Screen
07 Oct 2010
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Riseborough, Sheen drama Resistance set for late October shoot
Andrea Riseborough, Tom Wlaschiha and Michael Sheen have signed up for war drama Resistance, to be directed by Amit Gupta. -
Sarah Bolger cast in lead for 3D fantasy adventure Starbright
Irish actress Sarah Bolger has been cast in the lead of Canadian writer-director Francesco Lucente’s 3D fantasy fairytale adventure Starbright which will begin shooting in the US in early 2011. -
Aberg returns with The Stig-Helmer Story
After 11 years off-screen, Swedish writer-director-actor Lasse Åberg – whose comedies have generated over SEK 300 million ($45 million) domestic box office – is back behind and in front of the camera. -
Abu Dhabi adds Showcase screening of Autograph
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Oct 14-23) has added the international premiere of Srijit Mukherji’s Autograph. -
Andrew Haigh stars Nottingham shoot for second feature
Andrew Haigh has started principal photography in Nottingham on Weekender, the story of a man who has alife-changing encounter with a stranger one weekend. -
Asian projects take the lead for Australia financing market
Two of the seven Australian projects chosen for the financing market held in mid-November during the annual conference of the Screen Producers Association of Australia are substantially or wholly set outside Australia. -
Bavaria takes on international sales for Serkis-starring Superhero
Bavaria Film International has taken on the German-Irish co-production Superhero, which started shooting this week in Dublin. -
Berlinale Retrospective to show all of Bergman's films
The Berlinale has announced that its 2011 Retrospective will be devoted to Ingmar Bergman. -
Beyond wins top prize at Nordic Film Days, Lubeck
Swedish actress Pernilla August’s feature directorial debut, Beyond (Svinalängorna), won the NDR top prize at the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck – the largest festival of Scandinavian films outside the Nordic countries - which ended yesterday (Nov 7). -
Bollywood's boom and bust
Bollywood is officially in recovery, but unless it applies the brakes, it runs the risk of over-heating again quite soon. -
Cast announced for Suicide Kids
N-Dubz singer Tulisa Contostavlos joins cast of film about a group of depressed teenagers who create a suicide pact; Adam Deacon and Jack Doolan will also star. -
Channel 4 boosts Film4 budget by 50% to £15m per year
Channel 4 has announced that it will boost Film4’s budget to $23.8m (£15m) per year for the next five years. -
Cinesite books work for X-Men First Class
London-based visual effects company Cinesite has been awarded a major contract for work on Fox’s X-Men First Class. -
CJ has strong Pusan market with Ghost remake
South Korean distributor/sales company CJ Entertainment has done a slew of deals at Pusan’s Asian Film Market, including pre-sales on the Paramount Pictures Japan remake of Ghost to Catchplay for Taiwan. -
Clare Crean promoted to Head of Sales at The Works
Clare Crean has been promoted to Head of Sales at The Works International. -
Detective Dee leads international chart
Detective Dee was the surprise victor of this weekend’s international chart, narrowly preventing Resident Evil: Afterlife from a fourth consecutive week at number one. -
Dorsch leaves German Films
Christian Dorsch has left the German film industry’s Munich-based promotional agency German Films Service + Marketing GmbH “to take up new professional challenges.” -
Ed Vaizey speech at Screen Film Summit 2010
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Elite Squad 2 has powerhouse opening in Brazil
Elite Squad 2 (Tropa de Elite 2) sold 1.29 million tickets in Brazil in its first weekend, ranking as the fifth biggest opening of the last ten years in the country. -
Entertainment acquires Hugo Cabret, Dredd and Freddie Mercury biopic
Leading UK independent Entertainment Film Distributors has taken rights to Martin Scorsese’s 3-D family-mystery Hugo Cabret and the Freddie Mercury biopic from GK Films and Pete Travis’ 3-D sci-fi -
FineCut's latest deals include Poetry to Edko
South Korean sales agent FineCut has sealed a raft of deals at Pusan International Film Festival’s Asian Film Market including Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry which sold to Edko for Hong Kong. -
German zombie film Rammbock sold to US, Japan and other territories
Sales to distributors in the US, Japan, Poland and Romania are among the deals signed by the Vienna-based EastWest Filmdistribution for Marven Kren’s zombie film Rammbock which had its international premiere on the Piazza Grande in Locarno in August. -
Good Morning to the World wins Dragons & Tigers in Vancouver
Japan’s Good Morning to the World directed by Hirohara Satoru won the 17th-annual Dragons & Tigers Award for Young Cinema with a cash prize of C$10,000 at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). -
Graham King
With two mega-budget films in production under a new deal at Sony Pictures and the launch of their own distribution outfit, FilmDistrict, Graham King and his business partner Tim Headington have become Hollywood’s most ambitious empire-builders. -
Hubert Bals Fund backs 24 new projects
The International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund has announced its latest round of funding, giving grants to 24 film projects from 13 African, Asian or Latin American countries. -
Icon won't comment on Weinstein-Blavatnik reports
Icon today had “absolutely no comment” on reports that emerged last night that The Weinstein Company and Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries are reportedly creating a production fund to make mid-level features to be distributed by TWC and Access’ UK-based Icon operation. -
IDFA adds environmental doc category
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Nov 17-28) has added a new programme for Green Screen Documentary. -
IMAX pacts with CinemaxX in Germany
IMAX and German multiplex operator CinemaxX AG today announced an agreement to install a digital IMAX theatre in Bremen, Northern Germany, in November 2010. -
Jeremy Thomas to give keynote at London Production Finance Market
Oscar-winning British producer Jeremy Thomas will give the keynote address at the fourth Film London Production Finance Market (Oct 20-21). -
John Woodward takes MD post at Arts Alliance from November
John Woodward, who recently resigned as chief executive of the UK Film Council, has been named managing director of Arts Alliance. -
Kasander, F&ME announce pact including $17.5m initial slate
Kees Kasander’s Dutch production company Kasander Film has signed a long-term, multi-film production deal with Sam Taylor and Mike Downey’s London-based Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME). -
Leeds to open with The King’s Speech
Never Let Me Go, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and Animal Kingdom are among the titles. -
LevelK takes on 3D animation Ronal-The Barbarian
LevelK has picked up rights to Danish 3D animated feature Ronal-The Barbarian (Ronal Barbaren), and will launch the project at the forthcoming AFM. -
LFF adds The Trip, LENNONYC, Attenberg
Ahead of next week’s launch the BFI London Film Festival has added three new titles to its lineup. -
LFF's Another Year gala to simulcast around UK
The BFI London Film Festival is bringing the UK premiere of Another Year to 25 regional cinemas in addition to it’s London bow as the Centerpiece Gala. -
LFF's increased ambition
The UK industry may be in a state of upheaval but the programme of the 54th BFI London Film Festival (today through Oct 28) underlines the scope and quality of UK film-making. Geoffrey Macnab reports -
LoveFilm brings subscription service to PlayStation 3
Sony Computer Entertainment UK and European film subscription service LoveFilm, have struck a partnership to bring LoveFilm PlayStation3 users across the UK. -
Lubeck to show 140 films from Scandinavia, Baltics
Selections include Shameless and Home For Christmas. -
Made in Dagenham, Treacle Jr win in Dinard
The big winners at the Dinard British Film Festival this weekend were Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham and Jamie Thraves’ Treacle Jr. -
Malkovich to head jury in Marrakech
John Malkovich will head the jury at the 10th Marrakech International Film Festival. -
Mao's Last Dancer and Animal Kingdom lead pack for IF Awards
Mao’s Last Dancer, Tomorrow, When The War Began, Animal Kingdom and Beneath Hill 60 are competing for the title of best feature in the 2010 Inside Film (IF) Awards. -
Maoz, Antoniak among EFA Discovery nominees
Samuel Maoz, Florin Serban, Giuseppe Capotondi, Feo Aladag and Urszula Antoniak nominated for EFA’s European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI. -
Mark Romanek
The director of Never Let Me Go, which opens the London Film Festival tonight, talks about speed bonding with his cast, his love for Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, and having a “vision with margins.” -
MediaXchange launches touring 3-D forum at LFF
Media consultants MediaXchange will host a day-long 3-D forum, 3D-360° (Oct 28), as part of the BFI London Film Festival’s industry events. -
Melbourne festival backs five films including a Patrick remake
MIFF Premiere Fund backs five new projects. -
Mirovision's Pusan sales include deals with Gaga
South Korean sales agent Mirovision has announced sales from Pusan’s Asian Film Market, led by sales to Gaga Communications for Japan. The company has picked up Im Sang-soo’s Cannes competition film The Housemaid and sports drama Lifting King Kong. -
Monika Wagenberg becomes director of Cartagena Film Festival
Monika Wagenberg has been named the new director of the Cartagena Film Festival (FICCI) which will next take place in Cartagena, Colombia, Feb 24 to March 3, 2011. -
My Week With Marilyn shoot kicks off at Pinewood
Trademark Films and The Weinstein Company have started the seven-week shoot for My Week with Marilyn at Pinewood Studios and on location in and around London. -
New Zealand Film Commission backs new feature from Samoa
Writer/director Tauti Tusi Tamasese’s The Orator, billed as a story about a small man with a big heart who must find the strength to speak up for those that he loves, starts six weeks of principal photography on Oct 27. -
Norwegian fund to back non-Western films
Backed by the Norwegian Foreign and Culture Ministries, Films from the South (Film fra Sør) – Oslo’s international film festival, which has since 1991 presented an annual programme of 100 features and documentaries from Asia, Africa and Latin America – has set up a fund to support film production in the non-western part of the world. -
Power To The Pixel conference webcast on ScreenDaily
Power To The Pixel and ScreenDaily.com hosted a live webcast of the Cross-Media Forum. -
Power to the Pixel: Cross-Media work becomes more business, less fad
Multi-platform work won’t just be a novelty in the digital age, according to speakers at yesterday’s Power to the Pixel | Cross-Media Forum, which ran in association with the BFI London Film Festival. -
Pusan Promotion Plan bites for Mushroom Watermelon
The Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) project market closed today (Oct 13) with top Pusan Award of $20,000 going to Ogigami Naoko’s Mushroom Watermelon. -
Rome unveils line-up fuelled by young talents
Artistic director Piera Detassis says programme for fifth edition will boast more independent and less studio films; 20 world premieres set. -
Room in Rome
The International Rome Film Festival (Oct 28 - Nov 5) is an effective launchpad into the Italian market and is an increasing industry draw. Sheri Jennings reports -
Screen Film Summit to offer Vaizey speech online
Ed Vaizey’s speech at the Screen International Film Summit 2010 will be streamed on ScreenDaily.com later that day (Oct 13). -
Screen Film Summit: StudioCanal's Courson says production, distribution need tight bond
Speaking at the 2010 Screen Film Summit in London, Olivier Courson, CEO of StudioCanal, said the company’s main focus going forward would be on the production of new French and UK productions (via its UK subsidiary Optimum). -
Screen Film Summit: Upbeat Vaizey says plans for UK industry will be known 'by end of year'
Vaizey apologises for ruining the industry’s summer with the shock announcement to close the UK Film Council, but says there is a “good story” currently in the UK film industry. -
Screen to present LFF masterclass with Olivier Assayas
French writer-director Olivier Assayas will be in conversation with Screen critic Jonathan Romney at the London Film Festival on Oct 24 at 5 pm at NFT1. -
Screen UK Marketing and Distribution Awards
Winners and guests at Screen’s inaugural UK Marketing and Distribution Awards, held Oct 5 at the Park Plaza Riverside Hotel in London. -
Sending the message online
Distributors are investing more time if not yet budget on marketing their films through social networks. Andreas Wiseman reports, with case studies of digital marketing plans for Inception, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus and Four Lions. -
Sharp's Sign Language wins Virgin Media Shorts competition
People’s Choice prize goes to Bus Baby by Jason Wingard and Gino Evans. -
South Africa's film rebate cap is doubled
South Africa’s two-tier Department of Trade and Industry rebate system for filmmakers has received a major boost with the approval last week of proposals to extend the “cap” for the system. -
Spain's Just Films to make English-language thriller Transgression
Barcelona based producers Just Films are set to make an English-language thriller called Transgression, directed by Catalan film-maker Enric Alberich. -
Starz sells animation studio Film Roman
Starz Media, the pay TV operation that recently sold its Overture Films unit, is selling its animation studio Film Roman to a group of investors lead by former Film Roman president Scott D Greenberg. -
The man behind Pusan: Kim Dong-ho
Launched in 1996, the Pusan International Film Festival (Oct 7-15) quickly became established as an international hub for Asian cinema. As he prepares for his final festival before retirement, founding festival director Kim Dong-ho speaks to Jean Noh about Pusan’s swift growth ? and its future -
Three Musketeers is sixth international production at Studio Babelsberg in 2010
Berlin’s shooting frenzy continues with Paul W.S. Anderson 3D project. -
Thriller Retreat sells to UK, Germany ahead of AFM
Ahead of the AFM, Simon Crowe’s SC Films International has sold thriller Retreat to Sony for the UK and Germany. -
Toei introduces Strangers to Korea's Mountain Pictures
At Pusan’s Asian Film Market, Japanese distributor Toei has signed a deal with Korean buyer Mountain Pictures for Junji Sakamoto’s mystery thriller Strangers In The City. -
Tokyo adds Buddha Mountain to competition
The world premiere of Buddha Mountain has been added to the competition line-up for the 23rd Toyko International Film Festival. -
Tom Stewart appointed head of acquisitions at Arrow Films
Tom Stewart, veteran of Metrodome, High Fliers and Fremantle, has joined Arrow Films as head of acquisitions. -
Toronto 2010 deals: Back in Business
The flurry of pickups at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival points to burgeoning optimism in the independent sector. Jeremy Kay explores the festival’s key deals -
Tsui Hark's 3D Flying Swords of Dragon Gate starts shooting
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Tsui Hark’s 3D remake of his own 1992 martial arts classic Dragon Inn has commenced shooting today in Beijing. -
UK independent distributors step up
With screen space so tight for foreign-language, arthouse and specialised fare, the UK independents are stepping up their game when promoting their product. Geoffrey Macnab reports -
Vitagraph takes North American rights to Oscar hopeful Even The Rain
LA-based distributor Vitagraph Films has acquired Spanish Oscar submission Even The Rain (Tambien La Lluvia) from Wild Bunch. -
Warner, Universal strike deals for Ben Ammar's Black Gold
Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications has signed multi-territory distribution deals with Warner Bros and Universal Pictures for the $55 million epic adventure Black Gold. Warner Bros will distribute the film in France, the United Kingdom, Latin America and the Middle East.
