Screen
16 Aug 2012
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Altive Films buys UK-Irish rights for Sugarman's Vinyl
Deal done with H2O Motion Pictures. -
Cantet, Costa-Gavras, Ghobadi and Hallstrom complete San Sebastián Official Selection
The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival will have some more big names in its line up. Festival veterans as Bahman Ghobadi and Laurent Cantet join Costa-Gavras Lasse Hallström on the final announcements for the Official Section.Laurent Cantet brings Foxfire, his first English-language feature. The Franco-Canadian -
Chris O’Dowd writing feature, hopes to continue to work with Baby Cow
EXCLUSIVE: Bridesmaids and The Sapphires star is writing feature set against backdrop of Irish boom and bust. -
Desplat, Shore, Williams among nominees for World Soundtrack Awards
James Newton Howard will also be celebrated in concert at 12th edition, taking place in Belgium on Oct 20th. -
Dimension acquires US rights to Stamm's Angry Little God
Remake of Thai thriller is backed by IM Global. -
DKR rules international BO with $34.2m haul
Warner Bros Pictures International reported that Christopher Nolan’s Batman epic stayed top for the fourth consecutive weekend as the running total climbed to $445.3m. The worldwide tally stands at $835.4m. -
DocHouse returns with Michael Grigsby's We Went To War
Grigsby’s film [pictured] is one of three documentaries screening throughout September as part of the London-based year-round festival. -
Fantasia wraps with record attendance
160 films screened across its July 19-Aug 9 schedule. -
Femi Oguns
Screen talks to the founder and CEO of Identity Drama School, Britain’s first black drama school and leading talent agency, IAG. -
Fifth Column to give theatrical release in UK to Tempest docudrama
Fifth Column Films will self-release its latest feature, Tempest, starting on Oct 26 in the UK. -
FilmBuff braces itself for The Russian Winter
Biopic of John Forté to be released on films-on-demand and broadband video-on-demand services on Oct 23. -
Focus Features International to handle sales on untitled Woody Allen film
Following the collaboration on Allen’s most recent film To Rome With Love, Alison Thompson and her team will commence pre-sales in Toronto on the upcoming comedy. -
Holy Motors to close Cambridge Film Festival
32nd edition to take place Sept 13-23, featuring Hope Springs, Snows Of Kilimanjaro and To Rome With Love on the opening night. -
Hot projects on Screenbase
German director Leander Haussmann’s [pictured] new feature as well as a second film about Norwegian nobleman Peter Wessel Tordenskiold are among the newly added productions this week. -
I Belong, Kon-Tiki, The Angels' Share among Haugesund winners
Haugesund festival wraps to industry acclaim. -
Iceland follows Oblivion and Noah shoots with Walter Mitty
Country offers 20% rebate on local spend. -
IFC strikes US deal for Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
IFC Films has acquired all US rights to Donald Rice’s Cheerful Weather For the Wedding, which had its world premiere at Tribeca. -
Indonesia spreads its wings
Currently one of Asia’s creative hotspots, Indonesia is sending more films overseas and its local film industry could soon be in line for government support. -
Kino Lorber and Tribeca Film jointly acquire US rights to All Together
Kino Lorber and Tribeca Film have jointly acquired all US rights to Stéphane Robelin’s comedy All Together (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?). -
Mark Margolis joins cast of Fessenden's Beneath
Mark Margolis has joined the cast of Chiller’s Beneath alongside Danny Zovatto, Bonnie Dennison, Chris Conroy Jonny Orsini, Griffin Newman and Mackenzie Rosman. -
Morgan, Straughan among screenwriters to deliver lectures for BAFTA & BFI
Third screenwriters’ lecture series to take place during Sept 26-Oct 27. -
Netflix to launch in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland
Streaming service available in Nordic countries in late 2012. -
New Latvian Film Festival announced for September
Supporting festivals such as Warsaw and Tallinn to screen films at the event. -
Order, order!
Screen checks out the latest instalment of Secret Screenings. -
Ping Pong Summer, Miss Shirley Bassey among projects at Strategic Partners
15th edition of Canada’s international co-production market to run Sept 13-16. -
Protagonist boards Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did
EXCLUSIVE: Abrahamson’s third feature will premiere in Toronto’s Contemporary World Cinema programme. -
Rafe Spall and Megan Park join cast of The F Word
Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan star in the Entertainment One production. -
SAG to honour Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke will receive SAG-AFTRA’s highest honour, the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. -
San Sebastian to host world premiere of The Art Of Flight 3D
Premiere to take place as part of their ‘Big Friday’ double-bill, in collaboration with Red Bull Media House. -
Six Latin American films picked for San Sebastián's Films In Progress
Four Arab titles go to Cinema in Motion. -
Special delivery DVD
When Danish actress-writer-director Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis’ feature debut, This Life (aka The Hvidsten Group/Hvidsten-Gruppen) is released on DVD on Aug 20, the first disc will arrive at the Hvidsten Inn near Randers in Jutland by … parachute. -
Ted carries on dancing at the UK box office
Universal’s comedy defies good weather and Olympics fever to retain top spot; Step Up Revolution debuts softly in third with $1m (£650,000). -
TIFF confirms 146 world premieres; Toronto Discovery selections include Brass Teapot, Wasteland, Call Girl
The Toronto International Film Festival has added 27 features, including 14 world premieres, in its Discovery programme devoted to first or second features. -
Toronto Docs conference to welcome Sheila Nevins for keynote
Toronto’s fourth TIFF Docs Conference will expand from one to two days (Sept 10-11) and will also now be open to the public, not just industry delegates. -
Tour de Cinemas
Binns bikes for charity with the Picturehouse Cinemas team planning 1,270 miles of cycling. -
Turn Me On, Goddammitt! wins best film at Norway's Amanda awards
Babycall wins four prizes; Joachim Trier named best director for Oslo, August 31. -
Venice pacts with Festival Scope for public online Orizzonti screenings
Selections include Bernard Rose’s Boxing Day [pictured] and Alexey Balabanov’s Me Too. -
Vue completes roll-out of Sony 4K projectors
Final installation took place in Cardiff, completing update of 650 screens across its 69 UK & Ireland cinemas. -
Will Clarke's Altitude to co-produce spoof The Hooligan Factory
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Nevern [pictured] to write and direct the summer 2013 release. -
Winterbottom's Everyday to get world premiere as part of Toronto Masters
TIFF selects 14 projects for Masters, also by de Oliveira, Haneke, Kiarostami, Mungiu. Mavericks discussions include David Geffen.
