All articles by Fionnuala Halligan – Page 50
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Hong Kong's Cheung and Law plan epic Story Of Ah-Toi
Hong Kong on and off-screen partners Mabel Cheung and Alex Law are planning a giant leap in budget for their next production, provisionally titled The Story Of Ah-Toi, to be set in the US and written and directed by Law with Cheung producing.Throughout their career together, Law has written and ...
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Brosnan to broaden range with two new projects
Pierce Brosnan and producing partner Beau St Clair have announced two new projects - romantic comedy The Laws Of Attraction and 11th century epic Legend Of Lochenbar for an autumn and early-2003 shoot respectively. Both are to star Brosnan.Brosnan, wearing his producer's hat, and St Clair met with potential ...
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John Sayles aims high and low for next films
John Sayles has announced a full cast for his half-Spanish language Casa De Los Babys, which starts shooting this August at a knock-down budget of $1m - while aiming high for his next production, between $24 and $32m for the Robert Carlyle-starrer Jamie MacGillivray.The IFC-backed Casa De Los Babys, set ...
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Norway's KF mulls options after Buena Vista exit
Norwegian distributor Kommunenes Filmsentral (KF) is considering various survival strategies following the decision by one of its major product sources, Buena Vista, to establish its own office in the country. KF also recently lost 20th Century Fox's titles after the international distributor decided to open a Norwegian outpost, headed by ...
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Norway's Detector set for internet preview
Norwegian distributor Sandrew Metronome plans to pre-screen local production Detector, directed by Pal Jackman, on the internet this Thursday, the day before its theatrical release on Friday (August 25).Norwegian daily Dagbladet is running a competition on its web-site (www.dagbladet.no) which will enable 150 winners to stream the entire movie."Film is ...
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Haugesund unveils strong Nordic line-up
The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund claims to have its strongest ever line-up of Nordic features this year, including two Norwegian titles: Stein Leikanger's Odd Little Man and Hans Petter Moland's Aberdeen, a co-production with the UK.Road movie Aberdeen, starring Stellan Skarsgaard, Ian Hart and Lena Headey, screened at ...
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Imax owners plan assault on Oslo cinema market
Investment company Norway Cinema Group (NCG) - which operates Oslo's Imax theatre - is challenging the local authorities' dominance of the Oslo exhibition market with plans for a 10-screen multiplex scheduled to open in 2003.The complex, which represents an investment of $10m-$12m, will be built in Oslo's affluent seaside neighbourhood ...
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Fox to launch Norwegian distribution arm
20th Century Fox is continuing its expansion in Scandinavia with the launch of a Norwegian distribution arm, at the same time ending a long-term output agreement with local independent distributor KF.The move follows Fox's launch of a joint distribution venture with Scandinavian distributor SF in Finland earlier this year (Screendaily, ...
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SF Norge mulls lawsuit against Oslo Cinema chief
Norwegian distributor SF Norge is considering suing Oslo Cinema managing director Ingeborg Moreaus Hansen after she launched a blistering attack on Liv Ullmann's latest picture Faithless in the Norwegian daily Dagsavisen.Hansen describes Faithless as "banal and speculative" in an interview with the paper, and accuses Ullmann of making a "too ...
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Norway's Zwart to direct Wolff for Universal
Norwegian director Harald Zwart has been signed to direct Universal's Wolff And Byrd, also known as Supernatural Law, based on Batton Lash's comic-book about two lawyers who specialise in macabre cases.Zwart recently finished his US directing debut One Night At McCools, starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon and Michael Douglas, for ...
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S.O.S. leads nods for Norway's Amanda Awards
Thomas Robsahm's S.O.S. leads the field in the nominations for the Norwegian Amanda Awards - Norway's equivalent of the Oscars - picking up nods for best picture, best actress and the pan-Nordic Amanda Award. S.O.S., an Italian-language comedy produced by Norway's Seperanza Film, was nominated twice in the best actress ...
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Norway's Quart music fest becomes movie launchpad
Norwegian film distributors are increasingly using the country's largest music festival - the Quart festival in Kristiansand - as a promotional platform for new releases. This year the event is being used to showcase highly-anticipated Norwegian title Detector, from first-time director Pal Jackman.The Quart festival, widely renowned as Norway's most ...
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Holst lines up adaptation as second feature
Norwegian director Marius Holst is developing an adaptation of an Ingvar Ambjornsen short story - Oyenstikkere - as a follow-up to his successful debut feature Cross My Heart And Hope To Die.Nikolaj Frobenius, whose credits include Norwegian thriller Insomnia, has written the script and Scandinavian actors Marie Bonnevie, Mikael Persbrandt ...
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Star Wars, staff cuts boost Kinematografer profits
Norwegian exhibitor Oslo Kinematografer, owned by Oslo City Council, has posted a pre-tax profit of $696,000 (NKr6m) on turnover of $21.5m (NKr185m) for the 12 months to December 1999.The result is significant improvement for the company which for the last two years has reported profits close to zero. Head of ...
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Norway gains Vitofilm production, consultancy shop
Former Danish Film Institute director Mona Jensen and Gunnar Svensrud, a former consultant for the Norwegian Film Institute, have launched an Oslo-based production and consultancy outfit Vitofilm."After spending many years in the industry we both have networks that we believe can be useful," Svensrud told Screendaily. "Many Norwegian directors don't ...
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Norway launches summer box office assault
The Norwegian film industry has joined forces on a project called Summer Cinema (Sommerkino) to boost cinema admissions during the summer months when long daylight hours keep audiences out of theatres.An initiative of trade organisation Film & Kino, the project is backed by all Norwegian distributors, as well as 96 ...
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Norway postpones funding revamp
Norway's incoming culture minister, Ellen Horn, has pushed back the restructuring of the government's film financing policy from May to autumn, to take on board recommendations from directors' association, Norwegian Film Directors (NFD).The NFD is calling for higher funding levels for the film sector, but has suggested that not all ...
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Bornedal, Holst team up for Dina adaptation
Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) is attached to direct an adaptation of best-selling Norwegian novel Dina's Book for Danish producer Per Holst. The $10m English-language project is set to start production in September.Dina will be Bornedal's first directing project since the 1999 TV movie Deep Water (Dybt Vand). Bornedal achieved ...
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Norsk Film set for reform
The Norwegian film industry is hoping that incoming culture minister Ellen Horn, appointed March 17, will continue with her predecessor's policy to transform state-owned film body Norsk Film into a single independent production fund.Outgoing culture minister Aslaug M. Haga had wide industry support for her proposal that Norsk Film withdraw ...
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Norway's producers call for end to cinema monopoly
The Norwegian Film and TV Producers Society (NFTPS) has called for the abolishment of legislation which allows local authorities to control the handing out of licences to run cinemas in Norway.Under Norway''s 1913 Cinema Act, local councils are the are only bodies with the power to grant cinema licences - ...