All United States articles – Page 1438
-
News
Latin American experts discuss piracy troubles in Rio
Piracy is of the major concerns being discussed during RioMarket (Sept 21-Oct 3), the largest gathering of the audiovisual industry in Latin America.'The industry lost an estimated $6.1bn last year, with Latin America representing 16,7% of that,'' said Steve Solot, senior vice president for Latin America operations of the Motion ...
-
News
Mexico submits Reygadas' Silent Light as Oscar entry
The Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences has selected Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light (Stellet Licht) as the Mexican entry for foreign-language Oscar consideration. The film, which Reygadas also wrote and produced, is a Mennonite love story with dialogue in an unusual old German dialect. Johan, a married man, transgresses ...
-
News
Fujimura's Filosophia forms partnership with Petzel's Fierce
Christopher Petzel's Fierce Entertainment, which represents international distributors and financiers in Los Angeles among other things, has signed a new partnership with Japan's Filosophia Entertainment Alliance whereby Fierce will represent Filosophia in tracking Japanese rights of projects around the world and Filosophia will represent Fierce in Japan.Fierce also represents VCL ...
-
News
Brazil names Hamburger's Year its Oscar submission
Cao Hamburger's The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Sairam De Ferias) is Brazil's entry for the foreign language film Oscar. The decision, announced today in Rio de Janeiro, came as a surprise since the controversial Elite Squad was considered the favorite for its ...
-
News
Jim Orr promoted at MGM domestic theatrical distribution
Jim Orr has been promoted to executive vice president, general sales manager, domestic theatrical distribution, at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM).Orr joined MGM in Feb 2006 as senior vice president, head of domestic theatrical distribution operations.In his new position, Orr takes on responsibility for supervising distribution of all MGM's theatrical films in ...
-
Reviews
Flash Point (Aka City With No Mercy)
Dir. Wilson Yip. Hong Kong/China. 2007. 87 mins.Wilson Yip's new martial arts extravaganza is action-packed and honed along well-tested genre formulas, with an adrenalin-pumping soundtrack and a story that moves ahead with the speed and ruthlessness of a runaway train. It will leave its audience breathless after seeing so much ...
-
News
Warner Bros forms large-scale alliance in Abu Dhabi
Warner Bros Entertainment has formed a long-term strategic alliance with two companies in Abu Dhabi - real estate developer ALDAR and the newly established Abu Dhabi Media Company. The arrangement calls for the creation of a theme park and hotel, jointly owned multiplex cinemas, a co-finance agreement covering feature film ...
-
Reviews
Intimate Enemies (L'ennemi intime)
Dir: Florent Siri. France . 2007. 108 min.A gritty and realistic depiction of a French platoon during the final stages of Algeria 's war of independence, Intimate Enemies is an assured and well-crafted drama that is sure to cause a stir in its native France . Featuring strong lead performances ...
-
News
Mullaly, Griesbach promoted in publicity at SPHE
Claire Mullaly has been promoted to executive director, worldwide publicity, for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE), and Staci Griesbach has been promoted to director, worldwide publicity. Both are based in Sony's Culver City headquarters and will report to Fritz Friedman, senior vice president of worldwide publicity.Mullaly will manage strategic public ...
-
News
Secret director to tackle the lost life of Jesus Christ
Drew Heriot, the director of the phenomenally successful DVD The Secret, will make his narrative directing debut on spiritual fantasy/adventure The Aquarian Gospel which attempts to tell the story of Jesus Christ's 'missing years' from the ages of 13 to 30.Heriot's documentary-style The Secret has sold over two million copies ...
-
News
Bahamas Film Festival goes into local classrooms
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is expanding its Kid's Film Workshop during the fourth annual event this year (Dec 6-13) and will partner with schools throughout Nassau to bring the workshops directly into the classroom.The programme is being sponsored by The Royal Bank Of Canada (RBC) in Nassau as ...
-
News
Amal wins top prize at Sudbury's Cinefest in Canada
Richie Mehta's debut feature Amal won the NFB Carolyn Fouriezos Memorial Award for Best Canadian First Feature as the 2007 Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday. The film, which world premiered at Toronto in the Canada First! program, is written by Mehta and his brother Shaun and produced ...
-
News
Sundance Institute, Skoll Foundation team for three-year pact
The Sundance Institute and Jeff Skoll's Skoll Foundation today announced a $3m, three-year partnership dedicated to exploring film's role in advancing knowledge about social entrepreneurship. The grant will support the launch of Stories Of Change: Social Entrepreneurship In Focus Through Documentary, a new initiative spearheaded by the Sundance Institute Documentary ...
-
News
NBC Universal International reorganises digital operations
NBC Universal International has restructured its international digital group, organizing its digital efforts into two parallel strands - New Media Licensing and Digital Assets.The moves come in an efforts to reflect the company's priority on digital strategy and to position it for further digital growth, while also driving growth across ...
-
News
Alliance signs Canadian output deal with Overture
Alliance Films and Overture Films have signed an all-rights multi-year output deal for Canada. The deal was announced by Overture's CEO Chris McGurk and Alliance's executive chairman Victor Loewy.The deal, which runs through 2010, will add an additional eight to 12 titles annually to Alliance's releeasing slate, beginning with Callie ...
-
News
NBC Universal International starts new digital strands
NBC Universal International has restructured its digital business to maximise its digital growth strategy. NBCUI will now organise its digital efforts in two strands: New Media Licensing and Digital Assets. LA-based Beth Minehart has been promoted to Executive Vice President, International New Media, NBC Universal International Television Distribution. She will ...
-
News
NBC Universal International reorganises digital operations
NBC Universal International has restructured its international digital group, organizing its digital efforts into two parallel strands - New Media Licensing and Digital Assets.The moves come in an efforts to reflect the company's priority on digital strategy and to position it for further digital growth, while also driving growth across ...
-
Reviews
Resident Evil: Extinction
Dir: Russell Mulcahy. US. 2007. 94 minutes.A movie of intermittent action catharsis and reliably deafening sound design, the altogether middling Resident Evil: Extinction takes the videogame action franchise to the desert, allowing star Milla Jovovich to energetically lop off zombie heads in a manner that will please series aficionados but ...
-
Reviews
Feast Of Love
Dir. Robert Benton, US 2007. 102 mins.Feast of Love weaves its way through the frustrated loves of couples in Portland Oregon who don't have much else to do besides reflect on what they have won and lost in romance. Robert Benton's adaptation of Charles Baxter's 2000 novel coats the original ...
-
Reviews
The Passage
Dir: Mark Heller 2007 USA . 95 mins.A likable cast and the exotic backdrop of Morocco provides first-time feature director Mark Heller with the tools to make a tense thriller about Western tourists in danger but he fails to build much-needed suspense. While pretty to watch, The Passage never scares ...