Screen
23 June 2011
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Munich to open with The Kid With A Bike
Festival will show 237 titles in festival director Andreas Strohl’s last edition. -
Amid UK upheaval, LUFF stands strong
Now in its eighth edition, London UK Film Focus 2011 (27-30 June) is an event which, on the face of it, seems to have been remarkably untroubled by the recent upheavals in public film funding in the UK. -
August, Berger sign on for Marcimain's thriller Call Girl
Mikael Marcimain [pictured] is planning a July start for his debut feature Call Girl, a political thriller that will star Pernilla August and Simon J Berger. -
BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival renewed for 26th edition
26th edition of the festival will be held in spring 2012. -
BFI's first Lottery funded projects include projects by Glazer, Creevy, Marsh, Mackenzie, Branagh
Under the Skin, the long-gestating film from Jonathan Glazer (pictured) receives £1.8m in funding. -
Boyer responds to "French attack" on Directors Fortnight selection
Boyer says 2011 selection was attacked by French press before films were even screened. -
Brazilian cinema boom to follow shopping mall growth
The Brazilian cinema exhibition sector will receive boost with 50 new shopping malls, which are expected to be open from now to the end of 2012. -
British talent on the global stage
UK actors are important exports, especially when they come home again. -
Cars 2 maintains Pixar's 100% record with $68m US debut
Cars 2 was the number one attraction in North America at the weekend, scoring Pixar’s 12th straight number one opening weekend.. -
Check out The War Horse trailer
Getting emotional with the new Spielberg WWI epic. -
China's Youku signs distribution deal with Warner Bros covering 450 titles
Youku Premium titles will cost $0.77 per view per film online. -
Cinema Plus lands UK deal for Cinema Park education programmes
Cinema Plus, a division of European digital cinema company Cinema Next, has signed up to become the UK and Ireland’s franchise holder of the Cinema Park education entertainment package. -
Cinesite to do VFX for World War Z
Visual effects house Cinesite has announced that it will work on “a significant amount of shots” on forthcoming World War Z. -
Concerns grow for arrested Iranian filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi
French Directors Guild launches petition demanding filmmaker’s release. First signatories include Costa Gavras, Gilles Jacob, Reza Serkanian and Bertrand Blier -
Dabangg leads winners at IIFAs; Shah Rukh Khan wins best actor
First IIFAs in North America welcome 22,000 fans to Toronto’s Rogers Centre. -
Dogwoof takes UK rights to The Green Wave
Iranian revolution documentary screens today in Edinburgh. -
Festivals -- and films -- with martini service
If you are feeling too old, tired or hygienic to actually travel to Glastonbury, then the new W London hotel has a solution. -
Film Policy Review panel opens public survey for industry and audiences
The new Film Policy Review panel in the UK has launched a public survey to ask film industry experts and audiences how the UK government can best support the film sector. -
Georgia to become 36th Eurimages member
“Revolutionary” change to guidelines making projects with non-European directors eligible, collaboration between European Producers Club and Russian Cinema Fund -
German funds partner with Russia's RCF to encourage joint development of films
Also German-Polish co-production treaty in the works. -
Hardwicke to direct Noomi Rapace in Anita Lindblom story
Ola Rapace also stars as boxer Bosse Hogberg. -
High Court gives BT 14 days to block access to fileshare site Newzbin2
High Court gives BT 14 days from today [25] to block illegal filesharing site in win for studios and creative sector. -
Hot projects on Screenbase
French language animation Ernest & Celestine and Fernando Trueba’s new feature El Artista y la Modelo, as well as an adaptation of Danny Wallace [pictured]’s forthcoming debut novel Charlotte Street spark excitement on Screenbase this week. -
IDFAcademy's Summer School selects 16 documentary projects
Tutors will include Janus Metz and the BBC’s Kate Townsend. -
Italian distributor Medusa's 2011 market share hits 29% so far in 2011
Hoping the hunger for local films won’t wane any time soon, Medusa film on Tuesday announced their current annual film investment would reach €130m, of which $142m (€100m) will go into local product. -
Mandate, Diablo Cody reunite on Lamb Of God
Cody wrote and will make her feature directorial debut on the third collaboration after Juno and the upcoming Young Adult. -
MPA wins landmark copyright case against BT, Newzbin2
UK High Court rules in favour of MPA in their bid to block access to pirate site Newzbin2 -
New $20 million William F. White production centre opens in Toronto
The 338,000-square-foot complex is in Toronto’s west end. -
Norwegian Film Institute backs new films from Olso director Trier
Norwegian director Joachim Trier, whose Oslo, August 31st was launched in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and Oslo-based production outfit, Motlys, have received slate funding for their next two, maybe three projects together, from the Norwegian Film Institute. -
Our School, Family Instinct among Silverdocs winners
Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coco-Cozma’s Our School won the Sterling Award for best US feature at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival in Maryland. -
Procacci-produced Blood to start shooting next week
Italian producer Domenico Procacci on Thursday announced the long-gestating police brutality project, Diaz — Don’t Clean Up This Blood, will go into production next week for a -
Sandrew Metronome Finland sells to Future Film
With the sale of Sandrew Metronome Finland to Finnish distributor Future Film, Norway’s largest media concern Schibsted has put a full stop to its involvement in film distribution, and to one of Scandinavia’s leading players, which was once in production and exhibition, too. -
Stephen Moore to chair jury for Screen's UK Marketing & Distribution Awards
Other jurors include Jane Barclay, Sandra Hebron, Adrian Wootton, Nik Powell and Julia Short, among others. -
Theatrical industry needs boldness and fresh vision
How the industry can learn from the past and reinvent itself. -
Trinity to distribute, co-finance Graham Chapman project
London-based Trinity will handle distribution of A Liar’s Autobiography, which is scheduled to hit UK cinemas in spring 2012. -
UK distributor Crabtree prepares first theatrical release
New UK distributor Crabtree Films has revealed details of its plans for its first theatrical pick-up, Kevin Asch’s Holy Rollers starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha. -
UK High Court will hear landmark copyright case against Newzbin site
This week, a new case goes to trial in the UK High Court as a test case on copyright infringement.
