All articles by Tim Dams – Page 61
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Berlin's Panorama unveils complete line-up
Berlin's Panorama section has unveiled its full line-up across its main programme and the Special, Dokumente and Short Films strands.The line-up comprises 34 features, 16 documentaries and 26 short films. The films are from 32 countries and include twelve directing debuts and 14 films which are to be digitally projected, ...
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Berlin unveils full Competition line-up
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 5-15) has rounded out its Competition section, confirming new titles from Korea, Hong Kong, Argentina, Colombia and the US.In total 26 films have been selected for Competition. 23 of these will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears, while three will be shown out ...
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Seven sign on for Berlinale jury duty
The Berlin International Film Festival has named the seven members of its main competition jury, which will be chaired by Oscar winning actress Frances McDormand.The jury will comprise:Maji-da Abdi (Ethiopia)Maji-da Abdi's directing credits includeThe River that Divides (2001), which tells of the war experiences of Ethiopian women. Her producer credits ...
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Women In Film, UIP launch second year of Directing Change
Women in Film and Television (WFTV) and United International Pictures (UIP) are launching the second year of their UK scheme Directing Change.Directing Change gives women directors the opportunity to work alongside an experienced and internationally established director during a forthcoming feature film production.Directing Change is part of WFTV's campaign to ...
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Metrodome takes UK rights to documentary trio
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired UK rights to three new documentaries - Bus 174, The Corporation and The Last Victory.Constructed from footage transmitted live on Brazilian TV, Jose Padilha's Bus 174 recounts an infamous 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro. The film has been shortlisted for the 2004 Academy ...
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Cold Mountain leads Bafta nominations
Cold Mountain has emerged as the front runner for this year's Bafta awards, taking an impressive 13 nominations including best film and best director.Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is just behind with 12 nominations, while Girl With A Pearl Earring has ten, Lost In Translation and ...
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Cold Mountain heads Bafta nominations
Cold Mountain has emerged as the front runner for this year's Baftas, taking an impressive 13 nominations including best film and best director.Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is just behind with 12 nominations, while Girl With A Pearl Earring has ten, Lost In Translation and Master ...
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Sarajevo Festival wins FIAPF competitive status
Festival watchdog FIAPF has published its list of accredited festivals for 2004, and unveiled two main changes for the year.The Sarajevo Festival (Aug 20-28) has become competitive, specialising in films from Central and South Eastern Europe.The Belgrade Film Festival, however, will not be recognised in 2004.Bertrand Moullier, FIAPF general secretary, ...
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Pathe to produce The Little Prince animation
Pathe Pictures has teamed up with French publishers, Gallimard, and the Saint-Exupery Estate to develop and produce an animated feature film based on Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince.Written and illustrated by Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince has been printed in more than 150 different languages and has sold more than ...
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MGM targets Dutch and Belgian markets
Hollywood studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer is to open offices in both Holland and Belgium in 2004.The launch of the two new operations on June 1 will be led by the MGM's Home Entertainment division and is in line with the company's strategy to exploit its library of films in the ...
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Four British films make it on to BAFTA best film shortlist
Fifteen pictures have been selected to go through to BAFTA's second round of voting for the best film category - including British pictures Calendar Girls, Love Actually, Girl With A Pearl Earring and Cold Mountain.It takes three rounds of voting for BAFTA members to make their final choice of winning ...
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DVD helps UK video market power ahead in 2003
The UK video retail market grew by 29.7% during 2003, with high street sales up to 199 million units, according to new figures from the British Video Association.The market growth - which excludes mail order - was helped by blockbusters such as the best-selling title of the year, Lord Of ...
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Depp set for Libertine UK shoot
The Johnny Depp starring The Libertine is to start shooting in the UK in late February.Co-starring John Malkovich and Samantha Morton, The Libertine is the real life story of the Earl of Rochester, the notoriously debauched 17th century poet who died at 33 a physical wreck.The $16m project was unveiled ...
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BBC Four unveils inagural World Cinema Award shortlist
Robert Carlyle, Bjork, Mike Figgis and Alex Cox are join Jonathan Ross as the judges for the first BBC FOUR World Cinema Award - a new prize dedicated to foreign-language film.UK television channel BBC FOUR focuses primarily on arts programmes, dramas and documentaries, and also boasts a major foreign language ...
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BVI heads UK distributor rankings for 2003
Buena Vista International has emerged as the leading distributor in the UK in 2003, with a £218m box office haul and 26.3% market share which was fuelled by hit films such as Finding Nemo and Pirates Of The Caribbean.UIP - which distributed films including Love Actually - was the second ...
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Marchand confirmed as chief of UK's Momentum
Xavier Marchand has been confirmed as the new managing director of UK distributor Momentum Pictures with a mandate to expand the company into Europe and boost its UK presence.The appointment, which was predicted by ScreenDaily.com (Dec 2003), became effective January 1.Marchand will report to Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution LP ...
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Fandango buys into UK's Civilian Content
Italian production and distribution outfit Fandango, headed by Domenico Procacci, has acquired a 29% stake in Civilian Content, parent company of lottery franchise the Film Consortium and sales company The Works.Procacci, who paid around £830,000 for the stake, has bought out Civilian founder Richard Thompson who no longer holds a ...
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UK online DVD rental market expands with Qflicks launch
The UK online DVD rental market appears to be hotting up still further with the entry of a new player into the market, Qflicks.The move comes three months after the launch of two other entrants into the market, Screenselect.co.uk and Videoisland.com. All three are based on the US service pioneered ...
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Odeon hires banks to evaluate bids
British cinema chain Odeon has hired investment banks Morgan Stanley and Tricorn Partners to evaluate offers for the business, according to wire and newspaper reports on Wednesday (17 Dec) London's Financial Times and Reuters reported that Odeon, partly owned by German bank WestLB, has received several bid approaches, including one ...
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Rings racks up bumper UK advance ticket sales
Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King took over £1m in advance ticket sales before its release today (Dec 17) in the UK.The figure, published by the Cinema Advertising Association, confirms the huge level of anticipation for the third part of Peter Jackson's trilogy that exists around ...