All Screen articles in 02 June 2011
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CommentAnd the BoB goes to...
Screen took its place on Film London’s Best of Borough Awards jury this year with a sense of pride
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NewsThis Must be the Place to open UK Jewish Film Festival
Festival line-up includes 70 films; event to be held across 13 London venues
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NewsRevolver picks up UK rights to Brit thriller 7 Lives
UK distributor takes all UK rights to urban thriller starring Danny Dyer and Martin Compston
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NewsSundance Channel launches in five more territories
Sundance TV and VOD offering extends to Greece, Taiwan among others
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NewsLondon prop maker wins in legal battle with George Lucas
UK Supreme Court rules in favour of Londoner who manufactures Stormtrooper helmets.
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NewsIrish Film Board backs new projects from Neil Jordan, Lance Daly, Juanita Wilson
Neil Jordan and Ronan Bennett project Fury receives IFB’s largest development grant in May funding round.
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FeaturesEdinburgh’s big gamble
Is the dramatically revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 15-26) a possible new model for cash-strapped, calendar-squeezed festivals?
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NewsCult online world of Dofus to hit the big screen
French online giant Ankama launches into film with Dofus, Wakfu trilogies
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FeaturesPerfect pitch
Co-production markets have become a vital resource for producers looking for partners, and backers looking for projects. As the number of events continues to grow, Screen profiles selected co-production events from around the world, talking to participants — both producers and financiers — to discover how to work the co-production ...
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NewsWarner Bros Animation to give Daffy Duck 3D theatrical makeover
WBA revives voice of late Mel Blanc for series of 3D theatrical Looney Tunes shorts
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CommentStanding up for Brooklyn
Battle For Brooklyn: a powerful film about my old neighborhood in crisis.
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FeaturesHungary's next move
Budapest-born Hollywood producer Andy Vajna tells Screen how he has helped put together from scratch a new national film fund for Hungarian producers, and the lessons he has learned from around Europe
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NewsBabelgum commissions 12 episodes of Kids Reenact series
Digital platform Babelgum has commissioned 12 new episodes of pop culture parody series Kids Reenact.
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NewsZentropa makes a loss for third year in a row
In spite of an Oscar-winning feature, Susanne Bier’s In a Better World (Hævnen), and a local blockbuster, Mikkel Nørgaard’s Clown (Klovn The Movie), Danish production outfit, Zentropa Entertainments, posted a $3.4 million (DKK 17.1 million) deficit in 2010.
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NewsScreenSingapore panel examines strategies for local-language productions
At the inaugural ScreenSingapore, speakers discussed the importance of profiting at the local box office with local language productions as global box office matures.
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NewsLocarno names first two competition titles, plans two new initiatives
Mia Hansen-Love’s third feature Goodbye First Love [pictured] will have its international premiere.
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NewsRainbow Media Global adds Marco Frazier as VP of global distribution
Rainbow Media Global has expanded by appointing Marco Frazier as Vice President, Global Distribution.
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NewsTop speakers confirmed for new EIFF industry conference
Speakers at June 17 conference will include BFI’s Amanda Nevill [pictured], Oscar-winning producer Iain Canning, Optimum CEO Danny Perkins, Ruby’s Paul Trijbits and Duncan Heath of Independent Talent.
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NewsChina's Zonbo, Singapore's Homerun Asia partner on slate of films
First project will be a remake of Dangerous Liaisons.
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NewsWeinsteins hire Yazdi as VP of acquisitions and co-productions
The Weinstein Company has appointed Negeen Yazdi vice president of acquisitions and co-productions, based in the company’s London office.