Benelux
StudioCanal has taken all rights for the UK, France and Benelux for Jordan Scott's debut feature Cracks. (StudioCanal's Optimum Releasing will handle the UK release.)Also, Alain Goldman's Legende Enterprises (La Vie En Rose) has joined the project, which is backed by Scott Free, Future Films and HandMade Films International.The Irish ...
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New Zealand adjusts its 40% grant for local films
The New Zealand Government has dropped the expenditure threshold by $760,000 (NZ$1m) to $3m (NZ$4m) for New Zealand films and New Zealand co-productions wanting to claim back 40% of this expenditure under the new Screen Production Incentive Fund (SPIF). The initiative was announced in May and, since then, the government ...
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Admisions down 8% in Argentina for first six months 2008
Cinema attendance figures in Argentina dropped by an estimated 8% for the first half of 2008. The period saw 16.7 million admissions as opposed to 18.2 million in 2007.However, total box office gross was 11% up from last year because of a 23% rise in the average ticket price. Hollywood ...
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Kung Fu Panda breaks China record for animated features
Paramount Pictures International's Kung Fu Panda has become the highest-grossing animation ever in mainland China, raking in $14.6m (RMB100m) in ten days. The film is also the first animated feature film that has grossed over RMB100m, which is generally seen as a benchmark for blockbuster films in China.Previously, the best-selling ...
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UKFC, Skillset launch 25 new participants in Guiding Lights
Guiding Lights, the mentoring programme backed by Skillset and the UK Film Council and run by Lighthouse, has kicked off its 2008/2009 edition.Optimum Releasing also sponsors the initiative; Working Title's Tim Bevan chairs the steering committee.Each mentor and mentee will have one-on-one meetings and also attend networking events, masterclasses and ...
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Independent launches digital unit
UK sales and production outfit Independent has launched a digital distribution and marketing arm - Independent Digital.The new venture will run alongside CEO Luc Roeg's existing business to explore new-media opportunities.Eric Stevens will lead the unit, which is financed by the Living Capital Group.The initial aim is to exploit the ...
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Karlovy Vary - Bohemian Rhapsodies
This month's Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) in the Czech Republic boasts a diverse line-up of more than 200 local and international films.The diversity is most evident in the main competition where titles battling for the Crystal Globe include the world premieres of Michaela Pavlatova's Czech drama Night ...
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In Focus: World cinema arrives in India
Despite its huge population, India is still classed as a tiny territory by international sales agents, one where even the US studios have failed to make much of a dent in the Bollywood juggernaut.But whereas Indian buyers used to pick up occasional genre films to squeeze in around local product ...
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Hollyshorts opens with Josh Brolin's directorial debut
The 4th annual HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) will kick off on August 7 with a marquee opening night celebration showcasing a number of projects including Josh Brolin's short directorial debut X and Hole In The Paper starring Jessica Biel.Festival organisers will stage the inaugural HollyShorts Music Video celebration, as well ...
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Armand Assante, Christina Vidal join Nevsky in Magic Man
Armand Assante and Christina Vidal have joined Russian star Alexander Nevsky, Billy Zane and Bai Ling on the US-Russian mystery Magic Man that started filming in Las Vegas last week.The story revolves around a famous magician played by Zane who is suspected of being a serial killer. Nevsky plays the ...
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Toronto adds world premieres including Disgrace, Miracle Of St Anna
The Toronto International Film Festival has added six films to its Special Presentations line-up for 2008.The films include four world premieres: Steve Jacobs' Disgrace, Vicente Amorim's Good, Spike Lee's Miracle At St Anna, and Peter Sollett's Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.North American premieres are Paolo Sorrentino's Cannes jury prize-winner Il ...
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Japan's Boys Over Flowers is highest non-US opener
Japanese romantic comedy Boys Over Flowers was the highest non-US entry in this weekend's international chart, generating $9.5m in its home territory. The top 40 international films generated $188.8m from 49,945 screens for the period of June 27-29.For the full chart, compiled by Len Klady, click here.The film, based on ...
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Trust takes on Zapas' Minor Freedoms from Greece
Trust Film Sales has taken on world sales for Minor Freedoms, by up-and-coming Greek director and writer Costas Zapas.Minor Freedoms is an unorthodox, cutting edge tale on family relations dominated by violence and sexual exploitation where, according to the director, 'the abolishment of any moral law leads to tragedy'.Produced by ...
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Eldorado
Dir/scr. Bouli Lanners. Belgium/France. 2008. 86 mins.A dysfunctional Belgian pair of Laurel and Hardy loners bond affectingly in Eldorado, Bouli Lanners' second directorial outing which picked up the Europa Cinemas Label and the FIPRESCI Quinzaine award at this year's Cannes festival. Visually striking and musically inventive, Eldorado doses out its ...
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Berlinale WCF backsfive new projects with $315,770
Five new feature film projects from Lebanon, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey and Columbia have been selected by the Berlinale's World Cinema Fund (WCF) from 110 projects submitted from a total of 36 countries for production funding totalling $315,770 (Euros 200,000).The projects supported including co-productions with the Berlin-based production house Niko Film, ...
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Ireland's first fully digital cinema to open July 4
Omniplex Cinemas, part of the Ward & Anderson cinema group, will open Ireland's first fully digital cinema on Friday. The Wexford Omniplex is a $14.2m (Euros 9m), eight-screen development with a total seating capacity of 1,577.Projection in each auditorium will utilise service provider Digital Cinema Ltd's Barco 2K digital projectors ...