All Screen articles in 06 May 2010
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NewsIron Man 2 shows mettle at the UK box office
PPI’s Iron Man 2 number one opening benefits from poor weather in the UK.
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NewsFour Lions roars in UK, Enter The Void in France
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
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New features by Ismailova and Vakkasova among Open Doors Central Asia selection
Locarno Film Festival’s co-production event Open Doors Factory selects 12 projects from 114 applications.
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FeaturesPaul Fraser, director of My Brothers
Shane Meadows’ longtime screenwriter Paul Fraser talks to Jeremy Kay about his feature directorial debut on My Brothers.
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FeaturesInternational Box Office: Boom Times
The global box office experienced an impressive 28% spike for the first quarter from the comparable period in 2009. International proved to be the driving force in terms of growth, helped in part by 3D screen expansion. Len Klady analyses the numbers and reveals studio market share.
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FeaturesWays To Live Forever
UK-Spain production Ways To Live Forever, aims to be a life-affirming and funny story…about two kids with leukemia. The film is now in post with an eye on Toronto.
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CommentA Spoonful Of Sugar
The Cannes Film Festival’s annual cocktail of art and glamour looks decidedly art-heavy this year and could use an injection of razzle dazzle, Mike Goodridge writes.
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CommentProducer recoupment: not the whole solution
Tom Harvey, CEO of UK regional screen agency Northern Film & Media, welcomes some aspects of PACT’s proposals but argues that funding for film should be spread across the industry (including for cast and crews), not just for producers.
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NewsQuentin Tarantino to lead 2010 Venice jury
Marco Mueller says Tarantino is “perhaps the only American auteur to be adored worldwide like a rock star.”
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FeaturesScreen's Global Top 10 - April 30-May 02
Screen International’s top 10 films worldwide this weekend.
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FeaturesGoldcrest’s Adam Kulick and Penny Wolf
Goldcrest Capital’s Adam Kulick talks about the company’s success with US slate deals and its new focus on backing UK indies; new head of sales Penny Wolf talks about why producers can benefit from Goldcrest’s one-stop shop.
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ContentFilm barks for Dog Squad 3D
Principal photography is due to start in late summer 2010 in Canada.
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WIDE takes on Black Diamond
Pascale Lamche’s French-Belgium production is about young African footballers.
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Stockholm festival to give Visionary Award to Gus Van Sant
He will attend the November festival to receive the award, and he’ll also meet with audiences and host a masterclass.
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NewsNew UK distributor launches to concentrate on Italian films
Chris Johnson’s VITA strikes a multi-film deal with Fandango.
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Skillset launches third Guiding Lights mentoring programme
Alison Thompson, president of international sales and distribution at Focus Features, chairs the steering committee this year, taking over from Working Title’s Tim Bevan.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office - April 30-May 2
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg backs new projects by Cronenberg, Wright, Gansel and von Garnier
Latest funding round backs 20 projects backed with over $7.4m (€ 5.8m).
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DMK plans June shoot for UK feature The Veteran
The story is about a young soldier who returns from Afghanistan and becomes involved with surveillance of suspected terrorists in the UK.
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Ascent names Walters, Denna to SVP posts
Ascent Media has appointed David Walters to senior vice president of global technical operations and infrastructure and Eric Denna to senior vice president of global process design.