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Fionnuala Halligan

Henri

24-May-2013
Dir/scr: Yolande Moreau. France-Belgium. 2013. 107mins
Cannes Competition Blog: Only Lovers Left Alive, Venus in Fur

24-May-2013
Screen’s Cannes 2013 Competition blog is now complete with the reaction to Jarmusch and Polanski’s films.
Nebraska

23-May-2013
Dir: Alexander Payne. US. 2013. 110mins
The Golden Cage

23-May-2013
Dir: Diego Quemada-Diez. Mexico-Spain. 2013. 102mins
Bastards

22-May-2013
Dir: Claire Denis. France. 2013. 100mins
The Last Days On Mars

21-May-2013
Dir: Ruairi Robinson. UK-Ireland. 2013. 91mins
Blood Ties

20-May-2013
Dir: Guillame Canet. France. 2013, 144mins
The Lunchbox

19-May-2013
Dir/scr: Ritesh Batra. India-France-Germany. 2012. 104mins
Stranger By The Lake

17-May-2013
Dir/scr: Alain Guiraudie. France. 2013 97mins
A Touch Of Sin

17-May-2013
Dir/scr: Jia Zhang-ke. China. 2013. 133mins
Rick Carter

1-Nov-2012
An interview with the Oscar-winning production designer from newly published book Production Design.
The Road: A Story Of Life And Death

25-Oct-2012
Dir: Marc Isaacs. UK. 2012. 75mins
Japan In A Day

22-Oct-2012
Dirs: Philip Martin, Gaku Narita. Japan-UK, 2012. 91mins
Crossfire Hurricane

20-Oct-2012
Dir/scr: Brett Morgen. US. 2012. 111mins
Sleeper’s Wake

18-Oct-2012
Dir: Barry Berk. South Africa. 2012. 94mins
Underground: The Julian Assange Story

15-Oct-2012
Dir: Robert Connolly. Australia. 2012. 89mins
Spike Island

11-Oct-2012
Dir: Mat Whitecross. UK. 2012. 96mins
Blood

11-Oct-2012
Dir: Nick Murphy. UK. 2012. 95mins
Coming to London

11-Oct-2012
The revamped BFI London Film Festival features three competitive sections and new thematic categories. Fionnuala Halligan profiles the Official Competition and selected world premieres.
Six Acts

28-Sep-2012
Dir: Jonathan Gurfinkel. Israel. 2012. 99mins
All Apologies

28-Sep-2012
Dir: Emily Tang. China. 2012. 88mins
Operation E

28-Sep-2012
Dir: Miguel Courtois Paternina. France-Spain. 2012. 108mins
Holes

28-Sep-2012
Dir: Fermin Muguruza. Spain. 2012. 98mins
Shell

26-Sep-2012
Dir: Scott Graham. UK. 2012. 90mins
The Dead And The Living

26-Sep-2012
Dir/scr: Barbara Albert. Austria. 2012. 110mins
Bypass

26-Sep-2012
Dirs: Patxo Telleria, Aitor Mazo. Spain. 2011. 97mins
The Artist And The Model

24-Sep-2012
Dir: Fernando Trueba. Spain. 2012. 104mins
The Valley

24-Sep-2012
Dir: Inaki Elizalde. Spain. 2011. 98mins
The Dead Man And Being Happy

24-Sep-2012
Dir. Javier Rebollo. Spain-Argentina-France. 2012. 94mins
The Angels' Share, Shame, Tinker Tailor among EFA longlist

11-Sep-2012
A total of 47 films are on the selection list for the 25th European Film Awards.
Helen Hunt to be feted at Zurich

11-Sep-2012
Helen Hunt is to receive a career Golden Eye award at the Zurich Film Festival.
Gimme The Loot

26-May-2012
Dir/scr: Adam Leon. US, 2012. 80mins
In The Fog

25-May-2012
Dir: Sergei Loznitsa. Germany-Latvia/Russia/Dutch/Belarus. 2012. 128mins
7 Days In Havana

24-May-2012
Dirs: Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noe, Juan Carlos Tabio, Laurent Cantet. Spain-France. 2012. 128mins
The Dream And The Silence

24-May-2012
Dir: Jamie Rosales. Spain-France. 2012. 110mins
Our Children

23-May-2012
Dir: Joachim Lafosse. Belgium-Luxembourg-France-Switzerland. 2012. 112mins
Journal de France

23-May-2012
Dir/scr: Raymond Depardon, Claudine Nougaret. France. 2012. 101mins
White Elephant

21-May-2012
Dir: Pablo Trapero. Argentina-France-Spain. 2012. 110mins
A Respectable Family

21-May-2012
Dir/scr: Massoud Bakhshi. Iran-France. 2012. 90mins
The Hunt

20-May-2012
Dir: Thomas Vinterberg. Denmark. 2012. 106mins
Aliyah

19-May-2012
Dir: Elie Wajeman. France. 2012. 90mins
Mekong Hotel

17-May-2012
Dir/scr: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Thailand. 2012. 60mins
After The Battle

17-May-2012
Dir: Yousry Nasrallah. France-Egypt. 2012. 125mins
Tabu

14-Feb-2012
Dir: Miguel Gomes. Portugal-Germany-Brazil-France. 2012. 110mins
Living/Building

14-Feb-2012
Dir: Clemence Ancelin. France. 2012. 117mins
Leave It On The Floor

14-Feb-2012
Dir: Sheldon Larry. US-Canada. 2011. 106mins
Friends After 3.11

13-Feb-2012
Dir: Iwai Shunji. Japan. 2011. 120mins
Secret

13-Feb-2012
Dir/scr: Przemyslaw Wojcieszek. Poland. 2012. 82mins
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears

13-Feb-2012
Dir/scr: Teona Strugar Mitevska. Macedonia-Germany-Slovenia-Belgium, 2012. 103mins
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

12-Feb-2012
Dir: Matthew Akers. US. 2011. 106 minutes
Meteora

12-Feb-2012
Dir: Spiros Stathoulopoulos. Germany-Greece. 2012. 82mins
Dollhouse

12-Feb-2012
Dir/scr/ed: Kirsten Sheridan. Ireland. 2012. 100mins
Today

10-Feb-2012
Dir/scr: Alain Gomis. France-Senegal. 2011. 89mins
Don - The King Is Back

10-Feb-2012
Dir: Farhan Akhtar. India-Germany. 2011. 140mins
Kuma

10-Feb-2012
Dir: Umut Dag. Austria. 2011. 93mins
Asmaa

26-Oct-2011
Dir/scr: Amr Salama. Egypt. 2011. 96 mins
Lawrence Of Belgravia

26-Oct-2011
Dir: Paul Kelly. UK. 2011. 90mins
The Pettifogger

26-Oct-2011
Dir: Lewis Klahr. US. 2011. 65mins
Hunky Dory

26-Oct-2011
Dir: Marc Evans. UK. 2011. 107mins
Lotus Eaters

26-Oct-2011
Dir: Alexandra McGuinness. UK. 2011. 76mins
Junkhearts

24-Oct-2011
Dir: Tinge Krishnan. UK, 2011. 90mins
Sket

24-Oct-2011
Dir/scr: Nirpal Bhogal. UK. 2011. 83mins
Shock Head Soul

24-Oct-2011
Dir: Simon Pummell. UK-Netherlands. 2011. 86mins
Wreckers

20-Oct-2011
Dir/scr D. R. Hood. UK. 2010. 85mins
The Somnambulists

18-Oct-2011
Dir/scr: Richard Jobson. UK. 2011. 97mins
Carriere 250 Metres

18-Oct-2011
Dir: Juan Carlos Rulfo. Mexico. 2011. 90mins
Anda Union: From The Steppes To The City

17-Oct-2011
Dirs: Tim Pearce, Sophie Lascelles, Marc Tiley. UK. 2011. 97mins
Dreams Of A Life

16-Oct-2011
Dir/scr: Carol Morley. UK-Ireland. 2011. 90mins
Untouchables

26-Sep-2011
Dir/scr: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache. France. 2011. 109mins
Reasons Of The Heart

26-Sep-2011
Dir: Arturo Ripstein. Mexico-Spain. 2011. 127mins
Ulysses

26-Sep-2011
Dir: Oscar Godoy. Chile-Argentina. 2011. 82mins
Madrid, 1987

22-Sep-2011
Dir/scr: David Trueba. Spain. 2011. 100 mins
Unfair World

22-Sep-2011
Dir: Filippos Tsitos. Greece-Germany. 2011. 118mins
Wild Bill

22-Sep-2011
Dir: Dexter Fletcher. UK. 2011. 97mins
The Sleeping Voice

21-Sep-2011
Dir: Benito Zambrano. Spain. 2011. 128mins
Wrinkles

21-Sep-2011
Dir: Ignacio Ferreras. Spain. 2011. 89mins
Extraterrestrial

20-Sep-2011
Dir/scr: Nacho Vigalondo. Spain. 2011. 94mins
The Double Steps

20-Sep-2011
Dir. Isaki Lacuesta. Spain-Switzerland. 2011. 88mins
Pescador

19-Sep-2011
Dir: Sebastian Cordero. Ecuador-Colombia. 2011. 95mins
George Harrison: Living In The Material World

19-Sep-2011
Dir: Martin Scorsese. US. 2011. 208mins
Amen

18-Sep-2011
Dir/scr: Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. 2011. 72 mins
No Rest For The Wicked

18-Sep-2011
Dir: Enrique Urbizu. Spain. 2011. 118mins
And the BoB goes to...

9-Sep-2011
Screen took its place on Film London’s Best of Borough Awards jury this year with a sense of pride
The Inbetweeners Movie

17-Aug-2011
Dir. Ben Palmer. UK, 2011. 96mins.
Class of 2010: where are they now?

30-Jun-2011
Stars of Tomorrow, today. Screen catches up with the blossoming careers of some of last year’s alumni, including Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay and Claire Wilson, who is writing Oliver Twist contemporary retelling Twist for Ruby Films and Rocket Pictures.
The Hunter

21-May-2011
Dir: Bakur Bakuradze. Russia. 2011. 124mins
The Skin I Live In

19-May-2011
Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Spain. 2011. 116mins
Dias de Gracia

18-May-2011
Dir/scr: Everardo Gout. Mexico/France. 2011. 128mins
Tatsumi

18-May-2011
Dir/scr: Eric Khoo. Singapore. 2011. 96mins
Where Do We Go Now?

16-May-2011
Dir: Nadine Labaki. France-Lebanon-Italy-Egypt. 2011. 100mins
Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

16-May-2011
Dirs: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Jeff Zimbalist. India. 2011, 100mins
Wu Xia

15-May-2011
Dir: Peter Chan Ho-sun. Hong Kong-China. 2011. 116mins
The Other Side Of Sleep

14-May-2011
Dir: Rebecca Daly. Ireland-Netherlands-Hungary, 2011. 88 mins
Unlawful Killing

13-May-2011
Dir: Keith Allen. UK. 2011. 90mins
The Fairy

12-May-2011
Dir/scr: Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel, Bruno Romy. France-Belgium. 2011. 94mins
Sleeping Beauty

12-May-2011
Dir/scr: Julia Leigh. Australia. 2011. 101mins
20 Cigarettes

23-Feb-2011
Dir: James Benning. US. 2011. 99mins
Late Bloomers

18-Feb-2011
Dir: Julie Gavras. Fr-UK-Belg. 2010. 95mins
Idleness

17-Feb-2011
Dirs: Juan Villegas, Alejandro Lingenti. Argentina. 2010. 70mins
Lost Land

16-Feb-2011
Dir: Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd. Fr-Bel. 2011. 75mins
Medianeras

16-Feb-2011
Dir/scr Gustavo Taretto. Arg-Ger-Sp. 2011. 95mins
Ashamed

15-Feb-2011
Dir/scr: Kim Soo-hyun. S. Korea. 2010. 129mins
Household X

15-Feb-2011
Dir/scr: Yoshida Koki. Japan. 2010. 90mins
Bullhead

14-Feb-2011
Dir/scr: Michael R Roskam. Belgium. 2011. 129mins
Sacrifice

14-Feb-2011
Dir/scr: Chen Kaige. China. 2100. 127mins
Almanya: Welcome To Germany

12-Feb-2011
Dir: Yasemin Samdereli. Germany. 2011. 97mins
Sing Your Song

12-Feb-2011
Dir: Susanne Rostock. US. 2010. 100mins
London Boulevard

26-Nov-2010
Dir/scr: William Monahan. UK. 2010. 104mins
In Your Hands (Contre Toi)

28-Oct-2010
Dir/scr: Lola Doillon. France. 2010. 90mins
Edge

28-Oct-2010
Di/scr: Carol Morley. UK 2010. 93mins
Burke & Hare

26-Oct-2010
Dir: John Landis. UK. 2010. 91mins
Guilty Pleasures

26-Oct-2010
Dir. Julie Moggan. UK. 2010. 86mins
Mandelson: The Real PM?

24-Oct-2010
Dir/prod.: Hannah Rothschild. UK. 2010. 75mins
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

23-Oct-2010
Dir: Danny O’Connor. UK. 2010. 101mins
The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople

20-Oct-2010
Dirs: Chris Hall, Mike Kerry. UK. 2010. 105mins
Fire in Babylon

18-Oct-2010
Dir/scr: Stevan Riley. UK. 2010. 83mins
In Our Name

15-Oct-2010
Dir/scr: Brian Welsh. UK. 2010. 90mins
As If I Am Not There

28-Jul-2010
Dir/scr: Juanita Wilson. Ireland-Macedonia-Sweden. 2010. 105mins.
Jasmina

28-Jul-2010
Dir/scr: Nedzad Begovic. Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2010. 89mins
Cirkus Columbia

25-Jul-2010
Dir/scr: Danis Tanovic. Bosnia and Herzegovina-France-UK-Slovenia-Germany-Belgium-Serbia. 2010. 115mins
The Ghost Writer (aka The Ghost)

12-Feb-2010
Dir: Roman Polanski. Fr-Ger-UK. 2009. 128mins.
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

11-Feb-2010
Dir. Chris Columbus. US. 2009. 119mins.
His & Hers

26-Jan-2010
Dir/editor: Ken Wardrop. Ireland, 2009, 80 mins.
sex&drugs&rock&roll

4-Jan-2010
Dir. Mat Whitecross. UK. 2009. 113mins.
The Hurt Locker

1-Jan-2010
Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. US, 2008, 124 mins.
The Last Flight (Le Dernier Vol)

15-Dec-2009
Dir. Karim Dridi. France. 2009, 84 mins.
City of Life

15-Dec-2009
Dir. Ali F Mostafa. UAE. 2009. 97mins
Cartagena (L’Homme De Chevet)

15-Dec-2009
Dir. Alain Monne. France, 2009. 120 mins.
Nativity!

23-Nov-2009
Dir/scr Debbie Isitt. UK. 2009. 105mins.
Today's Special

3-Nov-2009
Dir. David Kaplan. US. 2008. 99mins.
1 Day

30-Oct-2009
Dir/scr. Penny Woolcock. UK. 2009. 101 mins.
Bunny And The Bull

30-Oct-2009
Dir/scr Paul King. UK. 2009. 101 mins
Nowhere Boy

29-Oct-2009
Dir. Sam Taylor-Wood. UK. 2009. 97 mins.
Fantastic Mr Fox

29-Oct-2009
Dir: Wes Anderson. US, 2009. 87 mins.
Mugabe And The White African

22-Oct-2009
Dirs. Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson. UK. 2009. 94 mins.
Headhunter

20-Oct-2009
Dir/scr. Rumle Hammerich. Denmark, 2009. 100 mins.
From Time To Time

17-Oct-2009
Dir/scr Julian Fellowes. UK. 2009. 95 mins
44-Inch Chest

16-Oct-2009
Dir. Malcolm Venville. UK. 2008. 91 mins.
I Am Love (Io Sono L'Amore)

29-Sep-2009
Dir. Luca Guadagnino. Italy, 2009. 119 mins
Lourdes

28-Sep-2009
Dir/scr. Jessica Hausner. Austria/France/Germany, 2009. 99 minutes.
Fame

24-Sep-2009
Dir. Kevin Tancharoen. US. 2009. 107 mins.
Venice and Toronto show their different strengths

24-Sep-2009
The two festivals worked well together this year, says Fionnuala Halligan.
Perrier’s Bounty

12-Sep-2009
Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon. Ireland/UK. 2009. 88 mins.
Creation

10-Sep-2009
Dir. Jon Amiel. UK, 2009. 108 Mins
Venice reaches mid-way in a brighter mood, helped by "unexpected gems"

7-Sep-2009
At its halfway mark, Venice 66 Competition has turned the tables on last year, with Marco Mueller’s sixth selection revealing some unexpected gems and few - if any – disappointments thus far.
South Of The Border

7-Sep-2009
Dir. Oliver Stone. US/Spain 2009. 78 mins.
Valhalla Rising

6-Sep-2009
Dir/scr. Nicolas Winding Refn. Denmark/UK, 2009. 90 mins
Accident (Yi Ngoi)

6-Sep-2009
Dir. Soi Cheang. Hong Kong, China, 2009, 86 mins.
Locarno's new artistic director Olivier Pere reveals fest overhaul

4-Sep-2009
In his first move as artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival, Olivier Pere has overhauled the selection committee and dropped a competitive strand – Ici Ailleurs will not be a part of the 63rd Locarno fest, which runs from August 4-14 next year.
Desert Flower

3-Sep-2009
Dir/scr. Sherry Hormann. Ger-Austria-Fr. 2009. 124 mins.
The Road

3-Sep-2009
Dir. John Hillcoat. US. 2009. 113 mins.
Grande expectations

30-Jul-2009
The Locarno International Film Festival (Aug 5-15) is burnishing its reputation for distinctive arthouse and indie programming with a line-up filled with tales of the unexpected.
Julie & Julia

24-Jul-2009
Dir/scr. Nora Ephron. US. 2009. 123mins.
G-Force

24-Jul-2009
Dir. Hoyt Yeatman. US. 2009. 88 mins.
The Agent

16-Jul-2009
Dir. Lesley Manning. 2009. 84 mins.
Mad, Sad & Bad

6-Jul-2009
Dir/scr. Avie Luthra. UK. 2009. 90mins.
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

6-Jul-2009
Dir. David Yates. US/UK 2009. 153mins.
Crying With Laughter

2-Jul-2009
Dir/scr Justin Molotnikov. UK. 2009. 93mins.
Avatastic

26-Jun-2009
Fionnuala Halligan takes the temperature of events in her weekly blog.
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

23-Jun-2009
Dir. Carlos Saldanha. US, 2009, 93mins.
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

15-Jun-2009
Dir.Michael Bay. US. 2009. 149mins.
Looking For Eric

2-Jun-2009
Dir. Ken Loach. UK/Fr/Belg/It/Sp. 2009. 116mins.
A Prophet tops Screen Jury chart as Cannes reaches mid-way

19-May-2009
With the 62nd Cannes Competition at precisely the mid-way point, overall reaction to this year’s selection is warm so far.
Cannes Competition Blog

15-May-2009
Fionnuala Halligan blogs on the Competition titles straight from the Palais des Festivals.
Year of the heavyweights

30-Apr-2009
Cannes has invited the A-list world of cinema to a festival that is ready to excite critics and prise open dusty wallets.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

30-Apr-2009
Dir. Gavin Hood. US, 2009, 108 minutes
State Of Play

14-Apr-2009
Dir: Kevin Macdonald. US/UK. 2009. 118mins.
Shifty

9-Apr-2009
Dir. Eran Creevy. UK. 2008. 90 mins.
The Boat That Rocked (Pirate Radio)

30-Mar-2009
Dir/scr. Richard Curtis. UK, 2009. 134 mins.
The Damned United

23-Mar-2009
Dir. Tom Hooper. UK. 2009. 97mins.
Reviews - Happy Tears

13-Mar-2009
Parker Posey squares up to reality.
Happy Tears

11-Feb-2009
Dir/scr: Mitchell Lichtenstein. US. 2009. 96mins.
The Young Victoria

7-Feb-2009
Dir: Jean-Marc Vallee. US-UK. 2008. 104mins.
The International

5-Feb-2009
Dir: Tom Tykwer. US-Ger. 2008. 118mins.
Chris Paton joins Fortissimo in acquisitions and development role

2-Feb-2009
Well-known industry veteran Chris Paton has joined Amsterdam/Hong Kong-based Fortissimo Films as Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development with immediate effect.Paton, the former Vice Chairman of DDA Public Relations, will be based in London and work on centralising Fortissimo's international team to source new product, continue the development of current projects and look for new production opportunities.Fortissimo ...
The One Man Village (Samaan Bildayaa)

29-Dec-2008
Documentary. Dir. Simon El Habre. Lebanon, 2008. 86 mins.
Pomegranates And Myrrh

28-Dec-2008
Dir/scr. Najwa Najjar. Palestine, 95 mins
Marina Of The Zabbaleen

27-Dec-2008
Documentary. Dir/prod: Engi Wassef. Egypt, 2008, 70 mins
Masquerades

22-Dec-2008
Dir. Lyes Salem. Algeria/Fr, 2008. 92 mins.
Inkheart

12-Dec-2008
Dir. Iain Softley. Ger/UK/US. 2008, 106 mins.
The Children

5-Dec-2008
Dir/scr.Tom Shankland. UK. 2008. 84 mins
Telstar (2007)

31-Oct-2008
Dir. Nick Moran. UK, 2008. 114 mins.
Franklyn

29-Oct-2008
Dir/scr. Gerald McMorrow. UK 2007. 95 mins
New Town Killers

29-Oct-2008
Dir/scr. Richard Jobson, UK, 2008, 98mins.
Bronson

29-Oct-2008
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn. UK, 2008. 92 mins.
Quantum Of Solace

20-Oct-2008
Dir. Marc Forster. UK/US. 2008. 106mins
In focus - Pusan Review - Pushed for space in a crowded scene

17-Oct-2008
Everybody says it, everybody knows it: the autumn festival circuit, which bows out with Rome and London this week, is too crammed. Yet the situation staggers on from year to year, with festivals pointing frantically to their record numbers of world premieres. Even after Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian had unveiled their debuts, Pusan hit the fray with 85 world premieres out of 315 features screened - a higher tally than ever before.
Frost/Nixon

15-Oct-2008
Dir. Ron Howard. US/UK 2008. 122 mins.
Breathless

7-Oct-2008
Dir/prod/scr: Yang Ik-june. SK. 2008. 130mins.
Rembrandt's J'Accuse

7-Oct-2008
Dir/scr: Peter Greenaway. Neth. 2008. 86mins.
Nucingen House

7-Oct-2008
Dir/scr: Raoul Ruiz. Fr-Ch. 2008. 87mins.
Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells

7-Oct-2008
Dir/scr: Jeon Soo-il. SK. 2008. 95mins.
Awaking From A Dream

7-Oct-2008
Dir/scr: Freddy Mas Franqueza. Sp-Pol. 2008. 100mins.
Oishii Man

7-Oct-2008
Dir: Kim Jeong-jung. SK. 2008. 98mins.
Dim Sum Funeral

7-Oct-2008
Dir: Anna Chi. US-Can. 2008. 94mins.
Miao Miao

7-Oct-2008
Dir: Cheng Hsiao-tse. HK-Tai. 2008. 83mins.
Da Da's Dance

4-Oct-2008
Dir: Zhang Yuan. China. 2008. 92mins.
The Gift To Stalin

2-Oct-2008
Dir. Rustem Abdrashev. Kazakhstan/Russia/Poland/Israel 2008. 97 mins.
How To Lose Friends & Alienate People

1-Oct-2008
Dir: Robert Weide. 2008. 109mins.
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Das Baader Meinhof Complex)

26-Sep-2008
Dir Uli Edel. Ger. 2008. 149mins.
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

12-Sep-2008
Dir: Mark Herman. UK-US. 2008. 94mins.
Venice: A critical review

12-Sep-2008
Rather than dwelling on Venice 65, the festival's artistic director Marco Mueller was keen to emphasise that things will be different for Venice 66. This year he 'chose to gamble on innovation and invention rather than repeat what has been successful in recent years'.
Venice Film Festival confirms permanent date change

6-Sep-2008
The 65th Venice Film Festival artistic director Marco Muller has confirmed that next year's festival will open later, on September 2. More significantly, he said that the shift to the first Wednesday in September would be a permanent one. That means that, while the next two years will not see a significant change from previous years in the Venice and Toronto axis, the festivals could effectively overlap in 2011, with Venice starting on Wednesday September 7, 2011, and Toronto ...
The Wrestler

5-Sep-2008
Dir: Darren Aronofsky. US. 2008. 105 mins.
Rachel Getting Married

3-Sep-2008
Dir: Jonathan Demme. US. 2008. 116mins.
Paper Soldier

2-Sep-2008
Dir: Alexey German Jr. Russia. 2008. 118mins.
Teza

2-Sep-2008
Dir-scr: Haile Gerima. Ethiopia-Germany-France. 2008. 140mins.
I'm Gonna Explode (Voy A Explotar)

1-Sep-2008
Dir-scr: Gerardo Naranjo. Mexico. 2008. 106mins
Vegas: Based On A True Story

1-Sep-2008
Dir: Amir Naderi. US. 2008. 102mins.
Ponyo on the Cliff By The Sea (Gake No Ue No Ponyo)

31-Aug-2008
Dir-scr: Hayao Miyazaki. Jap. 2008. 101mins
Wild Child (2007)

15-Aug-2008
Dir Nick Moore, UK, 2008, 98 mins.
Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging

25-Jul-2008
Dir. Gurinder Chadha. 2008. UK . 100 mins.
Meet Dave

11-Jul-2008
Dir. Brian Robbins. US. 2008. 90 mins
The Edge Of Love

18-Jun-2008
Dir. John Maybury.UK. 2008. 112 mins.
The Incredible Hulk

11-Jun-2008
Dir. Louis Leterrier. 2008. US. 112mins.
Blindness

14-May-2008
Dir: Fernando Meirelles. 2008. Brazil-Canada-Japan. 118mins.
Flashbacks Of A Fool (2007)

14-Apr-2008
Dir. Baillie Walsh. UK. 2008. 104mins.
Dangerous Parking

10-Apr-2008
Dir Peter Howitt. UK. 2007. 109mins.
A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures

9-Apr-2008
Dir. Chris Waitt. UK. 2007. 89mins.
Welcome To The Sticks (Bienvenue chez les ch'tis)

27-Mar-2008
Dir Dany Boon. Fr. 2008. 106mins.
Horton Hears A Who!

10-Mar-2008
Dirs. Jimmy Hayward, Steve Martino. US. 2008. 88mins
Fox buys UK and Australian rights to Scorsese's Stones documentary

6-Feb-2007
20th Century Fox International has picked up UK, Australia and New Zealand rights to Martin Scorsese's upcoming Rolling Stones documentary from international sales agent Fortissimo Films.
Mister Lonely - Set report - Only the lonely

2-Feb-2007
It has been a decade since Gummo and a good eight years since Julien Donkey-Boy, and Harmony Korine is finally back behind the camera with Mister Lonely. He co-scripted the story about celebrity impersonators - the key characters being "Michael Jackson" and "Marilyn Monroe" - with his younger brother Avi, the first time the writer of Kids has collaborated on a screenplay. That, however, is possibly the least unusual part of Mister Lonely.
Project market - CINEMART 2007 project focus

19-Jan-2007
One of the surprises about the line-up of projects in the 24th CineMart (January 28-February) is the number of high-profile directors - Stephan Elliott and Kim Ki-duk, for example - scattered among the more traditional CineMart arthouse fare. Therefore budgets overall look higher, capped by Elliott's Black Oasis at $7m (EUR5.5m), although CineMart co-heads Bianca Taal and Marit van den Elshout insist the level will never rise above their $7.8m (EUR6m) cap. With 800-850 industry attendees ...
The Binger Filmlab - 'Youth is our main focus'

19-Jan-2007
In the heart of Amsterdam, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science-backed Binger Filmlab is doing its part to help 'quality' films along, both from the Netherlands and internationally.
Falafel

12-Jan-2007
Michel Kammoun turns in a freshly confident feature debut with Falafel, which won second prize at the recent Dubai International Film Festival late last year. Set during one night in present-day Lebanon - imagine an Arabic-language After Hours - it's funny and energetic, dispensing insights without preaching them.
Rotterdam announces full Tiger competition, with 7 world premieres

8-Jan-2007
The Rotterdam International Film Festival (Jan 24-Feb 4) has announced the final 15 competitors for this year's Tiger Awards for first or second films, which include seven world premieres. A further 25 films will compete for the short film Tigers.
Dubai opens with increased industry ambitions

11-Dec-2006
The thirdDubai International Film Festival has opened with a premiere of Bobby and evident grand plans to becomean industry centrepoint of the Middle East. As Cairo's festival wrappedwith honours going to Zhang Jiarui'sThe Road and Marrakech saw its top prize going to DominikGraf's The Red Cockatoo - heavyweight Dubainow ...
Cinemart to present 46 projects to 800 partners

6-Dec-2006
The world's largestco-production market, Rotterdam'sCinemart, has announced its line-up for the 24th edition, which will run fromJan 28 to Feb 1, 2007.
Cape Town honours King And The Clown

21-Nov-2006
Fortissimo takes on sales for Children Of Glory

24-Oct-2006
Starter For Ten

16-Sep-2006
Starter For Ten

16-Sep-2006
Strike (Die Heldin Von Danzig)

15-Sep-2006
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane

14-Sep-2006
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane

14-Sep-2006
Antonia

12-Sep-2006
Asif Kapadia to start True North shoot in Denmark

11-Sep-2006
Shootingis set to commence in Norway next week on Asif Kapadia's new feature TrueNorth. StarringMichelle Yeoh, Sean Bean and newcomer Michelle Crusiec,True North will be sold internationally byFrench label Celluloid Dreams.Based ...
Memento signs up Jia's Venice winner

11-Sep-2006
Paris-basedsales agent Memento Films has moved to sign up Venice Golden Lion winner StillLife, directed byChina's Jia Zhangke.Mementohas also come on board Jia's documentary East (Dong), which played in Venice's Horizonssection.It ...
Seville lands The Bubble in Canada

9-Sep-2006
Pierre Menahem's ScalpelFilms has sold Canadian rights to Eytan Fox's The Bubble to Seville Pictures.The Bubble, Fox's follow-upto Walk On Water, has itsinternational premiere in Toronto as a Special Presentation.The ...
Japan wakes up to Sleep

8-Sep-2006
Fortissimo Films has logged its first major deal on the New Crowned Hope project I Don't Want To Sleep Alone. Playing in Toronto, the Tsai Ming-liang drama competed at Venice and has been picked up for Japan by Prenom H.
The Lives Of Others (Das Leben Der Anderen)

6-Aug-2006
Dir/scr. Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck.Ger. 2006. 137mins.
San Sebastian's Spanish selections include The Backwoods

4-Aug-2006
Spain's premiere festival, San Sebastian, has unveiled a raft of new Spanish directorialtalent in its first line-up announcement. Filmax's 1970s-set$5.6m Spanish thriller Backwoods,with Gary Oldman, Virginie Ledoyen, Paddy Considine and Aitana Sanchey-Gijon, directed byBasque first-timer Koldo Serra,is perhaps the most splashy debut but will play outside competition in ...
Locarno's line-up boasts more US films

12-Jul-2006
The full line-up for the 59ththLocarno International Film Festival (Aug 2-12) hasbeen unveiled, marked by a boost in US fare underlined by opening film Miami Vice, final night film Little Miss Sunshine and two Sundancetitles in the International Competition.
Celluloid Dreams racks up robust Cannes sales

5-Jun-2006
Scalpel takes on sales for Loktev's Day Night Day Night

10-May-2006
Pierre Menahem'sParis-based Scalpel Films has picked up worldwide rights to a second Cannes title - the anticipated suicide bomber drama Day Night Day Night by Julia Loktev, which is screening as part of Directors Fortnight.
Celluloid Dreams sets up shop in the UK

3-May-2006
French sales label CelluloidDreams is to open a London office, with JanineGold as vice president of acquisitions and sales overseeing UK material andmanaging the Paris-based sales team.
Scalpel picks up rights to first Paraguayan film in 30 years

27-Apr-2006
PierreMenahem's Scalpel Films has picked up international sales rights to the firstfilm from Paraguay in more than three decades, the Cannes title Hamaca Paraguaya.
Scapel Films scores raft of sales for football drama

29-Mar-2006
Pierre Menahem's Paris-basedScalpel Films has scored a raft of sales on Icelandic gay football comedy-dramaEleven Men Out following its Berlinale Panorama screening.
China-led crossover epics 'draining' Asia dry

20-Mar-2006
Mid-budget producersin Asia are facing a crisis as investmentdollars are drained into mega co-productions, leading to a "drought" of talent,according to Applause co-founder Peter Chan Ho-sun.
Lion Rock roars into China

20-Mar-2006
Producer Terence Chang is moving full-steam into Chinawith three mid-budget films to be shot on the mainland - all of them on top ofJohn Woo's 2007 production of Battle Of Red Cliff, set to be China'smost expensive film ever.
Fortissimo game for Tian's Go Master

19-Mar-2006
Fortissimo Films has boardedTian Zhuangzhuang's highly-anticipated The Go Master, taking international rights outside China.
Celluloid Dreams doing brisk international sales with Offside

2-Mar-2006
French sales company Celluloid Dreams has reported strong internationalsales on Berlinale Jury Prize winner Offside, with a US deal also close to being announced.Offside, directed by Jafar Panahi, is set during the Iran-Bahrain World Cup qualifierwhere female football fans disguise themselves ...
New pan-African co-production market for Sithengi market

1-Mar-2006
A new pan-African co-production market will be launched at this year's Sithengi Film And TV Market in Cape Town.The African Co-Production Forum is an initiative between Sithengi and various international and African funds andfestivals to select two projects to pitch at Rotterdam's co-production ...
Fortissimo picks up world sales on Waiter

15-Feb-2006
Fortissimohas picked up world sales on Waiter,the Dutch-HK-based sales company's fourth venture with director Alex van Warmerdam.Producedby Marc van Warmerdam, the film has recently wrappedand is in post-production.Themovie ...
Garai is Ozon's English Angel

14-Feb-2006
Casting has been locked in on Francois Ozon'sEnglish-language debut Angel, with Romola Garai to star alongside BerlinaleJury president and Ozon regular Charlotte Rampling. Celluloid Dreams is handling the film in Berlin.
Rapid sales for Roehler's The Elementary Particles

14-Feb-2006
Celluloid Dreams has announced 15 territory sales on Oskar Roehler's Competition titleThe Elementary Particles, tocompanies including France'sTFM, Momentum in the UK,Canada's Sevilleand Lucky Red in Italy.Particles ...
Celluloid Dreams secures rights to Sundance smash

11-Feb-2006
Celluloid Dreams has picked up worldwide rights to Sundancesmash Quinceanera.
Celluloid Dreams strikes a deal with Hammer And Tongs

10-Feb-2006
French sales house Celluloid Dreams is to part-finance and sell the nextproject from UK film outfit Hammer And Tongs - also known as GarthJennings and Nick Goldsmith.
Kosslick predicts big business at new-look EFM

9-Feb-2006
The European Film Marketopens today in its new centre at the Martin Gropius Bau (MGB) with Berlinale directorDieter Kosslick estimating a 100 percent increase infilm executives attending Berlin over 2005, both inside theofficial venues and out.'I'm completely confidentthat it will work and people ...
Kelly Reichardt, Manuel Nieto Zas and Han Jie win Tigers

3-Feb-2006
Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy, Manuel Nieto Zas's The Dog Poundand Walking On The Wild Side, by Han Jie, have won the three VPRO Tiger Awards at this year'sRotterdam International Film Festival.
Rotterdam CineMart reports brisk business on 45 projects

2-Feb-2006
Rotterdam's international co-productionmarket CineMart wrapped its 23rd edition on a high note last night,with general praise for the overall quality of the 45 productions being pitchedto 800 producers, financiers and sales agents at the Dutch city port.
Celluloid Dreams starts sales for The Elementary Particles

31-Jan-2006
French sales agent CelluloidDreams has kicked off sales on Berlin Competition entry The Elementary Particles, with Lucky Red picking up the Oskar Roehler-directed title forItaly, ABC/Cinemien taking Benelux, Ekaterinburg Art weighting in for Russia and HollywoodClassics coming on board for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Marilyn Manson to direct, star in Lewis Carroll feature

31-Jan-2006
Rocker Marilyn Manson will attend Berlin'sEuropean Film Market to present his directorial debut to buyers - $4.2m ( 3.5m Euros) Phantasmagoria - The Visions Of Lewis Carroll,in which Manson will play the author of Alice In Wonderland.
New projects for NoDream Cinema and Mantarraya Producciones

31-Jan-2006
NoDream Cinema, headed up byMexico's Carlos Reygadas, and Jaime Romandia's Mantarraya Producciones are upping their collaboration to back fourupcoming projects, all budgeted around the $500,000 mark.
Celluloid Dreams strengthens sales slate for Berlin

26-Jan-2006
French sales agentCelluloid Dreams is flexing its muscles pre-Berlin, boarding yet moreEnglish-language productions in advance of the European Film Market.
Michael Auret CEO of Sithengi steps down

18-Jan-2006
Michael Auret, headof the South Africa's SithengiFilm and TV Market and the Cape Town World Cinema Festival, has stepped downafter wrapping Sithengi's 10th anniversaryedition.Auret took over at Sithengi in 2001 and set up the concurrent film festival in2002; last year Sithengi logged 1700 delegates whilethe festival ...
Marc Evans' Snow Cake to open Berlin Film Festival

18-Jan-2006
MarcEvans' drama Snow Cake, starring AlanRickman and Sigourney Weaver, will open the Berlin Film Festival in Competitionon February 9.Thefull Competition line-up is now almost complete, with 23 out of 26 titlesannounced and a further three to be revealed at the end of the week.Worldpremieres ...
Daniel Burman's Family Law to open Berlin's Panorama

10-Jan-2006
TheBerlin Film Festival's Panorama section is set to open with the world premiereof Daniel Burman's Family Law (Derechode Familia), in an initial swathe of filmsannounced by the section yesterday.
US film-makers join race for Rotterdam's Tigers

10-Jan-2006
Americanfilm-makers are making a return to Rotterdam (Jan 26-Feb 5), with two USfeatures in the running for the VPRO Tiger Awards, announced today.
Thema plans to build new studio in St Petersburg

9-Jan-2006
Thema, the Luxembourg-based productioncompany, is rapidly ramping up its activities - opening a new,5,000-square-metre state-of-the-art studio in St Petersburg, Russia bySeptember and starting a UK operation headed up by formerentertainment lawyer Kami Nagdhi.
A New Day In Old Sana'a

5-Jan-2006
Wong Kar-wai to head Competition jury for Cannes

4-Jan-2006
HongKong auteur Wong Kar-wai will head up the Competitionjury for the Cannes Film Festival this year (May 17-28), it was announced today(Jan 4).
ID Distribution and Scalpel Films form alliance

4-Jan-2006
France's IDDistribution and Scalpel Films have announced a strategic alliance for 2006, movingtowards co-production alongside French distribution activities andinternational sales.Led by Isabelle Dubar and former Celluloid head of sales Pierre Menahem respectively, ID and Scalpel have picked up Israelidirector ...
Sighvatsson swoops on Scanbox

3-Jan-2006
LosAngeles-based film producer Sigurjon "Joni"Sighvatsson has taken over Scandinavian filmdistribution company Scanbox Entertainment A/S,acquiring 75 percent of its shares.
Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World

20-Dec-2005
Dubai festival ends with buzz about international shoots

18-Dec-2005
Thesecond Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) wrapped on an optimistic notein the Gulf state on Saturday, with a palpable buzz surrounding the DubaiStudio City project and several high-profile expressions of interest in filmingthere following on from Warner Bros' recent shoot for Syriana.
World premiere for Albert Brooks at the Dubai Film Festival

16-Dec-2005
AlbertBrooks became the first US film-maker to world premiere his film at the DubaiInternational Film Festival yesterday - with the potentially controversialtitle Looking For Comedy In The MuslimWorld, a sub-$25m cross-cultural comedy bankrolled by Steve Bing's Shangri-La Entertainment.
The Dubai International Film Festival opens with controversial drama

12-Dec-2005
The second Dubai InternationalFilm Festival has stepped up its bid to become a centre of cultural debate inthe Middle East with the gala opening of its second edition and theGulf premiere of a decidedly controversial film - Hany Abu Assad's suicidebomber drama, Paradise Now.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

5-Dec-2005
Hidden soars at EFA awards

4-Dec-2005
Michael Haneke'sHidden (Cache) was the big winner atSaturday night's European Film Awards in Berlin,making off with five awards, including best film. TheFrench-Austrian-German-Italian ...
Dubai announces line-up; Paradise Now to open festival

27-Nov-2005
Headinginto its second year, the Dubai International Film Festival (December 11-17)has announced an expanded line-up of 98 Middle East and international films,kicking off with Hany Abu-Assad'ssuicide bomber drama Paradise Now,and culminating with the closing night gala of Christian Carrion's Merry Christmas.
Fortissimo gets ready for Battle

22-Nov-2005
Dutch-HongKong-based sales agent Fortissimo Films is to plunge deeper into the territoryit carved out on Seven Swords by investing in the US$16m martial artsepic A Battle Of Wisdom, directed by Hong Kong's Jacob Cheung.
Bridge opens for Fortissimo

16-Nov-2005
Dutch-HK-based sales agent FortissimoFilms has reported a string of sales on documentary The Bridge, which itpicked up at AFM. Directed by Eric Steel and following the stories of peoplewho decided to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge in 2004,the film has already sold to Japan (Tornado), Village Roadshow (Australia andGreece), Brazil (Imagem) and Mexico (Film House), apart from Matalon in Israeland Portugal's Lusomundo.
Brooks' Muslim comedy to world premiere in Dubai

16-Nov-2005
In an unusual move, AlbertBrooks' new film Looking For ComedyIn The Muslim World will have its world premiere at the Dubai InternationalFilm festival ahead of an early-2006 US release through Warner IndependentPictures.
EFM announces record sign-up levels

8-Nov-2005
Asthe AFM draws to a close, Berlin's European Film Market (EFM) has announced arecord 240 companies signed up to take part in the event (Feb 9-19).
Rotterdam to host a record 30 Bals-supported titles

2-Nov-2005
The upcoming Rotterdam Film Festival has selected 36 filmprojects to receive funding from the Hubert Bals Fund - as a record thirtycompleted fund-supported titles are set to screen at the festival itself (January25-Feb 5).
3 Needles

4-Oct-2005
Twelve And Holding

27-Sep-2005
Something Like Happiness (Stetsi)

26-Sep-2005
Dir/scr: Bodhan Slama.2005. Cz Rep. 100mins.
Czech Happiness rules over San Sebastian

24-Sep-2005
Something Like Happiness (Stesti) has won top honoursat the San Sebastian International Film Festival, taking the Golden Shell forBest Picture and the Best Actress award for Ana Geislerova.
Hard Times (Malas Temporadas)

22-Sep-2005
Dir. Manuel MartinCuenca. Sp. 2005. 115mins.
Twelve and selling: Cuesta drama logs first deals

20-Sep-2005
Hot Toronto title Twelve And Holding, directed byMichael Cuesta, has sold to several major territories, including the UK, Franceand Australia.
Germany, Japan tap heels to Saura's Iberia

16-Sep-2005
Carlos Saura's latest dance extravaganza, Iberia, hassold to 14 territories following its world premiere in Toronto, led by deals inGermany, France and Japan.
CrossDay strikes raft of sales on Shooting Dogs

14-Sep-2005
Demonstrating that anappetite still exists for cinematic insight into the 1994 Rwandan genocide,producer CrossDay Productions has sold Michael Caton-Jones's drama ShootingDogs to a raft of international territories, including Japan and the UK.
Mayhem lands at Fortissimo

13-Sep-2005
Fortissimo Films has pickedup worldwide rights outside Australia/NZ to black comedy Suburban Mayhem,directed by Australia's Paul Goldman (Australian Rules), andproduced by Lea Churchill Brown with The Piano's Jan Chapman executiveproducing. Icon will distribute in Australia/NZ.
Pride & Prejudice

12-Sep-2005
Dir Joe Wright. 2005UK-US-Fr. 127mins.There'sno question that 19th-century English novelist Jane Austen still has shapelylegs. Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility (1995) enjoyed seven Oscarnominations (including best picture) and $134m box-office worldwide, $43m fromthe US alone, while Colin Firth owes his career to a 1995 BBC version of Pride & Prejudice ...
Warner Bros Japan swoops on Seven Swords

9-Sep-2005
In a coup for sales agentFortissimo Films, Warner Bros Pictures Japan has boarded Tsui Hark'sVenice-opener Seven Swords, which screens in Toronto on Sunday.
The Maid screams up Singapore record

8-Sep-2005
Fortissimo pick-up The Maid hasbecome the top-grossing horror title in its native Singapore, passing $1.1m (Sing $2m)at the weekend.
McGregor, Okonedo, examine their Sexual Nature

15-Aug-2005
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature, made for less than £500,000 andstarring 17 of Britain's top actors including Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo,Gina McKee, Eileen Atkins and Hugh Bonneville, is set to wrap next week onLondon's Hampstead Heath.
San Sebastian unveils Spanish titles set for competition

5-Aug-2005
The San Sebastian InternationalFilm Festival (September 15-24) has unveiled four Spanish titles set to competefor this year's Golden Shell.
F For Film takes Friday

2-Aug-2005
French seller F For Film has acquired world rightsto the French/Belgian co-production Friday Or Another Day (Venredi Ou UnAutre Jour), a last-minute entry to Locarno's International Competitionline-up.
Armendariz's Obaba to open San Sebastian

22-Jul-2005
San Sebastian filmfestival will open with the premiere of Spanish director MontxoArmendariz's Obaba, which willalso compete for the Golden Shell award.
Dogwoof barks at UK theatrical windows

28-Jun-2005
Dogwoof Digital, therecently-formed arm of new UK distributor Dogwoof pictures, has announced itwill simultaneously release the low-budget feature EMR in cinemas, overthe internet and on DVD in a first for the UK market.
Sony Pictures set to board Woo's $50m Red Cliff

22-Jun-2005
John Woo and Terence Chang's Lion Rock Productions is inadvanced negotiations with Sony Pictures for worldwide rights outside Japanand Taiwan for Woo's China-set blockbuster The Battle Of Red Cliff.
The Longest Penalty In The World (El Penalti Mas Largo Del Mundo)

11-May-2005
The Longest Penalty In The World (El Penalti Mas Largo Del Mundo)

10-May-2005
Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)

6-May-2005
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102mins
Almost Brothers (Quase Dois Irmaos)

6-May-2005
Dir: Lucia Morat. Braz-Fr-Chile. 2004. 102mins
The Wolf (El Lobo)

5-May-2005
Dir. Miguel Courtois. Sp. 2004. 122mins
Tapas

4-May-2005
Dirs/scr: Jose Corbacho,Juan Cruz. Sp. 2004. 94mins.
Cannes contenders limber up for festival competition

7-Apr-2005
Which film will open the 58thedition of the Cannes festival on May 11'
The Interpreter

1-Apr-2005
The Interpreter

1-Apr-2005
Duck Season flies off with Mexican Oscars

30-Mar-2005
FernandoEimbcke's Duck Season (Temporada de Patos) has won 11 Ariel awards atMexico's Oscar-equivalent ceremony.
Valiant

24-Mar-2005
Valiant

24-Mar-2005
Dir: Gary Chapman. US-UK.2005. 76 mins.
Fortissimo rolls with Pen-ek's Invisible Waves

11-Feb-2005
The Magic Roundabout (La Manege Enchante)

27-Jan-2005
Dirs: Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham. 2005. UK-Fr. 81mins
I Am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth (Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano)

10-Jan-2005
Olga

10-Jan-2005
Grupo Novo hatches South American release plan

30-Nov-2004
Brazilianproducer-distributor Grupo Novo de Cinema e TV has entered into a joint venturewith Argentina's Artikino Pictures to release Brazilian films throughout SouthAmerica.The joint venture, to benamed Group Novo Latinoamerica, will be based in Buenos Aires and plans todistribute between six and 10 Brazilian films in Argentina, Uruguay, ...
Mammoth doc excites Brazilian Film Market

29-Nov-2004
The second annual Brazilian Film Market has wrapped inthe country's capital of Brasilia, with 68 features, 81 documentaries and 154shorts being presented to 23 international TV and film buyers from 11countries.The marketran concurrently to Brazil's oldest film festival, the Brasilia Film Festival,now in its 37th year and wrapping on Tuesday.Buyers ...
Foreign Oscar race heats up as deadline looms

28-Sep-2004
As Friday's (Oct 1) deadline for Oscar foreignlanguage film submissions draws close, the Academy has received a raft of bids- including Thailand's The Overture,Korea's Tae Guk Ki and Austria's Antares and Serbia-Montenegro's Goose Feather - for contention.
Allen's Melinda set for big push in UK

24-Sep-2004
Fox International is planning a big UK push for WoodyAllen's Melinda And Melinda following the film's positive reception lastweek at the San Sebastian Film Festival.Fox will release the film in the UK on January 28, withits launch backed by a touring Allen and members of the cast.Allen's last two films have had an unenthusiasticreaction in the UK - Anything Else took just £352,900 and HollywoodEnding ...
San Sebastian to open with Allen's Melinda

25-Jul-2004
The world premiere of Woody Allen's new film, Melindaand Melinda, is set to open Spain'sSan Sebastián Film Festival on September 17.
Former BVI chief Zapata takes over at DeAPlaneta

23-Jul-2004
Former BVI chief AlvaroZapata has been appointed executive president of Grupo DeAPlaneta, the giantproduction-distribution company established by Italy's DeAgostini and Spain'sGrupo Planeta in 2000.
First Run checks out Torremolinos 73 for US

5-Jul-2004
Spain's Sogepac has sold all US and Canadian rights onits quirky comedy Torremolinos 73 toFirst Run Features.
Spanish film enjoys upswing in admissions

2-Jul-2004
Intheir exhaustive annual analysis of the entertainment sector in Spain publishedyesterday, the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) and the FundacionAutor have pinpointed a rise in fortunes for Spanish films in 2003 - to 15.8percent of the market, up from 13 percent in 2002. However, overall, they foundaudience figures for all films are still down despite a rise in screens.
Banderas to direct Los Ingleses in Spain

1-Jul-2004
Antonio Banderas has confirmed that he will direct his nextfilm in 2006 - in his native Spain.
Telespan 2000 readies Other Side Of The Bed sequel

29-Jun-2004
Independent production company Telespan 2000, headed byTomas Cimadevilla, has confirmed it is to go ahead with the sequel to TheOther Side of The Bed (El Otro Lado de La Cama).
Amenabar's Sea tipped for Venice slot

28-Jun-2004
Out to Sea (Mar Adentro), Alejandro Amenabar's eagerly-anticipated follow-up to TheOthers looks set for a Venice festival slot with the news that it will openin Spain on September 3.
Spain's Lauren files for credit protection

15-Jun-2004
Beleaguered Spanish distributor-exhibitor Lauren AudiovisualHoldings, parent company of Lauren Films and Lauren Distribution, is operatingas normal, despite filing for credit protection late last week.
Filmax consolidates market position as revenues rise

14-Jun-2004
After a capital expansion of Euros 50m in September 2003from public sector sources, Filmax Entertainment consolidated its position inthe market last year according to its annual results, announcing revenues ofEuros 91.8m, a 11.4 percent hike from 2002 revenues.
Spain's Telespan 2000 wins bank cash injection

14-Jun-2004
Telespan 2000, leading Spanish producer of box office hits TheOther Side Of The Bed, Torremolinos 73 and FootballDays, has completed a restructuring whichincludes a cash injection from local savings bank Banco Gallego in return for20% of the company. Bed and Football Days director David Serrano also becomes a shareholder. The othertwo partners remain as before - producer Tomas Cimadevilla and businessman JoseHerrero de Engana. This follows Telespan's move ...
Spanish film-makers look to boost ties with Germany

14-Jun-2004
Spanish producers have met with their German counterparts aspart of the Madrid's fourth German Film Festival to propose changes to aco-production deal signed in 2002.
Spanish industry unites against pirates

10-Jun-2004
Spain's entire audiovisual sector has banded together tolaunch a fully-fledged attack on the pirates which it claims cost the industryEuros 700 million in 2003.But evenas the ICAA film institute, the producers lobby FAPAE, the authors rights'collection society EGEDA and anti-piracy body FAP were announcing details of anad campaign to drive the pirates out, copies of The Day After Tomorrow ...
Spanish broadcasters pledge to invest in film

3-Jun-2004
Spain'sregional public broadcasters have signed a pact to invest Euros 30m over thenext three years in the acquisition, production and co-production of Spanishfeature films, TV movies, pilots, animated series, pilots and short features.The dealis a renewal of the accord struck in 1999 between FORTA, an umbrellaorganisation for eight regional ...
Spain allies with France in piracy move

2-Jun-2004
Spain's new culture minister Carmen Calvo has lent herSocialist administration's support to long-held French moves to lower statetaxes on cultural products including DVDs and CDs in a bid to counter piracy.
Ex-San Sebastian chief to take over Spain's ICAA

26-May-2004
The former head of the San Sebastian International FilmFestival, Manual Perez Estremera, is set to head up Spain's major state filmbody, ICAA.Left-wingnewspaper El Pais has leaked the news that Perez Estremera, a formerfilm critic responsible for relaunching San Sebastian in 1993, will beconfirmed as head of the Instuito de las Ciencias y las Artes Audiovisuales(ICAA) in the next ...
2046 too late for the press

19-May-2004
The officialCannes press screening for Wong Kar-wai's competition entry 2046tomorrow morning at 8.30 am has been cancelled, Palais officials have confirmed.
Brando returns - as himself

19-May-2004
Shooting is due to startthis summer in LA for the 5.5m Brando And Brando, producer Norma Heyman(Dangerous Liaisons) ofHeyman-Hoskins Productions confirmedyesterday.
Lusomundo swallows up Filmax slate

19-May-2004
Spain's Arcadia turns to English language

19-May-2004
New Barcelona-basedproduction outfit Arcadia Pictures, in the market with the recently-completedEuros 3 million The Birthday, hasannounced two new English-language pictures to shoot in 2005 and 2006.
UGC takes Bielinsky's Aura to UK

18-May-2004
Lolafilms tunes up for Isi/Disi sequels

17-May-2004
Luna zeros in on $18m Moscow

17-May-2004
Chilean director shoots in Palestine for Vision

14-May-2004
Lolafilms readies English pair

14-May-2004
Spanish producer Lolafilmsis storming ahead with two Euros 10m English-language productions - includingvenerable helmer Carlos Saura's new film.
John Woo kicks off UNICEF project

12-May-2004
LA-based director John Woois to visit the Croisette for the first time on Saturday as part of aninternational film-making project for the Children's relief agency UNICEF.
Reding backs Europe wide Film Commission network

10-May-2004
Spanish-backed moves to set up a European Film CommissionNetwork have gained ground with news that European Commissioner for Culture,Viviane Reding, is backing the initiative.
Son Of The Bride director's latest to premiere at Valladolid

10-May-2004
Argentine director Juan Jose Campanella's Luna de Avellaneda (The Moon of Avellaneda) will open the 49th Valladolid International Film Festival on October 22.The move mirrors the career path taken by Campenella's last film, the Oscar-nominated Son of the Bride (El Hijo de La Novia), which won the festival's top prize and public choice award and went on to international box office success.The picture, a Euros 1.2m co-production between Argentina's Pol-Ka, SB Producciones, ...
San Sebastian to reprise film 'rescue' initiative

5-May-2004
TheSan Sebastian Film Festival has confirmed it will stage Films in Progressduring this September's event, aiming to help struggling Latin American andSpanish film-makers complete their pictures.
Hector wins top awards at Malaga festival

3-May-2004
The Seventh Malaga Film Festival's top award has gone to Hector, with AdrianaOzores also taking Best Actress for her part in the Gracia Querejeta-directedmovie about a young boy who has to choose between living with his aunt or hisfather in Mexico after his mother dies.
Spanish cinema on ambassadorial mission

3-May-2004
The Spanish film producers body FAPAE wants to open special film officesin Spain's embassies and consulates around the world, starting next year, aspart of new proposed measures to promote their industry.
Gallo apologises for 'disastrous' Brown Bunny

23-May-2003
A chastened Vincent Gallo apologised yesterday to financiers and audiences for his film The Brown Bunny, which had a disastrous reception at Cannes.
Vincent Gallo defends his Bunny

22-May-2003
Although The Brown Bunny left critics cold - it is currently the worst-rated competition film ever to be judged by Screen International's critics' jury, behind both Johnny Depp's The Brave and Mathieu Kassovitz' Assassins - producer-director-actor-writer-editor-camera operator Vincent Gallo lifted the press out of mid-festival doldrums yesterday with a rousing defence of his work.
Vincent Gallo defends his Bunny

22-May-2003
Although The Brown Bunny left critics cold - it is currently the worst-rated competition film ever to be judged by Screen International's critics' jury, behind both Johnny Depp's The Brave and Mathieu Kassovitz' Assassins - producer-director-actor-writer-editor-camera operator Vincent Gallo lifted the press out of mid-festival doldrums yesterday with a rousing defence of his work.
Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release

16-May-2003
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5.
Matrix Revolutions aims for global day, date - and hour - release

16-May-2003
Producer Joel Silver is aiming for a global day, date and hour release for the third Matrix installment, Revolutions, on November 5.
Hong Kong's Cheung and Law plan epic Story Of Ah-Toi

21-May-2002
Hong Kong on and off-screen partners Mabel Cheung and Alex Law are planning a giant leap in budget for their next production, provisionally titled The Story Of Ah-Toi, to be set in the US and written and directed by Law with Cheung producing.
Brosnan to broaden range with two new projects

20-May-2002
Pierce Brosnan and producing partner Beau St Clair have announced two new projects - romantic comedy The Laws Of Attraction and 11th century epic Legend Of Lochenbar for an autumn and early-2003 shoot respectively. Both are to star Brosnan.
John Sayles aims high and low for next films

18-May-2002
John Sayles has announced a full cast for his half-Spanish language Casa De Los Babys, which starts shooting this August at a knock-down budget of $1m - while aiming high for his next production, between $24 and $32m for the Robert Carlyle-starrer Jamie MacGillivray.
Norway's KF mulls options after Buena Vista exit

6-Sep-2000
Norwegian distributor Kommunenes Filmsentral (KF) is considering various survival strategies following the decision by one of its major product sources, Buena Vista, to establish its own office in the country.
Norway's Detector set for internet preview

22-Aug-2000
Norwegian distributor Sandrew Metronome plans to pre-screen local production Detector, directed by Pal Jackman, on the internet this Thursday, the day before its theatrical release on Friday (August 25).
Haugesund unveils strong Nordic line-up

21-Aug-2000
The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund claims to have its strongest ever line-up of Nordic features this year, including two Norwegian titles: Stein Leikanger's Odd Little Man and Hans Petter Moland's Aberdeen, a co-production with the UK.
Imax owners plan assault on Oslo cinema market

9-Aug-2000
Investment company Norway Cinema Group (NCG) - which operates Oslo's Imax theatre - is challenging the local authorities' dominance of the Oslo exhibition market with plans for a 10-screen multiplex scheduled to open in 2003.
Fox to launch Norwegian distribution arm

4-Aug-2000
20th Century Fox is continuing its expansion in Scandinavia with the launch of a Norwegian distribution arm, at the same time ending a long-term output agreement with local independent distributor KF.
SF Norge mulls lawsuit against Oslo Cinema chief

2-Aug-2000
Norwegian distributor SF Norge is considering suing Oslo Cinema managing director Ingeborg Moreaus Hansen after she launched a blistering attack on Liv Ullmann's latest picture Faithless in the Norwegian daily Dagsavisen.
Norway's Zwart to direct Wolff for Universal

1-Aug-2000
Norwegian director Harald Zwart has been signed to direct Universal's Wolff And Byrd, also known as Supernatural Law, based on Batton Lash's comic-book about two lawyers who specialise in macabre cases.
S.O.S. leads nods for Norway's Amanda Awards

12-Jul-2000
Thomas Robsahm's S.O.S. leads the field in the nominations for the Norwegian Amanda Awards - Norway's equivalent of the Oscars - picking up nods for best picture, best actress and the pan-Nordic Amanda Award.
Norway's Quart music fest becomes movie launchpad

29-Jun-2000
Norwegian film distributors are increasingly using the country's largest music festival - the Quart festival in Kristiansand - as a promotional platform for new releases. This year the event is being used to showcase highly-anticipated Norwegian title Detector, from first-time director Pal Jackman.
Holst lines up adaptation as second feature

29-Jun-2000
Norwegian director Marius Holst is developing an adaptation of an Ingvar Ambjornsen short story - Oyenstikkere - as a follow-up to his successful debut feature Cross My Heart And Hope To Die.
Star Wars, staff cuts boost Kinematografer profits

16-Jun-2000
Norwegian exhibitor Oslo Kinematografer, owned by Oslo City Council, has posted a pre-tax profit of $696,000 (NKr6m) on turnover of $21.5m (NKr185m) for the 12 months to December 1999.
Norway gains Vitofilm production, consultancy shop

14-Jun-2000
Former Danish Film Institute director Mona Jensen and Gunnar Svensrud, a former consultant for the Norwegian Film Institute, have launched an Oslo-based production and consultancy outfit Vitofilm.
Norway launches summer box office assault

24-May-2000
The Norwegian film industry has joined forces on a project called Summer Cinema (Sommerkino) to boost cinema admissions during the summer months when long daylight hours keep audiences out of theatres.
Norway postpones funding revamp

14-Apr-2000
Norway's incoming culture minister, Ellen Horn, has pushed back the restructuring of the government's film financing policy from May to autumn, to take on board recommendations from directors' association, Norwegian Film Directors (NFD).
Bornedal, Holst team up for Dina adaptation

12-Apr-2000
Danish director Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch) is attached to direct an adaptation of best-selling Norwegian novel Dina's Book for Danish producer Per Holst. The $10m English-language project is set to start production in September.
Norsk Film set for reform

31-Mar-2000
The Norwegian film industry is hoping that incoming culture minister Ellen Horn, appointed March 17, will continue with her predecessor's policy to transform state-owned film body Norsk Film into a single independent production fund.
Norway's producers call for end to cinema monopoly

15-Mar-2000
The Norwegian Film and TV Producers Society (NFTPS) has called for the abolishment of legislation which allows local authorities to control the handing out of licences to run cinemas in Norway.
Svensk moves into Norwegian exhibition

25-Jan-2000
Svensk Filmindustri Norge (SF Norge), the Norwegian arm of Scandinavian distributor Svensk Filmindustri, has unveiled plans to move into exhibition by opening cinemas in seven Norwegian cities.

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