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Rotterdam Tiger Awards to go Clip, Egg and Stone, Thursday Through Sunday
FIPRESCI award goes to Neighbouring Sounds and NETPAC prize goes to Sentimental Animal.
Submarine, Dogwoof Global partner for foreign sales on Marina Abramovic doc
US-based sales company Submarine Entertainment has partnered with the new Dogwoof Gobal for foreign sales of acclaimed documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present.
Alcon to finance, Summit Int'l to sell Beautiful Creatures
Alcon Entertainment has secured rights to Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl’s bestselling trilogy to star Oscar nominee Viola Davis. Richard LaGravenese will direct from his adaptation.
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Cargo stocks up for EFM with Rob Cohen thriller Undone
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Fortissimo takes aim at Monsoon Shootout
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Ruffalo, Johansson to star in Carney's Song for Exclusive
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Working Title confirms Hugh Grant still in Bridget Jones's Baby cast
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Red Sea Media heads for Berlin with maiden slate
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Iben Akerlie to star in Knut Hamsun adaptation Victoria
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Juno Temple to play Princess Margaret in Ecosse’s Girls' Night Out
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Hot projects on Screenbase
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Alan Parker to speak at Oxford Literary Festival
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Sky 1 named Broadcast channel of the year
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Aspect Film acquires Danielle Harris’ debut Among Friends
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Lightning Entertainment boards international sales rights to Five Thirteen
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Sony, Film District, Alliance team up for Insidious sequel
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The Raid producers to make sequel later this year
Inside Leavesden
The stage is set
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Studios Leavesden is set to become both a major production centre and a huge tourist attraction when it opens for business this year. Screen editor Mike Goodridge took an exclusive tour of the site and spoke to studio managing director Dan Dark and Warner Bros UK chief Josh Berger about the transformation of Leavesden into a world-class production facility for hire.
One On One
Maja Milos
28-year-old Serbian writer-director Maja Milos’ debut feature Clip (Klip) has been the talk of Rotterdam. It was a polarising film drawing some praise and some outrage. “At least nobody is indifferent to the film,” Milos says.
Peter von Bagh
The Finnish director talks about his Rotterdam retrospective, the privilege of bringing great directors to the Midnight Sun Film Festival, and how very local films can be universal.
Diary Blog
Chevy chase
Unknown 26-year-old Zach Borst’s winning advert for Chevrolet will be watched by 163 million people during Sunday’s Superbowl. No pressure..
Haunting memories
The director of Rotterdam premiere When The Lights Went Out talks about his personal connection to the horror story.
In Focus
Target audience
The viewing habits of UK film-goers go under the microscope in extensive new research carried out by Film3Sixty - with surprising findings about piracy, social media and theatrical windows.
International Project Of The Week
Austenland
Twilight author Stephenie Meyer leaves the vampires behind to produce the UK-set Austenland, directed by Jerusha Hess [pictured] and adapted from Shannon Hale’s bestselling novel.
This Week on ScreenBase
Hot projects on Screenbase
Among this week’s new additions are Walter Salles’ new film Terra, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, as well as Richard Ayoade’s follow up to Submarine.
Latest Reviews
Opinion
Indie Shakedown
The news – not entirely unexpected – that Lionsgate had bought Summit Entertainment comes as good news in that the two companies will together create an independent powerhouse and as depressing news in that the business loses another buyer of material and movies and a key supplier to the international market.
Box office
Scandinavian box office 2011: Norway shows largest gains in Europe; Finland slips as local films lose market share
While Norwegian cinemas last year delivered the largest growth of the theatrical market in Europe, with admissions 5.7% up on 2010, and Swedish attendance went up by 3.7%, both Denmark and Finland registered a decline in ticket sales by 3% and 6.6%, respectively, according to 2011 statistics published by national film bodies.
The Circuit
Rotterdam 2012 slideshow
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, which opened Jan 25 and runs through Feb 5, celebrated its 41st anniversary this year with guests including Takashi Miike, Michel Gondry and Steve McQueen.
