Screen
15 Dec 2011
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36 French features in danger following Quinta Industries collapse
Unfinished pictures could be wiped off computers belonging to post-production subsidiaries of bankrupt Quinta Industries if creditors seize equipment. -
A touch of class
Quad, the French producer trio behind Heartbreaker and Intouchables, tell Melanie Goodfellow why they believe their projects enjoy popular and global appeal -
Aki Kaurismaki’s Le Havre wins Louis Delluc Prize
Aki Kaurismaki wins Louis Delluc Prize for best French film in 2011. Picture is also Finland’s Foreign Language Oscar contender this year. -
Bafta blooms in Covent Garden
How do the organisers of the Bafta film awards ensure each year is better than the last? Sarah Cooper reports on the plans for this year’s event. -
Bafta opens up doc race
Bafta’s new documentary award has been welcomed by film-makers — and 2011 is a banner year for the form. Allan Hunter reports -
Berlin competition to include world premieres from Mendoza, Edwin
Extremely Loud, Flowers of War to show out of competition. In Berlinale Special, Werner Herzog to unveil four-part series Death Row. -
Berlinale jury to include Corbijn, Ozon, Farhadi, Gyllenhaal
In addition to the previously announced jury president Mike Leigh, the Berlinale has announced the other members of the international jury for 2012. -
BFI to present restored rare Hitchcock films with new scores
As part of London 2012 festival, composers including Nitin Sawhney [pictured] will work on new scores for early Hitchcock films. -
BIFA comes of age
Recognition from the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) is now taken very seriously by UK distributors. Sarah Cooper looks at how the awards, seen as an edgy, young event on the UK calendar, are maturing while striving to maintain a distinct identity -
Carlos Saldanha
Rio director Carlos Saldanha tells Jeremy Kay about putting the city’s carnival spirit on screen. -
China's newest stars
Village Roadshow’s Ellen Eliasoph and Greg Basser reveal the details of their United Artists-style production and distribution venture in China, which will see them working with talent including Zhang Ziyi, Stephen Chow, Chen Daming — and Keanu Reeves. -
Committee urges Spanish government to help reduce dubbing
Currently 85% of films released in Spain are dubbed. -
Elizabeth Olsen
The US actress talks about her complex first lead role in Martha Marcy May Marlene. -
Eurimages supports 18 features including new films from Mungiu, Kechiche
The board of Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s film co-production fund, met Dec 13-15 in Paris and decided to support the following 18 features for a total of Euros 5.85m.The backed films include the latest projects from Romanian Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu [pictured] and The Secret of the Grain director Abdellatif Kechiche.The backed projects are:Arrêtez-moi by France’sJean-Paul Lilienfeld (Luxembourg, France, Belgium) -
Europe's humour hits home in 2011
On the eve of the European Film Awards in Berlin on December 4, Screen looks at the European films that have triumphed at both the European and global box office in 2011 -
Eye on Films network grows to 30 distributors; deals signs on Iranian, Canadian films
Charlotte Rampling and Maria de Medeiros are among a number of European actors who have been approached to be recruited as “godmothers” to promote the work of the Eye on Films (EoF) network which was launched at the beginning of 2011. -
Finch & Partners boosts brand, celebrity partnership division
Recent partnerships include Kevin Spacey working with Jameson on short film competition. -
Georgia joins European Film Promotion
Georgia has become European Film Promotion’s (EFP) 33rd member with the acceptance of the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) into the promotional network to present its films and talent at international marketing activities under the European banner. -
Hot projects on Screenbase
Gael Garcia Bernal will star in French comedy-drama Weeping Susannah, while Dominic Cooper [pictured] has been cast in UK-production Summer In February. -
India rises
Shooting in India is becoming much easier thanks to a group of savvy service companies helping foreign productions navigate the country’s notorious red tape. Meenakshi Shedde reports -
Jean Dujardin
The Artist star talks about how he soaked up the ‘mythical’ atmosphere in Hollywood, where the film was shot -
Kathleen Kennedy
Tintin producer Kathleen Kennedy talks about a collaboration between two Oscar-winning directors that involved half a million hours of animation work. -
MediCinema to host Star Wars Charity gala
Money raised will go towards building new cinema facilities in hospitals in London. -
Nanouk Leopold to start shoot in February for It's All So Quiet
Isabella Films and Circe Films produce. -
Netflix shakes up UK market
Netflix, the leading US online film and TV service, is moving into Europe with its launch in the UK. The territory’s distributors talk about where the newcomer will fit into a sector dominated by Sky and Lovefilm. -
Next steps for Arab cinema
At the Dubai International Film Festival this week, Arab filmmakers agreed they now have unprecedented access to funding, but distribution and censorship remain major challenges. -
PCCW, Abundance and Tomson announced new Asian talent business
Hong Kong’s telecom and media conglomerate PCCW, producer Terence Chang’s Abundance Entertainment and Tomson International Entertainment are setting up a joint venture Asian talent business, ATN Talent Management Ltd. -
Pinball plans transmedia release for Radich's The Conundrum
The UK’s Pinball Films has come on board to present Martin Radich’s The Conundrum, a low-budget film starring Trevor Fox. -
Projects by Fridriksson, Cvitkovic, Ronde to be pitched at Trieste co-production market
Second edition of multi-region co-production forum to be held Jan 19-21 in Trieste. -
Rich pickings
This year’s crop of UK films are so strong a number of home-grown titles could dominate all the major Bafta categories. Allan Hunter profiles the leading local contenders -
Rotterdam to open with world premiere of Belvaux's 38 Witnesses
Festival will close with Nettheim’s The Hunter, a former CineMart project. -
Shooting wraps in UK on Tim Roth-starring The Liability
AV Pictures has already sold for Australasia and CIS/Baltic States. -
Stars of the Slalom
The industry hit the slopes on Tuesday for the Les Arcs European Film Festival’s annual slalom challenge. -
Studying the Snubs
What can you do in a year of such strong movies? There are bound to be casualties. Besides, what is a snub? -
Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Industries, LTC laboratories go into judicial liquidation
CNC schedules emergency meeting with the administrators and key French players in the post-production scene on Dec22 to see if parts of group can be salvaged. -
The Artist leads Golden Globe nominations with six
The Help and The Descendants follow closely with 5. Ides of March, Moneyball and Midnight in Paris score 4 each. -
The globe goes with Sandler
Adam Sandler is a comedy brand. As his latest film Jack And Jill gears up for its international release, Ian Sandwell analyses how well he translates outside North America -
The Inbetweeners Movie sells more than 1.3m DVDs in first week
The Inbetweeners Movie has now sold 1.3m units in its first week of DVD and Triple Play release. -
The world on film
Pulling extracts from Screen reviews and giving a taste of the breadth of subjects and style on offer, Mike Goodridge looks at a selection of the foreign-language films submitted to the Academy this year. There’s a 3D documentary, an animated film and a 276-minute Taiwanese epic among them -
Twilight Portrait, Gypsy, Death of a Superhero among Les Arcs winners
Twilight Portrait takes top award at third edition of Les Arcs, festival plans new fund. -
UK director Henry Darke plans Cornwall-set feature Crooked Hill
Award-winning short Big Mouth inspires new feature, which is part of Hothouse scheme. -
UK's EIS proposals still await EU approval
HMRC officials have acknowledged today they don’t know when or if EU State Aid Approval will be given to proposals to lift the cap on the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) ifrom £2 million to £10 million ($15.7 million) next April. -
Unifrance, Allocine unveil second MyFrenchFilmFestival.com
Internet festival partners with SnagFilms, Mubi, Filmstarts.de, FilmIn and leading Chinese portal Youku among others. -
WFTV selects 20 mid-career particpants for mentoring scheme
Women in Film and Television have selected 20 participants for the 2012 WFTV Mentoring Scheme, supported by Skillset and EON Productions.
