All Screen articles in 9 October 2007 – Page 6
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Tsi joins Soft-Trek as head of content production
Former Hong Kong International Film Festival director Peter Tsi has joined Chinese production and artist management company, Soft-Trek Media, as general manager of content development and production. Tsi will be overseeing the production of TV and new media content at Soft-Trek, which is part-owned by Hong Kong-based media investment group ...
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Hong Kong's HAF projects market open for submissions
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) has made its first call for project submissions, which it will accept until November 15. The sixth edition of the financing and co-production market is scheduled to take place March 17-19, 2008, concurrently with the four-day contents market Filmart. Organised by the Hong ...
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Feng to tackle China's nouveau riche in The Nobles
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, whose Assembly opens the Pusan International Film Festival tonight (Oct 4), is planning to shoot a $5m satirical comedy The Nobles about China's 'nouveau riche'. Beijing-based Huayi Brothers is producing the film, set to star Ge You, while state-owned China Film Group will also invest in ...
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Q&A with Assembly director Feng Xiaogang
Renowned for his Beijing-style humour and satirical comedies, Feng Xiaogang has been a local box office champ with films such as Cell Phone (2003) and A World Without Thieves (2004). In 2005, Feng began to work with an international production team on $20m period drama The Banquet, starring Zhang Ziyi, ...
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Sony Pictures extends Lynton's contract to 2012
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has extended the contract of chairman and chief executive officer Michael Lynton to 2012.Lynton joined Sony Pictures in January 2004 and steered the studio to an industry record $1.7bn domestic gross and a record 13 number one debuts in 2006 alongside co-chairman Amy Pascal, whose contract ...
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Sundance, Time Warner establish writing 'advancement' fund
Sundance Institute and Time Warner have established the Time Warner Storytelling Advancement Fund to support up to 20 Fellows each year with their writing projects.Selected Fellows will each receive a grant to further projects that embody timely and innovative narratives. The inaugural Fellows are film-maker Patricia Benoit for her project ...
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Squires receives IDA cinematography award
Buddy Squires will receive the International Documentary Association's (IDA) Outstanding Documentary Cinematography Award at the 23rd Annual IDA Awards Gala Benefit in Los Angeles on Dec 7.Squires' credits number into the eighties and include The Statue Of Liberty, which earned him an Oscar nomination in 1986, as well as Civil ...
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Ottinger named EVP at MGM's worldwide TV group
Christopher Ottinger has been named executive vice president of international television distribution at MGM Worldwide Television Group, effective immediately.The 14-year veteran of the global television industry will be based at MGM's headquarters in Los Angeles and reports to MGM Worldwide TV co-president Gary Marenzi.Ottinger will assume direct oversight of MGM's ...
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Producers Guild honour Marshall & Kennedy
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has chosen to honour longtime producing partners Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy with its 2008 David O. Selznick Achievement Award.Marshall and Kennedy's current assignments include David Fincher's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, and Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones ...
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The Queen screenwriter signs with UTA
Oscar-nominated writer Peter Morgan, currently working on the third instalment in his Tony Blair trilogy about the former British Prime Minister, has signed with UTA. Morgan will continue to be represented UK agent Greg Hunt and attorney Alan Hergott. The screenwriter's latest exploration of Blair's leadership follows the ...
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Lust, Caution boasts highest screen average internationally
French film 99 Francs was the highest new entry in this weekend's international chart as it generated $3.7m from 431 sites in three territories, putting it just within the top 10 in its opening weekend. (See Screen International's full international chart, compiled by Len Klady, here.) The French comedy, directed ...
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Eros adds 146 English-language titles to library
After announcing a slate of film deals and co-productions, Eros International, the integrated media company in the Indian entertainment sector, is now expanding its library of Hollywood films and added 146 English titles to its catalogue. This list includes titles like Rambo 4, Rush Hour 3, Lonely Hearts, The Accidental ...
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Milic, Menzel's films share top prize at Bitola festival
At the 28th International Cinematographers Film Festival in Bitola, Macedonia (Sept 25-30), cinematographers Dragan Markovic and Jaromir Sofr shared the Golden Camera 300 award for their work on Croatian Kristijan Milic's The Living And The Dead and Czech Jiri Menzel's I Served The King Of England, respectively. The jury presided ...
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Ascot Elite picks up three new titles including The Reader
Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has picked up three new titles including Stephen Daldry's Bernhard Schlink adaptation The Reader, which began shooting in Berlin and Goerlitz this week with Nicole Kidman, David Kross and Ralph Fiennes. Senator Entertainment will be releasing The Reader theatrically in Germany and Austria. The other ...
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Aardman plans Wallace and Gromit short for BBC TV
Aardman's famed Wallace and Gromit characters, last seen on the big screen in 2005 feature Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, are returning to a 30-minute format for TV. Trouble At' Mill will be shown on BBC 1. The short is in pre-production now and will start shooting in January 2008 to ...
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Czech Culture Ministry drops tax incentives from film law proposal
Hopes for a comprehensive Czech film law which would benefit runaway productions as well as local films are fading, but there remains a chance that both foreign and local producers will see improved conditions in the middle distance. As Screendaily.com reported in July, Czech filmmakers and politicians have long been ...
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IMAX, Regal sign digital projection deal for five new IMAX systems
IMAX Corp. and US exhibitor Regal Cinemas have signed the first North American order for the giant screen company's new digital projection technology. The joint-venture agreement will see five IMAX systems added to the Regal chain in the US, boosting Regal's IMAX circuit to 21 screens by the spring of ...
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Taiwan gears up for 5th Film & Television Expo
Details have started to emerge about the 5th Taiwan International Film & Television Expo (TIFTE) which will take place from Nov 17 and culminates with the Golden Horse Awards on Dec 8. Five events will take place under the umbrella of the expo: 41st Golden Bell Television Awards (Nov 17) ...
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Richard Gere and Marc Forster to receive Hollywood honours
Richard Gere will receive the Hollywood Actor Of The Year Award, Marc Forster the Hollywood Director Of The Year Award, Ellen Page the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Of The Year Award, and Diablo Cody the Hollywood Breakthrough Screenwriter Of The Year Award at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony in Los ...
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Hong Kong's FDC unveils details of film fund
Hong Kong's Film Development Council, established by the government earlier this year to support the ailing local film industry, has unveiled details of its Film Development Fund (FDF), which aims to provide financial support for small-to-medium budget film productions. The $38m (HK$300m) fund, which is now inviting applications, will fund ...