Screen
14 July 2011
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IM Global, TrustNordisk, Pacha Pictures and UK’s Blue Light among newcomers to Locarno
International sales and distribution company IM Global, Copenhagen-based TrustNordisk, the new French-Arab sales outfit Pacha Pictures, and UK producer-distributor Blue Light are among more than 20 companies already confirmed to attend Locarno’s Industry Days for the first time this year. -
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announces new board
Prospero Pictures’ Martin Katz is new ACCT chair -
Alexey German Jr’s Under Electric Clouds starts casting
Russian-Ukrainian-Polish co-production to start shooting from October after German Jr completes short film From Tokyo -
An eye on Sky
With Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation under intense pressure in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, the UK industry is once again discussing BSkyB’s lack of investment in British film – and whether now is the time to push for change. -
Ari Folman to head Sarajevo jury
Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski will head the short film competition jury -
Buttons battle heats up in France
French distributors Mars and UGC will go head to head at the box office this September with separate adaptations of Louis Pergaud’s literary classic The War of the Buttons. -
Calls for future MEDIA Programme to increase support for digitisation of cinemas
New report from Polish MEP calls on Europe to speed up the digital shift, as the European Commission gathers views on how Europe can move towards a digital single market. -
China’s Enlight Media to float on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Beijing-based company becomes third Chinese studio to float on China’s home stock market -
Croatian Parliament approves 20% cash rebate for local and foreign film production
Incentive covers features, documentaries, animation and TV drama -
Durban FilmMart announces new awards
Prizes at South African event include award sponsored by Videovision Entertainment -
Emilie de Ravin to star in Finnish feature Love And Other Troubles
Nordisk Film has picked up Scandinavian rights -
Eros enters new markets with releases in Taiwan and South Korea
Releases include Ra.One and Endhiran -
Fox International joins Spanish comedy Ghost Graduation
Film is the latest from Spanish Movie director Javier Ruiz Caldera -
Fresnadillo’s thriller Intruders to open San Sebastian
English-language film stars Clive Owen, Carice van Houten, Daniel Brühl, Pilar López de Ayala and Kerry Fox -
German media mogul Leo Kirch dies at 84
Kirch Group became one of the biggest film and TV concerns in Europe -
Greek thriller December Riots finishes production
Greek director Dimitri Vorris has finished post-production on December Riots (Or How I Lost My Country And Never Found It). -
Harry Potter breaks IMAX global box office record
The UK, Japan, Brazil and Costa Rica all set new IMAX records -
Hot projects on Screenbase
This week’s highlights on Screen’s European Film Index include Dan Turner’s The Man Inside as well as French director Pierre Jolivet’s Armed Hands. -
Icarus Films acquires US rights to Robert Flaherty documentary
Irish documentary was produced and directed by Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín -
Isabelle Huppert to receive Locarno's Excellence Award
Her works to screen include The Piano Teacher and The Lacemaker. -
Jan Vrijman Fund backs 19 projects from developing countries
Projects from Cambodia among those selected for the first time -
Locarno announces more than 30 world premieres, including Morten Tyldum's Headhunters
US titles include Piazza Grande opening film Super 8 and Cowboys & Aliens, with Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig expected to attend -
New Horizons and London Film Academy partner on training event for young film-makers
Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr will give a masterclass at the second New Horizons Studio -
New Horizons’ Polish-Norwegian Co-Production Forum selects 10 projects
Participants include Opus Film, Storm Studios, Maipo and Trust Nordisk -
Rabbit-Proof Fence, Australia actor dies at age 44
David Ngoombujarra, a well-known Aboriginal actor, has died at age 44. -
Restoration among the winners at Jerusalem International Film Festival
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s The Law In These Parts named best documentary -
Tate Taylor’s The Help to open Deauville
Francis Ford Coppola guest of honour at the Deauville Festival of American Film, with out-of-competition premieres to include Bringing Up Bobby, The Conspirator, Drive, The Change-Up, Fright Night and The Lion King.
