All Screen articles in 10 January 2013 – Page 5
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NewsVerbeek and Loznitsa up for Rotterdam shorts prize
The Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films, part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), will feature 23 titles – including the world premiere of new works from David Verbeek and Sergei Loznitsa.
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NewsFrench box office dipped 5.9% in 2012
French films accounted for 40.2% of market against 45.3% for US pictures.
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NewsNorwegian films down 24% at domestic box office
Top five Norwegian and international films of 2012 revealed.
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NewsFilm London launches Audience on Demand training scheme
The three-month programme is aimed at first and second time feature filmmakers from across the UK.
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NewsWay To Blue becomes fully integrated global communications agency
EXCLUSIVE: Digital native firm adds dedicated social and offline publicity teams; Daniel Heale and Laura Pettitt join as associate director of social and UK entertainment director, respectively.
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NewsHobbit and Impossible go head-to-head at UK box office
Based on estimates, The Hobbit has narrowly retained its UK box office crown ahead of The Impossible’s impressive $6.5m (£4m) debut, including previews.
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NewsBFI appoints Edward Humphrey as director of digital
Former ITV exec will be tasked with leading digitisation of 10,000 BFI titles and developing a BFI VOD platform.
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NewsBafta Rising Star nominees include Andrea Riseborough and Elizabeth Olsen
Four of this year’s five nominees are women after last year’s awards were dominated by men. The winner will be decided by the public.
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NewsMetrodome hires Woodyatt, promotes Johnson
Andrew Woodyatt joins from Revolver. Rebecca Johnson becomes head of film marketing.
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NewsLes Misérables crosses $100m in US in record 13 days
Working Title’s awards contender on Sunday [6] became the fastest musical to pass the milestone in North America after grossing $16.1m through Universal to reach $103.6m.
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NewsFox International’s Life Of Pi usurps Hobbit, crosses $300m
JAN 7 UPDATE: Fox 2000’s acclaimed Yann Martel adventure brought in a confirmed $59.3m over the weekend to edge out The Hobbit in a race that turned out to be much closer than originally thought, buoyed by Fox’s fourth biggest debut of all time in Russia.
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NewsAmour, Emmanuelle Riva, Michael Haneke top NSFC poll
The National Society Of Film Critics announced its annual winners on Saturday [50] when Amour was a big winner.
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NewsFlight, The Master, Silver Linings among WGA nominees
Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Amour were ineligible under WGA regulations.
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Rotterdam's Signals programme includes Snow, Conrad, Palfi
Returning festival section Regained to highlight Michael Snow, Tony Conrad and Gyorgy Palfi.
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NewsBaltasar Kormakur to produce Dagur Kari’s Rocketman
This will mark the first collaboration between the two Icelandic film-makers, Kormakur’s Blueeyes Production label announced on Friday [4].
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NewsChris Dodd appoints Diane Strahan MPAA COO
The MPAA chairman made the announcement on Friday [4] and hailed the new executive’s ” break-through strategies for high growth players.”
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NewsGabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell thriller set for February release in UK
Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell and Toby Stephens star in crime thriller from Kidulthood producer George Isaac.
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NewsOscar ceremony to pay tribute to James Bond
Organisers at the upcoming 85th Academy Awards on Feb 24 will include a tribute to the 50-year-old franchise.
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NewsSkyfall propels Sony to top of UK market
eOne has also become the UK’s number one independent distributor, ahead of Paramount – the first time that an indie has out-grossed a studio since 2007.