Screen
21 August 2009
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APC Copyright Code extended to cover online content
The Alliance for the Protection of Copyright (APC) has published an updated Code of Practice, which covers online and interactive content. -
Cambridge Film Festival to host 40 UK premieres
The Cambridge Film Festival will open on September 17 with the UK Premiere of Robert Guediguian’s The Army Of Crime, starring Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen and Robinson Stevenin. -
Cameron unleashes Avatar campaign
After 14 years in the works, four years in production and an estimated $250m, global audiences will finally see the first clips of James Cameron’s science-fiction epic Avatar. -
Egoyan’s Chloe to open San Sebastian
Atom Egoyan’s thriller Chloe, which stars Lian Neeson and Julianne Moore, will open this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival. -
France SND takes worldwide sales on Capotondi's La Doppia Ora
France’s SND has taken world sales on Giuseppe Capotondi’s La Doppia Ora. The film will premiere in the official selection at Venice and screen in the Contemporary World Cinema section of Toronto. -
Independent Distribution Sector Update 2009
Screen brings you independent distribution sector reports from around Europe. -
Indie distribution update 2009: France
Female-oriented films enjoy a good first-half in France at the expense of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen -
Indie distribution update 2009: Germany
Older audiences are helping to drive the German box-office upturn. -
Indie distribution update 2009: Italy
Local films dominate the independent sector at the Italian box office. -
Indie distribution update 2009: Spain
US indie titles are struggling in Spain as local distributors’ cautious acquisitions policies begin to bite. -
Indie distribution update 2009: UK
Slumdog Millionaire’s success skews the figures as indie titles face mixed results at the UK box office. -
Indies are feeling the chill
If studios are proving resilient to the crisis, the indie sector is feeling the pressure. -
Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle Of The Ninth starts shooting
Filming has begun on Kevin Macdonald’s Roman epic The Eagle Of The Ninth. The 12-week shoot started yesterday (August 25) on location in Hungary. -
Killer Babe
A young woman is caught up in a deadly game in which she is forced to murder five people. A fictional crime thriller starring real people - real fights - real criminals. -
London Turkish Film Festival offers distribution prize to new film-makers
The 15th London Turkish Film Festival (LTFF) is offering a digital distribution contract to the winner of its promising feature film prize. -
Merger is not a "done deal", says BFI's Dyke
The proposed merger between the UK Film Council and the British Film Institute (BFI) will not go ahead unless the BFI’s brand and core activities are protected, according to BFI chairman Greg Dyke -
Moviehouse to handle sales of Jonathan Sothcott's Dead Cert
UK-based Moviehouse will handle sales for producer Jonathan Sothcott’s new vampire film Dead Cert. It will be released theatrically in 2010. -
Optimum prime
Ten years old in 2009, Optimum Releasing is now one of the UK’s leading independent distributors and a key part of StudioCanal’s European network. -
Ordinary People wins Sarajevo
Cannes Critics Week entry Vladmir Perisic’s Ordinary People has scooped the Heart of Sarajevo award at the city’s 15th film festival. -
Pinewood Shepperton sees profit slump by 55%
UK studio operator Pinewood Shepperton has reported a 55% drop in first half profits after film production was hit by the economic crisis and the drawn-out dispute between the US studios and the Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG). -
Revolver picks up UK rights to Dead Man Running
Revolver Entertainment has taken all UK rights to Alex De Rakoff’s Dead Man Running, the London-set thriller co-financed and executive produced by England football stars, Rio Ferdinand and Ashley Cole. -
Russian cinemas forced to close as economic crisis bites
Russian cinemas have been hard hit by the global recession with 43 out of the country’s 1700 closing down in the first six months of the year. -
San Sebastian announces Films In Progress line-up
San Sebastian Film Festival has revealed its line-up of Latin American projects for the Films In Progress section, including works from rising Uruguayan talents Federico Veiroj and Daniel Hendler. -
Shane Meadows' This Is England to be developed for TV
British film-maker Shane Meadows is developing his 2006 film This Is England into a four-part TV drama for the UK’s Channel 4. It marks the director’s TV debut. -
The future for film has already been written
The digital revolution is reliant on the relationship with a new type of audience, says Liz Rosenthal, founder and managing director of Power to the Pixel. -
The rise of the fanboys
Film marketing and distribution could be changed forever after Paramount pre-screened GI Joe: The Rise OfCobra to fanboy websites - and not to broadcast and print outlets -
The top drawer
As Ponyo hits US theatres, Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki arrived in Los Angeles for a rare promotional trip. He spoke to Mike Goodridge about the Miyazaki process and his passion for hand-drawn animation -
TIFF adds Gitai’s Carmel, Ozon’s Refuge to world premiere line-up
Amos Gitai’s Israel-France-Italy co-production Carmel will make its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. -
UK industry welcomes tougher plans for tackling digital pirates
The UK film industry has welcomed moves by the government to toughen up measures to tackle illegal file-sharing and to introduce them more quickly. -
UKFC and BFI merger proposed
The UK Film Council (UKFC) and the British Film Institute (BFI) are to be merged under plans announced by Film Minister Siôn Simon today (August 20). -
Venice set for Sicilian tales
Giuseppe Tornatore’s Baaria is his ‘most personal’ film to date, a Sicilian epic spanning a century with a cast numbering 200. Sheri Jennings spoke to the Oscar-winning director as he prepares his film to open the Venice film festival (Sept 2-12)
