All Screen articles in 18 September 2009
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FeaturesRight 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.
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NewsDenmark’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.
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NewsLatin family values on the rise
Venezuela may be a growing territory, with a love of family blockbusters, but local films are struggling.
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FeaturesVenice and Toronto show their different strengths
The two festivals worked well together this year, says Fionnuala Halligan.
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NewsIranian 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.
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FeaturesDealmakers 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.
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CommentWhere 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
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NewsUruguay 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.
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CommentSmall 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.
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NewsBalkan 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.
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CommentBoycott 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.
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NewsGhent 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.
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NewsSerbia 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.
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NewsImagina 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.
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NewsJose 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).
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NewsIFP 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.
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NewsGirl 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.
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NewsArgentina’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.
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NewsBelgium 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.
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NewsProtagonist 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.