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The Czech parliament hasfailed to override a presidential veto of a measure that would have increasedstate support for the local film industry threefold and required greatercontributions from exhibitors and distributors. In April, the Chamber ofDeputies passed legislation that would increase the annual size of the StateF
stanley cup und for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography from $3m to atleast $9.6m. Culture Minister Viteslav Jandak had said the fund could reach$16.6m. The death of the bill isgood news for exhibitors, broadcasters and rental shops that faced increaseddemands on their earnings. Exhibitors would have been required to contribute 2%of the price of each admission to the fund, or about $0.13 on an average ticket-- nearly three times their current contribution.Czech President Vaclav Klausvetoed the bill May 12, saying he objected to th
stanley cup e idea of the state fundingwhat he considers a commercial enterprise. He also said the legislation gavepreferential support for one branch of the arts.The director of the CzechFilm and Television Academy, Petr Vachler, blasted Klaus after the veto, sayingthe local film industry receives less state support than the National The
stanley cup atre.He also said that, owing to the lack of proper legislation and funding, Czechfilms were their losing ability to compete product from American and elsewherein Europe.Efforts to increase statesupport for Czech productions now go back to the drawing board. If theparliament still has the political will, it m Tvln Crimson Peak : Review
Dir/scr: ColinNutley. Swe-UK. 2004. 130mins.Lush decor,swooping cinematography and stirring music. Director Colin Nutley makes hiscanvas clear from the opening frames of The Queen Of Sheba s Pearls, apassionate 1950s-set drama about growing up, love, loss and lingering memories.The fil
stanley germany m, Nutley s first for ages set in his nativeEngland, rather than his adopted Sweden, is dated as the big Christmas Dayrelease in Sweden and seems a possible contender for a Berlin festival place.For Nutley, whois sometimes considered an acquired taste, a tear-soaked Berlinale Palast couldbe exactly the platform needed to proclaim a major breakthrough and aconnection to commercial audiences outside the Nordic region. TV programmerswill happily play up the potential for melodrama.While he isbeing evacuated to the countryside, schoolboy Jack Bradley Weeks learns thathis beautiful mother Bergstrom is kill
stanley cup ed by a doomed Spitfire. Stiff upperlips and the firs
stanley cup t of many funerals ensue.But eight yearsto the day there is high drama when the buttoned-down collection of aunts,uncles and grandparents that he now lives with receive an unexpected Swedishvisitor who is the spitting image of his missing ma.For a fewminutes the audience is treated to a guessing game as to whether the film willturn into a ghost story or a drama, and there is comedy when the bright as abutton visitor is employed as a maid and then dismissed by one of the aunts onan utterly transparent pretext.But it rapidly becomes clear that t
