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18 September 2009
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Academy Awards: foreign language entries
ScreenDaily brings you the complete Oscars Foreign Language Film selection list. -
Argentina’s Pablo Trapero and Ricardo Darin team up for romantic drama
Argentinean director Pablo Trapero’s next project will be a romantic drama called Noir, with local superstar Ricardo Darin in the lead role. -
Balkan Script Development Fund selects 11 projects for 6th edition
Eleven projects from have been selected for the upcoming 6th Balkan Script Development Fund, which runs November 14 – 16. -
Belgium picks Goeningen’s The Misfortunates for foreign-language Oscar
Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates has been selected by Belgium as its submission for the foreign-language film Oscar. -
Boycott the boycotts
The recent spate of cultural boycotts across the festival circuit may start with good intentions but it’s that film-makers the ultimately feel the impact. -
Dealmakers kick heels at slow Tiff
Although North American business was thin on the ground at the Toronto International Film Festival, foreign buyers were displaying less caution,no longer waiting for domestic deals to be done. -
Denmark’s Terribly Happy submitted for foreign-language Oscar
Henrik Ruben Genz’s Terribly Happy has been selected as the Danish contender for the foreign-language Oscar race. -
Dinard British Film Festival reveals line-up for 20th edition
The Dinard British Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 20th anniversary edition, which runs from 8-11 October. -
Egoyan denounces TIFF Tel Aviv protest
Film-maker Atom Egoyan has weighed in on the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Tel Aviv sidebar dispute claiming the protestors have failed to substantiate their charge that the Israeli government interfered with TIFF’s programming. -
Ghent to open with Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates
The 36th Ghent International Film Festival will open on October 6 with Belgium’s foreign Oscar entry, Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates. -
Girl Who Played With Fire reports strong opening in Scandinavia
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden), the second film adaptation from Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy, opened strongly in Scandinavia reaching 474,000 admissions. -
Harry Brown
Dir. Daniel Barber. UK. 2009. -
IFP and UK's Shooting People enter one year partnership
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) has entered into an exclusive year-long partnership with UK-based film-maker support group Shooting People that provides complementary membership to each other’s organisations. -
Imagina closes deals in Oscar contenders Gordos and Maps
Imagina has secured a number of sales on Daniel Sanchez Arevalo’s Fat People (Gordos) and Isabel Coixet’s Map Of The Sounds Of Tokyo, which are both competing to be Spain’s entrant for the foreign-langugage Oscar. -
Iranian film-makers lead pro-democracy protest at San Sebastian
Iranian film-makers Hana and Samira Makhmalbaf will lead a protest today (September 24) at the San Sebastian Film Festival. against the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence in the UN Council in New York. -
James Schamus and Simon Beaufoy join Scriptwriters fest line-up
Focus Features chief executive James Schamus and Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy have joined the line-up of the Screenwriters’ Festival (SWF), which runs October 26 – 29 in Cheltenham. -
Jose Campanella’s Secret emerges as early favourite at San Sebastian
Jose Campanella’s The Secret Of Their Eyes has emerged as the frontrunner for the Golden Shell just days after the San Sebastian International Film Festival kicked off (September 18). -
Latin family values on the rise
Venezuela may be a growing territory, with a love of family blockbusters, but local films are struggling. -
LFF programme
ScreenDaily brings you the comprehensive list of films screened at the London Film Festival. -
Protagonist signs “manufacture on demand” deal
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures has signed a pioneering “manufacture on demand” DVD deal with Amazon.com-subsidiary Createspace for the US. -
Right place, write time
On the eve of the Rio International Film Festival (Sept 24-Oct 8), Elaine Guerini reports on how a group of Brazilian screenwriters are becoming some of the most sought-after writers in the world. -
Serbia sends Saint George to do battle at the Oscars
Srdjan Dragojevic’s Saint George Shoots The Dragon has been put forward as Serbia’s entry for the foreign-language Oscar after concerns that its first choice - Darko Lungulov’s Here And There - contained to much English dialogue. -
Sheffield Doc/Fest reveals early line-up highlights for 16th edition
Sheffield Doc/Fest has revealed a selection of early highlights for this year’s edition, including 16 world premieres. -
Small is beautiful at Toronto
Buyers at Toronto were unwilling to bet big on expensive, star-driven films, preferring the low-risk gamble of smaller foreign-language films and smaller distribution costs. -
Spain has Dead Birds, Birdwatchers in the UK
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week. -
Swedish Film Institute appoints Suzanne Glansborg as film commissioner
Suzanne Glansborg, the former head of acquisitions with Canal Plus, has been appointed as film commissioner at the Swedish Film Institute. -
Uruguay dominates San Sebastian Films In Progress awards
Uruguayan films La Vida Util and Norberto Apenas Tarde have won the industry and TVE awards in this year’s San Sebastian Films In Progess section. -
Valencia reveals new $26m funding scheme
The Valencian Government is launching a new $26m (€17.6m) film fund incentive, which will be available to international producers shooting in the region. -
Venice and Toronto show their different strengths
The two festivals worked well together this year, says Fionnuala Halligan. -
Where have all the screenwriters gone?
The decline in UK productions based on original screenplays has been caused by a misguided film-industry culture says development consultant Phil Parker
