All Screen articles in 28 November 2007
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UK's WFTV give lifetime achievement award to Verity Lambert
Verity Lambert, who produced the original Doctor Who TV series and feature film A Cry In The Dark, will receive Women In Film and Television's Working Title Films Lifetime Achievement Award. Lambert will be presented with the honours at the 2007 Five Women in Film and Television Awards in London ...
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Mumbai, London sign co-operation agreement
London and Mumbai have solidified the relationship between their two film production industries by signing a city-to-city agreement. Signed by Film London and the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, the agreement sees the two cities pledge to 'share ideas and best practice on domestic and international film production ...
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Jakarta fest to open with Persepolis, close with Lotus
The 9th Jakarta International Film Festival (Jiffest), which takes place Dec 7-16, will for the first time close with a local Indonesian film, the world premiere of Nia Dinata's Chants Of Lotus. The omnibus film of four stories addresses poignant women's issues which are rarely portrayed in today's Indonesian cinema. ...
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Pinewood shares fall after writers' strike forces shoot cancellation
Pinewood Shepperton has seen its share price tumble after the Hollywood writers' strike forced the cancellation of a major US shoot.The UK studio is facing a $6m (£3m) loss on the film. Although the studio wasn't commenting, industry sources confirmed that the film concerned is Columbia Pictures'Angels & Demons, the ...
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High Point sells Storm Force to MTI for North America
High Point Television, a division of UK-based sales company High Point Media Group, has sold the North American TV and video rights for Storm Force to MTI.The Belgian helicopter-rescue action film, starring Kevin Janssen, is produced by Peter Bouckaert of MMG Film & Television. High Point also sold the film ...
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Baltic Event selects 12 projects for Tallinn co-production market
Films from Croatia, Romania, Estonia and Armenia are among a dozen projects selected from a record 37 submissions for the Baltic Event's third co-production market which will be held in the Estonian capital of Tallinn from Dec 3-4. This year's lineup features: Barabbas, dir: Aleksei Muradov (Russia), a drama set ...
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Jakarta to close with premiere of Indonesian film Chants Of Lotus
The ninth Jakarta International Film Festival, or Jiffest, will for the first time close with a local Indonesian production, the world premiere of Nia Dinata's Chants of Lotus. The omnibus film of four stories addresses woman issues which are rarely portrayed in contemporary Indonesian cinema. The multiple effort is directed ...
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Curzon Artificial Eye, NFTS back Ahmed's The Last Thakur
Shooting will begin next month in Bangladesh on Sadik Ahmed's The Last Thakur, the 'Spaghetti Eastern' that is being co-produced by Curzon Artificial Eye and the UK's National Film & Television School. The film is being executive produced by Philip Knatchbull, Nik Powell and Daniel Chamier. The producer is Tamsin ...
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Mermin's Shot In Bombay secures UK run at London's ICA
Liz Mermin's latest film, Shot In Bombay, will have a two-week UK theatrical run at London's ICA from Jan 18, 2008 before going on a regional tour. The documentary goes behind the scenes of a Bollywood film, Shootout at Lokhandwala, starring Bollywood screen legend Sanjay Dutt. US director Mermin, who ...
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Central Partnership sells Revenge, Wolfhound to Weinstein Company
Russian sales company Central Partnership has struck a number of deals in the wake of the American Film Market earlier this month. Titles that have lured buyers include thrillers Revenge and fantasy epic Wolfhound, already a substantial box-office hit in Russia. Revenge has been sold to North America/UK/Australia/New Zealand and ...
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In focus - Facing the 4-month challenge
It is increasingly difficult to market the non-quantifiable film,' warns David Mamet in his book Bambi Vs Godzilla.Certainly the recent box office has been dominated by the easy sells - remakes, adaptations and sequels. And under pressure from tightening budgets and heavyweight competition from a Hollywood buoyed with private equity ...
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Boom for UK film locations
CLICK ON LOCATION FOR MOREThe MidlandsIsle Of ManScotlandThe SouthThe NorthWalesNorthern Ireland/ Republic Of IrelandIt's been a good year for production,' says British film commissioner Colin Brown, of feature film-making in the UK in 2007. His assessment is supported by figures released by the UK Film Council earlier this month.Inward investment ...
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Profile: Philip Knatchbull, Curzon Artificial Eye
Philip Knatchbull, CEO of Curzon Artificial Eye, has a distinguished film background to live up to - his father, John Brabourne, produced the likes of Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet and David Lean's A Passage To India.But Knatchbull has a different sort of film mission. He aims to grow Curzon ...
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Halcyon days
They may not have arrived from the future like the Terminator himself, but when they announced last May that their Halcyon Company had acquired rights to the Terminator franchise Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek were still unknown quantities in the film industry big league.Six months later, with a fourth Terminator ...
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THE MIDLANDS
THE MIDLANDS It has been a busy year for production in the East Midlands, with high-budget projects including the period movies The Other Boleyn Girl, The Young Victoria and The Duchess.The Young Victoria producer Graham King, who was born in the UK but has worked in Hollywood for more than ...
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ISLE OF MAN
ISLE OF MAN Set up in 1995, the Isle of Man Film commission has helped establish the island as one of the busiest areas of film production in the British Isles. It has recently hosted Things To Do Before You're 30, Colour Me Kubrick and The Libertine. It has also ...
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THE NORTH
THE NORTH Screen Yorkshire, the agency responsible for Yorkshire and the Humber area, has helped attract several projects to the region this year.They include Miramax's Brideshead Revisited, which filmed scenes at Castle Howard; Mark Tonderai's Hush, which shot around Sheffield in September and October; and Working Title's Wild Child, starring ...
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WALES
WALESWith 'Small country, epic locations' as one of its brands, Wales is pitched to producers as a relatively self-contained region with impressive rural and historical locations only a couple of hours from London. It also has good facilities services, including post-production company Barcud Derwen, recognised by Televisual as the largest ...
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THE SOUTH
THE SOUTHGiven its size, crew base and resources, London attracts the lion's share of inward investment, with recent big productions in the city including Warner Bros' Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight, which took advantage of Battersea Power Station; sci-fi Franklyn; the on-going Hippie Hippie Shake and the forthcoming Harry ...
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SCOTLAND
SCOTLANDThis year, Scotland has hosted Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy Made Of Honor, which shot in the Highlands, including at Fort William, Glencoe and the Isle of Skye. The landscape to the north boasts mountains, lochs, moorland and one of the longest coastlines in Europe at 6,000 miles with 790 islands ...