All Screen articles in 27 March 2009

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  • Giuseppe Capotondi
    Features

    Giuseppe Capotondi

    2011-04-28T13:38:00Z

    Commercials and video director Giuseppe Capotondi talks to Screen about his debut feature The Double Hour, recently released in the US.

  • Mark Tonderai
    Features

    Mark Tonderai

    2011-04-28T13:36:00Z

    Director Mark Tonderai talks to Screen about buzz horror House At The End Of The Street, starring Jennifer Lawrence.

  • Richard Jobson
    News

    Richard Jobson's The Somnambulists to start UK shoot on May 8

    2011-04-28T13:20:00Z

    Richard Jobson drama focuses on 15 testimonies from British servicemen and women involved in the Iraq conflict.

  • Demain Des L Aube
    Reviews

    Tomorrow At Dawn (Demain Dès L'aube)

    2009-05-19T11:06:00Z

    Dir. Denis Dercourt. France. 2009. 100 mins.

  • Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)
    Reviews

    Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)

    2009-05-19T09:45:00Z

    Dir/scr: Pedro Almodovar. Spain. 2009. 127mins.

  • Cannes line-up: The Critics' Week
    News

    Cannes: Critics' Week line-up

    2009-04-24T09:52:00Z

    Screen brings you the 2009 Critics’ Week.

  • News

    Sundream takes Hong Kong rights to TWC's musical Nine

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Sundream Motion Pictures has acquired all Hong Kong rights to Rob Marshall’s musical Nine from The Weinstein Company (TWC).Sundream has an output deal with TWC but, according to Sundream vice president of buinsess development, Tom Cheung, the expensive film was acquired outside that arrangement.Currently in post-production for US ...

  • News

    Raintree, Wayne Wang prepare Singapore historical thriller

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    MediaCorp Raintree Pictures has announced much-anticipated further details on its historical film 1965 - currently in development with Wayne Wang lined up to direct.Based on the turbulent title year that Singapore broke away from Malaysia to become independent, 1965 will be a mainstream political thriller with a projected budget of ...

  • News

    Hit Singapore director Jack Neo plans ghost story triptych

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    Record-breaking Singaporean hit director Jack Neo (I Not Stupid)has announced a new projectGot Ghost Meh(working title) in development.Neo plans to make a 90-minute feature film made up of three parts - each a 30-minute-long ghost story filled with horror and comedy elements.Known for his poignant low-budget comedy hits, the director ...

  • News

    P.A.M. Korea Media enters sales with thriller Bloody Shake

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    P.A.M. Korea Media has launched into international sales with the market debut of director Kim Jee-yong’s Bloody Shake, a psychological thriller with visceral and bloody imagery.The film follows seven characters - including a priest, a pickpocket and a lesbian butcher - in a relay of seven murderous stories, which all ...

  • News

    Dayyan Eng enlists Daniel Wu, Gong Beibi for Inseparable

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    Chinese American filmmaker Dayyan Eng (Waiting Alone) is to produce and direct a black-comedy from his own script titledInseparable. Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu (Shinjuku Incident) and Chinese actress Gong Beibi (Call For Love, Waiting Alone) are heading the cast.The project is being planned as a mid-budget film under Chinese ...

  • News

    Fortissimo picks up rights outside Japan to Kore-eda's Air Doll

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    Fortissimo Films has picked up all rights outside Japan to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll. Japan’s Asmik Ace Entertainment negotiated the deal on behalf of its co-production partners on the film - Engine Film, Bandai Visual, TV Man Union and Eisei Gekijo.Kor-eda won the Asian Film Award for best director last ...

  • News

    Thailand's Mono Entertainment returns to market after restructure

    2009-03-23T20:30:00Z

    Thailand’s Mono Entertainment returns to Filmart this year under the banner of motif+ after a major corporate restructuring. The company is now divided into production division motif+, headed by successful director and producer Pantham Thongsang, and home entertainment division Command N, headed by Jirun Ratthanaviriyachai, managing director of Mono Entertainment.The ...

  • News

    Broken Embraces fails to scale same box-office heights as Volver

    2009-03-23T17:40:00Z

    Pedro Almodovar’s latest film Broken Embraces took $1.3m in its opening weekend at the Spanish box office, a full $1m less than his previous offering Volver, following a mixed response from critics. The film was released nationwide in Spain by Warner Bros on March 18 and had taken $1.9m ...

  • News

    UK's High Fliers Films acquires Scanbox Entertainment UK

    2009-03-23T15:20:00Z

    London based distributor High Fliers Films has acquired DVD distributor Scanbox Entertainment UK Ltd from Denmark-based parent company Scanbox A/S.The move creates a sizeable catalogue and future release schedule that should benefit both companies,Jeremy Rothwell, the managing director of High Fliers Films said ‘Scanbox has a very strong slate of ...

  • News

    Bananaz to be released online pre theatrical release

    2009-03-23T14:58:00Z

    Ceri Levy’s Bananaz will be available online via Babelgum before its theatrical release.The online premiere will take place on April 20, 2009 prior to the film’s subsequent UK theatrical release via EMI. EMI hold worldwide distribution rights for the documentary.Documentary film Bananaz gives an account of the creative process behind ...

  • News

    Plans for franchise of $12.8m Benelux animation Luke and Lucy

    2009-03-23T14:25:00Z

    Plans have been revealed for the release and possible franchise of Luke and Lucy - The Texas Rangers one of the most ambitious animated features ever produced in Benelux.The $12.8m (Euros 9.5m) CGI film is set for a holiday release on July 21. In a first,the filmwill be released simultaneously ...

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    Japanese cinema triumphs at Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong

    2009-03-23T14:00:00Z

    Japanese cinema triumphed at the Asian Film Awards last night, with three Japanese dramas -Tokyo Sonata, Still WalkingandDepartures- clinching four of the top prizes.Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata walked off with best film and best screenwriter; Hirokazu Kore-eda took the best director prize for Still Walking, and Motoki Masahiro scooped best ...

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    Reviews

    Welcome

    2009-03-23T13:18:00Z

    Dir: Philippe Lioret. France. 2009. 105 mins.

  • News

    Film Agency For Wales awards $470,000 to three projects

    2009-03-23T13:04:00Z

    The Film Agency For Wales has awarded $217,000 to Hattie Dalton’s Barafundle Bay. Dalton’s credits include Stoned and Layer Cake.The film was produced by Margaret Matheson, Vaughan Sivell and Kelly Broad and was written by Welsh born writer/producer Vaughan Sivell of Western Edge. Independent is on board as sales agents.BarafundleBay ...