Screen
19 Jan 2012
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2012 preview: the prestige pictures
There is a wealth of high-prestige pictures set for release this year and a potentially classic end-of-year awards season featuring new movies by Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, the Coen brothers, Terrence Malick, Quentin Tarantino, Baz Luhrmann, Paul Thomas Anderson, David O Russell, Tom Hooper and Kathryn Bigelow. Mike Goodridge and Leon Forde profile the movies being readied for the awards podium in 2013, both with US distribution in place and without. -
2012 preview: world cinema
Big name directors and some ambitious local productions are in full evidence at theatres and on the film festival circuit this year. -
A kind of magic
After a decade, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ended the wizarding saga in impressive style with an epic battle for Hogwarts. The film-makers tell Leon Forde about going out with a bang -
AFI, Levi's launch Show Us The Way shorts contest
The competition calls filmmakers to submit treatments that are five minutes long on the subject of a better tomorrow. -
All the colours of money
Documentary film-makers are discovering new ways of replacing diminishing funds from TV, as they adapt to fresh formats and partners, including corporations and charities. -
Almodovar, Egoyan among 400 petitioners protesting Gijon director's dismissal
The dismissed director of Spain’s Gijon Film Festival gets support form Almodovar, Egoyan, Solonz and 400 otherpersonalities of world cinema. -
Antonia Campbell Hughes in talks to join Malone in Lonely Hunter
Antonia Campbell Hughes, a 2011 Screen Star of Tomorrow and an EFP Shooting Star at Berlin 2012, is in talks to join Deborah Kampmeier’s Lonely Hunter. -
Arts Alliance, Molinare strike partnership
In a unique deal, digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media will partner with post-production company Molinare to offer digital cinema services to Molinare’s post clients. -
Australia’s 2011 box office gross down 3% in 2011; Red Dog cracks top 10
Gross box office in Australia in 2011 was $1,147.5 million (A$1,093.7m), three per cent down on the previous year, while cinema admissions were down 7.7 per cent to 85 million. -
Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis, The Imposter
Ahead of their Sundance world premiere, the UK director and producer talk about the elusive truth in their film about a Frenchman who impersonated a missing Texas teenager. -
Berlinale Forum selections include 26 world premieres
Melissa Leo [pictured] stars in US independent drama Francine. -
BFI/British Film Commission celebrate UK films at Sundance
On Monday in Park City, the BFI joined the British Film Commission and the British Consulate-General Los Angeles to host a reception for UK film talent and international industry figures at Sundance. -
Birds Eye View plans UK-wide musical programme, International Women's Week events in London
Imogen Heap among musicians to accompany silent films. -
Bombay Beach UK premiere
Dogwoof hosts event at the oldest surviving music hall in the world. -
Books at Berlinale selects 12 novels
Books include Simon Mawer’s The Girl Who Fell From The Sky. -
Compulsion, Summit among winners at London Short Film Festival
BAFTA nominee Bobby Yeah [pictured] crowned Best Horror Short at ninth edition of festival, which ran Jan 6-15. -
Dawn Paine joins Universal UK as VP of Marketing
She has spent a decade at Nintendo UK. -
Dogwoof takes UK rights to Sundance docs Big Boys Gone Bananas! and Putin's Kiss
Company also in talks for more Sundance titles. -
Don Boyd's HiBROW launches with 9 hours of arts content
Highlights include Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre performing David Eldridge’s All Is Vanity. -
EYZ moves into sales with Berlinale title Karaman
Berlin-based distribution company EYZ Media is branching out into the international sales business. -
F. Javier Gutiérrez attached to direct Relativity's The Crow
Jesse Wigutow will write the script for the reboot of the 1994 film. -
Film Factory picks up Fangs for international sales
Editor Alberto del Toro to make his directorial debut. -
Film on stage
Nicholas Wright’s new play Travelling Light is a love letter to the silent film era. -
Films Distribution takes on Berlin competition title War Witch
Paris sales company’s Berlin slate also includes Oscar nominees A Cat in Paris and Monsieur Lazhar. -
GE, Cinelan announce Focus Forward Filmmaker Challenge
The initiative was unveiled at Sundance on Monday morning (23) and will award $200,000 in cash to the top five entries with $100,000 reserved for the grand prize winner. -
Glasgow Film Festival to open with UK premiere of Your Sister's Sister
Le Havre will close the festival, which runs Feb 16-26. -
Goteborg to host master classes from Scherfig, Lanthimos
Seminars on future of VoD and digital film marketing to also take place at 35th edition of festival, which runs Jan 27-Feb 6. -
Greek box office down 7% in 2011; distributors try new measures during financial crisis
Greek acquisitions at EFM could be impacted by financial woes in the country. -
Grégory Bernard, producer of Wrong
Grégory Bernard, the Paris-based producer of Quentin Dupieux’s Sundance contender Wrong, tells Screen about their new brand of English-language, French-style cinema. -
Hackett hosts BAFTA lunch for John Hurt
Clothing line Hackett hosted a lunch to honour John Hurt’s Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the upcoming BAFTAs. -
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams talks to Ian Sandwell about composing the score for Arthur Christmas. -
Hits out of the Park
How have the Sundance hits of the past few years fared at the global box office? -
Hugh Bonneville to star in adaptation of Peter James' Dead Simple
EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has signed to play the lead in Dead Simple, a feature version of the bestselling crime novel. -
Hugo leads Oscar nominations, followed closely by The Artist
Surprise nominations include Extremely Loud for Best Picture; JC Chandor’s Margin Call for Best Original Screenplay; and A Cat In Paris for Animated Film. -
Incognito Pictures launches, signs output deal with TWC
The production entity headed by ex-PayPal executive and financier Jack Selby is backed by $50m in financing and initial plans are to produce five or six films a year budgeted at $10m and below. -
Industry pays tribute to Bingham Ray
The highly regarded and beloved independent pioneer died on Monday (23) after suffering a series of strokes while attending Sundance. He was 57. -
Irvine Welsh adaptation Filth starts shoot with cast led by James McAvoy
Steel Mill Pictures and Logie Pictures will start principal photography Monday on Jon S Baird’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Filth. -
Israel's United Studios to get back into feature film production
Joins forces with Unite King Films. -
Kevin Smith’s SModcast signs output deal with Phase 4
A year after Kevin Smith effectively stood on stage at the Eccles Theatre in Park City and told distributors he did not need them, his company has made a pact with a distributor. -
Korea's CJ CGV and Lotte add new cinemas in Vietnam
South Korea’s two leading exhibitors CJ CGV and Lotte Cinema are adding steam to their launches into Vietnam, a market of increasing interest in the region. -
London's Tricycle cinema kicks off international Oscar season on Feb 14
London’s Tricycle cinema, in Kilburn, is planning a 10-day series devoted to international Oscar contenders. -
Michelle Williams
The actress tells Jeremy Kay how she avoided Marilyn Monroe’s “wiggles and winks” to focus on the character at the heart of the blonde bombshell in My Week With Marilyn. -
Nanni Moretti to serve as jury president at Cannes 2012
Italian director and Cannes regular, who won the Palme d’Or with The Son’s Room in 2001, to preside over 65th edition of festival. -
New Sion Sono disaster drama Land Of Hope gets backing from UK's Third Window Films
The latest film from Japanese director Sion Sono has attracted a roster of domestic and international investment as the acclaimed auteur’s profile continues to rise. -
Odeon sees increased attendance for British films in 2011
New reward scheme may have helped boost attendance to British films. -
On the audience and UK films
In light of the Film Policy Review, remembering that you can’t force audiences to watch a film they don’t want to watch; and noting how the UK benefits from US box-office domination. -
Oscar nominees react
Gary Oldman says the nomination is “amazing”; Hell & Back Again producer says Oscar would be “the ultimate honour.” -
Park Circus expands with US sister company
UK-based film sales and distribution company Park Circus has opened a sister company in the US, Park Circus LLC. -
Peli, Spielberg's The River to launch in UK on iTunes
US paranormal thriller series The River will debut on iTunes in the UK just one day after its US premiere. -
Peter Baxter, Slamdance
The Slamdance festival director and co-founder talks about hot titles at the 2012 festival and the event’s growing digital presence year-round. -
Plush, V/H/S among Momentum’s Berlin and Sundance buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Hardwicke’s Plush, Francois Ozon’s In the House, starry portmanteau The Players, romance Populaire with Romain Duris, Deborah Francois and Berenice Bejo, and Sundance buzzer V/H/S are among Momentum’s impressive recent shopping spree. -
Remembering Bingham Ray
The film world lost one of its most colourful and passionate characters this week when Bingham Ray died at the age of 57 after a stroke at the Sundance Film Festival. -
Ron Burkle buys "significant" stake in Relativity Media
Burkle’s investment company Yucaipa Companies has purchased Elliott Management’s ownership share of Relativity in what a press release described as “a significant equity stake.” -
Rotterdam 2012 special
Screen presents our guide to Rotterdam 2012, including an interview with festival director Rutger Wolfson; profiles of the Tiger competitors and other hot world premieres across all IFFR sections; a CineMart preview with profiles of the hottest projects; and the latest from the Hubert Bals Fund. -
Sandberg, Ronning to follow Kon-tiki with Beatles
Norwegian directors Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning, who recently made Norway’s most expensive feature film, Kon-Tiki, are now ready to rock’n’roll. -
Screen's Goodridge and Festival Scope's Henrot, Raja team to programme new Sarajevo section
The Sarejevo Film Festival has created a new section in its programme called Kinoscope and drafted in three new programmers onto its international team: Mike Goodridge from the UK, Mathilde Henrot from France and Alessandro Raja from Italy. -
Secret Cinema presents The Third Man
Secret Cinema has concluded its longest run to date — nearly six weeks (Dec 7-Jan 22) — so it’s now safe that the secret is out. The event cinema specialist’s latest offering was Carol Reed’s classic The Third Man, which attrracted nearly 19,000 attendees to the transformed area in the streets of London’s Clerkenwell.Fabien Riggall, Founder and Creative Director of Secret Cinema said: “With each production Secret Cinema pushes audiences involvement further, wh -
She Monkeys wins best film at Sweden's Golden Bug awards
Ruben Oslund wins best director for Play. -
Sky profits top £600m
Sky has reported operating profit of £601m for the six months to the 31 December - with more than 4m subscribers now signed up to HD TV. -
Sky to launch new IPTV service in UK
Sky has unveiled plans for a new IPTV service featuring access to Sky Sports, movies and its entertainment channels in a bid to acquire new subscribers. -
Sundance 2012: key premieres
Screen profiles the hottest films across US Dramatic Competition, Documentary Competition, Premieres, World Cinema Competition and World Documentary Competition. -
Sweden's next crime hits include Nobel's Last Will, Hamilton
Swedish Film Institute presents first 14 local releases of 2012. -
Telefonica to offer Sony films on VOD in Latin America
Includes new releases such as The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Moneyball [pictured]. -
The Artist wins best film at London Film Critics' Circle Awards
The Artist wins three prizes, as does Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation. -
The stage is set
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Studios Leavesden is set to become both a major production centre and a huge tourist attraction when it opens for business this year. Screen editor Mike Goodridge took an exclusive tour of the site and spoke to studio managing director Dan Dark and Warner Bros UK chief Josh Berger about the transformation of Leavesden into a world-class production facility for hire. -
Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy tells Jeremy Kay about using wrestling to explore middle-class life in Win Win. -
TrustNordisk takes Escape to EFM for pre-sales
Koch already strikes deal for German theatrical rights. -
UK government council approves Skillset report to improve training, talent development for creative industries
Report makes 17 recommendations to drive creative industries’ growth and employment. -
Urban Distribution picks up Berlin Panorama entry The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears
French sales agent picks up Teona Strugar Mitevska’s drama starring Victoria Abril. -
US in Progress to expand to Paris Film Festival in June
US in Progress, the work-in-progress event that was kicked off during the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland in November 2011, is now also planning an event to run during the Paris Film Festival (June 7-10). -
Vertigo hires Scougal, Craig, Warren
Vertigo Films has added three new members of staff: Sarah Scougal [pictured] as the new Head Of Development, James Warren as the new Marketing Manager and Kathryn Craig in the newly created position of Head of Legal and Business Affairs. -
Vertigo plans August UK release of Top Cat: The Movie
Anima Studios project will be released in 2D and 3D. -
War Horse charges to top of UK box office; The Iron Lady battles into second
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation impresses, while The Darkest Hour fails to shine. -
Winter's throne
As the pre-eminent showcase of independent film-making, the Sundance Film Festival (Jan 19-29) always sets the scene for the year ahead. Jeremy Kay talks to festival chiefs John Cooper and Trevor Groth about this year’s selection and its highlights.
