Screen
15 Sept 2011
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Australia's Blinky Bill gets 3D feature
Alex Weight to direct for Flying Bark Productions. -
Cineplexx expands in former Yugoslavia
Two multiplex cinemas taken over in Belgrade and Podgorica, Montenegro; site to open early 2012 in Kragujevac [pictured]. -
Cookies, Williams set up London post company Watertron
Nicolas Cookies & Matt Williams have launched a new London-based post-production company, Watertron Digital Media. -
EU approves Canary Islands 1% corporate tax for film producers
The Canary Islands government has taken the unprecedented step of applying to the Spanish government and the European Union for approval on a 1% corporate income tax, which would be available to international film producers who set up on the islands. -
French court rules that Pathé must share Nothing to Declare profits with Thomas Langmann
Two-year-old case stems from an option held by Thomas Langmann’s late father Claude Berri to produce the third film by Nothing to Declare director and star Dany Boon. -
French film tax incentives less attractive than key EU counterparts, says CNC
Comprehensive 133-page study commissioned by France’s National Cinema Centre reveals French film tax incentives lag behind those of European counterparts Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Britain. -
International protests grow over Iran’s arrest of filmmakers and producer
Arrested filmmakers include This is not a Film co-director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and producer and sales agent Katayoon Shahabi [pictured] of Sheherazad Media International (SMI). -
Kiwi Flyer finishes New Zealand shoot
New Zealand feature Kiwi Flyer has wrapped its four-week shoot in Nelson. -
Memento secures spate of new deals for Nader And Simin
Memento Films International has sold Asghar Farhadi’s Golden Bear winner Nader and Simin, A Separation to several key territories, off the back of its successful screenings at Toronto and now San Sebastian. -
More Foreign Oscar submissions come in from Russia, Bulgaria, Belgium
Several further countries have announced their Foreign Language Oscar submissions. -
Steve James to present top 10 films at IDFA
The Amsterdam-based documentary festival will also screen his latest The Interrupters as part of retrospective. -
Strategic Partners spotlights South Africa and Australia at busy co-production conference
New partners, not deals, were atop the agendas of the 200 international delegates who attended the Strategic Partners co-production conference during the Atlantic Film Festival (Sept. 15-24), many on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival. -
The Last Friday wins top Cinema In Motion prize at San Sebastian
Yahya Alabdallah’s drama The Last Friday [pictured] and Eliane Raheb’s documentary Confession And Struggle have walked away with the Cinema In Motion awards at the San Sebastian Film Festival. -
Toronto Download #2: Moneyball, Machine Gun Preacher, Anonymous
A look at the awards chances of more Toronto titles, plus the 10 must-see films that have yet to be screened by critics this year. -
TrustNordisk heats up deals on von Trier's Nymphomaniac including Artificial Eye for UK
TrustNordisk did several more pre-sales on Las von Trier’s Nymphomaniac during Toronto. -
UPI names Patel as SVP, Marketing Strategy and Media
Shephali Patel has been with Universal Pictures since 2006. -
Wild Bunch take sales rights to Vigalondo’s English-language project Windows
Wild Bunch has picked up the international sales rights to Oscar-nominated Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo’s hotly anticipated new thriller project Windows, currently in development. -
Wild Bunch takes stake in Spanish distributor Vertigo
Vertigo’s existing team will remain in place and will continue to be led by co-founder Andres Martin.
