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New Moon eclipses 2012 with heavenly $118.1m overseas launch
Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon delivered an astonishing $118.1m weekend launch from just 24 markets, a result made all the more remarkable by the fact that this was an independent release.
Disney partners with Huayi and SMG on High School Musical: China
The Walt Disney Company in China is partnering with China’s Huayi Brothers Media Corporation and Shanghai Media Group to co-produce Disney High School Musical: China, a Chinese version of Disney’s High School Musical franchise.
La Bocca Del Lupo becomes first Italian film to win Turin's main prize
Pietro Marcello La Bocca Del Lupo made history at the 27th Turin Film Festival as it became the first Italian film to win the event’s main competition prize.
Santa Barbara to honour Farmiga, Sarsgaard, Tucci and Waltz
Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Stanley Tucci and Christoph Waltz will each receive the 25th Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award on February 12.
Three Cannes competition titles vie for Prix Louis Delluc
The shortlist for the Prix Louis Delluc has been announced with Cannes favorites among the eight films in line for the award.
AMPAS names ten on shortlist for animated short Oscar
Ten animated short films have made it on to the shortlist for the 82nd Academy Awards from an original pool of 37 eligible titles.
Awards Countdown
Panning for Precious metal
The 2009-2010 awards season has begun in earnest with only a few much-anticipated films yet to be seen and some front-runners finally emerging.
Beating Up
2009 has been a landmark year for animation and, as if to reflect that, the feature animation Oscar category is swelling to the full five nominations for the first time since 2002.
Academy Awards animation: the directors
Screen International brings you three of the directors of this year’s Oscar-nominated animation films.
Life after Slumdog
Without an obvious juggernaut such as Slumdog Millionaire, this year’s Bafta race looks far from predictable, says Allan Hunter of an awards ceremony that aims to recognise both UK and international talent
Opinion
New indies could renew awards
The effective closure of Miramax Films come January further depletes the supply of quality drama to US, and indeed, global audiences.
Moving the mindset
The new distribution landscape demands a fresh approach from film-makers to marketing their work and to communicating with their potential audience
In Focus
India’s indies set global goals
It is too early to talk of an Indian film wave, but certain indie titles from the country are gaining recognition among international buyers. Liz Shackleton looks at the challenges they face in finding a global audience.
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Soft Money
Screen unveils Global Soft Money Guide 2010
The annual territory-by-territory report on markets offering the most lucrative and easiest-to-access incentives to international producers.
Box office
New Moon casts historic shadow over pack with $140.7m US launch
The hype and anticipation surrounding Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon paid off handsomely as the vampire sequel delivered $140.7m from 4,024 theatres in the third highest North American opening weekend in history.
New Moon post biggest midnight opening record in US
Teeing up what looks to become an astonishing opening weekend for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Summit Entertainment top brass said the film had shattered the midnight opening record with an estimated $26.27m.
Weekly international box office – November 20
Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.
Screen Blog
Fionnuala Halligan's Blog
Dieter Goes Shopping: it’s early days yet, but the Berlinale is firming up its 60th anniversary year and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost is hotly tipped for a Potsdamer Platz slot. Plus, why City of Life and Death is one of the year’s best ...
