All articles by Tim Dams – Page 71
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Berlin unveils full Panorama line-up
Over thirty feature films have been selected for the final Panorama section (Main Programme & Specials) of the Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-14), which will open with Emir Kusturica's production Jagoda In The Supermarket (Jagoda u Supermarketu) (pictured) by Dusan Milic.Some 26 of the full-length films are world premieres, ...
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Forum of New Cinema line-up finally unveiled
Fifty two films from 24 countries have been selected for the Forum of New Cinema at next month's Berlin International Film Festival. Directorial debuts by young filmmakers from Argentina, China, Japan, Mozambique, Hungary, the United States and Thailand together make up almost a third of the entire programme. Twenty-six of ...
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Chairman Case steps down at AOL Time Warner
Steve Case, the architect of the $106bn merger of AOL and Time Warner, is to stand down from the top job at the troubled media conglomerate.Succumbing to months of investor and media pressure to resign, Case said he would step down at the annual shareholders meeting in May. He will ...
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Berlin confirms bulk of competition line-up
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has officially unveiled 19 films from Europe Asia, USA and Africa which will feature in its main competition program.In total 26 films - including the opening and closing films and special out of competition screenings - are expected to be selected.The list includes ...
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Berlin confirms bulk of competition programme
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 6-16) has officially unveiled 19 films from Europe Asia, USA and Africa which will feature in its main competition programme.In total 26 films - including the opening and closing films and special out of competition screenings - are expected to be selected.The list includes ...
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Ex-Granada boss Morrison appointed chair of North West Vision
Steve Morrison, the former chief executive of UK television broadcaster Granada, has been appointed as chair of North West Vision - the body responsible for developing film and television in the north west of England.With an annual budget of £1.3m, North West Vision is primarily funded by the Film Council. ...
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UK video/DVD sales surge in 2002
Tim Dams IN LONDONVideo retail sales surged to an estimated 154 million units in 2002, helped by 111% increase in DVD sales, which contributed to overall video market growth of 26%.The figures were released by the British Video Association, which added that the figures do not include mail order, which ...
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2002: the united states of cinema
When the year began it still seemed that Europe, cinema's ancestral home, was pulling its historical weight again. Jean Marie-Messier was at the helm of Franco-American entertainment conglomerate Vivendi-Universal, Germany's Neuer Markt listed companies were still in the game, and UK mini-studio FilmFour was mounting star-studded productions aimed at the ...
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Chicago heads Golden Globe nominees
Miramax musical Chicago has emerged as front-runner in nominations for the 60th annual Golden Globes, with a total of eight nods - just ahead of Stephen Daldry's The Hours which is nominated in seven categories.Other multi-nominated films include Spike Jonze's Adaptation with six nods and Alexander Payne's About Schmidt and ...
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French investigators raid Vivendi offices
French legal investigators have raided Vivendi Universal's headquarters as part of a probe into records during the era of former chairman Jean-Marie Messier."We can confirm there is a search going on and the company is co-operating completely with the law," a Vivendi spokesperson told Reuters.Reuters also reported that police had ...
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Academy unveils animated Oscar contenders
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has given the greenlight for 17 films to compete in the best animated feature film Oscar category in the 2002 Academy Awards competition.The 17 films are: Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy NightsAlibaba & the Forty ThievesEdenEl bosque animado (The Living Forest)Hey Arnold! The ...
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Kongrod takes over at Sandrew Metronome
Morten Kongrod (43) has been appointed CEO and president of Sandrew Metronome AB, Sweden, and head of the Nordic Sandrew Metronome Group. Kongrod will take over on March 1, 2003 from Klas Olofsson (60), who is retiring. Olofsson has been head of Sandrew Metronome since 1998. Kongrod is currently senior ...
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First Thai film festival launches in UK
The Royal Thai Embassy is backing the launch of the first Thai Film Festival in the UK (Nov 28-Dec 5)The Thai Film Festival 2002 will show a range of 15 Thai films, encompassing traditional and contemporary films, across a range of genres from comedy to horror. It is being held ...
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Dougray Scott takes part in football hooligan drama
A hard hitting film about football hooligans starring Dougray Scott has gone into production in the UK.Based on the best-selling cult novel by John King about Chelsea hooligans, The Football Factory is the first feature from Vertigo Films and is produced by Allan Niblo (Human Traffic, South West Nine) and ...
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Columbia backs film spin-off of BBC's Stella Street
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group is backing a film spin-off of the BBC television series Stella Street, which parodies celebrity existence and pokes fun at the likes of Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman.Directed by Peter Richardson, Stella Street stars Phil Cornwell and John Sessions in multiple ...
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The Mill cuts its film division out of the picture
In a further sign of the difficult times facing the UK film industry, Oscar winning special effects company, The Mill, is pulling out of feature film. The London based company is blaming the move on the volatile nature of the industry and a desire to concentrate on its advertising activities.A ...
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UK cinema launches distribution venture to pick up Kurdish titles
UK arthouse venue The Rio Cinema has launched a new distribution venture, acquiring UK rights to two films showing in the London Kurdish Film Festival - Handan Ipekci's Hejar and Jano Rosebiani's Jiyan.The Rio Cinema bought Hejar from Menemsha Films and, jointly with the Kurdish Film Festival Organising Committee, Jiyan ...
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Euro animation enjoys production surge
Production of animated feature films in Europe is at an all-time high, according to a study of the industry published by Cartoon, the European animation association. Some 34 films are currently in production or about to be released in cinemas, according to the report. This compares with 56 animated films ...
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UK submits The Warrior as Academy Award contender
The UK has submitted Asif Kapadia's Hindi language film The Warrior as its official entry in the best foreign language film category at the Academy Awards.It is the first time the UK has submitted a film to the Oscars whose language is not indigenous to the UK. In 2000, Welsh ...
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Channel 4 slashes staff numbers as part of radical overhaul
UK broadcaster and former stalwart of the British film industry Channel 4 has embarked on the most radical shake-up in its 20 year history, announcing plans to slash 200 jobs.The redundancies are in addition to the 50 job losses at Channel 4's FilmFour division, which was recently closed as a ...