All Screen articles in June 20 2014
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Fault In Our Stars retains buzz lead
Online comments for the teen tearjerker soar in second week of release.
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Welcome to New York to close Fantasia
Abel Ferrara’s controversial DSK feature to receive North American premiere at the genre festival, which has announced its second wave of programming.
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White Shadow wins at EEFF
East End Film Festival has unveiled its 2014 award winners, bringing 13th edition to a close.
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Screen Awards unveils expert jury
Jurors include Phil Clapp of CEA, Lee Magiday of Element Pictures, Lucas Webb of Working Title, Kate Muir of The Times and Jamie Schwartz of The Weinstein Company.
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Gravitas picks up The Longest Week
Gravitas Ventures has taken all US rights to the comedy starring Jenny Slate, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup and Jason Bateman.
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Rooney Mara to star in Somali kidnap drama
The memoir A House In The Sky will be developed as a starring vehicle for Mara, who will also serve as a producer alongside Annapurna’s Megan Ellison, with whom she optioned the rights.
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Auteurs still push analogue animation
While 3D animation used in large-scale feature films is a pinnacle for efficiency and high resolution finishing, analogue styles including 2D sketches, painting, and collage layering are still at the heart of animation today.
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Animation in the game
Video games, music videos and animation seamlessly tie in together, but as discussed in Fest Anca’s newly formed Game Days organised by Sector.sk, the merging of fields is treated with caution.
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Creative England hunts board members
Creative England is looking for new members for its board, after recently adding Ian Livingstone and Belinda Budge.
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Exploring possibilities with Edwyn Collins
Pulse Films creatives explained how incorporating narrative into documentaries helps push the boundaries of the genre, in a panel at London’s Open City Docs Festival.
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Fault in Our Stars tops UK BO
Fox’s adaptation posts $5.8m (£3.4m) debut, including previews, to dethrone 22 Jump Street; Warner Bros’ Jersey Boys is off-key with $706,000 (£415,000) bow.
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Rian Johnson in Star Wars talks
Screen has confirmed that the director of Looper is in discussions with Lucasfilm to direct Episode VIII and write a treatment for Episode IX of the Star Wars series.
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Paramount, Pathé date Selma
Paramount Pictures and Pathé have set a December 25 limited release on Ava DuVernay’s Civil Rights drama and potential awards contender. Separately, Open Road has picked up what is being described as the inspirational drama Little Boy.
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Saban Films, Roadside saddle up on Homesman
Haim Saban’s nascent distributor led by Bill Bromiley has struck up a one-off partnership with Roadside Attractions on Cannes competition entry The Homesman as the parties plot an awards run.
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Fox joins DreamWorks Spielberg thriller
Fox and DreamWorks are to reunite following a rewarding collaboration on Lincoln.
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Netherlands Film Fund names commissioner
Bas van der Ree will take up the job at the beginning of July.