Screen
10 June 2010
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Andrew Chowns leaves Pact for Directors UK
Directors UK have announced the appointment of Andrew Chowns as its new CEO. -
Arts Alliance in $44m digital cinema deal with Cineworld
European digital provider Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed an agreement with UK cinema chain Cineworld to digitalise all of its remaining cinemas in the UK and Ireland. -
Aruba closes first edition striking balance between international, local needs
In an economy where long-running festivals are struggling, the Aruba International Film Festival had a solid inaugural run. “For the first year, I think it’s a success,” says one of the festival’s founders, Guiseppe Coioccarelli. -
Beijing’s Straw Family announces slate of pan-Asian productions
Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung’s Beijing-based company Straw Family announced a slate of four pan-Asian projects on the eve of the Shanghai International Film Festival (June 12-20). -
Black Death plagues UK, Germany gets Mammoth
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week. -
CEO Sandeep Bhargava will leave Studio 18/Indian Film Company
CEO of The Indian Film Company and Studio 18 Sandeep Bhargava announced his departure from the Indian film studio. -
Chinese video-sharing websites ramp up film investments
Video-on-demand or movie streaming websites have become an emerging channel for film financing in China as several Chinese video websites revealed new investments on film production at a seminar today at Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), including LeTV Entertainment, Sohu.com, and Voole.com. -
CJ, Bona start strategic partnership for Chinese films
Korea’s CJ Entertainment and China’s Bona International Film Group (BIFG) have established a strategic partnership to co-invest and co-produce at least two films a year in China. -
Critic Peter Brunette dies in Taormina
Widely respected American film critic and scholar Peter Brunette died this morning while visiting the Taormina Film Festival. -
Dogwoof takes UK rights to Lucy Walker's Countdown to Zero
UK distributor Dogwoof has acquired UK rights to Countdown to Zero from The Works International. -
Era New Horizons to honour Has, Demirkubuz, Godard
The 10th Era New Horizons International Film Festival will dedicate programming to the 10th anniversary of the death of Polish cinema great Wojciech Jerzy Has, as well as offering retrospectives of Jean-Luc Godard and the Brothers Quay. -
Fulwell 73 plans Laurie Cunningham biopic
UK production company also working on documentary about Lt Col James Bo Gritz and low-budget London horror film. -
German funds support new films from Michael Glawogger, Istvan Szabo
International co-productions with countries as diverse as Argentina, China, Spain, and Finland are among new projects supported with over $7.2m (€6m) by the two national funds German Federal Film Board (FFA) and German Federal Film Fund (DFFF). -
Griffin Dunne unveils Veronica short from Farrelly/Wessler Project
Griffin Dunne was at the inaugural Aruba International Film Festival this week with the world premiere of his new short film Veronica, which is part of the as-yet-untitled Peter Farrelly/Charles Wessler Project. -
Heartbeats takes Australia's richest film prize
This year’s $52,000 (A$60,000) Sydney Film Prize has been awarded to love triangle story Heartbeats, from Canadian writer/director Xavier Dolan. -
Hodges, Pitts among jurors in Edinburgh
Actress Britt Ekland, director Mike Hodges, MoMA’s Larry Kardish and filmmaker Rafi Pitts will join the Michael Powell Jury at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow. -
India's Film Bazaar partners with Moscow Forum
The National Film Development Corporation’s Film Bazaar India 10, an annual film market, has partnered with Moscow Co-Production Forum. -
International Box Office - July 09 - 11
Examining the international performance of Eclipse, Predators, Bayside Shakedown 3 and more. -
International Box Office - July 16 - 18
Examining the international performance of Shrek Forever After, Inception, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and more. -
Kat Gosling joins Troika
Talent agent Kat Gosling has joined London-based Troika. Gosling had previously been an agent at Finch & Partners for four years. -
Killers to become closing film of Shanghai International Film Festival
Lionsgate’s Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl starring romantic action comedy Killers will have its China premiere as the closing film of the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). -
Le Pacte continues sales on Amalric's On Tour
Mathieu Amalric’s On Tour, which won Best Director and Fipresci awards after its Cannes competition screenings last month, has now been sold to a host of international buyers. -
Locarno to show Cyrus, present tribute to John C. Reilly
Locarno will host the European premiere of Jay and Mark Duplass’ Cyrus at a Piazza Grande screening on August 7. -
Locke starts UK shoot for Three Stags
UK writer/director Mark Locke started principal photography this weekend on his second feature, Three Stags. -
Manchester to host Abnormal Devices Festival in October
Manchester will host this year’s Abandon Normal Devices Festival of new cinema and digital culture, which will feature new commissions from internationally renowned artists, filmmakers and cultural provocateurs. -
Mike Leigh, Jane Campion to lead masterclasses for The Story Works
Directors Mike Leigh and John Madden are among the film industry professionals who will lead masterclasses for the inaugural screenwriters’ initiative The Story Works. -
My Joy, Truce lead winners in Sochi
Sergei Loznitsa’s Cannes competition film My Joy took two prizes at this year’s Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival which came to a close in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Sunday evening (June 13). -
New Pixel Lab selects 34 participants
Ilann Girard, the producer of Oscar-winning March of the Penguins, is one of the 34 participants selected for Power to the Pixel’s new cross-media course, The Pixel Lab, taking place in Cardiff. -
Photos from Seattle, London, Cluj, Aruba
ScreenDaily highlights the film events taking place around the globe. -
PiFan to open with The Experiment, close with Death Bell 2
Asia’s largest genre film fest, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) will open with the world premiere of the The Experiment, directed by Paul Scheuring (TV’s Prison Break) and starring Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker. -
Popcorn and Other Disasters
Mike Goodridge confesses to being a cinema shusher who is offended by the loud popcorn crunchers and mobile phone talkers. That’s why exhibitors need to keep upping the ante to draw us into the theatrical experience. -
Pulse, Chelsea strike strategic partnership
UK-based Pulse has created a strategic partnership with US-based Chelsea for Pulse to represent Chelsea’s directors in the UK and Chelsea to represent Pulse’s directors in the US. -
Reliance to launch Raavanan, Villian on June 18
Reliance MediaWorks’ BIG Cinemas is handling the US theatrical release and marketing for Tamil-language film Raavanan and its Telegu-dubbed version Villian. -
Screen International to co-sponsor Spanish film financing conference in Madrid
Spain’s film institute, the ICAA, and government backed film finance facilitators, Audiovisual SGR, are co-organising a finance conference to take place in Madrid on July 1 looking at how producers can access private funding for their film projects. -
Screen's Global Top 10 - June 11-13
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend. -
Screen's Global Top 10 - June 18-20
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend. -
Screen's Global Top 10 - June 4-6
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend. -
Sex 2 keeps Letters To Juliet from the top spot in UK
E1 Films’ Letters To Juliet had to settle for a second-place debut in the UK, after Sex And The City 2 held on to the number one spot for a third week. -
Sex And The City sequel stays top in UK, Funeral debuts fourth
Warner Bros’ Sex And The City 2 holds onto UK number one for a second week, while Sony Pictures Releasing International’s Death At A Funeral is the highest new entry. -
Shanghai Film Festival Opening Night
The red-carpet glamour from Shanghai’s opening -
Spain’s Rodar Y Rodar to work on new project with Julia’s Eyes team
Major Spanish producers Rodar Y Rodar are set to make a new $7m thriller/horror called El Hombre Hueco with Guillem Morales and Oriol Paolo, the writing/directing duo of Julia’s -
Spain's Cell 211 producers to make detective thriller Nowhere
Leading Spanish production outfit Vaca Films will follow the huge success of their prison drama Cell 211 with the $5m thriller Nowhere, to be written and directed by Manuel Sanabria. -
Strand acquires Cardiff doc from High Point
London-based High Point Films has sold all North American rights to Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff to Strand Releasing. -
Sundance Institute readies first East Africa theatre lab
Sundance Institute is preparing for its inaugural Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in East Africa, set to take place from July 9-29 on the island of Manda off Kenya. -
Taiwan pulls films from Shanghai festival
Eight Taiwanese films pulled from the showcase of 13th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, June 12 – June 20) as a side-bar activity Taipei Film Week was cancelled. -
The big buy-in
The studios have always acquired independent films for international territories but several have recently stepped up their activities. John Hazelton finds out why and looks at the response from sellers and indie buyers. -
Thelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese’s editor Thelma Schoonmaker talks about moving into 3D with The Invention of Hugo Cabret. -
This week's hot new projects on Screenbase
This week’s added films to our online production listings database Screenbase include features by Hendrik Handloegten, Patrice Leconte, Zoya Akhtar, as well as Matteo Cerami and Maggie Peren. -
Universal strikes output deal with Russia's Leopolis
Universal Pictures International (Russia) has struck a theatrical distribution deal for Russia and CIS with Leopolis. -
Variance acquires US rights to Nunez's Spoken Word
Variance Films has picked up US rights to Victor Nunez’s Spoken Word starring Kuno Becker and recording artist Ruben Blades. -
Von Trotta, Hallstrom and Riggen backed by Filmstiftung NRW
New feature films by Margarethe von Trotta, Lasse Hallström and Patricia Riggen are among 11 projects awarded around €5.7m production funding by the Düsseldorf-based Filmstiftung NRW at its latest session. -
Weekly International Box Office - June 11 - 13
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news. -
Weekly International Box Office - June 18-20
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news. -
Weekly International Box Office - June 4-6
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
