All Screen articles in 15 Dec 2011 – Page 2

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    Rich pickings

    2011-12-16T12:40:00Z

    This year’s crop of UK films are so strong a number of home-grown titles could dominate all the major Bafta categories. Allan Hunter profiles the leading local contenders

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    Bafta opens up doc race

    2011-12-16T12:40:00Z

    Bafta’s new documentary award has been welcomed by film-makers — and 2011 is a banner year for the form. Allan Hunter reports

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    The world on film

    2011-12-16T12:38:00Z

    Pulling extracts from Screen reviews and giving a taste of the breadth of subjects and style on offer, Mike Goodridge looks at a selection of the foreign-language films submitted to the Academy this year. There’s a 3D documentary, an animated film and a 276-minute Taiwanese epic among them

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    India rises

    2011-12-16T12:35:00Z

    Shooting in India is becoming much easier thanks to a group of savvy service companies helping foreign productions navigate the country’s notorious red tape. Meenakshi Shedde reports

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    China's newest stars

    2011-12-16T12:35:00Z

    Village Roadshow’s Ellen Eliasoph and Greg Basser reveal the details of their United Artists-style production and distribution venture in China, which will see them working with talent including Zhang Ziyi, Stephen Chow, Chen Daming — and Keanu Reeves.

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    BIFA comes of age

    2011-12-16T12:32:00Z

    Recognition from the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) is now taken very seriously by UK distributors. Sarah Cooper looks at how the awards, seen as an edgy, young event on the UK calendar, are maturing while striving to maintain a distinct identity

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    A touch of class

    2011-12-16T12:31:00Z

    Quad, the French producer trio behind Heartbreaker and Intouchables, tell Melanie Goodfellow why they believe their projects enjoy popular and global appeal

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    Europe's humour hits home in 2011

    2011-12-16T12:31:00Z

    On the eve of the European Film Awards in Berlin on December 4, Screen looks at the European films that have triumphed at both the European and global box office in 2011

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    The globe goes with Sandler

    2011-12-16T12:30:00Z

    Adam Sandler is a comedy brand. As his latest film Jack And Jill gears up for its international release, Ian Sandwell analyses how well he translates outside North America

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    Nanouk Leopold to start shoot in February for It's All So Quiet

    2011-12-16T11:49:00Z

    Isabella Films and Circe Films produce.

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    Projects by Fridriksson, Cvitkovic, Ronde to be pitched at Trieste co-production market

    2011-12-16T10:10:00Z

    Second edition of multi-region co-production forum to be held Jan 19-21 in Trieste.

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    Hot projects on Screenbase

    2011-12-16T10:03:00Z

    Gael Garcia Bernal will star in French comedy-drama Weeping Susannah, while Dominic Cooper [pictured] has been cast in UK-production Summer In February.

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    Next steps for Arab cinema

    2011-12-16T09:20:00Z

    At the Dubai International Film Festival this week, Arab filmmakers agreed they now have unprecedented access to funding, but distribution and censorship remain major challenges.

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    UK director Henry Darke plans Cornwall-set feature Crooked Hill

    2011-12-16T01:02:00Z

    Award-winning short Big Mouth inspires new feature, which is part of Hothouse scheme.

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    The Artist leads Golden Globe nominations with six

    2011-12-15T14:09:00Z

    The Help and The Descendants follow closely with 5. Ides of March, Moneyball and Midnight in Paris score 4 each.

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    Netflix shakes up UK market

    2011-12-15T12:03:00Z

    Netflix, the leading US online film and TV service, is moving into Europe with its launch in the UK. The territory’s distributors talk about where the newcomer will fit into a sector dominated by Sky and Lovefilm.

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    Kathleen Kennedy

    2011-12-15T11:59:00Z

    Tintin producer Kathleen Kennedy talks about a collaboration between two Oscar-winning directors that involved half a million hours of animation work.

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    Jean Dujardin

    2011-12-15T11:57:00Z

    The Artist star talks about how he soaked up the ‘mythical’ atmosphere in Hollywood, where the film was shot

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    WFTV selects 20 mid-career particpants for mentoring scheme

    2011-12-15T11:55:00Z

    Women in Film and Television have selected 20 participants for the 2012 WFTV Mentoring Scheme, supported by Skillset and EON Productions.

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    Pinball plans transmedia release for Radich's The Conundrum

    2011-12-15T11:28:00Z

    The UK’s Pinball Films has come on board to present Martin Radich’s The Conundrum, a low-budget film starring Trevor Fox.