Screen
06 May 2010
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6 Sales goes behind the scenes with Almodovar documentary
6 Sales also announces deals on The Dancer And The Thief, Locked, and Malice In Wonderland. -
A Spoonful Of Sugar
The Cannes Film Festival’s annual cocktail of art and glamour looks decidedly art-heavy this year and could use an injection of razzle dazzle, Mike Goodridge writes. -
Abu Dhabi Film Festival to integrate Emirates Film Competition
Emirates Film Competition into the festival’s programme under the new banner Emirates Competition, in a move to heighten support for local filmmakers. -
Affinity takes on Drive with Ryan Gosling, Nicolas Winding Refn
Marc Platt will produce alongside Gigi Pritzker of OddLot Entertainment and Michel Litvak of Bold Films, marking the first time the two companies will co-produce and co-finance a project since they launched sales entity Affinity International in late 2009. -
American Pavilion's plans for Cannes include film finance panel
Panel to feature Stuart Ford (IM Global), Robert Kessell (Overture) and Michael Schaefer (Summit Entertainment), to be moderated by ScreenInternational editor Mike Goodridge. -
ARP takes French rights to My Joy from Fortissimo
The Cannes Competition title, written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa, is a parable about contemporary life in Russia. -
Ascent names Walters, Denna to SVP posts
Ascent Media has appointed David Walters to senior vice president of global technical operations and infrastructure and Eric Denna to senior vice president of global process design. -
Atrix books sales on In The Beginning There Was Light
The documentary is made by the team behind We Feed The World and Let’s Make Money. -
Bankside takes on project from Richard Kwietniowski, Gael Garcia Bernal
London-based international sales company Bankside Films has taken international rights on Richard Kwietniowski’s Regret Not Speaking, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and co-starring John Hurt.Currently in pre-production, this is an erotic comedy set aboard a plane. Bankside will be introducing the project to buyers during Cannes -
Berney's departure from Apparition: Unfair Games?
Cannes competition title Fair Game appears to be the chief reason behind Bob Berney’s abrupt departure from Apparition, the company he co-founded with Bill Pohlad and unveiled this time last year.Doug Liman’s Valerie Plame drama starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn was never necessarily going to be an Apparition release and Pohlad’s production company River Road Entertainment said that it planned to secure a hefty MG and wide release commitment from any prospective buyers. -
BFI searching for architect for new film centre
The BFI has launched a search for an architect to design its new $271m (£166m) film centre on London’s South Bank.Architects are being invited to submit “expressions of interest”, which the BFI will use to create an initial long list. The potential designers will then be interviewed and a short list will be drawn up by early August, when the architects will be asked to submit their design ideas. The final decision will be made in November.The centre, which is expected to be comp -
BFI strikes 3D deal with Samsung
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced a 3D partnership with electronics giant Samsung whereby Samsung will have access to hold screenings at the BFI IMAX and the BFI Southbank in London. -
Canada's Greenberg Fund backs new projects by Natali, Skogland
Astral Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund has announced the latest round of funding for 24 projects in its Script Development Program for Canadian feature scripts. -
Cannes Market registration up 5% over 2009; 65 3D screenings planned
One notable hike comes from Latin America whose registrations are up 12%. First-time attendees include such territories as Qatar, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mozambique and the Dominican Republic -
ContentFilm barks for Dog Squad 3D
Principal photography is due to start in late summer 2010 in Canada. -
Dimitri Eipides named head of Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Eipides gets approval for new later dates, December 3-11, 2010. -
DMK plans June shoot for UK feature The Veteran
The story is about a young soldier who returns from Afghanistan and becomes involved with surveillance of suspected terrorists in the UK. -
Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell to star in The Laureate
Media 8 Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on the 1920s-set drama. -
E1 strikes UK deals for Fair Game, The Runaways
E1 Entertainment has taken UK and Irish rights to Doug Liman’s Cannes Competition title Fair Game, and for The Runaways. -
Emma Roberts joins Ben Kingsley in A Great Education
Myriad Pictures is selling worldwide and production will start in Montreal this autumn. -
European box office reached new high in 2009
Gross box office in the EU member states reached a record high of $7.97bn (Euro6.27bn) in 2009, according to provisional data published today by European Audiovisual Observatory. -
Exclusive, Alliance team for Hammer's Woman In Black 3D
Exclusive Film Distribution, now headed by Alex Walton, is handling world sales of the film here at Cannes. -
Fifth Unifrance Rendez-vous planned for London in June
The six films in this fifth edition will receive special gala screenings open to the public, ahead of their release by UK distributors. -
Film London investing $367,000 in film heritage
The injection of funding will go towards an 18-month project aimed at supporting London’s moving image archives/collections, with a view to creating an online showcase of the material. -
Finecut sells I Saw The Devil to France's ARP
The film is currently in production and scheduled for Korean release in summer this year. Finecut is showing 12 minutes footage of the film here at Cannes. -
Finecut sets buyers blazing on 71: Into The Fire
South Korean sales agent Finecut has pre-sold John H. Lee’s big-budget war drama 71: Into The Fireto Ascot Elite for German-speaking Europe and Benelux. -
Fortissimo pacts with Fox International Productions
The first two titles under the deal will be Italian-language production Vallanzasca, directed by Michele Placido, and Russian-language Alien Girl, directed by Anton Barmatov. -
Four Lions roars in UK, Enter The Void in France
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week. -
Georgian film Susa wins top prize at Jeonju
Korea’s JIFF ran April 29 - May 7, screening 208 films from 48 countries. -
Goldcrest unveils sales slate including Emily Blunt’s The Girl
Goldcrest Films has announced the slate of six films its ramped up sales business is taking to Cannes Market. -
Goldcrest’s Adam Kulick and Penny Wolf
Goldcrest Capital’s Adam Kulick talks about the company’s success with US slate deals and its new focus on backing UK indies; new head of sales Penny Wolf talks about why producers can benefit from Goldcrest’s one-stop shop. -
HanWay promotes Westerhoff
UK sales company HanWay has promoted Fabien Westerhoff to lead its multi-media division. Mark Lane has also been promoted to Sales Manager and Kate Hide brought in as Business & Content Manager. -
Hathaway, Sturgess sign to Scherfig's One Day for Focus
Film of bestselling novel by David Nicholls is being produced by Nina Jacobson. -
Heather Graham joins 3D animated adventure The Flying Machine
Beijing-based Bona International Film Group has also boarded the project as co-producer alongside Polish animation studio Breakthru. -
Hopscotch takes on Australian rights to new Paul Andrew Williams Film
E1 Entertainment has sold the Australian rights to Paul Andrew Williams’ Song for Marion to Hopscotch. -
Hot Docs top winners are A Film Unfinished, The Name of the Family
In all, the Toronto-based documentary festival gave 10 awards with more than $72,000 in cash prizes. -
House of Film finds its Beautiful Darling
Candy Darling documentary is narrated by Chloe Sevigny. -
Inferno launches new sales label, Ember Films
Specialist sales outfit will be headed up by Inferno’s president of international sales Kimberly Fox and vice president of international sales Jana Toepfer. -
International Box Office: Boom Times
The global box office experienced an impressive 28% spike for the first quarter from the comparable period in 2009. International proved to be the driving force in terms of growth, helped in part by 3D screen expansion. Len Klady analyses the numbers and reveals studio market share. -
Iron Man 2 shows mettle at the UK box office
PPI’s Iron Man 2 number one opening benefits from poor weather in the UK. -
Ivan Sen starts production on Aboriginal story Toomelah
The low-budget film is financed by Screen Australia and Screen NSW. Visit Films in New York is the sales agent. -
Liam Gallagher plans Beatles film with Revolution
Oasis frontman’s In 1 Productions working with Revolution to adapt Richard DiLello’s The Longest Cocktail Party, about the rise and fall of Apple Corps. -
Loach's Route Irish added to Cannes Competition
There are now 19 films in competition at the festival. -
Locarno plans first Industry Days
The Locarno film festival has announced its first Industry Days programme, to run August 7-9. -
Marco Bellocchio to give Cannes Masterclass
He will talk with Michel Ciment about his work, on stage at the Salle Bunuel on May 19 at 17:00. -
Marie-Pierre Macia to head Abu Dhabi's new $500,000 fund
Macia is a well-known figure on the international film scene as both a producer and programmer; she previously served as head of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. -
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg backs new projects by Cronenberg, Wright, Gansel and von Garnier
Latest funding round backs 20 projects backed with over $7.4m (€ 5.8m). -
MPF&TV commences sales on Matthew Lillard rom-com Spooner
Moving Pictures Film And Television (MPF&TV) will be selling the romantic comedy Spooner starring Matthew Lillard here. -
Naomi Watts to go Blonde with Wild Bunch, Andrew Dominik
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Blonde, an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ imaginary Marilyn Monroe memoir that Andrew Dominik is set to direct. -
Neshat, Akin to head juries at Venice Film Festival
Prizewinners from last year will chair Orizzonti and Luigi De Laurentiis award juries respectively. -
New features by Ismailova and Vakkasova among Open Doors Central Asia selection
Locarno Film Festival’s co-production event Open Doors Factory selects 12 projects from 114 applications. -
New UK distributor launches to concentrate on Italian films
Chris Johnson’s VITA strikes a multi-film deal with Fandango. -
Paul Fraser, director of My Brothers
Shane Meadows’ longtime screenwriter Paul Fraser talks to Jeremy Kay about his feature directorial debut on My Brothers. -
PictureBox VOD service strikes deal with Icon in UK
Movies-on-demand subscriber service PictureBox has struck a deal with Icon Film Distribution for the rights to more than 30 Icon films. -
Producer recoupment: not the whole solution
Tom Harvey, CEO of UK regional screen agency Northern Film & Media, welcomes some aspects of PACT’s proposals but argues that funding for film should be spread across the industry (including for cast and crews), not just for producers. -
Quentin Tarantino to lead 2010 Venice jury
Marco Mueller says Tarantino is “perhaps the only American auteur to be adored worldwide like a rock star.” -
Ridley Scott will miss Cannes opening night for Robin Hood
The director has to miss the red-carpet festivities because he is recovering from knee surgery. -
Roger Moore joins board of Red Carpet Film Fund
The first project to come out of the fund will be Causeway Picture’s Connemara Days, to be directed by Kevin Connor, which is due to commence principle photography in Ireland in late August. -
Screen Australia, Emerging Pictures plan quarterly Australian film showcase in US
The first set of films is Accidents Happen, The Waiting City and Charlie and Boots. -
Screen starts new UK Marketing and Distribution Awards
The event, slated for Oct. 5, will honour outsanding achievement in UK film marketing and distribution in 15 categories which will be judged by an illustrious panel of judges chaired by Lord Puttnam. -
Screen's Global Top 10 - April 30-May 02
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend. -
Sean Penn finds his Place with Sorrentino
Sean Penn and Paolo Sorerentino are collaborating on Sorentino’s English-language debut, This Must Be The Place, which Pathé International is introducing to buyers. -
Skillset launches third Guiding Lights mentoring programme
Alison Thompson, president of international sales and distribution at Focus Features, chairs the steering committee this year, taking over from Working Title’s Tim Bevan. -
Stockholm festival to give Visionary Award to Gus Van Sant
He will attend the November festival to receive the award, and he’ll also meet with audiences and host a masterclass. -
Strand takes US rights to Passenger Side
Foreign sales here at Cannes market are being handled by Mark Austin of Breakaway Media. -
StudioCanal has Awakening with Hall, West, Staunton
Supernatural thriller will mark feature directorial debut of UK TV director Nick Murphy. -
The foreign fallout
A decade after Crouching Tiger rewrote the rules for foreign-language films in the US, the situation is looking more difficult than ever for sellers and producers trying to infiltrate the domestic market. Anthony D’Alessandro takes the temperature in the US foreign-language distribution arena -
The Works takes international sales on Nuummioq
The film is directed by Otto Rosing and Torben Bech and stars Lars Rosing and Angunnguaq Larsen. -
UK Film Centre plans busy line-up at Cannes
Speakers to include producers John Battsek, Alison Owen and Mark Herbert. -
UKFC's Lenny Crooks to set up New York-based consultancy
Lenny Crooks, former head of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, is moving to New York to start a new consultancy service for filmmakers on both sides of the pond. -
Ways To Live Forever
UK-Spain production Ways To Live Forever, aims to be a life-affirming and funny story…about two kids with leukemia. The film is now in post with an eye on Toronto. -
Weekly International Box Office - April 30-May 2
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news. -
WIDE takes on Black Diamond
Pascale Lamche’s French-Belgium production is about young African footballers. -
Wild Bunch sees Enchantment from Microcosmos team
Wild Bunch has added The Field Of Enchantment, blending nature documentry and fiction love story, to its Cannes lineup. -
WWE plans ambitious slate of 9 films in next 2 years
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is bringing its film business in house, handling all finance, production and distribution for films with wider audience appeal. -
Zenovich plans Polanski follow-up documentary
Films Distribution will handle international sales (outside the US) on Marina Zenovich’s follow-up to her hot-button Roman Polanski documentary, Roman Polanski : Wanted And Desired.
