Screen
30 October 2009
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Ben Grass: Cross-Media Business Models
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A 'Free' Distribution Case Study - Sita Sings The Blues
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Australia and New Zealand at AFM
Catching the sales wave. -
Black & Blue acquires remake rights to cult horror The Asphyx
Black & Blue Films has acquired the remake rights to 1971 cult horror film The Asphyx. It will be written and directed by Matthew McGuchan. -
Brands & Partnerships: Raising Money And Increasing Reach (Hunter Weeks)
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Breillat’s Blue Beard takes best film at Greece’s European Cinema festival
Pyramide Films’ Blue Beard (Barbe Bleu) by veteran French film-maker Catherine Breillat won the best film award at the 22nd Panorama of European Cinema Festival, which closed on November 1. -
Brendan Gleeson joins Irish comedy thriller The Guard
Brendan Gleeson has joined Irish comedy thriller The Guard, which is written and directed by Ned Kelly writer John Michael McDonagh. Shooting has already begun in the west of Ireland. -
Brian Newman: How To Be "Better Than Free"
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Christy Dena: What Did They Do?
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Cracks
Dir: Jordan Scott. UK. 2009. -
Cross Media Film Forum: Introduction by Liz Rosenthal
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David Varela
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Distribution Case Study - Age Of Stupid
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Efe Cakarel
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Extending The Experience: The New Storytellers (Martin Elricsson)
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Far East festivals compete for market attention
In an Asian version of the Venice-Toronto marathon, the credits have now rolled on the Pusan and Tokyo film festivals. International buyers and sellers tell Liz Shackleton which event they found to be the most useful. -
France at AFM
A project with real bite, cabaret nights and seeing red. -
Germany at AFM
Horror, a local hit comedy and a family animation. -
Green Zone
Dir: Paul Greengrass. US. 2010. -
Hausner's Lourdes wins Viennale best film award
Jessica Hausner ‘s Lourdes was presented with the Vienna Film Prize for best film as the Viennale wrapped on Wednesday evening (November 4) with a screening of Coen brother’s A Serious Man. -
High Point launches specialist non-fiction label
High Point Media Group, independent distribution and sales company, is launching a specialist non-fiction label for the first time. -
HMR Film and Reach Up High board zombie flick Devil's Playground
HMR Film and Reach Up High Entertainment have boarded Black & Blue Film’s forthcoming zombie film, Devil’s Playground. It will begin shooting at Elstree Studios on November 30. -
Hurt to receive career achievement award in Seville
Actor John Hurt will be honoured with a special lifetime achievement award at the Seville Film Festival, and will present kidnap drama 44-Inch Chest. -
Inception
Dir: Christopher Nolan. US. 2010. -
Italy at AFM
And then there was one… -
Japan at AFM
AFM offers a first glimpse of anticipated new titles. -
Karol Martesko-Fenster
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Lance Weiler: The Evolution Of Storytelling
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Liz Mermin's Team Qatar wins best film at first Doha Tribeca festival
Team Qatar, a documentary about the Qatar’s first national high school debating team, took the audience award for best film in festival at the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF). -
Michael Jackson dominates the international box office
Sony’s This Is It topped international box office charts this week as the Michael Jackson documentary grossed a total of $68.9m in 74 territories. -
Micmacs in France, UK gets Starsuckers
Screens looks at the local and independent release in key markets. -
Niall MacCormick's Albatross starts shooting on the Isle of Man
Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones and Peter Vaughn will star in coming of age drama Albatross, which starts shooting on the Isle of Man tomorrow (November 3). -
Norwegian film body appoints international relations head
Sandrew Metrodome’s acquisitions chief Stine Helgeland has been appointed as executive director of promotion and international relations of the Norwegian Film Institute. -
Post Grad
Dir. Vicky Jenson. US. 2009. -
Quantum group completes Yoshimoto Kogyo takeover
Tokyo-based investment group Quantum Entertainment has completed its takeover of 97-year-old talent and media conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo, acquiring 88.52% of the company’s shares. -
Revolver to handle Sacha Bennett’s Bonded By Blood
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment is to distribute Sacha Bennett’s gangland feature Bonded By Blood, which begins shooting next month. -
Roundtable Discussion
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Roundtable Discussion
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Schamus attacks US security agencies in provocative LFF speech
In a provocative speech at the London Film Festival last night (October 27), Focus Features CEO James Schamus launched an outspoken attack on what he referred to as “America’s vast homeland security bureaucracies”. -
Scilla Andreen: Releasing Films Across Platforms
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Séraphine
Dir: Martin Provost. France, Belgium. 2008. -
Shooting begins on Gustavo Ron's Ways To Live Forever
Greta Scacchi, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox and Phyllida Law will head up the cast of the film adaptation of Sally Nicholl’s novel Ways To Live Forever, which starts shooting in the North East region of the UK today ( November 2). -
Spain at AFM
Crisis, crashes - and a new Bigas Luna film. -
Stephen Woolley appointed to Film London board
Film London has appointed three new members to its board of directors: BAFTA-winning producer Stephen Woolley, Tim Richards, chief executive of Vue Cinemas and Target Media Group chief executive Rob Wilkerson. -
Steve Peters
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Success on a local level
If there has ever been a time for locally sourced product to succeed, apparently it is now. -
Tamadon Mehran's Bassidji wins Jihlava documentary fest
Tamadon Mehran’s Bassidji won the Opus Bonum at the Jilhlava International Documentary Film Festivall in the Czech Republic, which closed on November 1. -
Ted Hope: Take Back What Has Always Been Yours
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TF1 makes market debut selling merged slate
TFI International will make its market debut selling titles from both its own slate and UGC’s at next week’s AFM. The slate includes new projects such as Redheads, the first film from Costa Gavras’ son, Romain. -
Thai film banned from World Film Fest under new film act
An independent Thai film featuring gay sex and confrontational politics was banned from the World Film Festival of Bangkok (WFF), becoming the first casualty of the confusing new Film Act. -
The Box
Dir: Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson. US. 2009. -
The Film Agency for Wales expands board to 14
The Film Agency for Wales has expanded its board from ten to 14 with a raft of new appointments. -
There's life outside London
The perception that English productions made outside the capital are inherently lacking in quality is unfair and outdated, so it’s time for a change of attitude. -
Turin to honour Coppola's American Zoetrope
Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope will receive an inaugural Torino Grand Prix for its contribution to revitalising the US film industry. The director will attend the 27th Turin Film Festival, which runs November 13 – 21, to collect the award. -
UK Film Council to showcase independent British films in India
The UK Film Council (UKFC) is to promote independent British films in India through a series of showcases early next year. -
United Kingdom at AFM
Action thrillers galore, a 3D musical and a virgin comedy. -
United States at AFM
New projects from Robert Redford, Catherine Hardwicke, Paul Haggis and Sofia Coppola. -
Weekly international box office – October 30
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Will the deal-makers get real in Santa Monica?
US sales agents are confident they have the right strategies - and the right product - to attract international buyers at this week’s American Film Market (Nov 4-11). Jeremy Kay talks to buyers and sellers about their outlook for the event, and Screen International writers look at the hot projects on offer in Santa Monica.
