All Screen articles in 06 Sept 2012
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NewsYun Jung-hee, star of Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Poetry’, dies aged 78
Yun was an iconic star of the 1960s and 1970s ‘heyday of Korean films’.
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NewsPalm Springs sets 2015 dates
Executives at the Palm Springs International Film Festival announced the run dates for 2015.
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NewsGlobes: Slave, Hustle best films
The Oscar battle-lines have been drawn. 12 Years A Slave scooped best dramatic film at the 71st Golden Globe Awards in its only win while American Hustle triumphed in three categories including best comedy or musical.
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NewsBroken Circle Breakdown triumphs in Palm Springs
UPDATED JAN 12: Lakshmi wins narrative audience award; Gore Vidal: The United States Of Amnesia earns doc honours.
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NewsFilm Independent unveils Spirit grants
The organisation’s top brass announced on January 11 the recipients of the three Spirit Awards filmmaker grants at the annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch in Los Angeles.
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FeaturesAndrea Pallaoro, Medeas
Jeremy Kay catches up with the director of the tense family drama, which on January 11 was named winner of the New Voices/New Visions award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsYekra secures $3m capital raise
The digital distribution platform’s top brass said on Thursday [9] they had secured an investment from several investors that would enable the service to deploy its audience-building technology.
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Lovelace to open PIFF
The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) will open on Jun 19 with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Lovelace and close four days later with Francesca Gregorini’s Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes.
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FeaturesJosh Boone, Writers
Writer/director Josh Boone made his feature film debut at Toronto with Writers, a semi-autobiographical film about a family of writers dealing with a difficult divorce.
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NewsPinewood Shepperton finalises £25m Isle of Man fund deal, will add 45,000 sq ft studio
Pinewood Shepperton finalises Isle Of Man fund deal, which has been in the works over the summer; Board approves an additional 45,000 sq ft studio facility.
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NewsChelsom, Temple, Dorrie, Wenders benefit from €9.7m payout by German regional funds
New films by Peter Chelsom, Julian Temple, Doris Dörrie and Wim Wenders [pictured] are among the projects benefitting from over €9.7m funding allocated by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Film-und Medienstiftung NRW.
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NewsStevan Riley talks about James Bond doc Everything or Nothing
Director talks how he found out Bill Clinton was a Bond fan, and how Skyfall director Sam Mendes questioned Daniel Craig as 007.
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NewsWell Go USA swoops on North American rights to The Thieves
Choi Dong-hoon’s South Korean heist thriller was a summer smash in its home country where it reportedly generated more than 10m admissions – the first film to do so since tsunami action film Haeundae three years ago.
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NewsFirst Time Fest launches in New York in March 2013
Co-founders Johanna Bennett and Mandy Ward of First Time Fest (FTF) said industry experts and select members of the public will judge 12 finalists from a potential pool of thousands.
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NewsFilm District moves up thriller release Dead Man Down
The film will now open on Mar 8 2013 after FlimDistrict initially selected Apr 5 2013.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Film Movement acquires Broken
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Rufus Norris’ Critics’ Week opener, while The Cinema Guild has swooped on US rights to Museum Hours and Freestyle Digital Media will release Amphibious (pictured) in North America.
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NewsLionsgate grows borrowing base with $800m facility
The new five-year revolving credit facility replaces the studio’s previous $340m deal.
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NewsLakeshore to finance Baby Jane remake
More than two months after it emerged that Walter Hill [pictured] would remake the 1962 thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? A clearer picture of the elements is beginning to emerge.
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CommentArgo and The Master off to strong start in awards season
Jeremy Kay analyses how the awards race is shaping up after Venice, Telluride and Toronto.