All Screen articles in 15 Dec 2011
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News36 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.
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NewsPCCW, 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.
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NewsShooting wraps in UK on Tim Roth-starring The Liability
AV Pictures has already sold for Australasia and CIS/Baltic States.
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NewsRotterdam to open with world premiere of Belvaux's 38 Witnesses
Festival will close with Nettheim’s The Hunter, a former CineMart project.
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NewsGeorgia 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.
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NewsThe 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.
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NewsBerlinale 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.
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NewsCommittee urges Spanish government to help reduce dubbing
Currently 85% of films released in Spain are dubbed.
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NewsEurimages 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 ...
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NewsEye 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.
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NewsBerlin 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.
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NewsMediCinema to host Star Wars Charity gala
Money raised will go towards building new cinema facilities in hospitals in London.
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NewsTwilight 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.
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NewsBFI 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.
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NewsFinch & Partners boosts brand, celebrity partnership division
Recent partnerships include Kevin Spacey working with Jameson on short film competition.
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NewsUK'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.
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NewsAki 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.
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CommentStudying the Snubs
What can you do in a year of such strong movies? There are bound to be casualties. Besides, what is a snub?
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NewsTarak 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.
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FeaturesBafta 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.