Screen
10 Mar 2011
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Argentina and Chile dominate the Toulouse Films In Progress titles
The Latin American Film Screenings of Toulouse has announced its six projects which will compete in the 19th Films In Progress programme, all of which are either Chilean or Argentinian co-productions. -
Beauty in the East: Filmart 2011
Hong Kong Filmart (March 21-24) is growing in importance as more international buyers and producers head to the event to conduct face-to-face business with the Asian film industry. -
Bulgarian filmmakers appeal to prime minister
Continuing concerns about the future of the Bulgarian film industry have led the local community to petition Prime Minister Boyko Borissov [pictured] “to find a lasting solution for the tremendous problems of Bulgarian cinema.” -
Chan, Zhang become ambassadors for first Beijing Film Festival
Organisers of the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival have confirmed Jackie Chan and Zhang Ziyi as the Image Ambassadors for the first event (April 23 to April 28). -
CJ Systems gets leading stake in post house AZWorks
CJ Group subsidiary CJ Systems buys up majority share in AZWorks, other subsidiaries merge into CJ E&M -
Colombia Pictures
The president of Colombia gave a rousing rallying cry for local cinema at the opening of the Cartagena Film Festival late last month, showing one country that is taking its industry seriously. -
David Mackenzie
The prolific Scottish director talks about the challenges of a quick shoot for You Instead (which has its US premiere at SXSW on Saturday) as well as his new plans for a sci-fi adaptation and a film set on the world’s most remote inhabited island. -
EC Commissioner Vassiliou responds to producers' fears about MEDIA
Androulla Vassiliou, EC Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, has sought to allay European producers’ concerns about the financial independence of a future MEDIA Programme. -
Elmosnino, Chabat to start in TF1's War of The Buttons
TF1 International has locked in Eric Elmosnino and Alain Chabat to star in its version of War Of The Buttons. -
Essential Killing, All That I Love, Ghost Writer win Polish awards
At this week’s Polish Film Academy Awards (The Eagles), Jerzy Skolimowski’s Venice prize winner Essential Killing was named best film and he also won best director. -
European Commission earmarks $19.5m for African, Caribbean and Pacific films
The European Commission is to support filmmakers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) with a total of $19.5m (€14m) as part of its new ACP-EU Support Programme to the ACP Cultural Sectors running between 2011 and 2016. -
European industry mobilises ahead of MEDIA hearing
European film professionals are anxious to hear what’s discussed on March 18 about the hotly debated future of the MEDIA Programme. -
Festival Scope adds Indian focus, Sofia festival winners
Industry online film viewing platform Festival Scope has added content from two more recent events. -
FrightFest moves into UK distribution and takes on Shadow
UK festivals organiser FrightFest is expanding into theatrical distribution, through a new venture formed with Wild Bunch. -
Hayley Atwell plays Charlotte Rampling's daughter in I, Anna
Barnaby Southcombe’s debut feature just wrapped shooting this weekend. -
Hong Kong International Film Festival preview
The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) celebrates an anniversary this year — its 35th — and is welcoming new executive director Roger Garcia, who joined in September -
Hot Docs’ co-production day to welcome a record nine delegations
A record nine delegations from the UK, US, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa and the Nordic region will participate in Hot Docs’ International Co-Production Day on May 2 during this year’s festival in Toronto (April 28 to May 8). -
Incident By A Bank triumphs at Tampere
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s Incident By A Bank won the Grand Prix at the 41st Tampere Film Festival. -
Korea's KT&G launches film business division
KT&G (originally Korea Tobacco & Ginseng and now re-styled as Korea Tomorrow & Global Corporation) Sangsangmadang has launched its Film Business Division with an aim to co-produce, co-finance and find films for its newly updated CineLab as well as to invest in, acquire, distribute and exhibit local and foreign films. -
Medusa on board for Woody Allen's Rome-set film
Italy’s Medusa film has confirmed they will produce director Woody Allen’s next feature, to be shot in Rome in July. -
Mike Hodges
The director talks about the 40th anniversary of Get Carter, the state of the British film industry, and two new films he’d like to make. -
New website launches for film industry recruitment
My First Job In Film aims to standardise recruitment by presenting the industry a cost-free, turnkey offering for job vacancies. -
Nigel Clark promoted to Sony president of international marketing
Clark previously served as senior executive vice-president of the department and will continue to direct the home office team overseeing Sony’s international theatrical launches. -
Okinawa fest to go ahead despite Japan disaster
Third edition of festival will run March 18-27. -
Oliver Stone to head Short Awards jury at ScreenSingapore
Winner of the Asian Short Film Awards will receive a cash prize worth more than $15,000. -
Paramount and Transmission renew pact in Australia
Paramount Pictures International and Transmission have re-signed the distribution pact that has seen them jointly acquire, market and release 14 commercial crossover films in Australia and New Zealand in the past three years. -
Peplow to leave UK's Skillset to join Sydney-based AFTRS
UK producer Neil Peplow is to leave Skillset to relocate to Australia and become director of screen content at the Film, Television & Radio School (AFTRS) from May 2. -
Red Riding writers hope 1977 will be made as stand-alone film
Novelist David Peace and screenwriter Tony Grisoni speak about the ‘1977’ script at Newcastle’s Story Engine conference. -
Rutger Hauer's Milan festival taps jurors including Robert Rodriguez, Ridley Scott
The fourth edition of Milan-set international film festival I’ve Seen Films — which is founded and directly managed by actor Rutger Hauer since 2008 — has announced its international jury of the upcoming edition. -
Sandrew Metronome to shut down Swedish theatrical distribution business
Sandrew Metronome Sweden has announced that it will close down its Swedish theatrical distribution. The company’s last release will be Mikael Håfström’s Anthony Hopkins starrer The Rite (Ritualen) [pictured]. -
Screen Australia backs projects including Kath and Kim film
Screen Australia has promised investment to the producers of four feature-length films, three of which are comedies, including a big screen version of the television cult hit Kath And Kim. -
Shelter wins in Sofia; Indian Wife, Youth take pitches awards
Dragomir Sholev’s feature debut Shelter has become the first Bulgarian film to win the Grand Prix of Sofia International Film Festival’s (SIFF) International Competition. -
Social media, Asian/Middle Eastern growth spur talk in Abu Dhabi
The growing importance of social media was one of the hot topics today at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit. -
Sofia International Film Festival
The 15th Sofia International Film Festival ran March 4-13 in Bulgaria. -
Sony takes on world home entertainment rights for God Loves Caviar
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has acquired all media rights worldwide from Athens-based Alexandros Film for the upcoming Greek feature film God Loves Caviar (O theos agapaei to haviari) to be directed by Yannis Smaragdis. -
Spotlight on training
Read all about the courses inspiring Europe’s next generation of filmmakers and executives in Screen’s new European Training supplement. -
Sundance, AEG Europe plan pre-Olympics London arts festival
The event, which will include a film component, will run at London’s O2 from April 26-29, 2012. -
Swiss Oscar entry wins two awards at this year’s Swiss Film Prize
Switzerland’s 2011 Oscar entry La Petite Chambre by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond won the awards for Best Film and Best Screenplay at this year’s Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2011. -
Troubled Magma looks set to appoint a liquidator
A creditors’ meeting will be held in Galway later this week for troubled Irish-based production outfit Magma European Scripting House (MESH), which now looks set to appoint a liquidator. -
UKFC staffers confirmed to move to BFI include Seghatchian, Buckingham, Evans
Tanya Seghatchian, Pete Buckingham and Will Evans are amongst the members of UK Film Council staff who will be transferring across to the BFI as part of the transition between the two bodies. -
UK's Audit Office criticises decision making process to abolish UK Film Council
National Audit Office says DCMS was “not informed by a financial analysis of the costs and benefits” with its plan to close the UKFC and other arts bodies. -
Zeina Durra
British director Zeina Durra’s debut feature The Imperialists Are Alive! is screening at the Birds Eye View Film Festival in London this week. She talks to Screen about her upcoming projects and why she doesn’t want to be known as a ‘female film-maker.’
