Screen
24 May 2012
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7 Days In Havana
Dirs: Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noe, Juan Carlos Tabio, Laurent Cantet. Spain-France. 2012. 128mins -
Gangs of Wasseypur
Dir: Anurag Kashyap. India. 2012. 318mins -
King Of Pigs
Dir/scr: Yeun Sang-ho. South Korea. 2012. 97mins -
Andrew Boswell appointed commercial director at LipSync
The appointment comes as LipSync plans to up its focus on international co-productions. -
Aqui Y Alla takes top prize at Cannes Critics Week
The directorial debut of Spanish film-maker Antonio Mendez Esparza won the Grand Prize at the 51st Cannes Critics Week. -
Arrow strikes UK deal for Bier's Love Is All You Need
TrustNordisk now sold out of Bier’s upcoming romantic comedy. -
Artificial Eye tunes into Berberian Sound Studio
UK distributor picks up anticipated horror about a sound engineer whose work for an Italian horror studio becomes a case of life imitating art. -
Avail-TVN acquires On Demand Group
Acquisition is part of $100m new investment funding, led by The Carlyle Group. -
Ayres plans Marilyn Monroe doc
Writer-filmmaker has already spoken to and filmed many Monroe associates. -
Bahman Ghobadi talks about Turkish-shot drama Rhino Season
Bahman Ghobadi discusses new drama Rhino Season starring Monica Bellucci and Behrouz Vossoughi; as well as religion-themed anthology film Words With Gods. -
Bavaria teams with Russia and Italy for sci-fi film Amphibian Man
English-language project to be penned by writer-director Sergei Bodrov [pictured]. -
Bellocchio's Dormant Beauty stirs political controversy in Italy
A mini-squall has hit the Italian film industry over the controversial decision to cut the entire 2012 funding of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission. -
Bulgari Hotel unveils Richard Attenborough cinema
The new hotel in London’s Knightsbridge has promised to donate 10% of all booking revenues from the cinema to the CTBF. -
Cannes 2012 winners: Haneke's Amour wins Palme d'Or
Winners also include Garrone for Grand Prix and Reygadas for Best Director. -
Cannes critics jury poll: Beyond The Hills and Love are 2012 joint winners
FINAL UPDATE: Screen’s Cannes critics jury is updated with all the films in Competition -
Cannes Deals Roundup: Freaky Deaky, Frost, Winter Nomads
The latest deals from Cannes include eOne taking North America on Freaky Deaky. -
Cannes Marche & Screen's Future Leaders party
Cannes Marche and Screen International toast Screen’s Future Leaders of sales and acquisitions. -
Cannes Market reports 8% hike in attendance
Asia and Latin American lead the rise in partipicants. -
Chulpan Khamatova to produce Mayakovsky for Roskino
The project will be directed by Alexander Shein and will explore the life of Russian poet and artist Vladimir Mayakovsky. -
CinemaChile touts R. Lorena, Hijo De Tranco
Chilean delegation also set to hold tribute to Raul Ruiz today in Cannes. -
CNC reveals details of new World Cinema Fund
The new €6m subsidy is run jointly by the CNC, cultural body the Institut Français, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. -
Coproduction office reports busy sales on Ulrich Seidl trilogy
Philippe Bober’s Coproduction Office has reported bumper Cannes sales on its Cannes competition title Paradise: Love directed by maverick Austrian Ulrich Seidl. -
Cunningham, Fetterman launch Pop-Up Films
Director Karen Cunningham and producer Julia Fetterman have launched new independent production company Pop-Up Films. -
Developing Your Film Festival training event to be run in July
Second edition will take place during Motovun Film Festival in Croatia. -
Douglas Gordon announced as first of three special guest curators at CPH:DOX 2012
International documentary festival has also announced its line-up for third DOX:LAB. -
Edinburgh unveils line-up for 66th edition
The line-up includes a strong British showing with the world premieres of Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio and Luis Prieto’s Pusher, both of which will compete for the reinstated Michael Powell Award. -
FascinateE’s Omnicam trial powered by ALEXA M
The Omnicam, a new panoramic camera system developed by the FascinatE Consortium (Format-Agnostic Script-based InterActive Experience), recorded a dance performance of the Carmen Suite by the Berlin Philharmonic at Berlin’s Arena Hall on May 26 and 27. -
Film I Vast welcomes projects including new Moodysson
As-yet-untitled feature from Lukas Moodysson [pictured] is one of five titles set to do post-production at Film I Vast’s base in Trollhättan. -
Film journalist Claudia Laffranchi dies, aged 49
Journalist and film expert Claudia Laffranchi, affectionately known as the “Face of the Piazza Grande” after serving as host and master of ceremonies of Locarno Film Festival’s nightly open-air screenings for seven years from 2005 to 2011, has unexpectedly died at the age of 49. -
French director Morelli explores demons
French director to bring Chinese classic Water Margin to big screen in 3D animation, entitled Le Prince et 108 demons. -
French shooting hours steady
Most popular shooting location remained central Ile de la France region. -
Gong Li to star in Tarsem Singh's Marco Polo project
EXCLUSIVE: English-language film produced by Gianni Nunnari and Endgame’s James Stern will be a US-China joint venture. -
Hot projects on Screenbase
Among the many new projects announced at Cannes were UK-Georgian project Epic, starring Ethan Hawke and an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt. -
Hungarian director Béla Tarr to close production company
The director announced that his company TT Filmmuhely would be ceasing activity at the end of this month because its situation had become “untenable”. -
Jelly T sweetens up Danish box office; The Taste Of Money debuts in South Korea
Screen casts a glance over the international box office. -
Kanye West brings his visionary Cruel Summer to Cannes
Kanye talks about reinventing entertainment and why he created this seven-screen cinema installation experience. -
Kino Lorber moves into Hong Sang-soo's In Another Country
Isabelle Huppert stars in Cannes Competition title. -
Larrain's No leads Cannes Directors Fortnight winners
Other winners include The Repentant, Camille Rewinds and The Curse. -
Latido thinks up Thesis with Darin
Thriller is based on the novel by Germán Paszkowski and also stars Alberto Ammán [pictured]. -
Lionsgate and StudioCanal renew library deal
StudioCanal to distribute next instalment of The Hunger Games franchise, Catching Fire in German speaking territories. -
Loznitsa plans project about Nazi massacre
Project is one of five story ideas that the director is currently developing. -
Marco van Geffen's In Your Name wins Arte's Cannes Atelier prize
Picture is second installment of van Geffen’s Vinex Trilogy revolving around the theme of the happy family. -
Masked crusader
Julian Assange – the so-called ‘cyber terrorist’ behind WikiLeaks – was among guests participating in a Q&A (wearing a mask!) following a BAFTA screening of documentary Shadows Of Liberty. -
Match Factory strikes groundbreaking distribution initiative
€400,000 initiative is backed by the EU’s Media Mundus. -
Mike Goodridge appointed CEO of Protagonist Pictures
Screen International editor to take new post from early August. -
MK2 has busy sales for Cannes slate
Top titles include Like Someone in Love, Laurence Anyways and On The Road. -
More than 40 countries headed for AFCI Locations Show
More than 200 exhibitors to attend the June expo in Los Angeles. -
New UK distributor Showcomotion launches with focus on children's films
Sheffield-based Showroom Cinema has set up a new UK distribution arm, Showcomotion Films, to concentrate on children’s cinema from around the world. -
NonStop acquires Cosmopolis, The We And The I, Broken
The distributor has picked up the Cannes titles for release in Scandinavia. -
One Eyed Films sells Villa Captive to Benelux
Emmanuel Silvestre’s thriller Villa Captive has sold to Benelux distributor Zeno Pictures -
Organic Marketing promotes Emma McCorkell to deputy MD
Emma McCorkell has been named deputy managing director at Organic Marketing, the London-based marketing, publicity and events company that is part of the Target Media & Communications Group. -
Orlando books hot deals in Cannes
Pre-buys include An Enemy and Fragments. -
Palatin, Engine to handle international sales on Kick
Marcus Warren’s football thriller is currently shooting in London. -
Pathe International racks up 100 deals on its Cannes slate
Top titles include Beauty and the Beast, An Enemy, What’s in a Name and Happiness Never Comes Alone. -
Peccadillo takes UK rights to four including Our Children
Four new acquisitions announced from Cannes market. -
Per Fly shooting Monica Zetterlund
Swedish singer Edda Magnason [pictured] plays the leading role. -
Ronan Keating sings with Goddess
Keating talks to Screen about his acting debut in the “beautiful story” of Goddess. -
Roskino launches DOORS initiative
The new market designed to promote Russian cinema to international buyers and distributors, will run during the upcoming Moscow International Film Festival. -
Russia's Igumentseva leads Cannes Cinefondation winners
Three winners selected from 15 student film competition. -
Screen Academy Scotland launches filmmaker talent search
The low budget initiative will be run at Edinburgh Napier University. -
Secret Cinema launches 18th production
The undisclosed film will screen in a 195,000 sq ft space in central London. -
Signature takes nine in Cannes
UK distributor Signature Entertainment acquires nine, including Roger Christian thriller Stranded, Fright Fest entry Stitches and romantic comedy The Romantics starring Katie Holmes. -
Skyfall teaser lands
Screen surveys the first teaser of Bond 23. -
Sluizer works to resurrect Dark Blood, River Phoenix's last project
Dark Blood, the movie River Phoenix [pictured] was working on at the time of his death, is set to be completed almost 20 years after it was abandoned. -
South Africa and Ireland to seal co-pro treaty
Treaty is the eighth co-production treaty that South Africa has signed. -
Spier Films takes on six new films
Spier Films picked up six new documentary titles at the Reykjavi´k Shorts & Docs Festival (May 6-9). -
SPWE strikes for Revenge For Jolly!
Deal covers US and Canada. -
Stage fright
Screen headed down to Leicester Square to join in the festivities surrounding its reopening… only to find itself taking part in the world’s hardest horror movie quiz. -
The Dictator seizes control of the UK box office
Paramount’s comedy prevents The Avengers from going four straight weeks at the top; Momentum’s The Raid opens in fifth. -
The Match Factory picks up Groeningen's Broken Circle
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has picked up Felix van Groeningen’s drama The Broken Circle Breakdown; van Groeningen’s previous film The Misfortunates premiered in Directors’ Fortnight. -
The Paperboy
Dir: Lee Daniels. US.2012. 107 mins. -
Tom Harvey to step down as Northern Film & Media CEO
John Tulip, the UK agency’s current finance and operations director, has been promoted to the newly created position of managing director. -
Topkapi, Waterland selected for Hubert Bals Fund Plus
Both Dutch production outfits will now receive grants of 50,000 Euros. -
Transmedia Storytelling launches Conducttr mobile app
Transmedia Storyteller Ltd has launched Conducttr Mobile, a mobile app that allows audiences to participate in transmedia entertainment from their mobile devices. -
Verhoeven works with audience for Tricked
FCCE will be handling the thriller in the market. -
Vernon, Saunders, Needham among speakers at Marketing Movies Online
More speakers have been confirmed for the Marketing Movies Online conference to be held June 13 at the London Film Museum. -
Vicky McClure to star in Convenience
EXCLUSIVE: The British independent comedy is being produced by Ray Panthaki for his company Urban Way. -
Wide House docs in demand
EXCLUSIVE: Wide’s doc arm Wide House has closed deals on documentary biopic Bergman and Magnani, Sam Peckinpah: A Portrait and Milos Forman, What Doesn’t Kill You… -
Xpand 3D CEO Maria Costeira talks about challenges facing 3D
Speaking in Cannes, where XPAND 3D signed a new three year contract renewing its role as the technical partner, company CEO Maria Costeira, considers some of the main challenges facing the 3D market. -
Yellow Affair starts pre-sales on Kristina
Film’s star Malin Buska [pictured] presented to international press in Cannes. -
Yellow Bird kicks off new Wallander film series
The Troubled Man to get theatrical release in early 2013, with five more thrillers going straight to TV/home entertainment. -
Zurich to add German-language market initiative
Eighth edition of Zurich Film Festival runs Sept 27-29.
