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Capturing The Friedmans
Dir: Andrew Jarecki. US. 2003. 107minsCapturing The Friedmans walked away with this year's Sundance grand jury prize for best documentary and deservedly so. An engrossing, troubling and, in the end, profoundly ambiguous re-examination of a child molestation case that tore one upper-middle class family apart on New York's Long Island ...
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Remember Me (Ricordati Di Me)
Dir: Gabriele Muccino. It-Fr-UK. 2003. 100mins.Remember Me, Italian golden boy Gabriele Muccino's fourth film, exposes the terrifying moral and intellectual void at the heart of modern Italy. Unfortunately, it's not trying to - at least not very hard. Rather than channelling the emptiness to make a point about today's TV-fed, ...
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The Recruit
Dir: Roger Donaldson. US. 2003. 115mins. Ireland's Colin Farrell proves that he has warranted Hollywood's grooming in The Recruit, a slick, improbable thriller driven by his charismatic movie star presence which even puts Al Pacino in the shade. Farrell has already demonstrated his considerable talent in Tigerland, Hart's War and ...
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Confidence
Dir: James Foley. 2002. US. 98minsJames Foley's con-thriller, Confidence, tries to be as clever as the word play in its title, but this attempt at a clever-clever heist story fails due to a slack script and so-so performances. Despite some snappy dialogue, twists and turns and toying with the linear ...
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Till maps out European cinema future
In one of his first public speeches since becoming chairman and CEO of United International Pictures (UIP), Stewart Till has said that he does not expect to see a European multi-territory distributor emerging in the near future - due to a lack of both money and expertise. "With some honourable ...
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EUROPEAN FILM FINANCE SUMMIT
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN FILM FINANCE SUMMITFebruary 5th 2003 - BerlinTHE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN CINEMAStewart TillChairman & CEO, UIPI am sure I have primarily been chosen to deliver the keynote speech today because, over the last three years, I have had the luxury of four different perspectives of the ...
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Ranvaud proposes new sales paradigm
The producer of City Of God and Central Station is teaming up with a group of Latin American and European producers to launch a sales company. Talking at the Screen International European film finance summit in Berlin, Donald K Ranvaud said he wanted to reduce costs and improve the management ...
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Exception takes on Alexandra's Project
Exception, formerly Wild Bunch, has been appointed the international sales agent for Berlin Competition entry Alexandra's Project, written and directed by Rolf de Heer.Helen Buday and Gary Sweet star in the film, which explores psycho-sexual politics in marriage. "The movie represents a challenging title with a touch of provocation which ...
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Another major film studio proposed for Scotland
The ongoing story of constructing a major film studio in Scotland added a further chapter on Wednesday with the announcement of a new $411.5m (£250m) development near Gleneagles, which includes provision for a $49.4m (£30m), 100-acre film studio. A private consortium of unnamed financiers would operate The Gleneagles Film Studio ...
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Dutch Oscar-winners lobby government for continued support
Four Dutch Oscar-winners - Fons Rademakers (The Assault, 1986), Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line, 1995), Mike van Diem (Character) and Michael Dudok de Wit (Father And Daughter, 2000) - have published an open letter to the next Dutch government urging for continuation of the present level of film funding.The letter, ...
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Sony, Starz Encore unveil multimedia tie-up
In a wide ranging tie-up with Starz Encore Media, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has made one of the most dramatic moves by any studio to push its content into new on-line media.The deal which begins in 2005 spans more than 200 current feature films from the Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems ...
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Spirited outing for new Irish film festival
The inaugural Dublin International Film Festival (March 6-13) has clinched a major sponsorship deal with Jameson Irish Whiskey worth Euros 100,000. The partnership is one of the largest business sponsorships of the arts in Ireland in recent years. Backing of Euros 25,000 has also come from the Arts Council, while ...
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Beauty wins Hungarian Film Week main prize
The Main Prize of the 34th Hungarian Film Week was awarded to Peter Gothar's feature Hungarian Beauty. The story that probes the problems of two neighbouring families in present day Budapest beat the 21 other films in competition, judged by the five-member jury chaired by Sandor Radnoti. Three films received ...
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Ottfilm picks up Things You Can Tell for Germany
Germany's ottfilm has picked up theatrical rights to Rodrigo Garcia's directorial debut Things You Can Tell from license trader and cofinancier Intertainment. In addition, Intertainment has agreed to a comprehensive video distribution package with Planet Media covering the video and DVD release of Things You Can Tell as well as ...
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Menemsha sells TV rights to Local Angel
Menemsha Entertainment has sold the German and French TV rights for Udi Aloni's documentary Local Angel - Theological Political Fragments to public broadcasters WDR and ARTE respectively.The US-Israeli production, which is an attempt to address the causes and contradictions in the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict, will be shown in Berlinale's ...
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Noi The Albino enjoys raft of sales
On the eve of the Berlin Market, Noi Albinoi, a film about an Icelandic boy who desperately needs to break out of his icy prison, is already the toast of critics and buyers. So too is its first time director, Dagur Kari.It has been sold to France's Haut Et Court, ...
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Kevin Williams Associates adds to Berlin line-up
Madrid-based sales house Kevin Williams Associates (KWA) has added Chiqui Carabante's debut feature film Carlos Against The World (Carlos Contra El Mundo) and Palm Springs Film Festival entry The Impatient Alchemist (El Alquimista Impaciente) to its line-up for Berlin.The story of a working class twenty-something who leads a double life ...
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Catriona Booth gets London-based communications job at Warner Bros
Catriona Boothwas today (Feb 5) named director of international corporate communications atWarner Bros, a new London-based post that bestows a panoply of duties as thecompany's official spokesperson in Europe. Booth will assume responsibilityfor corporate and business press at the various divisions and properties,including strategic communications for Warner Bros UK. She ...
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Runaway production down in Canada in 2001/2
Canada is lessattractive to so-called runaway production, with 10% fewer feature filmproduction dollars spent in the country in 2001-2002. According to the annualreport of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA),foreign theatrical location production dropped 10% to C$737m (US$484m). Overallforeign location production, including TV fare, was off only slightly, ...
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Kino teams with Viz & Tidepoint for Chaos, Japanese titles in US
Kino International has struck a co-distribution deal with Tidepoint Pictures of San Francisco, in collaboration with Viz, to launch the Viz/Tidepoint library of cutting-edge, independent Japanese films in the North-American home video market. Tetsuki Ijichi and Elizabeth S Wilkerson's Tidepoint Pictures was set up in San Francisco in 1996 to ...