All Screen articles in 01 April 2010
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EFP working with Toronto for new Producers Lab
The three-day event during TIFF 2010 will include pitching sessions, roundtable meetings and case studies.
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NewsEdinburgh to open with Chomet's The Illusionist
The animated film will have a gala screening at Festival Theatre on June 16.
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Producers Guild adds transmedia producer as credit
PGA’s new addition to code of credits is in recognition of the shift towards new media platforms.
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NewsNew documentary festival planned for New York in November
DOC NYC will host its inaugural run Nov 3-7 at the IFC Center, headed by industry veterans John Vanco, Thom Powers, and Raphaela Neihausen.
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NewsShane Meadows starts shoot for TV series This Is England '86
The TV project picks up four years after the story told in his award-winning feature film This Is England. Thomas Turgoose reprises his role as Shaun.
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NewsCorin Redgrave dies at age 70
Olivier-winning stage actor appeared in films including A Man For All Seasons, Excalibur and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
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NewsDoc Week to run alongside Edinburgh International Film Festival
Doc Week (June 15-20) will host the annual Edinburgh Pitch (June 15-17), documentary case studies, Doc In Progress consultancies, meetings with industry experts, and the Docs 360 Pitch.
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NewsSara Frain leaves Metrodome following CEO resignation, restructuring
Sara Frain has stepped down from her position as General Manager at Metrodome Distribution after five and a half years at the company.
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NewsAbu Dhabi's MEIFF starts new competition for first and second films
The Afaq Jadida (New Horizons) section will include both fiction and non-fiction films from around the world.
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NewsIcon strikes first-look deal with Noel Clarke's Unstoppable Entertainment
UK sales and distribution company Icon has signed an exclusive, long-term first-look deal with Kidulthood writer Noel Clarke and his production company Unstoppable Entertainment. Icon is also taking a small equity position in Unstoppable.Icon will have the option to finance, sell and distribute any project produced by Unstoppable. This is ...
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NewsPaddy Considine to shoot debut feature starting April 12
Tyrannosaur starring Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan will shoot in Leeds for four weeks.
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NewsIndian Film Fest of LA to open with Cooking With Stella
The festival, which runs until April 25 at the Arclight cinema in Hollywood, will showcase 33 films from 5 countries.
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NewsConstantin Film named Germany’s most successful producer and distributor of 2009
Company gets FFA “Industry Tiger” award and was allocated over €2.8m “reference” funding for future projects.
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NewsUK producers very upbeat about UKFC's new three-year plan
Producers and industry execs cheer UK Film Council’s new fund setup and executive appointments; hopeful that operations will be ‘more effective.’
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NewsItalian Cinema London fest to open with Happy Family
The Italian Film Festival ran for 15 years at venues around the UK, but this is the first year that the festival will be based exclusively in London.
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NewsRevamped Screen Queensland wants more projects developed in the region
Maureen Barron has executed a makeover encompassing the organisational structure and staff, funding programs, and stakeholder relationships.
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FeaturesThe Congress
Ari Folman’s follow up to Waltz With Bashir combines live action feature and 2D animation sequences to explore the ethics of contemporary cinema and culture.
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CommentIn rewarding creative ambition, let's not ignore genre films
The UK Film Council’s new three-year plan will focus on “creative excellence”, meaning more risky projects, but will genre films take a back seat?
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FeaturesDavid Baddiel
Writer-comedian David Baddiel talks about The Infidel, the film he wrote and produced, and explains why many risk-taking British comedians are turning from TV toward the big screen.
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NewsThe Works International launches TV division with Michael Oesterlin
The Works’ first two international TV sales prospects are The Canyon and Starsuckers.