All Screen articles in 06 Oct 2011
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NewsCzech director Martin Marecek big winner in Jihlava
Czech director Martin Marecek’s Solar Eclipse was the evening’s big winner at the weekend’s awards ceremony of the 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival which was followed by a screening of Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not A Film.
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FeaturesMost wanted
Stephen and Simon Cornwell, the sons of writer John le Carré, tell Screen why their company Ink Factory (with Rhodri Thomas) is following the models used by Unknown and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy to produce a slate of upscale thrillers with global appeal out of Europe
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FeaturesThe spirit of Tokyo
The organisers of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival are confident there is enough global goodwill towards Japan to attract international visitors to this year’s festival.
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FeaturesArab talent in bloom
As political change and renewal sweeps across the Middle East, the film industry in the Arab world is also undergoing a transformation. In step with this week’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Screen profiles some of the region’s rising film-making and acting talent now stepping onto the international stage.
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FeaturesCan Doha strike gold?
As this year’s Doha Tribeca Film Festival gets underway, Geoffrey Macnab explores the strategy of the Doha Film Institute and looks at its impact on film-making in the region.
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NewsToei sells Hard Romanticker to South Korea, Hong Kong
At the 6th Asian Film Market, Japanese sales company Toei has sold the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Midnight Passion title Hard Romanticker to Joy & Contents Group for South Korea and to Sundream for Hong Kong.
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CommentLFF: Film Central
This year’s London Film Festival showcases a rich selection of UK titles and celebrates the BFI’s new role in the production sector with style. And with funds only looking to increase in the next two years, it’s up to the film community to build on the current wave of quality.
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NewsJanet McTeer joins cast of von Trotta's Hannah Arendt
UK actress Janet McTeer, who recently appeared opposite Glenn Close in Rodrigo Garcia’s Albert Nobbs, will play the novelist Mary McCarthy in German director Margarethe von Trotta’s latest feature Hannah Arendt (working title) which begins shooting on location in North Rhine-Westphalia this weekend.
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NewsFinecut sells Poongsan to Japan's Asia Films
South Korean sales company Finecut has announced a slew of deals done at the Asian Film Market and Mipcom which include the Busan festival title Poongsan to Asia Films for Japan.
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FeaturesGlobal warming
The 2011 worldwide box office is back on track thanks to dazzling international performances from the summer’s biggest hits. Plus Screen analyses the local hits of summer.
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NewsProduction Finance Market's offerings include Maybury's Atomic Blonde
New projects from Gillian Armstrong, John Maybury and Sally Potter [pictured] will be talked up to financiers at this month’s PFM.
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FeaturesPerfect 10
In her decade as head of the BFI London Film Festival, Sandra Hebron has helped raise its international profile and made it an important showcase for films heading into the awards season.
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FeaturesToronto: a festival with benefits
There were only a couple of all-night bidding wars at this year’s Toronto, but that didn’t mean buyers weren’t buying with confidence.
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FeaturesBFI London Film Festival 2011 Videos, week one
The first seven daily Vodcasts from the festival, plus press conference videos for We Need To Talk About Kevin, Coriolanus, Shame and 360.
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CommentQueue sera sera
Screen’s chief film critic tries to develop the peace of mind needed to wait in endless lines for screenings surrounded by queue jumpers and film bores.
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NewsFresnadillo's Intruders has strong debut atop Spanish box office
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s thriller Intruders has had a strong debut in Spain. Madrid-based Apaches Entertainment (which also produced), in partnership with Universal Pictures International and Antena 3, took in $1.47m (€1.1m) in the opening weekend, topping the Spanish box-office chart and making it the fourth-biggest opening for a Spanish film ...
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NewsPower To The Pixel: Lance Weiler to launch Robot Heart Stories project next week
Filmmaker and transmedia pioneer Lance Weiler is set to launch his next project, Robot Heart Stories, on Oct 17.
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NewsBianca Taal returns to Rotterdam as programmer
Taal, who formerly worked at CineMart before moving to the Binger Filmlab, returns to IFFR as programmer.