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All Americas articles – Page 314
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Kim leaves Lionsgate to head sales at The Film Department
Former Lionsgate senior vice president of international film sales Elizabeth Kim has joined Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's The Film Department to head its film sales division.The new executive vice president of international will be based in the company's West Hollywood offices from where she will oversee the fledgling company's ...
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Aniston, Howard films screen in Palm Springs short film festival
Jennifer Aniston's directorial effort Room 10 is among the expected highlights at the the 13th Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest), which runs from Aug 23-29.All in all the festival will showcase 332 films, including 54 world premieres, 12 North American premieres and 20 ...
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Film Movement takes US rights to Dreams Of Dust
Film Movement has picked up US rights to Laurent Salgues' France-Canada-Burkina Faso drama Dreams Of Dust.The film centres on a Nigerian peasant who travels to the nearby African country of Burkina Faso, where he discovers the gold rush ended years ago and a brave woman and her child are among ...
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Genius secures credit facility from Societe Generale
US home entertainment distributor Genius Products has signed a three-year revolving credit facility arranged by Societe Generale for an initial commitment of $30m rising to a total of $70m based on expected incremental commitments.The debt will be used to provide working capital and to finance acquisitions, production and co-productions, distribution ...
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Rush Hour 3 takes domestic crown with $50.2m opening
New Line scored a late summer hit as the Rush Hour partnership of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker returned to theatres following a six-year absence and opened top on an estimated $50.2m.Studio executives will appreciate the fillip, coming as it does just days after the departure of long-serving marketing guru ...
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Simpsons narrowly beats Potter for international lead
Fox International clinched the weekend crown in a hotly contested overseas market that saw The Simpsons Movie and Die Hard 4.0 both cross $200m, Disney's Ratatouille pass $100m, and Warner Bros' fifth Harry Potter reach $550m.Final results on Monday will determine the true winner, however for now The Simpsons Movie ...
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Bourne starts international Ultimatum
Universal/UPI's domestic smash The Bourne Ultimatumopens in 11 territories as it starts its overseas campaign. The keyterritories are Hong Kong on Aug 8, South Africa on Aug 10, and Taiwanon Aug 11.UPI's comedy Evan Almighty, currently on $15.6m, opens in eight territories including Germany on Aug 9.Both The Simpsons Movie ...
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PorchLight launches non-family unit Condor Releasing
US-based PorchLight Entertainment has launched worldwide distribution and home entertainment division Condor Releasing.The new venture will handle projects that fall outside PorchLight's family entertainment constituency and launches with its first acquisition, the thriller Towards Darkness with America Ferrera.The Golden Globe winner served as executive producer on Antonio Negret's film, a ...
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Toronto names 13 new titles in Discovery programme
The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled 13 films in the Discovery programme to accompany the previously announced Those Three.The new titles are: David Ross' US drama The Babysitters, about a teenager that turns a babysitting service into a call girl ring; Tamar van den Dop's Netherlands/Belgium/Bulgaria romance Blind; Israel ...
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HFPA gives grants totalling $1.2m to film schools and non-profits
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association today (Thursday) today held its annual installation luncheon in Beverly Hills and presented $1.2m in financial grants to 28 film schools and non-profit organizations.
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Cinema Epoch picks up US rights to Limousin's Young Yakuza
US distributor Cinema Epoch has picked up Jean-Pierre Limosin's Young Yakuza, which played in official selection at Cannes this summer, and plans a January 2008 release.Filmed over an 18-month period, Young Yakuza explores the Japanese criminal underworld by contrasting the lives of a 20-year-old initiate and his boss.Celluloid Dreams' Hengameh ...
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Maryam Keshavarz gets inaugural Adrienne Shelly grant
The Sundance Institute in collaboration with The Adrienne Shelly Foundation has awarded the inaugural Adrienne Shelly Foundation Women Filmmakers Grant to Maryam Keshavarz.The Adrienne Shelly Foundation will provide a $5,000 grant to be awarded by Sundance Institute each July to a film-maker coming out of the Feature Film Progamme's June ...
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IFC acquires domestic theatrical and TV to Joe Strummer doc
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American theatrical and television rights from Sony BMG Music Entertainment to Julien Temple's documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten.The film launched at Sundance and chronicles Strummer's life from diplomatic corps brat to influential band leader of The Clash and The Mescaleros, before his death ...
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Ben Kingsley to head cast of Levine's The Wackness for Occupant
Los Angeles-based Occupant Films has cast Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby and Method Man in its upcoming comedy The Wackness.Jonathan Levine, whose debut feature All The Boys Love Mandy Lane was Occupant Films' hit maiden launch at Toronto 2006 and will now be released ...
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Bladerunner: making the cut
Why do audiences have to wait for a DVD to see the movie the director really wanted to make' Leonard Klady argues the case.Later this year, Warner Bros Home Video will release a five-disc set of the seminal science-fiction thriller Blade Runner that will include what's been dubbed 'the definite ...
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New Abu Dhabi festival to offer film financing with top awards
The Black Pearl - the grand prix of the new Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF), unspooling for the first time in Abu Dhabi Oct 14-19 - will come with production grants for the winners' next films. 'The festival is determined to plant its flag right away,' said festival director ...
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Oscar-nominated writer, director Shavelson dies at 90
Film-maker and former Writers Guild Of America, West president Melville Shavelson has died at his Studio City, Los Angeles, home. He was 90.Shavelson passed away from natural causes on Aug 8 and made a name for himself as a skilled Jack Of All Trades.He shared two Best Screenplay Oscar nominations ...
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Louis Belanger starts shooting The Timekeeper
Quebecois filmmaker Louis Belanger has commenced principal photography on his first English-language feature, The Timekeeper, for Real Chabot of the Coop Video de Montreal. Adapted by Belanger and Lorraine Dufour from the novel by Trevor Ferguson, the film stars Roy Dupuis, Craig Olejnik, Julian Richings, Gary Farmer, Wayne Robson, Gaston ...
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Shaevitz, Schaefer join Summit's production team
Summit Entertainment has hired production executives Geoff Shaevitz and Michael Schaefer as the company continues to expand its in-house film-making activities under production chief Erik Feig.Shaevitz will serve as senior vice president of production and Schaefer will serve as vice president of acquisitions and co-productions. Both report to Feig.'It's been ...
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Quinn, Reichert promoted to share releasing duties at Magnolia
Magnolia Pictures department heads Tom Quinn (pictured right) and Jeff Reichert (left) have been promoted to the roles of senior vice president and will share all major responsibilities surrounding releases.Quinn previously focused primarily on acquisitions, while Reichert oversaw theatrical publicity and marketing on all distribution efforts.'Tom and Jeff have been ...