All Screen articles in 02 Sept 2010
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NewsFox Star to release second Indian production on Oct 1
Fox Star Studios India will release its second Indian production, Khichdi-The Movie, on Oct 1.
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NewsTrustNordisk takes on Headhunters; strikes online VOD deal
Scandinavian sales company TrustNordisk has taken on thriller Headhunters.
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NewsFriel, Hoskins, Ifans to star in Sky Movies HD's Neverland
Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins and Rhys Ifans are to star in Neverland, a two-part, feature-length prequel to the Peter Pan story, which has been commissioned by the UK’s Sky Movies HD.
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FeaturesSalmon Fishing In The Yemen
Lasse Hallstrom (pictured) directs the adaptation of Paul Torday’s bestseller, now shooting in the UK and Morocco. Producer Paul Webster talks about the production’s challenges.
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Berwick festival to host UK premieres of Karaoke, The Wish Tree
The Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival kicks off its sixth year on Sept 15 with The Keystone Cut Ups, a specially commissioned live performance and video work by artists People Like Us and Ergo Phizmiz.
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NewsTokyo fest unveils first four titles of competition
The Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 23-31) has unveiled the first four titles of its Sakura Grand Prix competition.
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NewsFilms Boutique picks up international distribution for Special Treatment
Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique has taken on international distribution for writer-director Jeanne Labrune’s Special Treatment (Sans Queue Ni Tete) which will have its world premiere as a Special Presentation at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival.
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This week’s hot projects on Screenbase
French feature Switch, UK production Hunky Dory and Italian Metafisica Per Le Scimmie were newly added to Screenbase.
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Vicky Jewson plans gritty action thriller as second feature
UK director Vicky Jewson is due to go into pre-production in October on her second feature, a gritty action thriller called Born Of War.
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NewsSarah’s Key to close San Sebastian; Fipresci selects The Ghost Writer as film of year
San Sebastian has announced that French director Gilles Paquet Brenner’s film Sarah’s Key will close the festival.
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NewsPusan plans special programme on Kurdish cinema
Also, festival reveals Tsai Ming Liang will be honoured as Asian Filmmaker of the Year.
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NewsVenice has strongest opening in years, buyers and critics say
Many professionals are staying past first weekend, as festival is abuzz with strong showings of Black Swan, Potiche, Somewhere and Meek’s Cutoff.
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NewsSoda takes on brilliantlove for New British Cinema Quarterly series
Soda Pictures has acquired the UK and Irish rights to Ashley Horner’s brilliantlove and will release the film as part of its New British Cinema Quarterly series.
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NewsOzon defends Potiche star Gerard Depardieu
Speaking in Venice this weekend, François Ozon has launched an impassioned defence of actor Gerard Depardieu, who co-stars in Ozon’s new film Potiche, a competition contender on the Lido.
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NewsGaming writer Rhianna Pratchett moves onto first feature film
Rhianna Pratchett is set to write the screenplay for her first feature film, a London-based drama about a group of female vigilantes, to be produced by Simple Productions.
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Kristian Segerstrale and Roland Steindorf join LoveFilm board
Kristian Segerstrale, CEO of social network games developer Playfish, and Roland Steindorf, Head of the Supervisory Board of German telecommunications provider Versatel AG, have joined LoveFilm as non-executive directors.
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NewsWang Bing's The Ditch is Venice's surprise film
Wang Bing’s film The Ditch (Le Fosse) is the surprise film addition to this year’s Venice Film Festival line up, bringing the total number of titles vying for the Golden Lion up to 24.
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Park Kwang-su to step down from Busan Film Commission
Founding director of South Korea’s Busan Film Commission (BFC) Park Kwang-su is to step down from his position as head of the locations services organization. Filmmaker Oh Seok-geun will take his place as of tomorrow (Sept 7).
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Simon Presswell appointed SVP at Universal Networks International
Simon Presswell has been appointed SVP Marketing and Digital Initiatives, Universal Networks International (UNI) in a newly-created role.