Screen
16 Dec 2010
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Illegal wins Golden Bull at Festival on Wheels in Artvin
Olivier Masset-Depasse’s second feature Illegal has won this year’s Golden Bull at the International Golden Bull Film Competition held in Turkey’s Artvin as part of the 16th edition of Festival on Wheels. -
Toho unveils 2011 slate, with new Studio Ghibli film for next summer
Japan’s Toho Studios announced its 2011-2012 slate on Dec 15, including a new offering from Studio Ghibli father-and-son duo Hayao and Goro Miyazaki. -
3D special - read here!
Screen’s first 3D supplement looks at every aspect of Europe’s 3D revolution. -
A few good men
From stammering kings to trapped climbers, the performances in the best actor race are particularly diverse in 2010. Jeremy Kay looks at how the actor category is shaping up and profiles some of the names in the mix -
Al Gethami wins Dubai's Young Journalist Award
Sarah Al Gethami, a Saudi student at Dubai’s Middlesex University, won the Dubai International Film Festival Young Journalist Award. -
Antonio Campos wraps Paris shoot for second feature
FilmHaven Entertainment and Borderline Films wrapped five weeks of shooting in Paris last week on Antonio Campos’ second feature, Simon Killer. -
Asylum's McGuinness joins Double Negative in Singapore
Nathan McGuinness has been appointed as creative director of visual effects company Double Negative’s Singapore operation. -
Baltic Event Best Pitch winner: Under Electric Clouds
The Screen International Best Pitch Award was presented for the third time during Tallinn’s Baltic Event co-production market (Dec 1-3). This year’s winners, Russian director Alexei German Jr and producer Artem Vassiliev, talk about their project Under Electric Clouds. -
Berlin’s European Film Market "nearly booked solid"; new docs services offered
With just under two months before Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) opens its doors on February 10, 2011, the organizers are already reporting that exhibition space in the EFM venues at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel are “nearly booked solid” with companies from almost 50 countries set to attend. -
Berlin's Forum Expanded to focus on political thought
The Berlinale’s Forum Expanded, which explores the intersections between art and cinema, will focus on works that “challenge political thought in aesthetic form.” -
BFI says 37 redundancies likely as part of new strategy
Future plans include BFI Library on Stephen Street being closed and moved into former Gallery space at BFI Southbank. -
Carlotta takes French rights to Ventana Sur hit Absent
French distributor Carlotta has acquired French rights to Marco Berger’s Argentine drama Absent (Ausente) from Paris-based Rendez-vous Pictures. -
Christian Bale to star in Zhang’s Thirteen Girls in Jinling City
Christian Bale will star in Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s latest historical film, Thirteen Girls in Jinling City (working title), as an American priest witnessing the so-called Nanjing Massacre during World War II. -
CMI appoints James Mullighan to produce EIFF overhaul
Centre for the Moving Image (CMI) CEO Gavin Miller has hired James Mullighan to produce an image and structure overhaul for the 2011 Edinburgh International Film Festival heading into its 65th year. -
Dygra Films to make 3D animation Lost & Found
Spanish animation company Dygra Films is developing a new 3D animation project called Lost & Found, to be directed by the company’s president Manolo Gomez. -
Elsewhere Perhaps wins development prize in Les Arcs; DIRE days kicks off
French production outfit Oscar & Rosalie has picked up the $40,000 (€30,000) Sofica La Banque Postal Image award for development funding at the Les Arcs Film Festival. -
German films in Berlin to include Lutter's The Education
The Berlinale has unveiled the first six films to be selected for the Perspektive Deutsches Kino programme. -
Government extends Italian tax credit for six months
The Italian government on Wednesday has extended the Italian tax credit for the cinema industry through June 2011, leaving the fate of the tax credit, which offers fiscal advantages to national and international producers, as well as incentives to exhibitors is still up in the air. -
Hot projects on Screenbase this week
Spanish-US co-production The Cold, France-Belgium’s Almayer’s Folly, as well as the UK’s Wild Bill are among this week’s newly listed films on ScreenBase. -
Hungarian Film Week cancelled for 2011
The annual Hungarian Film Week, which traditionally takes place in Feburary in Budapest, will not happen in 2011, it was announced today. -
Imagenation/Hyde Park takes on international rights to Ghost Rider 2
Imagenation Abu Dhabi and Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park Entertainment Group have acquired international rights to Columbia Pictures GhostRider—Spirit of Vengeance. -
Intandem on board for finance, sales of Catweazle movie
Intandem Films will serve as executive producer and worldwide sales company for the film version of Catweazle. -
Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr escapes 90 lashes for film role
Actress who was imprisoned for scene in which she doesn’t wear a head covering is released from prison. -
Jiang Wen’s Let the Bullets Fly sets records in China
Chinese filmmaker Jiang Wen’s Chinese Western-styled action film Let the Bullets Fly became the fastest Chinese-language film to break RMB100m mark ($15.15m) in Chinese cinemas, in only two and half days. -
King's Speech, Another Year lead London Critics' Circle nominations
The London Critics’ Circle has announced the nominees for its 31st Film Awards, led by The King’s Speech and Another Year with seven nominations each. -
Lord of the Dance to become 3D film
3D production company Nineteen Fifteen has teamed up with ITN Productions to produce a 3D movie version of Michael Flatley’s stage production Lord of the Dance. -
Mao's Last Dancer screening, LA
Mao’s Last Dancer composer Christopher Gordon was at a special screening in Los Angeles last week at the Linwood Dunn Theater. Gordon, writer Jan Sardi and actor Kyle MacLachlan did a Q&A after the screening. Partners for the event were ASCAP, the Society of Composers and Lyricists and AusFilm. Gordon is a possible contender for the Best Score Oscar this year. -
Marc Price now shooting The Coffin in London
Low budget maestro Marc Price, the Welsh filmmaker behind the “£45 zombie movie” Colin, has begun work on a new feature, The Coffin. -
Miramax and The Weinstein Company announce sequels deal
Shakespeare in Love, Bad Santa and Rounders will be among the first Miramax titles to have sequels developed under a new agreement between Miramax and The Weinstein Company (TWC). -
Music Box takes US rights to Brother (Hermano)
Music Box Films has taken all US rights to Brother (Hermano), this year’s Venezuelan submission for the Foreign Language Oscar. -
Panahi sentenced to 6 years in jail and banned from filmmaking for 20 years
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films, making political statements, doing media interviews or travelling abroad for 20 years. -
Paramount to relaunch Titanic in 3D
The 2012 release will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the disaster. -
Picturehouse takes UK rights to Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Picturehouse Entertainment, the new distribution arm of City Screen, has taken UK theatrical and DVD rights to Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams. -
Pirates sets sail on 17,000 prints
The fourth entry in the adventure franchise took 50% more than its predecessor on its first day. -
Producing in the UK
Seven of the UK’s most talented independent producers join our roundtable discussion about the state of the industry, including building sustainable businesses, the crossover with TV, English audiences, and co-productions. -
Screen South launches Digital Inventions fund
UK regional screen agency Screen South has launched a new $93,000 (£60,000) fund, Digital Inventions, which aims to offer support to film led projects embracing new technology. -
Six months before Edinburgh festival, artistic director still not announced
An announcement regarding the appointment of a new artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival is “coming very soon”, according to Gavin Miller, CEO of the festival’s new parent body Centre For The Moving Image (CMI), who is overseeing the recruitment process. -
Skillset launches 3D training bursaries
Skillset to release $31,000 (£20,000) for stereoscopic 3D training. -
Skillset launches three new sets of Occupational Standards for the film industry
UK training body Skillset has developed three new sets of National Occupational Standards for the film industry, covering physical special effects, armoury and post production. -
Sundance Selects rides with Dardenne brothers and Bonello
Sundance Selects continues on its spree of Cannes competition acquisitions for US. -
Swedish Film Institute announces latest round of funding
Jan Troell, Karzan Kader and Jessica Nettelbladt among six feature directors to receive funding. -
Texas singer Spiteri to make film debut in Between Weathers
Rock singer Sharleen Spiteri and UK TV actress Dawn Steele will head up the cast of Between Weathers, the first feature to be shot on the Shetland Islands since Michael Powell’s The Edge Of The World in 1939. -
The Brit 50
Screen profiles the top 50 production companies in the UK, including veterans, upstarts, integrated outfits and international players. -
Tron: Legacy tops snowy UK weekend
Tron: Legacy saw off the bad weather and the threat of the Dawn Treader to debut top of the UK box office. -
UPDATE: Cinema organisations start petition to lift Panahi's sentence
Backers of the movement include Cannes and Locarno festivals. Other festivals including Rotterdam, Sarajevo and Thessaloniki issue statements in support of the Iranian filmmaker. -
Wild Bunch takes on Asterix Chez Les Bretons
The $70m+ film has confirmed Gerard Depardieu reprising his role as Obelix. -
Xavier Dolan's next feature amongst 11 French films greenlit by Telefilm Canada
Dolan’s third feature, Lawrence Anyways, is a transgender love story, which will have a budget of $C8 million.
