All Screen articles in 17 May 2012
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NewsCannes sexism debate explodes on eve of festival
Opinion piece in Le Monde by group of female filmmakers accuses Cannes Film Festival of shutting women directors out.
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NewsDark Shadows lacks bite as Avengers makes it a hat-trick in the UK
Disney/Marvel’s superhero epic spends third consecutive week at the top of the chart; Warner Bros.’ gothic comedy opens in third.
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NewsUK Film Centre in Cannes to include talks about Inbetweeners, micro-budget filmmaking and digital vs film
Speakers to include Damian Jones, Peter Carlton, and Charlotte Bruus Christensen.
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FeaturesA celebration of Zentropa
After 20 years, the iconic Danish production outfit Zentropa is going stronger than ever, with historical drama A Royal Affair packing out Danish cinemas and Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt in Competition here in Cannes.
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NewsGangs Of Wasseypur to open London Indian Film Festival
Third edition of the festival to take place June 20-July 3.
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NewsBlue Bird, Kauwboy and Sister nominated for inaugural EFA Young Audience Award
Three films to be screened on June 10 with winner voted for by the audience of 10-13 year olds after the screenings.
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FeaturesClifford Werber
Clifford Werber of Fluent Entertainment talks about the company’s studio-aligned equity finance model for local-language films, and its new deal with Sony. Jeremy Kay reports.
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NewsBeta's Cannes slate includes The Notebook, Orange Honey, Two Lives
Slate also includes Toke C. Hebbeln’s Shores Of Hope.
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Music Box Films acquires North American rights to Starlet
Music Box has picked up all North American rights to Sean Baker’s drama Starlet following its premiere at SXSW and will release in the autumn.
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NewsSavage strikes on Roskam’s Faithful
Roskam’s film noir is one of several projects that the Belgian production outfit is working on.
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NewsOlivier Assayas and Chantal Akerman tributes planned at French Film Festival UK
20th edition, which runs Nov 8-29, to also honour Yves Montand and Georges Méliès.
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NewsLost In Siberia finds itself in Germany; White Tiger loses its grip in Russia
Screen casts a glance over the international box office.
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FeaturesHard times for soft money
Are Europe’s film tax credits under threat from the European Commission? Geoffrey Macnab reports on the truth about controversial new rules under discussion.
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NewsBooming Cannes Market adds Doc Corner
Buyers can screen some 350 documentary titles in the dedicated space.
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NewsTrustNordisk strikes French deal with Pretty Pictures for Call Girl
EXCLUSIVE: Mikael Marcimain’s polticial thriller stars Pernilla August.
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Lightning Entertainment to sell Whole Lotta Sole, Kikoriki
EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Monica-based company will commence talks with international buyers here on the comedy Whole Lotta Love starring Brendan Fraser and Russian 3D animation Kikoriki: Team Invincible produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
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NewsAlberto Barbera plans key changes for Venice
Among the changes are a market infrastructure and a cut in the number of films in official selection.
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NewsOscar winners Cotillard and Farhardi unite on Paris-set feature
Shoot set to take place in Paris this autumn; Memento Films International to launch international sales at Cannes.
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CommentIt’s as easy as one-two-three
Ian Sandwell takes a look at how the forthcoming horror anthology The ABCs Of Death came together.
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NewsVictor Rego promoted to senior VP, GM of Les Films Seville
Marie-Claude Roussel joins the team as Director of Marketing