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All Features articles – Page 484
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In focus - Pusan Review - Pushed for space in a crowded scene
Everybody says it, everybody knows it: the autumn festival circuit, which bows out with Rome and London this week, is too crammed. Yet the situation staggers on from year to year, with festivals pointing frantically to their record numbers of world premieres. Even after Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian had ...
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Promotional Feature - New Cinema Network - The right direction
One of the most exciting aspects of the three year-old International Film Festival Rome is the New Cinema Network - Fabbrica Dei Progetti (NCN), which runs this year from October 23-27. A two-tier event, the NCN's Focus Europe fosters emerging directors from the continent, while the NCN International section promises ...
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International - Sea Change at the top
Russia's Admiral sailed to the top of the international chart this week, following its world premiere on October 6, amassing $12.5m from 1,223 engagements in two territories and ending the reign of Universal's dancing queen, Mamma Mia! The Movie, which dropped 41% to $8.4m.With Twentieth Century Fox distributing, the Channel ...
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Spain - Speeding bullet
Award-winning Spanish director Jaime Rosales has sparked huge controversy with his latest film, Bullet In The Head (Tiro En La Cabeza). It follows the everyday life of an ETA member, with no dialogue within earshot and little action until the explosive closing scenes.During the film's world premiere in competition at ...
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Denmark - Madsen burns bright
Ole Christian Madsen, director of Danish smash Flame & Citron, is modest about the remarkable success of his Second World War epic which has grossed more than $9m at the local box office, and is the most popular Danish film for 10 years."I'm surprised it did so well in Denmark," ...
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Festival Talk - 'Be brave in the selection and close to the business'
Which festivals do you particularly rate and enjoy'Detassis: "I love Cannes above all the other festivals because it's like breathing cinema day and night; even if you happen not to go to a film for two days, cinema is in the air. I love mixing up seeing the films in ...
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In focus - Asian Film Market - Mixed messages at market
Pusan's Asian Film Market (October 3-6) closed its third edition last week with most delegates agreeing it had been a quiet event, but many saying they had still found it productive. Certainly there was not much footfall at the market, held for the first time on three floors of the ...
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Editorial - New models armies
The crowning, deposing and re-crowning of "content" as "king" has become a ritual over the last few years. Wondering where on earth the industry is heading has given the old cliche a new lease of life. It's possible even to identify camps here: content as king is the mantra of ...
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In focus - Asian Film Funds Forum - New approaches needed in Asia
The Asian film business should avoid over-supply and ensure the interests of distributors and investors are aligned, said panellists at a seminar on Asian film funds at Pusan's Asian Film Market.The seminar, co-hosted by Screen International, also examined how film financing has become more difficult due to the credit crunch, ...
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Festival talk: Sandra Hebron - 'As the name implies, a degree of festivity is important'
Which festivals do you rate and enjoy'I rate New York, Telluride and Vienna from a programming point of view. In terms of all-round usefulness, Cannes continues to reign supreme, for the sheer volume and range of what it is possible to see there, combined with the benefits of having so ...
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Festival talk - Tokyo at the cutting edge
Which festivals do you particularly rate and enjoy'This year I've been to Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Toronto and will go to Pusan and AFM. I enjoy just about any festival. Berlin is very chilly but always has lots of new interesting things. Beki Probst (head of the European Film ...
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Tiffcom - Autumn window for Japanese productions
Although it falls in a crowded autumn calendar between Toronto, Pusan, Mipcom and AFM, Tiffcom is still a good place to source increasingly strong Japanese content such as manga and animations, as well as films for remakes, TV dramas and music properties.The mostly local market is also striving to be ...
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International - Canine and able
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International's Beverly Hills Chihuahua was the highest new entry at number seven in Screen's international chart for the October 3-5 weekend, debuting just one place ahead of new Japanese crime thriller Suspect X.The talking-dog family comedy, follows the titular Chihuahua, Chloe (voiced by Drew Barrymore), ...
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Special feature - Muhr winners
"For me, success in the Middle East is as important as success anywhere else," says Franco-Lebanese director Philippe Aractingi, whose second feature Under The Bombs - a heartfelt road movie featuring jarring images of Israel's recent war in Lebanon - won the Gold award in Diff 2007's Muhr Awards. "For ...
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International - Music to industry ears
Mamma Mia! The Movie's phenomenal run has led to an Indian summer at the box office. Screen's international top 40 chart was up 12.1% year on year, with the Abba musical making another big contribution.Universal's hit musical notched up another milestone, passing $350m gross since its initial international release in ...
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Special feature - Dubai International Film Festival at five - The fifth element
"Just look around you," urges Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) chairman Abdulhamid Juma, gesturing from the window of his office in the glass-and-steel business district known as Dubai Media City. "Dubai is hungry for new things."It is the middle of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Arguably, Dubai should ...
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Special feature - Making the connection
In addition to the red-carpet appearances from George Clooney, Sharon Stone and co, one of the main attractions at last year's Diff was the establishment of the Dubai Film Connection (DFC), the first feature and documentary film co-production market in the UAE. It was the brainchild of Industry Office head ...
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Special feature - Dubai Film Market - Bridging the sales gap
One of the most important additions to this year's Diff is the Dubai Film Market (DFM), an initiative set up to encourage regional and international film production and trade, as well as raising the profile of world cinema.Worthy aspirations, but does the world need another film market' Ziad Yaghi, director ...
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Special feature - The Muhr Awards - Middle Eastern promise
For all the black-tie bacchanalia and glitzy galas, it is Diff's main competition which forms the central focus around which all other activities take place.The Muhr Awards for Excellence in Arab Cinema were introduced in 2006 as a way of drawing international attention to Arab film-makers (a 'muhr' is a ...
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Flying the flag for 3D
Only one in 10 digital screens is adequate for 3D screenings, pioneering 3D film-maker Ben Stassen has claimed.Stassen is CEO of Brussels-based nWave, which is behind a series of successful Imax projects and this year released 3D animation Fly Me To The Moon. But although he claimed 3D is the ...