Screen
18 Oct 2012
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Europa Distribution mulls Creative Europe plan in Lyon
“No reason to implement revolutionary changes” to existing Media programme says Jakub Duszynksi, co-president of independent distributors body Europa Distribution. -
Altitude's AFM slate includes Hardy's The Good People, Raisani's Outpost 37
Rafe Spall [pictured] joins cast of Altitude’s Kill Your Friends. -
Arash & Arman T. Riahi's Everyday Rebellion wins ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize
Project saw off seven others to scoop the £6,000 award at the sixth annual Power to the Pixel cross-media forum. -
Argo continues as a frontrunner; Flight shows an irresistible Denzel Washington
Screen’s US editor Jeremy Kay also surveys where Lincoln, The Life of Pi and The Sessions stand in the awards race so far. -
BFI chair Greg Dyke says education shouldn't be too traditional, should use moving image
Greg Dyke, chairman of the BFI, spoke at the BFI London Film Festival awards tonight and reiterated the organisation’s call for film education to be essential in schools. -
Burn It Up Djassa, Restless City, On The Edge to compete at inaugural Colors of the Nile festival
58 African films from around the continent will be highlighted during the festival, which runs Nov 7-11. -
Cam di Prata, Scott Henderson join Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television board
Former investment banker di Prata joins as an independent director alongside Henderson, Bell Tower’s VP of communications. -
Creative England: The First Year
John Newbigin, Chair of Creative England assesses the first year of operation and notes that the outfit has worked with more than 500 companies so far. -
Creative England's final Film Culture Lottery Fund opens for applications
A total of £700,000 is available for cinema projects in the English regions; responsibility for this strand of funding to transfer to the BFI as part of their Film Forever plan from next year. -
Cuerda's All Is Silence kicks off Valladolid Festival this weekend
On Saturday, the 57th edition of the Valladolid Film Festival opens with the world premiere of All Is Silence, the new film by José Luis Cuerda [pictured]. -
Davie hired as BBCW CEO
Tim Davie [pictured], the BBC’s director of Audio & Music, is to replace John Smith as the chief executive of BBC Worldwide. -
Dogwoof boards UK rights and international sales for Sarah Gavron documentary
Village At The End of the World has its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival today. -
Dogwoof strikes home entertainment deal with Fusion Media Sales
Deal starts Jan 1 and will include titles such as The Queen Of Versailles. -
Doha's Made in Qatar Showcase includes 15 world premieres
The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), which runs Nov 17-24, has selected 19 films by local filmmakers for its Made in Qatar programme. -
eOne takes on North American rights to Miele's Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
Early 2013 theatrical launch planned. -
Fonteyne's Tango Libre wins Warsaw Grand Prix
Festival director Stefan Laudyn also announced that the CentEast Market will “hopefully” expand next year to include films from Chinese independent filmmakers. -
Frank Peijnenburg to leave A-Film to head Screen NL
Frank Peijnenburg will leave Benelux-based A-Film Distribution as of Dec 1. -
Hamster Film now shooting family project Sputnik
Currently shooting in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Markus Dietrich’s debut feature tells the story of the German reunification from a child’s perspective. -
K5 boards sales for My Brother The Devil
Sally El Hosaini’s drama won awards in Sundance and at the recent London Film Festival. -
Kaleidoscope acquires The Seasoning House
London-based sales outfit takes worldwide rights on Paul Hyett’s directorial debut [pictured] which premiered at FrightFest, and will screen it at AFM. -
Madagascar 3 swings into top spot at the UK box office
Paramount’s animation scores $9.6m (£6.0m) opening, including previews, to topple Taken 2; distributor records a one-two as Paranormal Activity 4 scares up $4.1m (£2.5m). -
Maria Hannah joins The Hive
Scottish post-production facility also appoints Emma Henderson as a runner. -
More photos from the 56th BFI London Film Festival
Photos from the final six days of the 56th BFI London Film Festival, which closed last night (Oct 21) with the European premiere of Great Expectations. -
More pictures from the 2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Another slideshow from the second half of the ADFF, including the Black Pearl Awards ceremony. -
Mountain Road strikes German deal for The Rotterdam Blitz
As it becomes more aggressive in handling Dutch feature films in the international market, Hilversum-based sales and production outfit Mountain Road Entertainment has closed an all rights German deal on Ate De Jong’s wartime drama The Rotterdam Blitz (formerly titled Bombardment) with distributor KSM Film. -
Murk Light, Dreams In Their Eyes among winners of ADFF's Emirates Film Competition
Abu Dhabi Film Festival also announce winners of international short film competition, including Iair Said’s 9 Vaccines. -
RealD to launch limited edition glasses for Tokyo world premiere of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Andrew Adamson’s film [pictured] opens the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival tomorrow night (Oct 20). -
Red Square Screenings boasts Pussy Riot and Jason Flemyng projects
The punk feminist band Pussy Riot [pictured’] and UK actor Jason Flemyng might seem unlikely bedfellows, but not for those attending the first edition of the Red Square Screenings (RSS) (Oct 15-19) where they appeared in ‘works in progress’ presented to 100 industry professionals. -
Sundance London to return to O2 in 2013 and 2014
The festival will present new work from American film-makers and musicians from 25-28 April, 2013. -
UPDATED: LFF boasts highest attendance, winners include Rust And Bone, My Brother The Devil, Beasts, Mea Maxima Culpa
UPDATED: BFI boasts a 12% increase in festival attendance with the highest ever audience turn-out with 149,000 across London venues. -
Viggo Mortensen: 'I’ve been wanting for some time to be in an Argentine movie'
Saturday saw Viggo Mortensen deliver a Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival, talking about his career-to-date and his latest film Everybody Has A Plan [pictured].
