Screen
08 July 2010
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Andreas Wiseman joins Screen as reporter
Andreas Wiseman has joined Screen International as a reporter. Wiseman has worked on a freelance basis at Screen International since 2009. -
Babelgum strikes deal with Cox, Sundberg for Bengali Detective
Online and mobile platform Babelgum and UK production outfit Native Voice Films have struck a deal for online, mobile, broadcast and feature platform release of a new fly-on-the-wall documentary series set in India, The Bengali Detective. -
BBC Worldwide sells majority stake of BBC Audiobooks
Michael Kuhn’s AudioGo Limited acquires 85% shareholding. -
BFI Mediatheque coming to Newcastle's Discovery Museum
The BFI’s digital archive Mediatheque will launch at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum this month. -
BFI to start building new Archive storage facility in autumn
Work is finally set to begin in the autumn on the building of the British Film Institute’s new £12 million National Film Archive “sub-zero storage facility.” The aim is to have the new facility, housed at Gaydon in Warwickshire, by early 2012. -
Binger selects 25 participants for next Lab
Participants for Writers Lab / Creative Producers Lab will include Alexis Dos Santos. -
Cartoon d'Or nominees include Johannes Nyholm, Joseph Pierce
The nominees for the Cartoon d’Or 2010 will include Joseph Pierce’s A Family Portrait (UK);Krokodill by Jaspar Jancis (Estonia); Logorama by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy & Ludovic Houplain (France); Sinna Mann by Anita Killi (Norway); and The Tale of Little Puppetboy by Johannes Nyholm (Sweden). -
Cate Shortland's second film set up as Germany-Australia co-production
Cate Shortland’s Lore is backed by Screen Australia, along with new projects from Kieran Darcy-Smith and Fred Schepisi. -
Chong's The Fourth Portrait takes three major prizes at Taipei Film Awards
The 12th Taipei Film Festival closed on Saturday with documentary Let The Wind Carry Me by Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun-leung taking the grand prize of Taipei Awards, the top award of the festival. -
David Lynch sells self portrait to fans to fund new documentary
In the latest example of “crowd funding”, a new documentary about Hollywood director David Lynch is to be financed by online contributions from his fans. -
Deep In The Woods (Au Fond Des Bois)
Dir/scr: Benoit Jacquot. France-Germany. 2010. 102min -
Denmark to have 30% digital conversion by end of year
The 3D format came off to a flying start in 2010, when US director James Cameron’s Avatar sold 1.2 million tickets. -
Elias Axume to head up international distribution at Maya Entertainment
He previously held the position of executive vice president of Myriad Pictures. -
Fersnadillo starts shooting thriller Intruders in London
Carice Van Houten, Pilar López de Ayala, Ella Purnell, Izan Corchero and Kerry Fox have joined the cast of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s supernatural thriller Intruders, alongside Clive Owen and Daniel Bruhl. -
Film4 to kick off Somerset House series with Knight and Day
Film4’s programme of open-air screenings at London’s Somerset House will kick off with summer blockbuster Knight and Day. -
Filmfest Munchen
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Framestore starts new film division in New York
Sarah Dowland will head department. -
German Films Previews to present 19 films including Womb and The Silence
Almost 100 international buyers will be attending the 10th edition of the German Films Previews, which will be held in Hamburg this year from July 15-18. -
Haifaa Al Mansour
Saudi-born filmmaker Haifaa Al Mansour talks about her upcoming feature debut Wajda, which was awarded the $100,000 Shasha Grant at the Circle Conference in Abu Dhabi last year. -
Huda, Clarke team for London-set thriller Despatched
Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda and writer Noel Clarke are teaming up again to make London based thriller Despatched, which is currently at the script stage. -
Irish Film Board to seek new head as Simon Perry's tenure ends
The Irish FIlm Board has announced that it will be searching for a new Chief Executive to run the organisation from January 2011. -
Is Film Losing Its Value?
The ongoing attempts to sell MGM and Miramax Films highlight the steep decline in the valuation of libraries but consumers are also feeling the cheapening of the product. -
Israel Territory Focus: Filmmaking and Acting Talent
Israel is a hotbed of acting and film-making talent. Edna Fainaru profiles the home-grown stars with the potential to make an international impact. -
Jan Vrijman Fund backs 23 projects from developing countries
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam’s Jan Vrijman Fund latest funding round was decided last week, backing 23 documentary projects from developing countries. -
Joe Wright, Working Title plan live-action Little Mermaid
Working Title is reteaming with Joe Wright to make a live-action feature adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale The Little Mermaid, Working Title’s co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner announced. -
Jonny Persey
The head of Met Film School and Met Film Production tells Wendy Mitchell about the synergies between education and production and talks about forthcoming projects including Donor 150 and Maakbet. -
Karlovy Vary
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Kierston Wareing to star in UK thriller The Holding
A four-week shoot will start Monday on Susan Jacobson’s thriller The Holding, set on an isolated farm in England’s Peak District. -
Ledesma to start The Tunnel shoot in Sydney this month
Shooting is due to commence at the end of this month on Carlo Ledesma’s feature debut, The Tunnel, a Sydney based underground thriller which will be distributed for free via internet networks. -
Lock, Stock actor Dexter Fletcher to make directorial debut
British actor Dexter Fletcher is to make his directorial debut with a gritty family drama starring Charlie Creed- Miles and Jason Flemyng, with David Morrissey and Mark Strong also due to make appearances. -
Mike Leigh and Jonathan Entwistle
Celebrated film-maker Mike Leigh tells writer-director Jonathan Entwistle why first-time directors should not waste their energy making compromises -
NBC Universal, StudioCanal extend joint venture, distribution agreements
NBC Universal and StudioCanal have furthered the companies’ ties in home entertainment. They have extended two separate joint venture and distribution agreements. -
NFDC to continue co-production market at India's Film Bazaar
The National Film Development Corporation Ltd. (NFDC) is organising a co-production market as part of the annual Film Bazaar India, held alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in November. -
NFVF continues support for Durban Festival
The 31st festival will open July 22 with State of Violence. -
Paramount Int'l crosses $1bn faster than in 2009
This marks a week earlier than PPI crossed the $1bn international mark in 2009, and the second-fastest time in the studio’s international box office (after 2008, which was a $2bn year). -
Peccadillo takes Loose Cannons for UK
Peccadillo Pictures has acquired the UK and Irish rights to Ferzan Ozpetek’s Loose Cannons (Mine Vaganti). -
Profile: Razor Film
Roman Paul and Gerhard Meixner’s Razor Film has become one of the most prolific production houses in Europe. The principals tell Mike Goodridge how they got there. -
Profile: Vertigo Films
The success of StreetDance 3D has given UK producer-distributor Vertigo Films ambitions for larger-scale films. Wendy Mitchelltalks to Rupert Preston and James Richardson. -
Roman Polanksi 'a free man' after Swiss reject US extradition request
Swiss authorities have announced that they will not extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States. -
Sarajevo jurors to include Cristi Puiu, Christine Vachon
Sarajevo Film Festival has announced its feature, documentary and short film competition juries. -
Sarajevo preview: Filmmakers join forces
As south-eastern Europe’s film-makers join forces with each other and with producers and financiers from outside the region, Vladan Petkovic explores their rising ambitions and the key role of the Sarajevo Film Festival (July 23-31) -
Screen's Global Top 10 - July 02 - 04
Global Top 10 July 02 - 04TitleGross $ScrnsThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse140,311,58412228 -
Strong presence for German productions for Pere’s first Locarno competition
German cinema has a high profile Olivier Pere’s first outing as artistic director of the Locarno International Film Festival this year. -
Tech institute works with Sheffield for shorts competition
The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) has teamed up with Sheffield Doc/Fest to launch a short film competition which aims to explore the effects of information technology in the UK. -
The Light Thief (Svet-Ake)
Dir: Aktam Arym Kubat. Kyrgyzstan-Germany-France-Netherlands. 2010. 80mins -
The Mosquito Net catches Grand Prix in Karlovy Vary
Spanish drama The Mosquito Net captured the top honors at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. -
The Senate Visual Effects to expand into Soho
London based visual effects outfit is to add a Soho studio to its existing Twickenham base. -
This week’s hot projects on Screenbase
New films on Screenbase include French drama L’oiseau, Canadian-Spanish-UK co-production Tango Dancer, as well as Masquerade (Germany, Greece, UK). -
Toronto to open with world premiere of Michael McGowan's hockey musical
The 2010 Toronto International Film Festival will open on Sept 9 with the world premiere of Score: A Hockey Musical. -
Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood to feature Beatles' original song
Tran Anh Hung’s forthcoming feature Norwegian Woodwill feature the the Beatles’ original recording of “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” as its title song. -
UK box office: Eclipse has biggest UK opening of 2010
E1 Films’ release of the third instalment in the Twilght Saga eclipsed all rivals at the UK box office in its debut weekend. -
Wasted on the Young to go out through Paramount in Australia
Paramount Pictures has finally announced that it will be releasing Sydney Film Festival competition title Wasted On The Young, directed by Ben C Lucas, in its home market of Australia. -
Weekly International Box Office - August 06 - 08
Inception remained firmly planted in top spot on the international chart in its fourth week. -
Weekly International Box Office - August 13 - 15
Inception became the first title since Disney’s Alice In Wonderland in March to spend three consecutive weeks as the best performing international title. -
Weekly International Box Office - July 02 - 04
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news. -
Weekly International Box Office - July 23 - 25
Examining the international performance of Toy Story 3, Inception, Aftershock and more. -
Weekly International Box Office - July 30 - August 1
In its third week Warner Bros.’ Inception leapfrogged Disney’s Toy Story 3 to claim the top spot overseas.
