All Screen articles in 15 April 2010
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FeaturesA few dollars more
Australia may have scenic locations and world-class studios, infrastructure and facilities, but the exchange rate is deterring overseas shoots. Sandy George looks at what the industry is doing to end the drought.
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Happy together
Australian producers are looking to team up with foreign partners to exploit the benefits of the country’s co-production incentives. Sandy George reports.
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FeaturesProducing results in Australia
Australia’s generous producer offset incentive is giving local film-makers a major boost, with a range of ambitious projects in the pipeline. But films with foreign elements are at the mercy of a shadowy discretionary system which is causing controversy, reports Sandy George.
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FeaturesAustralia: a brand new day?
Editor Mike Goodridge introduces Screen’s Australia territory focus.
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Tribeca takes on distribution
The ambitious Tribeca Film Festival (April 21-May 2) is exploring ways of reaching out to audiences far beyond its New York base. Jeremy Kay reports
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FeaturesThe bigger picture
Blacklight Transmedia has ambitious plans to create original franchises that can be exploited across multiple platforms ― and has a rare first-look deal with Imagine Entertainment. Jeremy Kay reports.
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CommentAs the volcanic dust settles
Perhaps the only thing that is clear following the travel chaos that engulfed Europe last week is just how enmeshed the US film industry has become with the rest of the world.
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NewsParamount takes UK rights to Killing Bono from Salt
Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan star in Nick Hamm’s Irish comedy; Paramount will release in UK and Ireland.
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Aruba International Film Festival plans green initiatives in first year
AIFF, founded by Giuseppe Cioccarelli and Jonathan Vieira,said it wanted to “play an active role in preserving and protecting the beautiful ecosystem that defines the beautiful island nation of Aruba.”
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UK box office up 16% in first quarter of 2010
Between January and March this year, the UK box office took $448.3m (£291.1m), compared with $386m (£250.80m) in 2009, according to new FDA figures.
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Mod Producciones boards Arevalo’s comedy Primos
Agora producers Mod Producciones have joined Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s new $4m comedy project Primos as co-producers alongside Atipica Films.
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IIFAs headed to Sri Lanka in June
The 2010 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from June 3-5.
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NewsLondon-based Berkeley Square launches as production, finance, sales outfit
Film and finance veterans launching the venture are Paul Tamasy, Daniel Figuero, Justin Howard, Stephen Metcalfe, John Tibbs and Star Wars star Mark Hamill.
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Pearl & Dean acquired by Thomas Anderson subsidiary Image Ltd.
Thomas Anderson created the newly incorporated Image Ltd. specifically for this deal, which is subject to shareholder approval.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Festival launches $500,000 production fund
The newly rebranded Abu Dhabi Film Festival is launching a fund totalling $500,000 per year to support productions from the Arab region.
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The specialised space race
The UK’s specialist distributors are competing to secure screens for their arthouse and foreign-language fare in a squeezed exhibition sector. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
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FeaturesA sporting chance
The soccer World Cup in South Africa (June 11-July 11) will attract global audiences in their billions. How will international distributors compete? Jeremy Kay reports
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FeaturesThe track record behind the Title
The last year may have seen some costly underperformers in The Boat That Rocked and Green Zone but, as Leonard Klady reports, Universal-owned Working Title Films can draw on a stellar track record and a series of franchises to move forward.
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CommentA tale of three cities
The rise of mainland China as a massive market could have stubbed out originality across Chinese-speaking Asia, but production centres in Taipei and Hong Kong have ensured diversity and fresh vision.
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FeaturesThe European property market
This month, Screen begins ongoing coverage of the European book scene - always a fertile hunting ground for movie producers. Patricia Dobson previews 30 of the tastiest unoptioned books and graphic novels set for publication in 2010-11.