Screen
14 Oct 2010
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Alberto Marini leaves production director post at Filmax
Italian born film executive and producer Alberto Marini is leaving his position as director of international productions at leading Spanish film studio Filmax from November to work on his own “more personal” productions. -
German sales agent Beta Cinema takes on Toronto surprise hit Viva Riva! from the Congo
German sales agent Beta Cinema has picked up writer-director Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s feature debut Viva Riva! and signed its first deals with the US, UK and Australia/New Zealand. -
Abbie Cornish replaces Emily Blunt in The Girl
Australian actress Abbie Cornish has stepped in to take the leading role in The Girl, which Goldcrest will be pre-selling at the AFM nextmonth. -
AFM Finance Conference expands to two days
Speakers will include Harvey Weinstein, Stewart Till, Graham Taylor. -
Anxious? Healthy? Both.
The UK industry still awaits clarity about Government’s new plans for film, but there are successes still to cheer. Geoffrey Macnab takes the temperature of the industry at this week’s Screen Film Summit. -
Bait 3D starts shooting in Australia
Arclight Films’ 3D shark-action commenced principal photography this week at the Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast in Australia. -
Berlinale market extends birthday discount offer for second year for 'early birds'
The Berlin International Film Festival is retaining the € 100 discount on its market badges, which was introduced as a 60th birthday present last year, as an offer for “early birds” for a limited period. -
BFI budget to be cut by 15% over four years
The British Film Institute’s budget is to be cut by 15% over four years, it was announced today (Oct 20) as part of the UK Government’s Spending Review. -
BFI London Film Festival Opening Night
The BFI London Film Festival opened with a star-studded screening of Never Let Me Go, followed by a party at the Saatchi Gallery. -
BFI London Film Festival, Oct 14-17
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Break The Fall gets finance boost from Northern Film & Media
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media and Northstar Ventures have backed feature film Break The Fall with $162,500 (£101,500) investment on behalf of Finance for Business – North East Creative Content Fund. -
Breaking Dawn adds new cast including Lee Pace
Summit has announced further cast for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, as new vampire groups are introduced to the story. -
Chinese blockbuster Aftershock leads Asia Pacific Screen Awards nominations
Aftershock from China, Honey from Turkey, Monga from Taiwan, and Paju and Poetry, both from Korea, have been nominated for best feature in the fourth-annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs). -
Co-production conundrum
A flurry of co-production treaties have been signed between Asian nations over the past few years, but are they really necessary? Liz Shackleton reports from last week’s Asian Film Policy Forum in South Korea. -
DiVA selects 13 participants for Graduate Fellowship Programme
The UK’s Diversity in Visual Arts (DiVA) scheme has announced the selected participants for its Graduate Fellowship Programme 2010-2011. -
Doha adds seven films, adds Yosra as jury president
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off next week, has announced seven new features added to its film programme. -
Doha speakers include Robert De Niro, Paula Wagner, Rachid Bouchareb
Panelists and speakers at the forthcoming Doha Tribeca Film Festival will include actor/producer Robert De Niro, director Rachid Bouchareb, producer Paula Wagner, composer Nitin Sawhney, photographer Brigitte Lacombe and cinematographer Sandi Sissel. -
Donna Gigliotti joins The Weinstein Company
Donna Gigliotti has been appointed president of production at The Weinstein Company. -
EM Media starts new intern initiative
EM Media, the regional screen agency for the UK’s East Midlands, has launched a new initiative – Kickstart –offering production companies up to $3100 (£2000) in exchange for mentoring an intern on their next shoot. -
Eurimages to present Development Award worth $42,000 in Rome
The second Eurimages Co-production Development Award, worth $42,000 (€30,000), will go to the best project presented in New Cinema Network, the co-production market of the International Rome Film Festival. -
Facing The Film Industry
How did Ed Vaizey measure up in his first public address of the industry since abolishing the UK Film Council? -
Fawcett and Hollier's Atlantic Screen Music launches score production company
Atlantic Screen Music has launched Atlantic Screen Composers to produce music scores for film and TV productions. The company’s £2m launch budget comes from an EIS supported by Octopus Investments. -
Guido Coen, producer and former Twickenham Studios head, dies at age 95
Italy-born Coen came to England in 1929. -
Hot projects on Screenbase this week
Among the array of new films on Screenbase are French-Belgian-Spanish co-production Les Chants De Mandrin, UK film Resistance, Italy’s Se Sei Così, Ti Dico Sì, as well as Germany’s Die Vermissten -
Iain Smith leaves board of Edinburgh
The Edinburgh International Film Festival continues a year of changes as chair Iain Smith has announced he is leaving the board. -
Incendies wins Warsaw Grand Prix
Denis Villeneuve’s Venice and Toronto hit Incendies collected top honours at the 26th Warsaw International Film Festival. -
Jack Gordon to star in Barrett's debut Life Just Is
Shooting has begun on UK film-maker Alex Barrett’s debut feature Life Just Is, featuring Screen International Star of Tomorrow Jack Gordon. -
Jaume Collet Serra sets up LA-based Ombra Films
Barcelona born director Jaume Collet Serra who has made a name for himself in the US is setting up a new production company in LA called Ombra Films, which will tie relations between Hollywood and Spain. -
Jeremy Thomas at PFM Keynote: UK should re-enter Eurimages
Oscar-winner Thomas also says producers should get enhanced recoupment positions so they aren’t paupers; he says festival heads are more crucial contacts than studio heads. -
Korea’s Lotte plans expansion into Russian exhibition market
South Korea’s Lotte Cinema is planning to invest up to $30m in construction of six cinemas, designed for 30 digital cinema screens, in Russia’sFar East region by 2013. -
LFF Keynote: Ken Loach says UK TV industry is 'enemy of creativity'
In his London Film Festival industry keynote, the filmmaker also calls for reform of cinema exhibition. -
Metrodome acquires Rabbit Hole for UK, Ireland
Metrodome has taken UK and Irish rights to John Cameron Mitchell’s Rabbit Hole, starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. -
Mike Leigh cancels workshop in Israel
UK director Mike Leigh has pulled out of a forthcoming educational trip to Israel due to his concern over the Israeli government’s policies including the proposed loyalty oath bill. -
Pinewood, Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy among winners at Conch Awards
The UK audio industry was celebrated at the fifth UK Screen Sound Awards (aka Conch Awards) in Soho on Wednesday night. -
Protecting your ideas
Don’t allow others to rip off your ideas when you can take some simple steps to protect yourself. Pamela Forte, media lawyer at Forte Law, offers some practical tips on safeguarding confidential information. -
Pusan New Current Award goes to The Journals of Musan, Bleak Night
The 15th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) closed with the New Currents Award going ex-aequo to two Korean films - Park Jung-Bum’s The Journals of Musan and Yoon Sung-Hyun’s Bleak Night. -
Puttnam challenges Jeremy Hunt to explain UKFC abolition
Lord Puttnam tracks UK government backing for film over the last century in a new article, claiming the culture secretary has betrayed his own party’s role in the evolution of the industry. -
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale takes top prizes at Sitges
Finnish director Jalmari Helander’s horror/thriller Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale has picked up the best film and director prizes in the main official competition at Sitges genre film festival today (Saturday), sweeping aside strong competition from local and Asian titles. -
Screen Film Summit: Woodward says Lottery money to broadcasters would be 'insanity'
In what is likely to be one of his last public appearances as UK Film Council chief executive, John Woodward has made some outspoken remarks about the prospect that Lottery money might be channelled through a UK broadcaster such as the BBC or Channel 4. -
Shoreline handling sales on first German indie 3D
Shoreline Entertainment is handling worldwide sale rights on German English language thriller The Forbidden Girl, currently shooting in and around Jena and Berlin, Germany. -
South West Screen greenlights three features to be made in Bristol
UK regional screen agency South West Screen has announced the three films to be greenlit through its iFeatures digital filmmaking scheme. -
Spain’s Alta Films pick up Canada’s Incendies
Alta Films has taken Spanish theatrical rights to Denis Villeneuve’s multi-award winning drama Incendies, which has been selected as Canada’s entrant for the foreign-language Oscar. -
Spier launches new fund for productions shooting in South Africa
London- and South Africa-based production outfit Spier Films is launching a new film fund available for international productions shooting in South Africa from January 2011. -
Swedish fairy tale wins Power to The Pixel Pitch Award
Sweden’s Helene Granqvist of Good World and Hanna Sköld of Tangram Film won the Pixel Pitch Award at the Power to the Pixel Cross-Media Forum for their project Granny’s Dancing on the Table. -
Swedish Film Institute grants funding to 13 films
The Swedish Film Institute has granted $4m (SEK 26,290,000) in production funding for 13 films. -
Thessaloniki selects 10 projects for Balkan Script Development Fund
Dimitris Eipides, the new director of the 51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival-TIFF (December 3-12) has decided to go ahead with the Balkan Script Development Fund, one of the most eagerly awaited industry related strands of the event. -
TrustNordisk strikes Beyond deals including NFP in Germany
TrustNordisk has just closed a slew of deals on Pernilla August’s Beyond, starring Noomi Rapace of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo fame. -
UK film industry to talk about environmental sustainability at Monday event
The UK Film Council, BAFTA and the BFI London Film Festival are hosting an environmental trade fair and discussion on Monday. -
UK's Salt launches film-maker co-op to encourage commercial projects
UK sales and finance outfit The Salt Company has kicked off a new filmmakers cooperative to support new British talent who want to make commercial films. -
Vinterberg's Submarino wins Nordic Council Film Prize
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino was today awarded the Nordic Council Film Prize – Scandinavia’s largest film award, which comes with a $65,000 cheque to be shared between the director, scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm and producer Morten Kaufmann of Nimbus Film. -
Warsaw’s CentEast market welcomes more than 200 participants
Over 200 participants attended the sixth edition of the CentEast Market, the industry arm of the Warsaw International Film Festival , running from Oct 15-17. -
When We Live takes Ghent prize
Feo Aladag’s When We Leave (Die Fremde), has scooped the best film award at the 37th Ghent Film Festival, which runs Oct 12-23. -
You Don't Like the Truth to serve as evidence in resuming Guantanamo trial
Film will also compete at IDFA.
