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All Features articles – Page 517
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Shooting from the hip
The name Canana, which translates as "cartridge belt", has an almost revolutionary ring to it. That fits with the goals of the Mexican production house's founders Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal and Pablo Cruz. "We want productions that give the world an insight into our reality," says Cruz, who runs ...
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Market focus - Does size really matter'
A Dutch study suggests that in order to influence early box-office takings, film studios and distributors of arthouse films should focus energy on persuading critics to write about their movie instead of merely adopting strategies to avoid negative criticism.In a recently conducted study dubbed The Impact Of Film Reviews On ...
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United Kingdom - Filmworks' ethic
When broadcaster Sky and UK exhibitor Odeon joined forces in a 50-50 venture to create new distribution company, Odeon and Sky Filmworks, some eyebrows were raised. Why, observers asked, did the two companies want to venture into an overcrowded and overly competitive field such as theatrical distribution'Six months after its ...
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Editorial - The future is now
An undercurrent at this year's Berlin International Film Festival was an uneasy feeling of a business in flux. It did not stop strong sales being made nor did it undermine the expansion of the European Film Market (EFM). Indeed, Wild Bunch, which had shunned the refurbished Martin Gropius Bau for ...
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Just draw it
Dale Wahl is used to Laika Entertainment, the fledgling feature animation operation owned by Nike chairman and co-founder Phil Knight, being viewed sceptically by the Hollywood establishment."It's kind of expected," says Wahl, who 18 months ago became president and CEO of Laika Inc after a 16-year stint with Knight's giant ...
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Analysis - Museum revels in its encore call
Fox's Night At The Museum refuses to be beaten as it climbs back up to the top spot, generating over $14m in its eighth week despite being dropped from four territories. Oscar contender Blood Diamond did not trail far behind, raking in $13.1m in its sixth week as it opens ...
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The BAFTAs 2007 - Awards countdown - King and Queen crowned at BAFTAs
The signs may have pointed towards an outburst of flag-waving patriotic fervour at the Orange British Academy Film Awards last Sunday (February 11), but the Baftas failed to conform. Nine ground-breaking nominations for James Bond blockbuster Casino Royale resulted in just one win in the sound category and the compensation ...
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The BAFTAs 2007 - Campaign watch
Both The Queen and The Last King Of Scotland ran expensive, committed campaigns and both reveal the importance of the autumn festival circuit in building towards Bafta success, also a factor for previous winners such as Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Vera Drake (2004).Helen Mirren's best actress prize at Venice in ...
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The BAFTAs 2007 - The parties ..
The champagne flowed freely over Bafta weekend as the industry and nominees hit the parties held around town. On Friday night, the Weinstein Co party - co-hosted by Tamara Mellon - saw guests including Al Gore, Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller.A Bafta nominees party, held on the eve of the ...
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The BAFTAs 2007 - The winners in full
FILMWinner: The QueenBabelThe DepartedThe Last King Of ScotlandLittle Miss SunshineTHE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the YearWinner: The Last King Of ScotlandCasino RoyaleNotes On A ScandalThe QueenUnited 93THE DAVID LEAN AWARD for achievement in directionWinner: Paul Greengrass - United 93Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris - Little Miss SunshineStephen ...
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United States - Mountain men
Paul Hardart had been working in Los Angeles for nine years when he decided to move back to New York and set up Adirondack Pictures with his brother Tom.In Los Angeles, Paul created and co-ran (with Claudia Gray) Universal Focus, the specialty division of Universal Pictures. He also founded Universal's ...
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Production - The view from Ireland
When The Wind That Shakes The Barley picked up the Palme d'Or at Cannes last May it was the start of an undeniably upbeat year for the Republic of Ireland's film industry. Ken Loach's film, set and shot in and around Cork, showcased Ireland's locations to an international audience and ...
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Industry moves
Chorot steps down as Gaumont CEOGaumont co-CEO Franck Chorot has stepped down from his post. Chorot will continue to work with the French major as an in-house producer as well as working on co-productions. Following a stint as the head of UIP France, Chorot returned to the Gaumont fold in ...
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Happy talk as Museum slips
Sony happily knocked Fox's Night At The Museum off the top spot this week, as The Pursuit Of Happyness opened in an additional nine territories and took $16.5m at the weekend. While Night At The Museum slipped marginally - largely due to UK exhibitors pulling the film over a DVD ...
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United States - Snake handler
Black Snake Moan is the latest release in the promising career of John Singleton, producer. John Hazelton spoke to the multi-hyphenate film-maker.
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Financing - Money in the pipeline
The newest funding source for film-makers is the Sound & Vision Fund, set up in 2005 by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI). Aimed at Irish film, TV and radio projects, it has an annual budget of $11.6m (EUR9m).In its first two rounds it has given sums up to $987,000 ...
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Stand and Deliver
Some industry expressions are like adhesive plasters. In that category the one that I find most nettlesome is the one that insists it is a product-driven marketplace. On the surface it implies simply that the films themselves determine the size of the audience; the better the choices, the larger the ...
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Hyphenate highlights: selected John Singleton credits
Four Brothers (2005): directorHustle & Flow (2005): producer2 Fast 2 Furious (2003): directorShaft (2000): writer-director-producerHigher Learning (1995): writer-director-producerBoyz N The Hood (1991): writer-directorJohn Singleton is best known, of course, as the writer-director of such films as Boyz N The Hood, his powerful 1991 debut about West Coast gang life, and ...
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US/Iraq - Her country, their country
The hoopla that accompanies the Academy Awards could not be further from the experience of making a documentary in today's Iraq. Nominated for best documentary award, Laura Poitras' My Country, My Country has stood out among the recent run of Iraqi-set material, in large part due to the director's determination ...
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Editorial - Screen says - Window of choice
In the middle of a debate on the impact of new technologies on cinema in Rotterdam recently, there was a beautiful intervention from the floor.Lia van Leer, founder of the Jerusalem Film Festival, recalled how in the 1950s she had driven a mobile cinema to kibbutzim in the young Israel ...