All Screen articles in 9 August 2006 – Page 4

  • News

    Greek Film Centre sparks controversy with Haifa withdrawal

    2006-08-07T04:00:00Z

    In a move that has surprisedmany, the state-funded Greek Film Centre, which gives Greek film-makers fundsavailable for development, co-production and promotion, has decided to withdrawthe Greek films from the upcoming Haifa International Film Festival (Oct 7-14)in Israel.The films already invited byHaifa's artistic director Pnina Blayer were the Pandelis Voulgaris' The ...

  • News

    Carla's List has buying buzz ahead of Locarno premiere

    2006-08-07T04:00:00Z

    Swissdirector Marcel Schuepbach's documentary Carla's List about the work of Carla Del Ponte, the prosecutor ofthe International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), wascreating a buzz among international buyers ahead of its world premiere at theweekend in Locarno's Piazza Grande open-air prorgamme, according to the film'ssales agent Wide Management. ...

  • News

    Mike Eschmann stars shooting $4.9m Tell

    2006-08-07T04:00:00Z

    Swissdirector Mike Eschmann, whose last comedy Achtung, Fertig, Charlie! is the most successfullocal film of the past 25 years, begins shooting his next feature Tell, a parody of the Swissnational hero Wilhelm Tell, in the Bernese Alps from today (Aug 7).The$4.9m (Euros 3.8m) Swiss-German co-production between Lucerne-based ZodiacPictures, Impuls Home ...

  • Reviews

    Nomad

    2006-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Dirs: Ivan Passer/Sergei Bodrov/Talgat Temenov. Kazakh. 2006. 112mins.A sprawling spectacle that took its three directorsmore than three years to usher it to Locarno's PiazzaGrande, Nomad is a larger-than-lifehistorical epic replete with stunning landscapes and authentic productionvalues.While hardly afestival gem, it should still be something of a crowd pleaser among sympatheticaudiences ...

  • News

    IMAX to instal two cinemas in Ukraine

    2006-08-07T00:00:00Z

    IMAX Corp andKiev-based production company Kinokompaniya 'Triumph' have announced plans tobuild two IMAX cinemas in Ukraine.The first complex is set to open in Kiev in early 2007 and the second to followin an unconfirmed major city in early 2008. The two cinemas will bring to ninethe number of IMAX facilities ...

  • News

    Brian De Palma to talk at Edinburgh

    2006-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The Edinburgh InternationalFilm Festival has added another A-lister to itsscheduled attendees. Brian De Palma will participate in one of the festival'sReel Life Q&A interviews to talk about the legacy of the New AmericanCinema.EIFF is presenting aretrospective devoted to "other voices" of the new American cinema of the1970s.Other Reel Life intervieweesat ...

  • News

    Dubai opens submissions for new Arab competition

    2006-08-07T00:00:00Z

    The Dubai International Film Festival hasopened submissions for its new Arab Film Competition, which is open tofeatures, shorts and documentaries. Eligible films must be made by a director ofArab nationality or origin and have a subject or storyline of centered on theArab world, Arab history or Arab culture."The Competition serves ...