All Screen articles in 1 August 2013 – Page 3
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NewsWadjda wins at Durban film festival
First Saudi Arabian film to be shot by a woman wins alongside the previously banned and controversial Of Good Report.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open Tokyo
The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is to open with Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
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NewsGlobal Screen inks Last Love deals
Michael Caine, Clemence Poesy drama goes to Italy, Russia and more.
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NewsSkins star on Quiet Hour shoot
Dakota Blue Richards, also known for her lead role in The Golden Compass, stars in the thriller produced by Sean McConville.
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NewsBECTU, PACT talks stall
EXCLUSIVE: Film production employment reform stalls, union eyes rate card pay-rise.
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NewsToronto unveils Midnight Madness line-up
The 25th anniversary of the Toronto International Film Festival’s genre strand to open with Chris Silvertson’s All Cheerleaders Die and feature the world premiere of Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno.
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NewsZero Hour to open Hollyshorts
HollyShorts has announced that Dan Carrillo Levy’s Zero Hour will open the 9th annual HollyShorts Film Festival on Aug 15.
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D Films lines up Scarehouse
D Films announced on Monday [29] that pre-production will begin on Aug 20 on thriller The Scarehouse in Windsor, Canada.
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NewsArtemis Fowl lures Weinstein, Disney
Harvey Weinstein is teaming up with his old associates The Walt Disney Studios on an adaptation of children’s book Artemis Fowl. Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal serve as executive producers.
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NewsYellow Sun to open ttff
Nigerian drama Half Of A Yellow Sun starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor will open the 2013 trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff), festival top brass announced on Monday [29].
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NewsTwo IMAX sites set for Ecuador
Executives at IMAX and Supercines, Ecuador’s largest exhibitor, announced on Monday [Jul 29] the construction of two theatres in the city of Guayaquil, the country’s largest and most populous city.
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NewsWWZ to get domestic IMAX release
Paramount executives said on Monday [29] they will re-release World War Z in North America in IMAX 3D for a one-week run beginning Aug 2.
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NewsWeber joins Glass Children
TV actor Steven Weber is attached to star in Vancouver-based ThinkBox Entertainment and Syndicate Seven Films’ upcoming feature Glass Children.
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NewsCaptain Phillips to open NYFF
Another awards season hopeful has slotted into the calendar after it emerged on Monday [29] that the world premiere of Paul Greengrass’ Somali hijacking thriller starring Tom Hanks will open the 51st New York Film Festival on Sept 27.
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NewsSPC acquires Tim’s Vermeer
The distributor, riding high on a mighty launch for Blue Jasmine over the weekend, said on Monday [29] it had taken worldwide rights to the documentary.
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NewsCast join Welcome To Me
Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, James Marsden and Alan Tudyk have joined the cast of Gary Sanchez Productions and Bron Studios’ comedy starring Kristen Wiig.
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NewsParamount promotes Megan Wahtera
The executive becomes head of the studio’s interactive marketing department and succeeds Amy Powell who was named head of Paramount Television last week.
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NewsCreative England launches £1m loans
Film-makers among those able to apply for interest free loans.
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NewsLucia wins at London Indian FF
Pawan Kumar’s Lucia has won the audience award at the 4th London Indian Film Festival.