Latest News
Clio Barnard plans Trespass
EXCLUSIVE: Fast-rising UK director Clio Barnard [pictured], who has been earning rave reviews for her Quinzaine entry The Selfish Giant, is to direct The Trespass, an adaptation of the novel by Rose Tremain.
Golden Scene to produce Fruit Chan’s Midnight
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong’s Golden Scene is producing Fruit Chan’s first Hong Kong-set feature in almost a decade, sci-fi thriller The Midnight After, based on a best-selling novel.
Elle Driver to sell covert Iranian film
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures revolves around author secretly writing memoirs about his time in Iranian jail.
Pegg goes in for the Kill
EXCLUSIVE: Simon Pegg has come on board the Australian thriller Kill Me Three Times from Red Dog director Kriv Stenders. Cargo Entertainment handles international pre-sales in Cannes.
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Rhys Meyers joins Cargo's London Town
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Doha unveils new festival format
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Sierra / Affinity scores Monster sales
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Radiant, Mars strike Rudderless deal
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Media Asia closes deals on Drug War, Detective
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Bac fires for Dagur Kari’s Fúsi
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Industry stung by Cannes hotel scams
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Johnson's Hyena sells to UK, France
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Magnolia takes Tony Jaa actioner
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Protagonist, AE nab Whishaw drama
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Campbell Bower, Fimmel join Overdrive
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Keaton, Freeman tackle Life for Myriad
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Content boards The Surprise
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108 Media, Paladin take Manila
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Worldview options Monroe biopic
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Open Road partners on Cross release
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Phase 4, XLrator find Jamesy Boy
FEATURES
Future Leaders: Festival pass
From targeting the best festival for a premiere to connecting with rising talents, Wendy Mitchell asks the experts how new producers can make the most of festivals
The keys to unlocking film finance
Financing independent films is notoriously tough, so how can new producers attract backing? Geoffrey Macnab speaks to the seasoned professionals
Sales: Pitch Perfect
First-time producers should understand the commercial appeal of their film and know when to approach a sales company. Andreas Wiseman speaks to key industry sellers about what newcomers need to know about working with them
Interviews
David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff took to the beach in Cannes this week, this time for business meetings not for Baywatch duty.
Amit Kumar, Monsoon Shootout
Leon Forde talks to Amit Kumar about his feature debut Monsoon Shootout, which screens in Cannes as a Midnight Screening.
Terry Gilliam, The Zero Theorem
Jeremy Kay talks to Terry Gilliam about his latest feature The Zero Theorem, which just wrapped production in Romania.
Territory Focus: Ireland
Browse Screen’s focus on film-making in Ireland, including an overview of the industry, the Irish Film Board and the hottest upcoming movies.
In Production
Set report: Miss Julie
Liv Ullmann’s first film as a director in more than a decade, Miss Julie stars Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton. Mark Salisbury visits the set and speaks to the director about relocating August Strindberg’s masterpiece to Northern Ireland
In Production: Starred Up
Andreas Wiseman talks to director David Mackenzie, actor Jack O’Connell and producer Gillian Berrie about new prison-drama Starred Up, which Independent will be shopping in Cannes.
In Production: Hello Carter
Writer-director Anthony Wilcox’s London-set debut feature Hello Carter is a comedy adapted from his buzz short of the same name.
The Circuit
BFI pre-Cannes Lunch
Cannes talents and industry experts were invited to the BFI Southbank on Thursday [May 9] to celebrate this year’s British Cannes titles.
Latest Reviews
Cannes Dailies
Blogs
Screen's Cannes Competition Blog: Jimmy P & Like Father, Like Son
Screen’s Cannes 2013 Competition blog continues with response to the new film from Asghar Farhadi.
Japan Special 2013
In a big year for Japan at the Cannes Film Festival, Screen offers a detailed insight to the industry, plans for TIFF, the growth of TIFFCOM and a look at Japan on the Croisette.
Box Office
IM3 crosses $1bn global
Disney executives have announced that Marvel Studios’ summer blockbuster Iron Man 3 passed $1bn at the worldwide box office on Thursday [16].
Baz Luhrmann at the box office
Baz Luhrmann’s Cannes opener The Great Gatsby is his first film in 3D. Will it continue the director’s upward trajectory at the global box office? Ian Sandwell reports.
THE EDITOR
Analysis
Pinewood: From stage to screen
The Pinewood Group is eyeing ambitious expansion, with plans to build its first US studio and to double capacity at the UK’s Pinewood Studios. Andreas Wiseman reports.
Digital delivery: linking Europe
A digital delivery network from Deluxe Digital Cinema and Hewlett-Packard aims to connect some 8,000 European cinemas. Neal Romanek reports.
Dimension 3: viewing the future
The rise of high frame rate and 4K technology will be among the points of discussion at France’s Dimension 3 (June 18-21). By Melanie Goodfellow.
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Hot projects on Screenbase
Chloe Moretz and Asa Butterfield re-unite for White Circus and German director Christian Petzold prepares his new film Phoenix.





