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22 April 2010
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iDream adds Banerjee's LSD, Panda's I Am Kalam to Cannes slate
London and Mumbai-based iDream Independent Pictures has pick up international rights to Nila Madhab Panda’s I Am Kalam and Dibakar Banerjee’s recent break-out hit LSD: Love Sex Aur Dhokha. -
AFI FEST to run November 4-11 in Los Angeles
New section will award films found solely through submissions process. -
Anthony Buckner promoted to Head of Sales at Icon
Anthony Buckner has been promoted to Head of Sales at Icon Entertainment International with immediate effect, reporting to group CEO Stewart Till. -
Ashes and Blood, Oceans take honours at Athens Francophone Film Festival
Jean-Paul Gaultier, Jane Birkin, Nana Mouscouri, Antoine de Caunes, Benoit Magimel, Anne Consigny, Riad Sattouf, Francois-Xavier Demaison among French delgation. -
Avatar helps Chinese box office grow 134% during first quarter
The Chinese film market has demonstrated an explosive growth in the first quarter of 2010, also thanks to local hits. -
Cannes adds six new titles, including Competition entries from Wang Xiaoshuai and Kornel Mundruczo
Official selection also adds films by Andrei Ujica, Lucy Walker, Pablo Trapero and Jia Zhang Ke. -
Cannes Classics selections include restored Psycho, Leopard, Boudu
Programme also includes four new films about filmmaking, including projects about Jack Cardiff and Daniel Toscan du Plantier. -
Cannes shorts selections include large crop from Latin America
Cannes organisers have announced the line up for the festival’s 2010 short film competition. -
Centurion invades the UK, France welcomes The Countess
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week. -
Christelle Randall leaving publicity post at Metrodome
Head of Publicity Christelle Randall is leaving UK distributor Metrodome Distribution at the end of April and will set up her own consultancy. -
Dear John clashes with Titans at top of the UK box office
Paramount Pictures International’s Dear John earned itself a number one debut in the UK, denying Warner Bros’ Clash Of The Titans a third week at the top. -
Endemol plans theatrical film about Manchester City football club
Blue Moon Rising will follow the club through its pivotal 2009-2010 season, after the takeover of Sheikh Mansour and a big win against Chelsea. -
Eric Khoo, Eduardo Antin, Lisandro Alonso to lead Locarno juries
Singaporean film-maker Eric Khoo (My Magic) will be president of the five-person International Competition jury. -
Festival hit Enemies of the People close to distribution deals
Documentary about Cambodia picks up several new awards, including top prize at Full Frame. -
Festivals cope with ash cloud chaos
Festivals on both sides of the Atlantic had to scramble to re-organise events in light of the volcanic travel chaos; Cannes says it will watch “the evolution of the situation.” -
Film London launches new art based production fund
Five projects have been greenlit, with a further $200,000 available for more moving image projects. -
Fintage House, mediapeers announce strategic partnership
Part of the alliance will let Fintage House support mediapeers extending their user base. The companies will also work together on new web-based services for buyers and sellers. -
Foster
Currently shooting Foster in London, Swinging With The Finkels director Jonathan Newman and producer Deepak Nayer talk about the challenge of developing a short film into a feature. -
French-Italian thriller Amer takes top prize at Copenhagen's CPH PIX
Audience award went to Copti and Shani’s Ajami. -
Gabriele Salvatores
Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores tells Andreas Wiseman about mixing fantasy and reality in his latest film, Happy Family. -
Icelandic industry has a few disruptions, but some short-term upside, to volcano's eruption
Icelandic film industry reports little disruption from last week’s volcanic eruption, with local crews busy assisting foreign news crews; Baltasar Kormakur shoots volcanic footage to potentially use in his new viking epic. -
Intandem sells Beneath Hill 60 to Momentum for UK
The Australian WWI drama has already been a hit at home, it has grossed $1.6m (A$1.7m) in its first two weeks of release by Paramount. -
Iron Man 2 credits scene revealed
The end-credits scene on Iron Man 2, which wasn’t shown to reviewers, links to another upcoming superhero film. -
Kirsten Dunst, James Franco to close Critics' Week
Short films by the two actors will bring this year’s Critics Week sidebar to a close on May 20. -
La Zona reveals cast for its Spanish political thriller 23-F
Leading Spanish actors Juan Diego, Paco Tous, Fernando Cayo and Mariano Venancio will head up the cast for the political thriller 23-F about a failed military coup in Spain. -
Lily Sometimes to close Cannes Directors Fortnight
Fabienne Berthaud’s film stars Diane Kruger and Ludivine Sagnier. -
London Indie Fest honours Forget Me Not, Breathe, Beyond the Pole
The London Independent Film Festival, which showcases low budget film-making, screened over 110 films in 10 days. -
Madsen's Into Eternity takes top prize in Nyon
Director Michael Madsen’s documentary scoops top prize at Nyon’s Visions Du Reel festival, which wrapped this week. -
Mark Zoradi becomes strategic advisor for IMAX
The former Disney president will continue to be based in Los Angeles. -
Melbourne festival's Premiere Fund backs three new films
Projects selected for production investment are The Curse Of The Gothic Symphony, The 24 Hour Window and Dead Cool. -
Michael Murphy to run Windmill Lane's new international division
Dublin-based post-production company Windmill Lane Pictures has set up a new international division, Windmill Lane Entertainment. -
Olga Kurylenko joins Empires of the Deep shoot in Beijing
Avatar virtual camera operator Anthony Arendt has also joined the $100m 3D epic as a consultant. -
Pact outlines new recoupment proposals to help UK producers
UK producers body Pact will tomorrow launch a new proposal for public funding of UK film production, so that recoupment of investments would go back to producers, not to the UK Film Council, BBC Films or Film4. -
Paramount Germany unveils first local pickup, German funds pay out over €10m in support
Tim Fehlmann’s post-apocalyptic thriller 2016 – Das Ende der Nacht has been unveiled as Paramount Pictures Germany’s first local pickup. -
Pathe takes international on Gnomeo & Juliet
Kelly Asbury is directing the 3D animated fantasy comedy, produced by Elton John’s Rocket Pictures. -
Penelope Cruz, Sergio Castellito set to reunite for Venuto Al Mondo
Project at script stage now with a likely 2011 shoot date. -
Philco Films to produce three major Stanley Kubrick projects
Philco Films is set to make three films based on scripts by the late legendary film-maker Stanley Kubrick: Civil War drama Downslope; Scarlett Johansson-starrer Lunatic At Large, and a TV series called God Fearing Man about a renowned bank robber.Downslope will be a massive $100m project set during the American Civil War following the activities of Mosby’s Rangers involving spies and hanging on both sides of the war. Kubrick wrote the script based on a short -
Ridley Scott promises "nasty" Alien prequel in 3D
Ridley Scott unveiled details over the weekend of his Alien prequel which will be his next project as a director for 20th Century Fox. -
Screen's Global Top 10 - April 16-18
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend. -
Senn Moses
The managing director of Cimarron Group Asia talks to Liz Shackleton about introducing aspects of Western-style marketing to Asia. -
Sony, Warners honoured at BVA awards
Sony Pictures were rewarded for their outdoor Terminator Salvation campaign, whilst Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince was named retail title of the year -
The Hedgehog takes audience award at COLCOA
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno takes critics award at City of Lights City of Angels in LA. -
Udine honours Johnnie To, set to open with Sophie's Revenge
The Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy, kicks off its 12th edition today with a line up which includes 24 international premieres out of some 50 new titles from nine different Asian countries.As a special “pre-inaugural event” Johnnie To was on hand to present Vengeance, released in Italy via Fandango. The festival celebrated To as the first Asian director to promise a film to the festival before its first edition.Opening this year’s festival is the female ro -
UK films take top prizes at Babelgum Online Film Festival
The third Babelgum Online Film Festival has announced the winners of its Jury Awards, each coming with a $3,000 cash prize -
UK industry has mixed response to Pact producer recoupment proposals
Broadcasters and the UK Film Council have been non-committal while regional screen agencies have expressed wariness. However, producers themselves have given expectedly full backing to Pact’s blueprint. -
UK's Soda Pictures sets up new $3m fund, acquires Tetro and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
The London-based distributor has set up a new $3m (£2m) distribution fund called the Soda Film Fund to bolster its acquisitions and optimise their release campaigns. -
Universal takes multiple territories on Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method
UPI has acquired the film, starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel, to distribute in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa. HanWay handles sales. -
Virgin Media launches online movies service in UK
The service launches with hundreds of titles on demand, including Fantastic Mr Fox and District 9. -
War drama The Blacks wins Linz’s Crossing Europe Award
Crossing Europe Award for Best European Documentary goes to Erik Gandini’s Videocracy. -
Weekly International Box Office - April 16-18
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news. -
Well Go USA takes North American rights to Ip Man martial arts franchise
Well Go USA has acquired North American rights to Ip Man and Ip Man 2 directed by Wilson Yip and starring Hong Kong action idol Donnie Ye. -
Winter in Wartime producers get rights to Dutch novel Gimmick!
N279 Entertainment has acquired the rights to Dutch author Joost Zwagerman’s novel Gimmick!, set in the late 1980s.
