Screen
06 Oct 2011
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Culture action plan also to encourage co-production between EU and Brazil
Encouraging more co-production between the EU and Brazil could be part of a new Joint Programme on Culture signed by the European Commission (EC) and Brazil. -
Czech director Martin Marecek big winner in Jihlava
Czech director Martin Marecek’s Solar Eclipse was the evening’s big winner at the weekend’s awards ceremony of the 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival which was followed by a screening of Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not A Film. -
LFF: Film Central
This year’s London Film Festival showcases a rich selection of UK titles and celebrates the BFI’s new role in the production sector with style. And with funds only looking to increase in the next two years, it’s up to the film community to build on the current wave of quality. -
Power To The Pixel: Lance Weiler to launch Robot Heart Stories project next week
Filmmaker and transmedia pioneer Lance Weiler is set to launch his next project, Robot Heart Stories, on Oct 17. -
A Separation, Anatolia lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations
Best film nominees are Let The Bullets Fly, Once Upon a Time In Anatolia, Wedding Planners, A Separation and Goodbye. -
Andrew Eaton
The Revolution Films producer talks about LFF opening night film 360 and Ron Howard’s upcoming Formula 1 project Rush. -
Arab talent in bloom
As political change and renewal sweeps across the Middle East, the film industry in the Arab world is also undergoing a transformation. In step with this week’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Screen profiles some of the region’s rising film-making and acting talent now stepping onto the international stage. -
Attacked Tunisian TV station Nessma cancels second broadcast of Persepolis
Tarak Ben Ammar and Italian Mediaset own 25 percent stakes in liberal pan-Maghreb broadcaster Nessma founded in 2007 by Tunisian Karoui Brothers. -
BBC Films safe from yesterday's BBC job cuts
BBC Films, which employs 13 staff, won’t be impacted by the BBC job cuts announced yesterday. -
Bertolucci starts shoot for Io E Te for Fiction-Wildside
HanWay to handle international sales; Jacopo Olmo Antinori and Tea Falco star. -
BFI London Film Festival 2011 Videos, week one
The first seven daily Vodcasts from the festival, plus press conference videos for We Need To Talk About Kevin, Coriolanus, Shame and 360. -
Bianca Taal returns to Rotterdam as programmer
Taal, who formerly worked at CineMart before moving to the Binger Filmlab, returns to IFFR as programmer. -
British descend on Dinard 2011
David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense kicks off the intimate festival. -
Busan kicks off 16th festival to roars of applause in new cinema center
The 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) opened today (Oct 6) in the newly completed Busan Cinema Center with a star-studded red carpet and the world premiere of Song Il-gon’s Always. -
Busan's Asian Film Market kicks off with registration up 24%
Busan’s 6th Asian Film Market opened today (Oct 10) in its new venue at the Busan Exhibition Convention Center (BEXCO) with a 67% increase in sales booths and a 24% increase in participant registration year-on-year. -
Can Doha strike gold?
As this year’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival gets underway, Geoffrey Macnab explores the strategy of the Doha Film Institute and looks at its impact on film-making in the region. -
Caroline Norbury and John Newbigin
Screen talks to Creative England CEO Caroline Norbury and chair John Newbigin about the complex process behind the formation of the new regional body and their plans for the future of the organisation. -
Claws come out for Puss in Boots?
Antonio Banderas hangs out with some feline friends. -
Creative England: Ready to 'start afresh'
In the week when Creative England opens for business, Sarah Cooper looks at the formation of the new regional organisation, and the challenges that lie ahead. -
Ealing Metro to handle Lamprell's Goddess starring Ronan Keating
Laura Michelle Kelley stars as a young mother who is poised for international stardom. -
Edinburgh to reinstate Michael Powell award; festival keeps June dates
Emma McCorkell at Organic Marketing to lead festival public relations. -
EFA and APSA form strategic alliance
European Film Academy (EFA) and the Asia Pacific Screen Academy (APSA) form alliance. -
EFP in Busan
European Film Promotion brings 19 directors to Busan. -
Europa Distribution annual conference kicks off in Lyon
The potential of social networks as a marketing tool, VOD and digital transition will be key topics at the fifth-annual conference. -
Europa Distribution warns opening up of territorial rights threatens MGs
The implications of the digital age for independent distributors dominated discussions at Europa Distribution’s fifth-annual conference held within the auspices of Thierry Frémaux’s Festival Lumière in Lyon. -
Filmfest Hamburg (Sept 29 - Oct 8)
Winners and attendees at the Filmfest Hamburg, 2011 -
Finecut sells Poongsan to Japan's Asia Films
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced a slew of deals done at the Asian Film Market and Mipcom which include the Busan festival title Poongsan to Asia Films for Japan. -
Fresnadillo's Intruders has strong debut atop Spanish box office
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s thriller Intruders has had a strong debut in Spain. Madrid-based -
Ghent to close with The Rum Diary
Starway Film will distribute in Belgium. -
Global warming
The 2011 worldwide box office is back on track thanks to dazzling international performances from the summer’s biggest hits. Plus Screen analyses the local hits of summer. -
Headhunters, Melancholia sell to China
HGC Entertainment picks up double from TrustNordisk. -
Hot Docs names Charlotte Cook new director of programming
Former Frontline club programmer takes post vacated by Sean Farnel. -
IDFA to open with Denmark's The Ambassador
The 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will open on Nov 16 with Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger Cortzen’s The Ambassador. -
Independent Cultural Cinema Exhibition: A Manifesto
An outline of the ambitions put forward by a group of UK independent exhibitors including at venues including the Independent Cinema Office, Cambridge Film Trust, and venues including Glasgow’s GFT, Bristol’s Watershed, Manchester’s Cornerhouse, London’s ICA and Newcastle’s Tyneside. -
Janet McTeer joins cast of von Trotta's Hannah Arendt
UK actress Janet McTeer, who recently appeared opposite Glenn Close in Rodrigo Garcia’s Albert Nobbs, will play the novelist Mary McCarthy in German director Margarethe von Trotta’s latest feature Hannah Arendt (working title) which begins shooting on location in North Rhine-Westphalia this weekend. -
Joe Patrick: “Miramax on demand is a viable business opportunity”
Miramax’s new man in London, Joe Patrick, discusses digital strategy. -
Juan Sarda named Spanish Correspondent for Screen
Juan Sarda has been appointed Spanish Correspondent for ScreenDaily and Screen International. -
Kotting shooting waterways experimental doc Swandown
Andrew Kotting is now shooting Swandown, an experimental feature documentary and travelogue. -
Lars von Trier says he'll stop interviews, public statements after French controversy
After police interrogation following his proclamations at the press conference for Melancholia at Cannes, Danish director Lars von Trier says he will now concentrate on his film work. -
London Critics Circle Awards to move to January in 2012
The London Critics Circle Film Awards will be held on Jan 19, 2012 at the BFI Southbank. -
Malgara in line to become next president of Biennale
Italian culture minister Giancarlo Galan has tapped businessman Giulio Malgara as the next president of leading Italian arts organization the Biennale. -
m-appeal takes on international sales for Golden Shell winner and Veit Helmer's Baikonur
m-appeal has taken on international sales for Isaki Lacuesta’s San Sebastian Golden Shell winner The Double Steps (Los Pasos Dobles) and German filmmaker Veit Helmer’s romantic comedy Baikonur, which will both have their international premieres in Busan tonight. -
MIP deals: Parade’s End sells to Australia, ZDF makes a Killing
BBC-HBO drama sells to Australia, while The Killing saw wide sales -
Most wanted
Stephen and Simon Cornwell, the sons of writer John le Carré, tell Screen why their company Ink Factory (with Rhodri Thomas) is following the models used by Unknown and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to produce a slate of upscale thrillers with global appeal out of Europe -
Netflix strikes first UK content deal
Netflix has signed one of its first UK content deals, buying the UK original of Being Human and the US remake. -
Perfect 10
In her decade as head of the BFI London Film Festival, Sandra Hebron has helped raise its international profile and made it an important showcase for films heading into the awards season. -
Peter Morgan
The writer talks about LFF opening night film 360 and his upcoming Formula 1 project Rush. -
Power To The Pixel: Transmedia still in age of pioneers and experimentation
Rules and financial models are still being worked out, but experts say that a new artform is definitely emerging. -
Production Finance Market's offerings include Maybury's Atomic Blonde
New projects from Gillian Armstrong, John Maybury and Sally Potter [pictured] will be talked up to financiers at this month’s PFM. -
Queue sera sera
Screen’s chief film critic tries to develop the peace of mind needed to wait in endless lines for screenings surrounded by queue jumpers and film bores. -
Raindance winners include Stranger Things, Just Between Us, Tilt
Festival saw 62% rise in attendance. -
Revolution considering second UK series and American version of The Trip
More TV projects include Channel 4 film adaptation of David Peace’s GB84. -
Rufus Norris' Broken to start shooting Oct 17
Cast for the Cuba Pictures project, backed by BBC Films, includes Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, and Rory Kinnear. -
Screen Awards 2011 winners video
Winners reactions and interviews at the Screen Marketing and Distribution Awards in London. -
SPAAmart reveals seven projects to be pitched
A film that could become Australian special effects house Fuel’s first in-house feature, and a comedy of manners about four middle-class 40-something men in a self-help group, are two of the seven films chosen for SPAAmart, an annual feature film market this year being held in November in Sydney. -
Special Flight/A Morning Stroll opens Leipzig, Jihlava turns 15 with many industry events
Boom year for submissions to DOK Leipzig; Jihlava plans new inspiration forum. -
Steve McQueen’s Shame to close Leeds film festival
Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary, also unveils Golden Owl competition titles. -
Swedish director Lagerlof presumed dead after location scouting accident
The 42-year-old director was scouting location on Sweden’s west coast for Camilla Lackberg’s Fjallbacka Murders project. -
The spirit of Tokyo
The organisers of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival are confident there is enough global goodwill towards Japan to attract international visitors to this year’s festival. -
The TIFFCOM co-production market
Asian companies are out in force at TIFFCOM. -
To Be Or Not To Be...in a Franchise
The Simpsons cast is playing hardball in its salary battle with Fox, but actors in big film franchises have to tread carefully when getting involved in the same standoffs. -
Toei sells Hard Romanticker to South Korea, Hong Kong
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Japanese sales company Toei has sold the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Midnight Passion title Hard Romanticker to Joy & Contents Group for South Korea and to Sundream for Hong Kong. -
Toronto: a festival with benefits
There were only a couple of all-night bidding wars at this year’s Toronto, but that didn’t mean buyers weren’t buying with confidence. -
Tower Block
Severance writer James Moran’s latest project, directed by first-time feature directors Ronnie Thompson and James Nunn. -
Which Sundance breakouts have awards chances?
Screen analyses the awards chances of Sundance 2011 hits including Like Crazy, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Tyrannosaur. -
Wild Bunch's VOD platform FilmoTV adds five new channels
Service boasts more than 1,000 movies per year.
