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30 Aug 2012

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Arthouse exhibitors voice concerns about 35mm switchoff

European arthouse exhibitors have voiced growing concern about the challenges posed for their sector by the impending 35mm „switchoff“.
Hidden In The Woods

Dir: Patricio Valladares. Chile. 2012. 97mins
Inch'Allah, Blackbird, Krivina among TIFF Canadian line-up

Toronto International Film Festival organisers also unveiled the Canadian short film line-up, industry events and four TIFF Rising Stars on Wednesday (8).
Last Dance

Dir: David Pulbrook. Australia. 2012. 89mins
Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut

Dir: Clive Barker & Russell Cherrington. US-UK. 1990/2012. 144mins
Paura 3D

Dirs: The Manetti Brothers (Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti). Italy. 2012. 104mins
Superstar

Dir: Xavier Giannoli. France-Belgium. 2012. 112mins
Ten days on, still no news on missing Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia

The Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, French producer and directors body L’ARP and director MartinScorsese join chorus of concern for missing producer.
The Thompsons

Dirs: The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri & Phil Flores). US-UK. 2012. 84mins
Tulpa

Dir: Federico Zampaglione. Italy. 2012. 112mins
2013 Golden Globes ceremony set for January 13

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and producer Dick Clark Productions announced the timetable on Tuesday (21). Nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards will come out on Dec 13.
A Few Hours Of Spring

Dir: Stephane Brize. France. 2012. 108mins
A Lady In Paris

Dir: Ilmar Raag. France-Estonia-Belgium. 2012. 94mins
A Monkey On My Shoulder

Dir/scr: Marion Laine. France. 2012. 95mins
A Night in the Woods

Dir: Richard Parry. UK. 2011 85mins
A24 film venture launches in New York

UPDATE: Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges announced the new distribution, financing and production entity on Monday (20)
A24 takes US rights to Roman Coppola comedy

The first announced title on the fledgling company’s roster is A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Patricia Arquette.
Abramorama to release The House I Live In

Eugene Jarecki’s war on drugs film won the Sundance documentary grand jury prize this year and will open on Oct 5.
Academy puts sci/tech feats under microscope

The list of achievements is made public “to allow individuals and companies with similar devices or claims of prior art the opportunity to submit their achievements for review.”
All eyes on Zurich

Zurich Film Festival co-director Karl Spoerri tells Wendy Mitchell about the event’s dramatic audience growth, starry glamour and new German-language film market.
American Mary

Dirs: Jen and Sylvia Soska. US-Canada. 2012. 100mins
Amour, Beyond The Hills, Barbara headed for NYFF

Top brass at the 50th New York Film Festival unveiled the main slate on Thursday (16), a rich selection of world cinema that includes the Cannes premieres from Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke and Cristian Mungiu (film pictured).
An Unkindness Of Ravens starts shooting in Idaho

The dark comedy stars Amy Smart and Joshua Leonard, Will McCormack. Randy Redroad and Russell Friedenberg co-direct from Friedenberg’s screenplay.
Andrew Lauren Productions to finance The Spectacular Now

Production is underway in Athens, Georgia, on the project starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson and Kyle Chandler. The Exchange handles international sales.
Annette Caulkin MBE dies aged 94

Caulkin worked in the UK film industry across four decades, starting at the NFFC in the late 1950s.
Artificial Eye takes UK on Australian Oscar entry Lore

EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor plans an early 2013 release for Cate Shortland’s Locarno Audience Award winning-drama.
Asif Kapadia to mentor winner of BFI-Nintendo shorts competition

Kapadia to mentor winner of a Nintendo and BFI shorts competition, backed by Ridley Scott.
Bad Seeds

Dir/scr: Safy Nebbou. France-Luxembourg-Belgium. 2012. 93mins
Bait 3D

Dir: Kimble Rendall. Australia. 2012. 93mins
Banned Thai film to screen at Korea’s CinDi digital fest

Banned Thai political drama Shakespeare Must Die, directed by Ing K, will be among the films screening in the Asian Competition section of the 6th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (CinDi).
BBC iPlayer allows mobile downloads

The BBC iPlayer mobile and tablet app has been beefed up to enable users to download shows to view offline.
Beasts wins Golden Puffin at Reykjavik

Guests at the Icelandic event included Susanne Bier, Marjane Satrapi and Dario Argento.
Beijing court sentences VoD execs to four years in prison

A Beijing court has handed out China’s stiffest ever penalties for online streaming of copyright infringing content to six executives of video-on-demand (VoD) website OpenV.com.
Bela Tarr, Arturo Ripstein to head Busan juries

The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced its upcoming juries to include filmmakers Bela Tarr and Arturo Ripstein, Toronto fest director Cameron Bailey and Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.
Ben Wheatley to shoot ‘psychedelic’ English Civil War film before Freakshift

EXCLUSIVE: In-demand director plans late September start for Film4.0 feature A Field in England starring Michael Smiley, Reece Shearsmith and Julian Barratt; Protagonist to handle sales.
BFI London Film Festival announces lineup, revamped programme

Inaugural Official Competition includes Everyday, Ginger And Rosa, Midnight’s Children, Seven Psychopaths, End Of Watch, Rust And Bone; gala world premiere for Rolling Stones documentary Crossfire Hurricane with the band in attendance; 14 world premieres, 15 international premieres.
BiteSize Entertainment options Elvis Presley project

The film will be called Growing Up Graceland based on David E Stanley and Dr David Gruder’s book Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice.
Boxing Day

Dir/scr: Bernard Rose. UK. 2012. 91mins
Brave retains control of the UK box office

Disney/Pixar’s latest closes in on £15m; Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight Rises becomes highest grosser of year so far.
Cambodia makes first Oscars submission in 18 years

Cambodia has submitted Chhay Bora’s Lost Loves to the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards, marking the first time in 18 years that the country has sent a film to the Oscars.
Carlo Chatrian to succeed Olivier Pere at Locarno

Italian-born writer and festival programmer Carlo Chatrian has been chosen by Locarno Festival’s Board of Governors to succeed Olivier Père as the artistic director and officially take up his post from Nov 1.
Casting news: McConaughey joins Red Granite's Wolf

Matthew McConaughey has joined The Wolf Of Wall Street and will play an early mentor to the central character Jordan Belfort, to be played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Casting round-up: Heat on The First, The Lost Tree

Michael Pitt and Ryan Simpkins have joined Poverty Row’s Mark Pickford biopic The First, which is set to begin shooting in 2013.
Catching Fire casting update: Alan Ritchson

UPDATE: Ritchson will play career tribute Gloss in the Hunger Games sequel.
CBS Films prioritises The To Do List for Feb 14 2013

The company financed Maggie Carey’s comedy starring Aubrey Plaza from the acclaimed Sundance entry Safety Not Guaranteed. Sony will distribute in the UK, Mexico, Brazil and Scandinavia and Lionsgate handled remaining territory sales.
Celestial seals iTunes deal; Pollack departs

Hong Kong’s Celestial Pictures has become one of the first local studios to make films available on Apple’s iTunes Store.
Chained

Dir: Jennifer Lynch. US. 2012. 105mins
Cinedigm crosses 11k screen deployments with Celebrity Theatres deal

Celebrity will provide its own financing in the deal and will deploy up to 30 digital screens certified by Cinedigm, bringing the number of screens signed by Cinedigm to more than 1,000.
CMG closes sales for Canadian 3D animation Sarila

Cinema Management Group chief Edward Noeltner announced the deals on Wednesday (29) heading into Toronto.
Cockneys vs Zombies

Dir: Matthias Hoene. UK. 2012. 88mins
Copperheart, TF1 International, Telefim Canada back Wolves

Shooting is set to begin this autumn in Toronto on X-Men and Watchmen writer David Hayter’s directorial debut starring Lucas Till.
Creative England launches crew and locations databases, plans more crew networking events

The networking event at Elstree on September 19 will be the eighth in the nationwide programme.
Dan Janvey, Stefano Sollima, Mads Matthiesen to attend Helsinki Film Festival

25th edition runs Sept 20-30.
Daniel Diamond to head sales at QED International

The veteran sales and marketing executive arrives from Morgan Creek and will oversee a prestige slate alongside Bill Block heading into Toronto and the AFM.
Dark Knight Rises up to $378m international BO

UPDATE: Warner Bros Pictures International confirmed on Monday (Aug 6) that The Dark Knight Rises grossed $66.7m at the weekend from 15,400 screens in 58 markets and drew 9.4m admissions. The running total has reached $378.1m.
David Lynch to receive Plus Camerimage lifetime achievement award

20th edition of the Polish festival, which runs Nov 24-Dec 1, to also hold Lynch retrospective.
Dead Sushi

Dir/scr: Noboru Iguchi. Japan. 2012. 91mins
Deals round-up: IFC Midnight falls for Maniac, O-Scope courts Disaster

Franck Khalfoun’s thriller is a remake of William Lustig’s 1980 slasher film of the same title and is based on a screenplay by Alex Aja and Gregory Levasseur about a repressed mannequin store owner with homicidal urges.
Delhi discusses future as filmmaking centre

Indian filmmakers, industry execs and government officials gathered in Delhi during the on-going Osian’s Cinefan festival to discuss the future of the Indian capital as a filmmaking hub.
Denward to leave Swedish Film Institute to join Svensk

The Swedish Film Institute’s Head of Production Funding and Promotion Charlotte Denward will become the new production chief at Swedish major, Svensk Filmindustri, as of November 1.
DKR climbs to $520m at international box office

Warner Bros top brass confirmed weekend results on Monday (27) and said The Dark Knight Rises grossed $16m from 7,200 screens in 62 markets for a $520m international running total.
DKR crosses $400m for Warner Bros Pictures International

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises stands at $407.2m heading into the weekend as Sony’s Total Recall gets a big push outside North America.
DKR crosses $500m internationally for Warner Bros

The biggest international performer in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy has now reached $501.1m and combines with the $413.9m North American gross for a $915m worldwide running total.
DKR overtakes Dark Knight to reach $487.8m international

Warner Bros’ third Batman film became the biggest of the franchise outside North America at the weekend as it clung on to its top berth for the fifth consecutive weekend thanks to an estimated $20.6m haul from 61 markets.
DKR vanquishes Total Recall in US with $36m hold

The Dark Knight Rises had enough in the tank to retain top spot in its third weekend in North America as an estimated $36.4m session through Warner Bros propelled the running total to $354.6m.
DKR, Amazing Spider-Man to open on same date in China

IMAX Corporation has announced that both The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man will be released in its threates in China on August 27.
Doc & Film picks up Fiennes’ The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales outfit takes on documentary ahead of its world premiere in Toronto’s Mavericks section.
Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts enlists faculty members

Screenwriter and producer Leslie Dixon, director and screenwriter Barry W Blaustein and producer Harry Ufland are on board.
Don't Get Excited to begin shooting in September

Production is set to start for Ira Zankel and Aaron Godfred’s Don’t Get Excited, which follows an accountant who takes a chance on life and love after being told by his doctor he has a potentially fatal heart condition.
Double Dutch International enters House Of Last Things

The Canadian-based sales agency and international sales division of Double Dutch Media has boarded worldwide rights to Michael Bartlett’s thriller.
Drafthouse Films acquires North American rights to Graceland

Ron Morales wrote and directed the Filipino crime saga about a desperate man at the centre of a kidnapping plot.
Drafthouse Films takes North American rights to Wrong

Quentin Dupieux’s surreal comedy premiered at Sundance at the start of the year and centres on a man’s search for his kidnapped dog.
Drawing heat

From the tipped star of Cate Shortland’s Lore to new directors attracting a cult following, Screen profiles Germany’s talents to watch.
Dust

Dir: Julio Hernandez Cordon. Guatemala-Spain-Chile-Germany. 2012. 80mins
Eagle Pictures buys The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Italian distributor has snapped up rights from K5 International to Mira Nair’s thriller ahead of its opening night slot in Venice on Wendesday (29).
Ek Tha Tiger scores record-breaking opening weekend

Yash Raj Films’ Ek Tha Tiger, starring Salman Khan, has grossed $18m (Rs1bn) on its opening five-day weekend, becoming the fastest Hindi film to reach this milestone.
Emilie Georges, Memento

Memento Films International has built an eclectic sales slate while ramping up its own productions such as horror remake We Are What We Are.
eOne to work on two Stanley Kubrick TV projects

Two Kubrick screenplays resurrected for Downslope and God Fearing Man.
eOne, United Entertainment strike Korean distribution deal

The pact marks eOne’s first distribution partnership in Asia.
Eurimages confirms Canada and Israel in talks to join fund; Gulf countries could follow

Roberto Olla, executive director of Eurimages (The Council of Europe’s film fund) has again raised the possibility that Eurimages will become a fund “that goes beyond the geographical limit of Europe.”
European Film Awards open votes for People' s Choice Award

Nominees include The Artist, Shame, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, In Darkness and Headhunters.
European premiere of Great Expectations to close BFI London Film Festival

Premiere to take place at Odeon Leicester Square on Oct 21, with Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and Mike Newell expected to attend the festival.
Ewan McGregor to receive Donostia Award at San Sebastian

Ceremony to take place before European premiere of The Impossible on Sept 27.
Examining a new model: BT and The Sun sponsor Fox’s distribution of Chariots of Fire

Last month the The Sun and BT sponsored Fox UK’s re-release of British classic Chariots of Fire. Screen talked to Fox UK MD Cameron Saunders about the unusual model.
Excision

Dir/scr: Richard Bates Jr. US. 2012. 81mins
Expendables 2 bursts into action on $29m US launch

The Sly and Arnie show rolled into town and proved to be an unstoppable albeit modest force as Lionsgate’s action sequel opened top on an estimated $28.8m. Warner Bros’ The Dark Knight Rises crossed $400m in its fifth weekend.
Expendables 2 generates $14m to retain US box office crown

A soporific session at the penultimate summer box office weekend saw Lionsgate’s all-star action romp climb to $52.3m, while the Conservative doc 2016 Obama’s America surged into the top ten in its seventh weekend in release.
Expendables 2 to receive 800-screen release in India

India’s Multivision Multimedia will release The Expendables 2 on 800 screens this weekend (Aug 24), a move that highlights the trend towards wider releases and almost day-and-date releases for US films in India.
Experts welcome new Venice market but suggest some improvements

Pascal Diot to expand digital video library in 2013.
Falk Hentschel joins cast of Emmerich’s White House Down

StreetDance 2 star to play one of the mercenaries who invades the White House.
Feed the Dog rounds out cast, shoot underway

Nat Wolf, Selena Gomez, Mary Louise Parker, Jason Acuna among cast; Starboard Partners LP is fully financing the Mad Chance production.
Film i Vast joins Nymphomaniac, Centenarian, Diana, Lindblom project

Jessica Ask serves as Film i Vast production chief.
FilmBuff, Red Productions team up on Searching For Sonny

Andrew Disney’s feature directorial debut stars Jason Dohring, Minka Kelly, Michael Hogan and Masi Oka and will launch on VoD, DVD and Blu-ray on Aug 28.
Finecut sells Pieta to Italy's Good Films

Korean sales company Finecut has announced that Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta has sold to Good Films for Italy ahead of its premiere in the Venice film festival’s competition.
Five contenders revealed for Nordic Council's Film Prize

Films competing for $58,000.
Focus Features throws Promised Land into awards race

Insiders had spoken of a fifth film that would join Anna Karenina, Hyde Park On Hudson, Moonrise Kingdom and ParaNorman on the company’s slate and on Thursday Focus revealed it will be the latest film from Gus Van Sant.
Follow the money

Germany’s network of film funds has made the territory a key international co-producer.
For a Good Time, Call...

Dir: Jamie Travis. US. 2012. 90mins
Fortissimo picks up Filipino drama BWAKAW

Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights to comedy drama BWAKAW, directed by the Philippines’ Jun Robles Lana, which recently won three awards at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
Fortissimo signs first direct deal with Netflix

Fortissimo Films has signed a a multi-year streaming deal with Netflix, covering more than 60 titles, which will be available in to Netflix members in the US starting in September.
Fortissimo takes on Jet Tone's Touch Of The Light

Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights outside of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China to award-winning Taiwanese drama Touch Of The Light, produced by Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Films.
Fox International crosses $2bn for fourth consecutive year

In crossing the threshold on Saturday (Aug 25) the company ensured it has reached the milestone every year since 2009 and has now done so six times overall.
Fox to distribute DreamWorks Animation slate

The five-year deal kicks in after the current arrangement with Paramount expires at the end of the year and runs from 2013 through 2017.
Frank Cox departing Hopscotch/eOne

He was a co-founder of the Australian distributor in 2002.
Frankenweenie to open BFI London Film Festival

Tim Burton’s Disney animation will go live from Odeon Leicester Square to BFI Imax and 30 screens across the UK; Tim Burton, cast and producers expected to attend.
Fun and games

The qualifying heats for the Oscars have begun with Venice and Toronto selections.
Gao takes board position at Bona Film Group

China’s Bona Film Group has appointed News Corp senior vice president and CEO of News Corps’ China investments, Jack Gao, to its board of directors.
Gazzara

Dir: Joseph Rezwin. US. 2012. 94mins
Germany's Oscar entry is Christian Petzold's Barbara

Nine-person jury chose the Berlinale film over other titles such as Shores Of Hope and Guardians.
Global boost for Left Bank in £40m SPT deal

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) plans to turn Left Bank Pictures into a global scripted powerhouse; SPT will be first in line to sell the indie’s future feature films.
Grabbers

Dir: Jon Wright. Ireland-UK. 2012. 94mins
Grant Anderson to run Sony 3D Technology Center

The new executive director of the industry tech consultancy in Culver City in Los Angeles is an expert in the field who has worked as producer, effects supervisor and digital artist.
Gravitas Ventures, Red Bull Media House partner on sports roster

The arrangement gives the VoD distributor access to a range of sports documentary programming for North America.
Grey Rembert named production president at Kennedy/Marshall Company

Rembert started her carer with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall at Amblin Entertainment. Marshall now becomes sole head of the reorganised Kennedy/Marshall Company.
Harvey Weinstein to deliver Mipcom keynote

Harvey Weinstein is to deliver the keynote address at the Mipcom market in Cannes next month.
HBO strikes distribution deal with Blinkbox

Boardwalk Empire, Game Of Thrones and Treme to be available to own in UK via VOD for first time.
HFPA announces more than $1.2m in grants

The money was pledged at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) annual luncheon on Thursday (9) in Beverly Hills.
HiFilm's Solomon readies shoot for Hotea's Roxanne

Romania’s Ada Solomon of HiFilm Productions has her next feature debut, Valentin Hotea’s Roxanne, going into production on September 12, a week after the world premiere of Paul Negoescu’s debut A Month In Thailand in Venice Critics’ Week.
Hilton, Stephens and Van Mil heading for the UK’s PFM

Sydney-based Jamie Hilton was voted the Australian producer most worth watching at the close of the MIFF 37º South Market, the four-day financing event that wrapped last night during the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Hit And Run

Dirs: Dax Shepard & David Palmer. US. 2012. 95mins
Hong Kong, Thailand, India announce Oscar submissions

Hong Kong, Thailand and India have all unveiled their entries for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.
House In Brittany

Dir: Anne Le Ny. France. 2012. 96mins
Ice Age 4 poised to cross $600m internationally

Fox International and Blue Sky Studios’ animation behemoth was expected to reach the milestone on Wednesday (8).
Ice Age franchise crosses $2bn internationally

Fox made the announcement on Tuesday (21) as Ice Age: Continental Drift became the second biggest animated release at the international box office on $653m, behind Ice Age 3 on $693.9m.
IDFA's 25th anniversary programme includes works by Ferguson, Herzog, Morris

The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year with a themedprogramme entitled RE: Constructing History, presenting 25 years of history as seen by top international filmmakers.
IFC Films acquires US rights to Knife Fight

Bill Guttentag’s timely political drama in this US election year premiered at Tribeca and stars Rob Lowe, Jaime Chung, Julie Bowen, Richard Schiff, Saffron Burrows, Jennifer Morrison, David Harbour, Eric McCormack and Carrie-Anne Moss.
IFC Midnight acquires US rights to Berberian Sound Studio

Peter Strickland’s psychological horror film will screen in Toronto and played previously in Locarno and Edinburgh.
IFC Midnight opens The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

The distributor has acquired North American and UK rights to Chris James Thompson’s documentary about the Milwaukee serial killer.
IMAX, Indomina partner on limited release for Flying Swords

Tsui Hark’s Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate will get the big-screen treatment in 15 IMAX theatres in select US markets for one week from Aug 31
Impact Film Festival to screen locally during conventions

The House I Live In (pictured), The Invisible War and How To Survive A Plague are among the politically charged films that will screen alongside the Democrat and Republican party conventions.
India’s PVR Cinemas sells 10% stake to L Capital

Indian exhibitor PVR Cinemas is set to receive a $19.3m cash injection after selling a 10% stake to L Capital Asia, a private equity fund backed by French luxury goods manufacturer Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH).
Indian knight rises

Mumbai-based DAR Motion Pictures is shaking up the Indian film business with its focus on four strands of production and acquisition of major Hollywood films.
Indie Spirits to take place on Feb 23, 2013

Organisers behind the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards made the announcement on Tuesday (14).
ITVS hires Miramax sales head

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has snapped up Miramax’s head of sales (EMEA).
Jakimowski's Imagine picked up by Beta Cinema

Film receives its world premiere in the CWC section of Toronto.
Japan's Gaga launches VOD service

Titles on offer in Japan include The King’s Speech.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet debuts the Alexa M

Director’s Spivet is first feature to use ARRI camera.
John Travolta to receive career award in Zurich

Travolta to receive award before gala screening of Oliver Stone’s opening night film, Savages.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers on board Mortal Instruments

Constantin confirmed the casting on Thursday (9) and said the actor would play Valentine Morgenstern. David Garrett’s Mister Smith handles international sales and Screen Gems is scheduled to release in the US on Aug 23 2013.
Joss Whedon to write, direct The Avengers 2

The unsurprising announcement came during Disney’s earnings call on Tuesday (7), ending speculation following Whedon’s non-committal stance during the recent Comic-Con.
Kaleidoscope, Scanner-Rhodes launch production outfit, Femi Oyeniran writes first film

Mirror Image launches with urban comedy written by Femi Oyeniran.
Keith Lemon – The Film

Dir: Paul Angunawela. UK. 2012. 82mins
Ken Loach, Mike Leigh to attend inaugural London Labour Film Festival

Biutiful, Metropolis, Made In Daggenham, Snows of Kilimanjaro among films at the inaugural London Labour Film Festival.
Kim and Jim slate includes Rosenbaum's directorial debut

Old Days will mark the feature writing-directing debut of actor Michael Rosenbaum.
Kino Lorber acquires North American rights to Violeta Went To Heaven

Andrés Wood’s film will open theatrically in November or December followed by VoD in early 2013.
Kino Lorber picks up Radio Unnameable

The North American deal predates the Sept 19 North American premiere at New York’s Film Forum, after which time the film will expand throughout the US and Canada.
Ko Suk-man to head Jeonju International Film Festival

South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) has named Ko Suk-man its new festival director.
Kodak introduces asset protection film stock

The company said its Color Asset Protection Film 2332 was designed for content owners who “originate or finish their productions on digital formats and want to protect their valuable media for the future.”
Korea’s Opus, Zip secure investment from Spackman Group

New York and Hong Kong-based investment holding company Spackman Group has established a subsidiary to invest in the upcoming slates of Korean production companies Opus Pictures and Zip Cinema.
Korean projects head to France for CNC co-prod meeting

France’s National Cinema Centre (CNC) and the Korean Film Centre (KOFIC) join forces for Franco-Korean co-production workshop in Paris.
Lars von Trier backs user-generated film project

Director sets rules for Copenhagen Art Festival project to reinterpret six famous art works, including controversial monument by Nazi architect Albert Speer.
Leviathan

Dirs: Lucien Castaign-Taylor, Verena Paravel. UK-US-France. 2012. 87mins
Levinson, Kurosawa, Sarmiento among San Sebastian’s Zabaltegi programme

Latest films from Barry Levinson, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Valeria Sarmiento and Rosa von Praunheim in Zabaltegi Specials.
Lilou's Adventure takes Red Chameleon at CinDi

The 6th Cinema Digital Seoul (CinDi) Film Festival wrapped with Lilou’s Adventure, directed by Japan’s Izuru Kumasaka, taking the Red Chameleon Award.
Lincoln Center unveils NYFF Convergence, Midnight Movies

NYFF Convergence will take place from Sept 29-30 during the 50th New York Film Festival when audiences will get the chance to attend panels, workshops and “immersive experiences.”
Lloyd The Conqueror

Dir: Michael Petersen. Canada. 2012. 97mins
Logan Mulvey, GoDigital

The CEO of digital distributor GoDigital talks to Screen about striking deals with film-makers to make the fast-evolving online space pay.
Looper, Sinister to screen at Austin's Fantastic Fest

The pair are among the second wave of programming announced on Thursday (16) by organisers of the Texan genre jamboree.
LoveFilm strikes Aardman deal for UK

Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts among content to be available in UK.
Lucky Red takes on Venice titles The Master and Fill The Void

Italian distributor also acquires John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo.
Lullaby Ride

Dir: Christoph Schaub. Switzerland-Germany. 2012. 94mins
Madagascar 3, DKR cross $300m internationally

UPDATE: The DreamWorks Animation / PPI family film and Warner Bros / Legendary Pictures crime saga have both reached the milestone heading into the weekend.
Made In Mexico

Dir: Duncan Bridgeman. Mexico. 2012. 100mins
Magnet answers Nature Calls for North America

Magnet Releasing has picked up North American rights to Nature Calls starring Patton Oswalt, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Riggle, Patrice O’Neal, Maura Tierney and Darrell Hammond.
Magnet Releasing acquires all rights to Occupy Unmasked

Stephen K Bannon directed the Citizens United Productions documentary about the Occupy movement.
Magnet Releasing sets Nov 30 for Universal Soldier 4

John Hyams directs Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren alongside former Mixed Martial Arts star Scott Adkins.
Marco Polo Production bulks up French video slate

Gun, All Things Fall Apart and Set Up join the pipeline for the fledgling distributor, fully owned by Hannibal Pictures and Hannibal Classics’ Richard Rionda Del Castro and Patricia Eberle.
Maria Miller named UK culture secretary as Jeremy Hunt moves to health

Maria Miller has been named culture secretary replacing Jeremy Hunt who will head the Department of Health in David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle.
Mark Margolis joins cast of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah

The recent Emmy nominee and star of Braking Bad will play Samyaza in the film to star Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins. Paramount has scheduled a March 2014 release.
Match Factory closes French deal for Wadjda with Pretty Pictures

First feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia.
may i kill U?

Dir: Stuart Urban. UK. 2012. 88mins
Mental

Dir/scr: PJ Hogan. Australia. 2012. 111mins
Michael Cimino to receive filmmaker award in Venice

Restored version of Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate will screen after the ceremony.
Michael Keaton cast as RoboCop villain

The actor will play Raymond Sellars in the upcoming reboot from MGM and Columbia Pictures.
Michel Reilhac, Jane Williams to run new Biennale College for young filmmakers

The training workshop will develop and produce micro-budget films.
Mila Kunis, Casey Affleck, James Franco join Third Person cast

Kunis, Affleck, Franco set to join Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde in Paul Haggis’ romance-drama Third Person.
Miss Massacre

Dir: Michael Steiner. Switzerland. 2012. 98mins
Mister Smith carves out DreamWorks agency deal

David Garrett’s fledgling sales and financing entity has scored a major coup in its first year of operation, signing a pact to handle sales on the studio’s product for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Mobile Home

Dir: Francois Pirot. Belgium-France-Luxemburg. 2012. 93mins
More Than Honey

Dir/scr: Markus Imhoof. Switzerland-Germany-Austria, 2012. 91mins
Motlys readies slate including Myren and Vogt debuts

Norwegian producer Sigve Endresen, of Oslo-based production outfit Motlys, is building on the outfit’s recent success with the likes of TurnMe On, Goddammit; Oslo, August 31; and The Orheim Company with a busy slate.
Museum Hours

Dir: Jem Cohen. Austria–US. 2012. 106mins
Mystery thriller Flight to close 50th New York Film Festival

The world premiere of Robert Zemeckis’s return to live-action filmmaking will be the first chance awards watchers get to see Paramount’s contender before it opens on Nov 2.
Netflix clocks 1m UK subs in record time

Rival European SVOD service LoveFilm has more than 2 million members in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway.
Netflix defends UK content spend

Netflix chief creative officer Ted Sarandos has hit back at claims the US company has artificially inflated the cost of digital rights by overpaying for acquisitions.
Nicole Kidman, Richard Pena to be feted at NYFF

Lee Daniels’s The Paperboy joins NYFF’s main slate.
Not Fade Away is centrepiece gala for NYFF

The world premiere of David Chase’s feature directorial debut will screen during the 50th annual event. Paramount Vantage will release on Dec 21.
Not In Tel Aviv

Dir/scr: Nony Geffen. Israel. 2012. 82mins
Nu Image closes deals on festival-bound The Iceman

The sales agent has sold the thriller to a host of major territories including a deal with Lionsgate for the UK.
Oliver Stone’s Savages to open Zurich Film Festival

Stone to make his third visit to Zurich Film Festival which gets underway September 20; thriller has grossed an estimated $46m in US and rolls out internationally in September.
Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States gets NYFF preview

NYFF will present Untold History’s first three chapters of the project.
Oscilloscope Laboratories takes Only The Young

The North American deal for Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ debut feature documentary follows a best US feature triumph at the AFI-Discovery Channel SilverDocs Documentary Festival.
Paul Kelly: Stories of Me

Dir: Ian Darling. Australia. 2012. 96mins
Paul Thomas Anderson on making The Master: 'Scientology was the least of our problems'

Paul Thomas Anderson talks about the inspirations for the film, Joaquin Phoenix’s immersive acting style, shooting large format, and now adapting Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice.
Peccadillo hands home-ent to Fusion Media Sales

The company’s back catalogue titles remain with Lace Digital Media Sales until 30 September.
Penance

Dir/scr: Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Japan. 2012. 270mins
Phase 4 takes North American rights to Eden

Megan Griffiths’ drama stars Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges and Matt O’Leary. Cinema Management Group handled international sales.Eden charts the story of a young woman kidnapped and forced to become a sex slave. It premiered at SXSW earlier this year.Griffiths and Richard B Phillips Jr co-wrote the screenplay based on a true story by Chong Kim and Phillips.Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler produced through Plank’s Centripetal Films.Phase 4 plans an early 2013 theatri
Pinewood pushes ahead with expansion plans

New film and TV revenues boost Pinewood expansion; studio group to submit planning application in autumn.
Poverty Row names Mary Pickford biopic The First

Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia’s production company began official discussions in Cannes on the project based on Eileen Whitfield’s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood.
Pray For Japan seals deal with OEE, Tugg, Bayview

Australian sales agency Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has picked up worldwide rights to documentary Pray For Japan, directed by filmmaker and manga publisher Stu Levy.
Preferred Ventures buys into digital distributor GoDigital

FreeCreditReport.com Founder and former Experian Interactive CEO Ed Ojdana and former Facebook chief privacy officer and founder of Kelly Investments Chris Kelly have acquired a majority stake in Logan Mulvey’s digital distributor.
Premium Rush

Dir: David Koepp. US. 2012. 91mins
Principal photography underway on Luc Besson’s Malavita

Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones are among the cast on EuropaCorp and Relativity’s action comedy.
Producers prepare mid-August shoot for Chu And Blossom

Character Brigade, Taggart Productions, Fore Entertainment, Soaring Flight Productions, Baked Industries are partnering to produce the coming-of-age comedy.
Production starts on Untitled Nicole Holofcener Project

Fox Searchlight made the announcement on Monday (Aug 6). The film stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson and the celebrated teenage fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson in her feature debut.
ProductionLine, Scott McGinnis team up on Q

Michigan-based production company ProductionLine Films has partnered with the director, producer and TV veteran.
Pulse launches distribution arm, Anna Sissons joins from Dogwoof

Anna Sissons joins from Dogwoof to kick-start development of new film division; slate to be announced in autumn 2012.
Rai Trade takes on Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic

World premiering in Venice Days.
Raiders of the Lost Ark coming to IMAX

The film has undergone a complete restoration for cinematic and Blu-ray release.
Raising Embargo

A bumper 2012 has seen the UK production company’s films at Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, Edinburgh and Toronto. Screen talks to the company’s founders about their projects from Nick Love’s The Sweeney to Paul Andrew Williams’ forthcoming Miss You Already.
Raymond Chow to be honoured at Tokyo film festival

Veteran Hong Kong film industry figure Raymond Chow will receive the “TIFF Special Appreciation Award” at the upcoming Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 20-29), organisers announced today.
Ready for launch

The hottest German-language projects in the works from celebrated veterans and talented newcomers.
Reliance MediaWorks splits into two businesses

Indian facilities and exhibition powerhouse, Reliance MediaWorks (RMW), is restructuring into two separate businesses to be run by two separate CEOs.
Resolution

Dirs: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead. US. 2012. 93mins
Revolver takes four, readies Scalpello's Bootneck

EXCLUSIVE: UK distributor takes on a diverse range of four new titles, readies Gunslinger’s new marines action film.
Reykjavik International Film Festival

The ninth edition of RIFF ran Sept 27-Oct 7
Richard Gere to receive Zurich career award, Arbitrage gets gala premiere

Gere will introduce new thriller Arbitrage at gala screening.
Richard Rapkowski earns business stripes at eOne

The executive joined eOne in 2008 as vp of business and legal affairs and is promoted to the new position of svp of business and legal affairs.
River Road dips toes into the wilds of Fordlandia

Bill Pohlad has hired Ben Coccio, screenwriter of upcoming Toronto world premiere The Place Beyond The Pines, to adapt the story about Henry Ford’s ill-fated Brazilian utopia project.
Robin Friday biopic gathers steam

Football biopic backed by Telegael, Film Agency Wales, Moonscoop USA, Tasty Films and Ambergreen Entertainment.
Ruggero Deodato joins horror anthology The Profane Exhibit

Cannibal Holocaust director joins the likes of Nacho Vigalondo and Uwe Boll on the project.
Ryan Gosling to direct How To Catch A Monster

The star reunites with Bold Films and Marc Platt Productions from Drive and will direct that film’s co-star Christina Hendricks in the lead role. Sierra/Affinity will introduce to buyers in Toronto.
Sam Worthington lines up for Connolly's The Riders

Stealth Media Group to handle international sales on UK-Australia co-production.
Sarah Calderon's marketing agency strikes first partnerships

Consultancy is providing marketing strategy for Wim Wenders’ 3D film Everything will Be Fine, among others.
Scott Steindorff, Exclusive Media strike sales pact

Steindorff’s Stone Village Productions affiliate Scott Pictures has launched Scott Pictures International (SPI) under an exclusive three-year partnership with Exclusive Media and announced Natalie Portman action project Jane Got A Gun.
Screen reveals six nominees for inaugural Rising Star Award

Screen is unveiling the nominees for its inuaugural Rising Star Award at the Screen UK Marketing & Distribution Awards.
Sharp shooters

Screen speaks to James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson, directors of Tower Block which received its world premiere as this year’s FrightFest closer.
Shooting on The Runner scheduled in October

Kristopher Dolphin’s latest action thriller The Runner will star international model and actor Adam Sabbagh.
Shoreline finds Habib Faisal’s action-drama Ishaqzaade

EXCLUSIVE: Faisal’s action-drama, which took $10m in India, will have its world premiere today [11] in Toronto.
Somebody Up There Likes Me

Dir/scr: Bob Byington. US. 2012. 75mins
Sony Pictures Classics snaps up Venice-bound At Any Price

The distributor has acquired all North American and Eastern European rights excluding CIS and Russia to Ramin Bahrani’s drama ahead of its upcoming world premiere in Italy. Exclusive Media handles international sales.
Sony Pictures, Scott Sanders team up on stage partnership

The studio has signed a five-year deal with Scott Sanders Theatrical Productions (SSTP) to develop and produce stage versions of Sony films.
Sparkle

Dir: Salim Akil. US. 2012. 116mins
SPC takes US rights to The Company You Keep

The buy takes Robert Redford’s thriller off the table ahead of its world premiere out of competition in Venice and subsequent Toronto screening.
Spidey adds $5.3m on second day in China

Sony Pictures Releasing International’s superhero stayed strong in his second day as the territory tally climbed to $10.7m.
Spidey, Batman make waves on shared opening day in China

Both films launched on Monday (Aug 27) and the results are strong: The Amazing Spider-Man grossed an estimated $5.46m through Sony Pictures Releasing International while Warner Bros Pictures International reported a $4.45m debut for The Dark Knight Rises.
Spike Lee to receive Jaeger-LeCoultre award in Venice

Lee’s new Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25, will get its world premiere after the award is conferred on August 31.
Stitches

Dir: Conor McMahon. Ireland. 2012. 85mins
Stories We Tell

Dir/scr: Sarah Polley. Canada. 2012. 108mins
Sundance Selects takes US rights to The Central Park Five

Ken Burns co-directed the Toronto-bound documentary with his daughter Sarah Burns and her husband David McMahon. The film premiered in Cannes earlier this summer and will receive a theatrical launch.
Superhero showdown

The summer blockbuster season’s hits, sleepers and flops so far, plus the local titles making a big impact in Asia and Europe, are analysed by Ian Sandwell.
Susanne Bier on 'the beauty of romantic comedy'

Cancer-themed movies tend to be grueling and very heavy affairs. Oscar winning Danish director Susanne Bier’s crowdpleaser Love Is All You Need is surely one of the only forays into the genre that can be labeled a romantic comedy.
Susanne Bier receives RIFF's Creative Excellence Award

Award presented by president of Iceland
Swedish Film Institute backs Bergstrom's Miss Julie, Langseth's Hotel

Other projects backed include Kicki Kjellin’s feature debut and co-productions with Spain and the Netherlands.
Swedish thriller Call Girl to open Stockholm International Film Festival

Mikael Marcimain’s political thriller to open festival, which will also screen Beasts of the Southern Wild and Xingu among others.
Swipe Films boards Winter Of Discontent

EXCLUSIVE: Company to handle international sales for Ibrahim El Batout’s film centred around the Arab Spring.
Swipe takes UK rights to Tu Seras Mons Fils

EXCLUSIVE: During the Venice market, Frank Mannion’s production, sales and distribution outfit Swipe has confirmed it will handle the UK release of Gilles Legrand’s French wine-themed drama Tu Seras Mons Fils, which is about a family running a vineyard in Bordeaux.
Sydney-based Fuel VFX in financial strife

One of Australia’s few world-class visual effects and animation companies, Sydney-based Fuel VFX, has placed itself into voluntary administration due to financial difficulties.
Syrian producer Orwa Nyrabia reported missing, feared arrested

Respected producer and pan-Arab DOX BOX Film Festival founder disappeared at Damascus airport.
Tai Chi Zero

Dir: Stephen Fung. Hong Kong China. 2012. 95mins
Taxing times

The UK has a popular film tax credit and newly boosted investment schemes. But are controversial tax avoidance stories hurting film finance? Geoffrey Macnab reports
Ted Hope named SFFS executive director

The veteran producer is the first full-time appointment to the prestigious role at the San Francisco Film Society since the death of Bingham Ray in January.
Terrence Malick’s producers: ‘He wakes up every day with thousands more ideas.’

Sarah Green and Nicolas Gonda discuss Terrence Malick’s “endless reservoir of ideas”, the production process on To The Wonder, their ongoing collaboration with FilmNation and future projects.
TFI, WorldView team up on grants

The Tribeca Film Institute has expanded its Latin America Media Arts Fund to more than $90,000 in grants to support innovative film and artists who live in the Caribbean, Mexico, central and South America.
The Angels' Share, Shame, Tinker Tailor among EFA longlist

A total of 47 films are on the selection list for the 25th European Film Awards.
The Apparition

Dir: Todd Lincoln. US. 2012. 82mins
The Asian-French connection

Record numbers of Asian film-makers brought feature film and documentary projects to the Paris Project co-production event.
The Avengers sequel to hit theatres on May 1 2015

The follow-up to Marvel Studios and Disney’s global smash will kick off the summer season in three years’ time.
The Bourne Legacy

Dir: Tony Gilroy. US. 2012. 134mins
The Campaign

Dir: Jay Roach. US. 2012. 86mins
The Dark Knight Rises stays top internationally on $67m

Warner Bros Pictures International’s crime saga was active in 58 markets over the weekend and has reached $378.4m.
The Expendables 2

Dir: Simon West. US. 2012. 103mins
The Girl From Nowhere

Dir/scr: Jean-Claude Brisseau. France. 2012. 90mins
The Greatest Hits

Dir/scr: Nicolas Pereda. Mexico. 2012. 103mins
The Imposter records impressive opening salvo in UK

Critically acclaimed documentary grosses £345,279 over four-day Bank Holiday weekend.
The Inside

Dir/scr: Eoin Macken. Ireland. 2012. 93mins
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Dir/scr: Peter Hedges. US. 2012. 105mins
The Possession

Dir: Ole Bornedal. US. 2011. 92mins
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Dir: Mira Nair. India-Pakistan-US-UAE. 2012. 128mins
The Reluctant Fundamentalist to open fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival

DFI backed the project; Nair kicked off inaugural Doha festival with Amelia.
The right formula

Generous financing options, ambitious film-makers and world-class facilities are making Germany a vital co-producer.
The Shine Of Day

Dirs: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel. Austria. 2012. 90mins
The Tall Man

Dir/scr: Pascal Laugier. Canada/France. 2011. 106mins
The Thieves

Dir: Choi Dong-hoon. South Korea. 2012. 135mins
The Thieves clocks up more than 10 million admissions

Choi Dong-hoon’s heist movie The Thieves has become the sixth Korean film to clock up over 10 million admissions at the local box office.
The Wedding Video

Dir: Nigel Cole. UK. 2012. 94mins
Titanic 3D to receive theatrical release in Myanmar

Titanic 3D will become the first US studio film to receive a theatrical release in Myanmar in decades, following a licensing deal between Twentieth Century Fox and Myanmar’s Mingalar Company
Tommy Lee Jones to receive Donostia Award at San Sebastian

Ceremony to take place on Sept 28 at the Kursaal Auditorium.
Tony Scott dies in apparent suicide

Los Angeles Country coroner’s officials confirmed on Sunday that the 68-year-old filmmaker and younger brother of Ridley Scott leapt to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.
Toronto 2012: Contemporary World Cinema

A look at the CWC world premieres including Baby Blues [pictured] from Polish director Katarzyna Roslaniec.
Toronto 2012: Galas, Special presentations

Screen profiles the world premieres including Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut Quartet [pictured]
Toronto 2012: Midnight Madness, Discovery, TIFF Docs, Vanguard

More Toronto world premieres including genre anthology The ABCs of Death [pictured].
Tower Block

Dir: James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson. UK. 2012. 87mins
UK and international box office healthy despite Olympics fever

UK distributors were braced for “the huge challenge” represented by the Olympics, but box office has remained solid despite record numbers staying in to watch TV coverage.
UK man jailed for four years for online piracy

A website owner who created and ran one of the world’s most popular pirate websites has been sentenced to four years imprisonment in the UK.
Universal Pictures crosses $1bn in record time

Top brass announced on Monday (Aug 6) that it had reached the North American milestone three months faster than its previous studio record of Nov 7, set in 2008.
V/H/S

Dirs: David Bruckner, Adam Wingard, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez, Chad Villella). US. 2012. 116mins
Venice 2012 buzz: the festival's top world premieres

From the work of previous Golden Lion winners to the pick of this year’s debut film-makers, Screen profiles the hot films playing in and out of competition.
Virgin Tales

Dir: Mirjam von Arx. Switzerland. 2012. 87mins
Visit Films, GoDigital partner on Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

The companies will jointly release the documentary on VoD while Visit will handle the DVD release through Baxter Brothers Film Releasing in partnership with Strand Releasing.
Wadjda director vows to keep working in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s first female film director Haifaa Al Mansour, whose debut feature Wadjda was enthusiastically received in Venice, has made an outspoken plea for women’s rights in her homeland.
Wakamatsu named as Busan's Asian Filmmaker of the Year

The 17th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced Japanese filmmaker Wakamatsu Koji as Asian Filmmaker of the Year.
Wang Xiaoshuai, Lav Diaz among Busan’s APM selections

Busan’s Asian Project Market (APM) has announced 30 selections for this year, including projects from Wang Xiaoshuai, Lav Diaz, Min Kyu-dong, Royston Tan, and Jeon Soo-il.
Warner Bros holds back 'unique' Gatsby for summer 2013

Baz Luhrmann’s film is out of this season’s awards race and must wait for the following year after studio chiefs decided its broad appeal was more suited to a summer release. The film was originally scheduled for a Dec 25 2012 launch.
Warner Bros signs first-look deal with Gulfstream Pictures

Mike Karz and Bill Bindley’s new production and financing company leads off with The Nut Job and is backed by what the studio said was a “multi-million-dollar” development fund from South Korean 3D stereoscopic Redrover Ltd and US private equity.
Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden appoints Emily Stillman as Sales & Marketing Director

Stillman will be in charge of marketing, business development and client services.
Warner Brothers Japan to remake Unforgiven with Watanabe

Warner Brothers Japan has announced it will remake Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven, with Ken Watanabe attached to star.
Weinsteins sign distribution pact with Tugg collective

The Artist, The King’s Speech and Inglourious Basterds are among those that will be on offer to Tugg users across the US.
Weinsteins to finance and distribute The Ends Of The Earth

The Weinstein Company (TWC) has acquired worldwide rights to the epic romance from producers Escape Artists. Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to star.
WestEnd builds on Cattleya bond with library additions

London sales outfit adds three Cattleya titles to library.
When Night Falls

Dir/scr: Ying Liang. South Korea-China. 2012. 70mins
William Nix, Creative Project Group options Kahil Gibran biopic

The Lebanese author is best known for writing The Prophet and lived in the early 20th century in Lebanon, Boston, Paris and New York.
Wolfe Video acquires North American rights to White Frog

Director Quentin Lee’s family drama stars Booboo Stewart, Joan Chen and BD Wong and is scheduled for theatrical, VoD and DVD release in 2013.
World premiere of Life Of Pi to open NYFF

Ang Lee’s eagerly awaited 3D adaptation of the celebrated Yann Martel novel will kick off the 50th anniversary event on Sept 28.
XPAND 3D announced as official sponsor of Kino Expo

Company’s local partner Nevafilm to also provide IR systems for the 3D screenings at the expo.
ZDF picks up new Werner Herzog TV projects

On Death Row and Hate in America will comprise seven hours of TV content.
Zurich announces competition juries, Frank Darabont presides

Writer, producer and director Frank Darabont will serve as jury president for the ZFF’s international section.
Zurich introduces children’s programme

Zurich yout programme to include The World Before Her, Five Broken Cameras, Gattu, Modry Tygr.
Zurich to host Easy Money II as part of Sweden focus, strong masterclass series

Easy Money II gets European premiere; Asghar Farhadi, Frank Darabont, Daniel Espinosa, Pietro Scalia among those to give masterclasses.

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