All Screen articles in 15 January 2010 – Page 2

  • Bandage
    News

    Japanese music drama Bandage rocks crowded box office

    2010-01-19T09:58:00Z

    Takeshi Kobayashi’s indie rock and roll drama Bandage opened in fourth place this weekend despite tough competition at the Japanese box office.

  • David Michôd
    Features

    David Michôd, writer/director, Animal Kingdom

    2010-01-18T16:52:00Z

    Australian writer/director David Michôd talks to Sandy George about his first feature Animal Kingdom, which will screen in the world cinema competition at Sundance.

  • Holy Rollers
    Features

    Buzz nation

    2010-01-18T15:23:00Z

    Which films will generate heat in Utah’s mountain cool? Jeremy Kay picks a selection of titles from across the festival

  • Emir Kusturica
    News

    Emir Kusturica set to start work on Pancho Villa biopic in 2011

    2010-01-18T13:09:00Z

    Double Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica will start shooting his biopic of Mexican revolutionary figure Pancho Villa on February 15 2011.

  • Sonja Heinen
    News

    Berlinale's Co-Production Market reveals line-up

    2010-01-18T11:52:00Z

    New projects by Italy’s Marco Bechis, the UK’s Benjamin Ross and Russia’s Andrey Zvyagintsev as well as directorial debuts by actors Hiam Abbass and Ulrich Thomsen are among the 37 projects selected for the seventh edition of the Berlinale Co-Production Market (February 14-16).

  • Ross Pollack
    News

    Poon and Li join Celestial Pictures

    2010-01-18T11:07:00Z

    Hong Kong-based Celestial Pictures has appointed former Media Asia general manager Peter Poon as senior vice-president and producer Rosa Li is joining as creative executive.

  • Desert Flower
    News

    Producers share top prize at 31st Bavarian Film Awards

    2010-01-18T10:51:00Z

    Desert Flower producer Peter Herrmann and Dietmar Güntsche and Wolfgang Behr, producers of Wolfgang Panzer’s Der Grosse Kater, shared the best producer prize at the 31st Bavarian Film Awards held over the weekend.

  • Me Too
    Features

    World cinema

    2010-01-15T18:23:00Z

    Look out for new films from  Taika Cohen and Chris Morris

  • Lucky
    Features

    The documentaries

    2010-01-15T17:59:00Z

    The war in Afghanistan - and Joan Rivers - provide rich subject matter for a series of eye-catching docs premiering at Sundance

  • Howl
    Features

    Peak condition

    2010-01-15T17:38:00Z

    John Cooper, the new director of the Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31), tells Jeremy Kay about his desire to return this year’s edition to its artistically independent origins.

  • Jerusalem
    News

    $15m 3D Jerusalem project set to shoot this year

    2010-01-15T16:56:00Z

    A $15m 3D film about Jerusalem that aims to promote religious understanding is set to start shooting in the city this year.

  • Agora
    News

    Local and 3D films drive Spanish box office growth

    2010-01-15T16:32:00Z

    James Cameron’s Avatar and a string of successful local films, led by Alejandro Amenabar’s Agora, boosted Spain’s box office takings from $856.6m (€595.9) in 2008 to $910.6m (€633.3m) last year

  • 44-Inch Chest
    News

    UK braces 44 Inch Chest, Germany embraces Friendship!

    2010-01-15T15:43:00Z

    ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key markets this week.

  • Ginnie Atkinson
    News

    Edinburgh film festival MD Ginnie Atkinson steps down

    2010-01-15T13:20:00Z

    Ginnie Atkinson has stepped down as managing director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) after 15 years.

  • The Blind Side
    Features

    Roll out the red carpet

    2010-01-15T12:11:00Z

    Heading into Golden Globes weekend in Los Angeles, it is clear which films have heat and which do not in the final six weeks leading up to the Academy Awards. Mike Goodridge looks at some of this year’ groundbreakers and surprises

  • Tribeca's Doha Film Festival
    Features

    Beyond Dubai

    2010-01-14T17:50:00Z

    Other Gulf territories aim to be major players in the international film industry. Mohammed Rouda reports

  • Mr Bjarnfredarson
    Features

    Local hit freezes out Avatar

    2010-01-14T17:31:00Z

    Avatar may have cast a blue glow over the global box office, but in Iceland an independent local hit has held it at bay. Jack Warner reports

  • Marco_Filiberti.jpg
    News

    NonStop picks up international sales for David’s Birthday

    2010-01-14T17:20:00Z

    Swedish company NonStop Sales has picked up international sales rights for David’s Birthday, the second feature by Italian director and actor Marco Filiberti.

  • City Of Life
    Features

    The Gulf: ambition and achievement

    2010-01-14T14:14:00Z

    Dubai has worked hard to put itself at the centre of the Arab film-making world, with the Dubai International Film Festival and Dubai Studio City. But has the financial crisis placed a roadblock in its path? Mohammed Rouda reports

  • Roland Emmerich
    News

    Germany's DFFF awards $11.5m to Emmerich, Collet-Serra

    2010-01-14T13:36:00Z

    The German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) has paid out $11.5m (€8m) to major international projects by Roland Emmerich and Jaume Collet-Serra.