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All articles by Staff reporters – Page 38
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Rings strikes gold in Argentina's economic slump
Having had its release delayed for a month, due to the current economic crisis, Lord Of The Rings shattered Argentina's admissions record for an opening weekend when it debuted last Wednesday (January 30). The Peter Jackson fantasy thriller attracted 84,626 admissions from 141 screens on its first day, trouncing the ...
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Berlin's hot titles and section lists
Screen International gives the lowdown on selected hot titles from this year's Berlin Film Festival. Followed by a comprehensive list of all titles in the main sections.A Map Of The Heart (Germany) CompetitionDir: Dominik GrafWith A Map Of The Heart (Der Felsen) the critically-acclaimed German director Dominik Graf, whose credits ...
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Hollywood quartet embraces new high-def VHS format
Effects-driven action thrillers such as Independence Day,X-Men, U-571, Die Hard and the first two Terminator films are about to be re-issued in the US in a new digital videotapeformat aimed specifically at that small niche of (predominantly male) hometheatre buffs who have decked out their pads with expensive high-definitiontelevision sets.Four ...
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Argentina's film industry faces financial meltdown
Abstracted from Screen InternationalThe Argentinian financial crisis has begun to take a severe toll on the local film industry. The release of blockbusters like The Lord Of The Rings has been delayed and the burgeoning local production sector is threatened with financial meltdown. Riots, five presidents in two weeks and ...
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Disney, Telefonica team for pan-Latin prod co
Disney's Buena VistaInternational (BVI) and Spain's leading production and distributioncompany Admira (formerly Telefonica Media) today announced that they arepartnering in Miravista, a Latin American pan-regional film production company.The move extends apartnership in Argentina where Buena Vista and Admira hold 30% each in leadingproduction house Patagonik Film Group, with Argentinean ...
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Mex 10% tax on satellite & cable TV proposed
Foreign pay-TV programmers may have won a temporary victory over the implementation of harsh taxes in Brazil, but in Mexico the battle is just heating up. The bone of contention is a Congressional move to impose a new 10% tax on satellite and cable TV services in the country. Last ...
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Buena Vista Int'l TV, TF1 sign multi-year deal
Buena Vista International Television (BVI-TV), has concluded a multi-year agreement with French broadcaster TF1. The wide-ranging agreement includes rights to first-run feature films, the latest live action series, TV movies and mini-series. The agreement will also include a TV special about the opening of the new theme park at Disneyland ...
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Amelie becomes North America's favourite
Amelie has become the highest grossing French-language film ever released in North America, having grossed $20,891,879 by Jan 21, breaking the previous record - held by La Cage Aux Folles since 1979 - of $20,424,259.Last week, Amelie also crossed the $100m mark in worldwide box office receipts.The film, which has ...
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Tel Aviv film festival postponed for a year
The ambitious Tel Aviv Film Festival has been postponed for a year.The city's government decided to push back the festival from March until late next year to coincide with the opening of a new Cinema Centre annexed to the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. The city has secured sponsorship worth $3m from ...
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Weisbein to head StudioCanal international sales
StudioCanal, the film and television arm of Vivendi Universal, is believed to be close to announcing the appointment of Pierre Weisbein as head of the outfit's international sales - a position which has been vacant since Daniel Marquet left to oversee the expansion of the studio structure across EuropeIn his ...
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24 German films at 25th Goteborg festival
The 25th Goteborg Film Festival (25.1. - 4.2.2002) is continuing its tradition of a large German presence and will be presenting a selection of 24 new German films which for the most part were already successful at other international festivals.In the main programme the festival-goers will be shown 14 German ...
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Chinese audiences flock to Big Shot's Funeral
Big Shot's Funeral, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia's production of Feng Xiaogang's comedy starring Donald Sutherland, has earned $4.3m in less than four weeks on release across China, becoming the highest-grossing domestically-produced title in the country's history. Developed and produced as part of the studio's commitment to local language productions ...
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Large format Beauty & The Beast's $8m fortnight
Disney's North American large-screen format release of Beauty And The Beast is performing at near-record box office levels across the giant screen US network. Playing on 67 screens in the U.S. and Canada, the film has grossed $8m since its Jan 1 launch including approximately $2.1 million over last weekend.In ...
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Strand close to US rights for Smokers Only
Los Angeles-based StrandReleasing is in advanced talks to pick up US domestic rights to Argentineandrama Smokers Only (VagonFumador). The directorial debut offilm editor Veronica Chen narrates the story of a disillusioned young womanwho finds friendship with a male street hustler in Buenos Aires. SmokersOnly made its ...
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Brenner appointed to UK's FilmFour Int'l sales
The UK's FilmFour has appointed Natalie Brenner as deputy head of international film sales. Brenner was previously senior vice president of sales at IAC Film and vice president of sales and marketing at J & M Entertainment.Brenner will work with head of FilmFour International Janine Gold and film sales executive ...
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Argentina slashes cinema ticket prices again
Reeling from its worst economic crisis ever, Argentina has moved to slash ticket prices to local films once again. Last November, admissions leapt 1,000 % compared with the previous week as a result of a two-day national campaign. Regular ticket prices of up to $8 were cut to $2 with ...
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Local industries boost world film production
Global film production totalled some 3,540 films in 2000, an increase of 76 films from 1999, according to research by industry periodical Screen Digest.With some of the smaller territories still to release production data for 2000, the figures are not exhaustive, but the trend is unmistakable: world-wide film production is ...
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Rotterdam fest unveils competition titles
The 31st International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 23 - Feb 3) has selected sixteen features (all world, international or European premieres) for its VPRO Tiger Awards Competition. First- or second-time directors from around the world will compete for three equal prizes, the VPRO Tiger Awards, each worth Euro 10,000 plus ...
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Internationalmedia buys 100% of IEG
Internationalmedia has signed a deal to take over 100% of the US-based Initial Entertainment Group, (IEG) (see Screendaily, Oct 26). IEG is an independent Hollywood film company specialising in the distribution of film rights obtained through license agreements or co- productions. IEG owns the international rights to over 20 films, ...