All Screen articles in 26 August 2005 – Page 2
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An Unfinished Life
Dir: Lasse Hallstrom.US. 2005. 107mins.An Unfinished Life is the kind of film where you can predicteverything that will happen within moments of the story starting to unfold. Allthat remains is a simple matter of dutifully filling in the blanks.This Lasse Hallstromventure had been sitting on the shelf for some time ...
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MDC to mastermind Trzaskalski's San Sebastian entry
MDCInternational is to handle world sales for Polish director Piotr Trzaskalski's TheMaster (Mistrz) which will have its world premiere in San Sebastian'sZabaltegi section next month.The title role of the master, an Afghanistan war veteran travellingthrough Poland with a knife-throwing act, is played by the Russian actorKonstantin Lavronenko.Hebecame known to international ...
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Foreign films dominate Australian production spending
Spending on foreign films made in Australia over the last year was more than double thatspent on local films and Australian/international co-productions for the thirdconsecutive year.The Australian Film Commission's comprehensive annualproduction survey revealed 22local projects worth £80m (A$106m), including three Australian/UKco-productions, spent £66m (A$87m) in Australia after beginning principalphotography during ...
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UK online rental service shut as High Court seizes assets
Online rental serviceBoxchoice.com has shut after UK High Court enforcement officers seized itsstock.The move was part of theRental Rights Protection Programme (RRPP) against copyright infringement.The RRPP, an organisation launchedlast year by the Federation Against Copyright Theft and distributors, obtaineda High Court injunction in March ordering Boxchoice to stop renting out ...
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San Sebastian announces Films in Progress contenders
Seven projects chosen from 80applicants from across the world will compete for completion funding in thisyear's Films in Progress initiative.The contenders will screenbefore a range of cinema professionals on September 20 and 21 at theDonostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival.Each is hoping for finance to completetheir features, which are either still ...
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Toronto lineup completed with Frears, Ritchie
The Toronto InternationalFilm Festival has added four major world premieres to its line-up: StephenFrears' Mrs. Henderson Presents,starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins; Guy Ritchie's Revolver, starring Jason Statham and Ray Liotta; JackieChan-starrer The Myth, directedby Stanley Tong all to be presented as Galas -- and Martin Scorsese's documentary No ...
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Commercial UK pics spark optimism at Edinburgh
After all the doom and gloom about the state of the British filmindustry this year, the Edinburgh International Film Festival (August 17-28)has provided some cause for optimism.That's largely because a string of British features with decentcommercial prospects have unspooled at this year's event.Richard E Grant's Wah Wah, NickLove's The Business, ...
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LFF opens with Gardener, closes on a Good Night
Fernando Meirelles' The Constant Gardener will open the 49th London Film Festival on October 19, it was announced today. The festival will welcome back Meirelles whose City Of God (Cidade De Deus) played in the 2002 line-up. The closing film, on Nov 3, will be George Clooney's second feature as ...
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The Rising shatters box office records in India
Hindi blockbuster, MangalPandey - The Rising has broken boxoffice records for a Hindi film in India, taking $5m in its first week onrelease the highest ever on record.The film opened on Aug 12 on600 screens in India and grossed $3m in its first three days; so far in itssecond ...
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AFI to announce annual top ten on Dec 11
The top 10 AFImotion pictures, television programmes and moments of significance of the yearwill be unveiled when the American Film Institute announces its AFI Awards 2005on Dec 11.AFI members willhonour the creative ensembles for each chosen project, person or event at anawards lunch on Jan 13, 2006.AFI AWARDShonorees are selected ...
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Cineclick announces global sales deal with Korea Pictures
South Korean sales companyCineclick Asia has announced a strategic alliance with distributor/financierKorea Pictures, with Cineclick to represent all but two of the latter's titles.Korea Pictures had formerlyoperated a small sales division that was a regular presence at internationalmarkets but the departure of CEO Soma Chung earlier this year resulted in ...
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Olympian bounty for winning Taiwanese film-makers
Taiwan's GovernmentInformation Office (GIO) yesterday announced new financial rewards foraward-winning local directors. Film directors andproducers who win top prizes at Cannes, Venice, Berlin or the Academy Awardscan each receive $310,000, the same bounty paid to taekwondo champions ChenShih-hsin and Chu Mu-yen after winning Taiwan's first-ever gold medals at lastsummer's Olympic ...
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Latecomers boost Venice festival line-up
The Venice Film Festival hasannounced two late additions to its official line-up: Paul Morrissey and BerndBohm's documentary Veruschka and Neil Marshall's horror film TheDescent.Veruschka focuses on the life of legendary model andartist Vera von Lehndorff, a muse of Salvador Dali who appeared in MichelangeloAntonioni's seminal film Blow-Up and famously collaborated ...
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Russell shows off Hot Pants at Oldenburg
VeteranUK director Ken Russell is to be feted with a retrospective including theworld premiere of his latest film Hot Pants at this year's OldenburgInternational Film Festival (Sept 7-11).Themaverick filmmaker will come to the festival which has been dubbed the"German Sundance" for the screening of such films as Women In Love,The ...
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Tokyo governor to produce wartime drama
Tokyo governorShintaro Ishihara will script and executive produce a film about Japanesesuicide pilots in World War II. Called Kimi no tame ni koso Shiniiku (I WillDie for You), the film will be directed by Taku Shinjo and distributed byToei. The cast andrelease date have yet to be decided. The genesis ...
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Galactic launch for Real Madrid movie
Madrid is to host the most lavish premiere in Spanish cinemahistory this week featuring the city's footballing megastars, known as galacticos.Real The Movie is the first official film featuringplayers from the Real Madrid football team.The project made a huge splash when it was unveiled atCannes last May and organisers expect ...
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Christenson confirmed as new Initial sales chief
Eric Christenson (pictured)has come aboard Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group as president of salesand distribution.Based in LosAngeles, Christenson started work at the company in Los Angeles on Aug 1 andreports directly to King. He replaces Stephanie Denton, who was recently nameddistribution chief at Lions Gate International.Christensonformerly established Tentpole Pictures where ...
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Boyle's Sunshine pic starts rolling in London
Principal photography beganin London yesterday [Monday] on DNA Films and Fox Searchlight's sci-fico-production The Untitled Sunshine Project, which reunites the companies with Danny Boyle andAlex Garland, the director-writer team behind the worldwide zombie hit 28Days Later and The Beach.Set 50 years in the futurewhen a rapidly dying sun is ...
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Bavaria adds three from Li, Armendariz, Svoboda
BavariaFilm International (BFI) has added three new titles to its sales lineup fromChinese filmmaker Li Yu, Spain's Montxo Armendariz and Austria's AntoninSvobodaThe triowill be screening at the film festivals in Venice, Toronto and San Sebastiannext month.Li Yu'sChinese-French co-production Hongyan (Dam Street)will be premiering in Venice's Orizzonti and then showing in ...
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Serenity
Dir/scr: Joss Whedon. US.2005. 117mins.Nine successful StarTrek movies and one X-Files outing on the big screen are ampletestimony to the enduring attraction of cult sci-fi television. That factoralone should be enough to ensure muscular box-office for Serenity, afeature spin-off from the short-lived Joss (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)Whedon sci-fi western series ...
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