Screen
02 Aug 2012
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Ali Al Jabri becomes festival director in Abu Dhabi as Peter Scarlet departs
Confirming recent rumours that Peter Scarlet would leave his post at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, the organisation has confirmed that Ali Al Jabri will become the new festival director. -
Animation competition launching tied to Graham Chapman film
Trinity, Brainstorm Media and EPIX will collaborate with Adobe on the global competition. -
Atom Egoyan brings Ryan Reynolds to Queen Of The Night
Production on Toronto-based Ego Film Arts and The Film Farm’s psychological thriller is scheduled to commence in February 2013 in southern Ontario, Canada. eOne holds Canadian rights and will handle international sales. -
China box office monthly round-up: Painted Skin 2 dominates China market
Wuershan’s fantasy period drama Painted Skin 2: The Resurrection dominated the China box office during July. -
CMG closes crop of international sales for Eden
EXCLUSIVE: The sex trafficking story premiered at SXSW. -
David King joins IMAX as director of film distribution and marketing, EMEA
King was previously deputy sales director at PPI in London. -
Dogwoof Global picks up Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In
Dogwoof to handle sales on Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner. -
Films Boutique takes on Locarno competition title The Last Time I Saw Macao
João Rui Guerra da Mata and Pedro Rodrigues direct the Locarno world premiere title. -
Helsinki festival to open with Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Festival will show more than 180 features. -
Inception takes on four new titles for multi-platform releases
Titles include Pathfinders: In The Company of Strangers. -
Is UK crew unrest an inward investment issue?
UK union BECTU denies claim that studio-backed productions are inciting more crew complaints than other productions. -
James Cameron’s Cameron Pace Group sets up China headquarters
James Cameron’s Cameron Pace Group (CPG) will set up a China headquarters in Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech Industrial Development Park (THIP). -
Japan 2012
Screen’s 2012 Japan special looks at the country’s film business rebuilding after the 2011 disaster. Plus, a preview of the Tokyo International Film Festival including an interview with Tom Yoda. -
JC Chandor wraps shoot for All Is Lost
Open water thriller shot in Mexico. -
Justin Wilkes promoted at @radical.media
@radical.media has promoted Justin Wilkes to President of Media + Entertainment. Wilkes has been with the company for 13 years and has served as producer, executive producer and Vice President of Media + Entertainment.His recent projects include Oprah Presents: Master Class and Visionaries, Iconoclasts for Sundance Channel, the three films for the nation of Qatar that helped secure their 2022 World Cup Bid, as well as films including Under African Skies, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory and -
Lionsgate UK, BFI partners in £100k Games for Films competition
Competition to promote upcoming releases aimed at games developers; prizes total £100,000. -
Locarno's new Step In initiative explores challenges for Eastern and Central Europe
Locarno’s new Step In initiative, which focused in its first edition on the visibility of European auteur cinema in Eastern and Central European countries drew a mixed response from the attending distributors, exhibitors and sales agents.While some festivals told Screen that they particularly welcomed the opportunity to be able to speak with sales companies about the question of festival fees, among other pressing issues, in the Sunday afternoon workshop, other participants expressed d -
Locarno's president describes festival's international profile as 'still too weak and vulnerable'
Marco Solari said festival could “continue to rank among the greatest festivals in the world, improving the efficiency of its organisation.” -
MPM Film takes on Jem Cohen's Museum Hours
EXCLUSIVE: Film premieres today (8) in Locarno competition. -
Ozon, Sorín, Tang, Doudeiri, Albert bring new films to San Sebastián
New international titles have just been announced for the official section of the upcoming 60th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, which kicks off Sept 21. -
Producers Lab Toronto selects 24 European and Canadian producers
Participants include Els Vandervorst [pictured] and Stephen Traynor. -
San Sebastian's Horizontes Latinos selects 12 including Avila's Clandestine Childhood
The Horizontes Latinos programme at the 60th edition of the San Sebastian Festival has selected 12 films by filmmakers from Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. -
Singing his song in the Piazza Grande
Harry Belafonte pays tribute to his Carmen Jones director Otto Preminger in Locarno. -
Sky Movies gets rights to full Bond film catalogue, launching dedicated Bond channel
Sky Movies HD will run the channel throughout October to show the catalogue of Bond titles from MGM. It is the first time in history that all 22 Bond films are available on one platform (in HD and without commercials).The films will also be available on Sky’s on-demand Sky Anytime+. And Sky Movies customers on NOW TV will also get the Bond films. The forthcoming Skyfall will be made available in 2013. This news comes as the Bond film franchise celebrates its 50th annivers -
Summer In February
Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens and Emily Browning lead the cast of this British film about Bohemian artists in the early 20th century. -
The Cinema Guild takes US rights to Night Across The Street
Raúl Ruiz’s final film La Noche De Enfrente will open in theatres in early 2013 following its premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this summer. -
Tribeca to launch new transmedia programme with Bombay Sapphire
Festival announces dates for 2013: April 17-28. -
Venice confirms four new films including The Master
The 69th Venice International Film Festival has confirmed four new films to play at the festival. -
Watching the audience
Learning from the laughs of 8,000 strangers. -
When a festival becomes a film star
Sophie Letourneur’s Les Coquillettes — shot at last year’s Locarno Film Festival — his a small gem that hits all the right notes about female friendships.
