All Screen articles in 21 August 2009
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NewsTIFF 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.
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CommentIndies are feeling the chill
If studios are proving resilient to the crisis, the indie sector is feeling the pressure.
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CommentThe 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
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CommentThe 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.
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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.
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NewsRussian 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.
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NewsUKFC 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).
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NewsOrdinary 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.
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FeaturesThe 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
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FeaturesVenice 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)
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FeaturesIndie distribution update 2009: UK
Slumdog Millionaire’s success skews the figures as indie titles face mixed results at the UK box office.
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NewsEgoyan’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.
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FeaturesIndie distribution update 2009: France
Female-oriented films enjoy a good first-half in France at the expense of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
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FeaturesIndie distribution update 2009: Germany
Older audiences are helping to drive the German box-office upturn.
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FeaturesIndie distribution update 2009: Italy
Local films dominate the independent sector at the Italian box office.
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FeaturesIndie distribution update 2009: Spain
US indie titles are struggling in Spain as local distributors’ cautious acquisitions policies begin to bite.
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Independent Distribution Sector Update 2009
Screen brings you independent distribution sector reports from around Europe.
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NewsCameron 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.
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NewsMerger 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
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FeaturesOptimum 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.