Screen
07 Apr 2011
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Avalon picks up 13 Assassins, Pina for Spain
Spanish indie Avalon Distribution has picked up Takashi Miike’s samurai tale 13 Assassinsand Wim Wenders’ 3D dance film -
Entertainment One buys Hopscotch in Australia for $21m
Hopscotch MD Troy Lum talks to Screen about the deal. -
New Horizons picks up The Turin Horse, Pina for Poland
The New Horizons Association has picked up Polish theatrical, DVD and TV rights to Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse and Wim Wenders’ Pina. -
Odin's Eye to Go For It with US dance movie
Sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment has acquired all rights outside the US to hip hop dance drama GO FOR IT! and will introduce it to buyers at Cannes. -
Acting up
What kind of deals are talent agents securing for UK actors working on US TV? Matt Mueller reports -
Alta's Enrique Gonzalez Macho to head Spain’s Film Academy
Agustin and Pedro Almodovar return to the Academy after six-year absence. -
Arrow strikes UK deal for Mackenzie's Perfect Sense
TrustNordisk handled the sale — IFC previously bought US rights after Sundance premiere. -
Artificial Eye sets July UK release date for Farhadi's A Separation
UK distributor Artificial Eye has set a July 22 release date for Asghar Farhadi’s Golden Bear winner Nader and Simin, A Separation. -
Athens French Speaking Film Festival
The 12th event ran March 31-April 8 in Athens before moving on to Thessaloniki. -
Auteurs in action
New projects from Nanni Moretti, Paolo Sorrentino, Emanuele Crialese and Gabriele Salvatores are putting Italian film-making on course for a stellar year. -
Balabanov's A Stoker wins goEast top prize
Marian Crisan wins best director prize for Morgen. -
Bong Joon-ho to lead Cannes Camera d'Or jury
The jury selects best debut film from across Cannes official selection. -
Busan's Asian Cinema Fund expands
The Busan festival’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) has added two new funds to support documentary film projects – the DMZ Fund for Asian projects about conflict areas and the Busan Film Commission Fund for documentary post-production support. -
Case study of a dramatic success
How did Carnival Films finance its 2010 hit, Downton Abbey? Ben Dowell reports -
Cash of the titans
Will its ground-breaking deal with HBO encourage the UK’s Sky — and the territory’s other broadcasters — to increase their own investment in high-end TV drama? Matt Mueller reports -
Cohen Media Group takes US rights to doc Chasing Madoff
Jeff Prosserman’s film is based on Harry Markopolos’ bestseller No One Would Listen. -
Copenhagen's CPH PIX kicks off with The Trip
Nordisk Film Prize goes to Anders Frithiof August. -
Craig Gillespie to grapple with Lionsgate’s Zombies
The studio confirmed recent reports that the director of Lars And The Real Girl and the upcoming Fright Night remake has signed on for Pride And Prejudice And Zombies. -
Cyprus goes international
With SPF 50 in tow, I headed down to Cyprus this weekend for the ninth-annual Cyprus Film Days. -
Deneuve, Kusturica, Cardinale attend Athens French Speaking Film Festival
Lily Sometimes takes jury prize for best film at 12th annual event. -
Edinburgh partners with Nokia for short film weekend, competition
The revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival has struck a new partnership with mobile phone company Nokia which will include staging a three-day festival event, The Nokia Shorts Weekend. -
Empire state of mind
The Tribeca Film Festival is growing beyond its core festival into new distribution platforms and international initiatives. -
Farmer who took on Mugabe dies
Some sad news – Mike Campbell, the farmer who was the subject of excellent documentary Mugabe and The White African, died on April 6 at the age of 79. -
Garrone gears up for Naples shoot this summer on new film
Gomorrah follow-up, again with Fandango, has a working title of Big House. -
Gus Van Sant's Restless to open Cannes Un Certain Regard
Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper star. -
Hagen, Skarsgard set to star in big UK-Danish production Kon-Tiki
Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning will direct the film for Denmark’s Nordisk and the UK’s Recorded Picture Company. -
Hop leaps to the top of the UK box office
Optimum Releasing celebrates its biggest-ever box office weekend despite Hop pipping Source Code to the top spot. -
International contenders
Screen looks at the biggest local films to be released in their home territories this summer. -
Ken Adam at BAFTA
On April 4, BAFTA presented a special tribute to production designer Ken Adam. Guests included Christopher Frayling, actress Anouk Aimee and production designers talking about their favourite Adam designs: Jim Clay (Children of Men) on Dr Strangelove; Nathan Crowley (The Dark Knight) on Barry Lyndon; Martin Childs (Shakespeare in Love) on The Ipcress File; and Eve Stewart (The King’s Speech) on Goldfinger. -
Kosmorama festival, Norway
Guests in Trondheim included Alexander Payne -
Laughter therapy
How can international films make a mark at the Italian box office in 2011 when local films tackling timely subjects are dominating? -
Lee Chang-dong, Jerzy Skolimowski to head Cannes Critics Week jury
Cannes Critics Week has announced the appointment of Lee Chang-dong and Jerzy Skolimowski as jury presidents for the 50th anniversary edition. -
Lolo to lead Central Partnership as Dishdishyan departs
Ruben Dishdishyan, president and founder of Central Partnership, one of Russia’s largest independent film production and distribution companies, has officially stepped down, the company has confirmed.No official reason was given for his departure.Mark Lolo, a former CEO of Central Partnership Sales House, will become Dishdishyan’s successor as president of the company. Russian analysts said that there might be several reasons for Dishdishyan’s resignation, one of wh -
Mike Medavoy to get honour in Locarno
Veteran US producer Mike Medavoy to receive Locarno Film Festival’s Raimondo Rezzonico Prize -
New BFI 'open for business'
Industry gathers at BFI Southbank to toast the week-old ‘new era for film.’ -
Nimbus plans English-language adaptations of The Pact, Worms of Carmine Street
One project is about a younger man’s stormy relationship with writer Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen). -
Open season
The fourth Pirates and the eighth Harry Potter are the summer tentpoles around which all other releases are circling. International distribution heads reveal their summer plans to Screen. -
Outplay stricks multi-territory deal for Jitters
Icelandic teen drama had international premiere at Sprockets. -
Pain relief
How did an English-language, New York-set project end up as a majority Italian co-production with access to the country’s full array of financial incentives — as well as those available in the US? We talk to the team behind Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You -
Pleasure and pain
Screen’s globe-trotting chief critic takes in two classy spine-tinglers, before catching Sharon Stone’s latest turn — as a UN prosecutor -
Romanian film critic Alex Leo Serban dies at 51
The Romanian film community is in deep shock this weekend at the news that one of its most loved and highly respected film critics Alex Leo Serban has died of cancer at the age of 51. -
Russian AR Films acquires 51% of A Company
Russian film company AR Films has acquired 51% of A Company, one of the biggest film licensing and distribution corporations in Central and Eastern Europe. -
Sebbe director on board for Easy Money sequel
Babak Najafi will direct the sequel for producer Fredrik Wikstrom. -
Selling sales to the UK
Screen talks to representatives of Film Export UK as the export budget of the UK Film Council is lost -
Service Entrance among COL•COA prize-winners
Philippe Le Guay’s festival opener Service Entrance (Les Femmes Du 6e Etage) (pictured) won the audience award as the 15th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COL•COA) came to a close after record attendances. -
Shooting starts on London-set thriller Liars All
Production got underway in Los Angeles today [18] on the psychosexual thriller about fun and games on New Year’s Eve in London that spiral out of control. -
Summer joyride
The US summer season revs into high gear on April 29 with the release of UPI’s Fast Five. -
Tarak Ben Ammar
Quinta Communications chief Tarak Ben Ammar talks about his role in the recent popular uprising in Tunisia and what he believes are the implications for the Arab entertainment business -
Tax credit: the lowdown
How can foreign producers access the tax credit? Sheri Jennings reports -
The beautiful country
All roads may no longer lead to Rome but Italy’s network of regional film commissions and a generous tax credit are putting the territory and its producers firmly on the international production map. Sheri Jennings reports -
The blossoming of Istanbul
As the Istanbul Film Festival (April 2-17) celebrates its 30th anniversary, Screen’s Edna Fainaru, a long-time consultant for the festival, suggests why the Turkish event is such a popular fixture on the international circuit -
The box of delights
No longer simply a refuge for a career in decline, serious TV drama is alive and thriving in the US as film talents including Kate Winslet and Martin Scorsese clamour to work on the small screen. But can this trend continue? -
The nuovo generation
Who does the Italian industry believe are the country’s most exciting new Italian actors, directors and writers? Profiles by Sheri Jennings -
The war for the living room
Can the likes of Google and Apple overthrow the cable TV establishment by creating a simple way for customers to access content directly through web browsers? Colin Brown believes so -
Think big, start small
The barrier between film and TV is coming down as UK producers exploit different platforms to match finance with creative ambition. -
Tii Ricks to direct Finland-set horror
La Brea Pictures to produce its first feature film, Tii Ricks’ Rage – Midsummer’s Eve. -
Tom Wilkinson joins the cast of David Weaver’s The Samaritan
Film stars Samuel L Jackson. -
Trudie Styler plans The Harder They Come remake
Trudie Styler’s Xingu partners with Conquering Lion Pictures and Jamaican producer Justine Henzell. -
Wizard of Oz 3D animated feature gets underway
$20m film will be directed by Rob Silvestri of Starz Animation. -
Yaya DaCosta, Colm Meaney join cast of Whole Lotta Sole
They will star alongside Brendan Fraser in the Belfast-set heist comedy, which is being directed by Terry George and produced by Generator Entertainment. -
Zurich Film Festival to launch competition for German-language documentaries
The Zurich Film Festival has announced that it will be launching a new competition for German-language documentaries at its seventh edition from September 22-October 2, 2011.
