All Screen articles in 11 Aug 2011
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NewsClown, Bullhead win at Fantasia; audience surpasses 100,000
The 15th edition of Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival hosted 19 world premieres including Final Destination 5 and The Wicker Tree.
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NewsBusan's Asian Cinema Fund backs films including Venice-bound Cut
The 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced 31 selections for this year’s Asian Cinema Fund (ACF).
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CommentDon’t Remake Baby Into A Corner
Why the Dirty Dancing remake could alienate audiences young and old.
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NewsDubai Film Connection to accept scripts in Arabic, French and English
Co-production market submission deadline extended until Aug 22.
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NewsToei launches international acquisitions under Tryangle label
Japanese major Toei studios announced its official return to foreign acquisitions today with the launch of new label Toei Tryangle.
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FeaturesLocarno's Pere claims 'perfect balance' for 2011 festival
The 64th Locarno Film Festival achieved “a perfect balance” this year, according to Olivier Père in his second outing as the festival’s artistic director. Also, the ambitious Casa Del Cinema project could be in place by 2015.
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NewsMetrodome acquires Hollywood Classics; Peter Urie returns to company
UK distributor Metrodome has acquired Hollywood Classsics Ltd in a deal worth $2.6m (£1.6m).
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NewsToronto unveils Talent Lab, Telefilm Canada Pitch This! finalist and Rising Stars
Twenty-four filmmakers are set to take part in the Talent Lab, the artistic development programme that runs from Sept 7-10, while Pitch This! offers six teams the chance to present their projects to a jury and live audience.
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NewsIFP Project Forum to showcase 150 new projects
Laura Oaksmith’s The Buck Decision, Hunter Adams’ Dig Two Graves and Jeremy Engle’s Half-Life are among the projects set to take part in the 33rd edition in New York from Sept 18-22.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Paul Knight is currently shooting A Landscape Of Lies in London, while Christian Duguay prepares the autumn shoot for his latest project Jappeloup in Mallorca.
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NewsNew Wave confirms two Cannes acquisitions
UK distributor takes on Once Upon a Time In Anatolia and Hors Satan.
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CommentSense of charity
Ewan McGregor fronts a UNICEF appeal film screening in UK cinemas this weekend.
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NewsArts Alliance in digital cinema pact with Spain's A Contracorriente
Live satellite delivery of El Caso Farewell already successful.
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NewsThe King's Speech producer Unwin lines up Spitfire Girls TV drama
The indie behind Oscar-winning The King’s Speech has started work on a TV drama about a group of female Spitfire pilots.
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NewsLee Jang-ho to head new umbrella Film Korea
South Korean regional film commissions and entertainment industry groups have organised to launch Film Korea today (Aug 12) at the Jecheon International Music Film Festival.
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NewsChris O'Dowd joins cast of Goalpost's The Sapphires
Aboriginal girl-group story begins shooting this month in Australia.
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NewsVoice cast including Twisted Sister's Dee Snider sign up for Ronal
The voice cast for the English-language dub of Ronal The Barbarian will include Pierce Cravens, Ben Bledsoe (Glee), Ashley Acarino (The Devils Own), Louis Lombardi (The Sopranos) and Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider.
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NewsBollywood star Shammi Kapoor dies at age 70
Bollywood actor Shamser Raj Kapoor, known as Shammi Kapoor, died Sunday in a Mumbai hospital after suffering from kidney disease for several years.
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NewsVicky Jewson plans October shoot for action thriller Born of War
Film will shoot in UK and Morocco.
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NewsRevolver plans feature film about Lenny 'The Guv'nor' McLean
Revolver Entertainment’s Gunslinger production arm is planning a film based on the life story of bare-knuckle fighter Lenny McLean.