All Screen articles in 17 January 2013 – Page 3
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NewsMystery, Gangster head Asian Film Awards nominations
South Korea’s Nameless Gangster: Rules Of The Time and Chinese director Lou Ye’s Mystery top the list of nominees for this year’s Asian Film Awards, with six nods apiece.
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NewsBritish comedy first feature to premiere on Xbox 360
Pulp, a British comedy that combines comic book publishing with international crime, is to become the first film to premiere through Microsoft’s Xbox 360 online service - skipping a theatrical or DVD release.
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CommentTroma plans to Occupy Cannes
Troma is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to produce a documentary entitled Occupy Cannes, which will be filmed at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where Troma will launch its latest production Return To Nuke ‘Em High.
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NewsGunnar Carlsson joins Anagram Produktion
Swedish producer Gunnar Carlsson - former head of drama at Swedish pubcaster SVT – has been signed as film and drama chief at Anagram Produktion, the Lund-based production company instigated in 2003 by Swedish actor-comedians, writers, directors and producers Anders Jansson and Johan Wester.
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NewsLoveFilm signs NBCUniversal deal
Amazon-owned LoveFilm has partnered with NBCUniversal International TV Distribution in a deal that aims to deliver a greater range of US content to audiences in the UK.
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Film London’s film education training returns
Cultivate: Inspiring Future Audiences is to return this year following a successful inaugural run in 2012.
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NewseOne aims to release most UK films, add another territory in 2013, build on US partnerships
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Hamilton and Patrice Theroux discuss the structure of the eOne-Alliance merger; Lara Thompson, Robert Walak and Jo Sweby will lead acquistion team in Berlin.
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NewsIncognito Pictures signs on to action thriller Surrounded
The Los Angeles-based company founded by former PayPal executive Jack Selby and Scott Stone will serve as producer alongside Patrick Aiello and Industry Entertainment.
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NewsBerneys resurrect Picturehouse, line up Metallica drama
New York-based husband-and-wife team Bob and Jeanne Berney are back in business and have reopened Picturehouse four-and-a-half years after then parent company Warner Bros closed down the distributor.
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NewsDistribution: ro*co films, Zeitgeist Films, Factory 25 in action
ro*co films educational, the educational documentary distribution arm of ro*co films, will handle the non-theatrical release of How To Survive A Plague [pictured] and A Place At The Table.
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NewsShane Carruth goes it alone on Upstream Color
Shane Carruth’s company erbp will self-distribute Upstream Color, the director’s upcoming US Dramatic Competition entry and follow-up to his 2004 Grand Jury Prize-winner Primer. Meanwhile Gravitas Ventures has taken worldwide VoD and digital rights to Sound City.
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NewsWar Witch leads Canadian Screen Awards nominations
The Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television announced its 2013 Canadian Screen Awards nominees on Tuesday [15].
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NewsRo*co Films International boards Sundance pair
EXCLUSIVE: The sales division has signed on to represent the US Documentary Competition titles After Tiller and American Promise.
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NewsNagisa Oshima dead at 80
Nagisa Oshima, the iconoclastic Japanese director of In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, died of pneumonia in a Kanagawa hospital early on Tuesday (Jan 15). He was 80 years old.
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NewsKen Loach's Spirit of '45 among Berlinale Special world premieres
As part of the Festival’s official programme, the Berlinale Special 2013 is presenting recent works by contemporary filmmakers, including Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love and Giuseppe Tornatore’s The Best Offer.
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NewsSpeakers unveiled for inaugural UK Digital Cinema Conference
The theme for the one-day conference, hosted by Digital Cinema Solutions, will be digital innovation and alternative content.
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Cross Channel Film Lab reveals selection
The Cross Channel Film Lab (CCFL) has announced its selection of four low to medium budget film projects – all which have displayed “original and imaginative ways” of utilising visual effects and/or Stereo 3D.
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NewsIt's All So Quiet to open Berlin Panorama Special section
Twelve world premieres added to Berlin’s Panorama section.
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NewsPark Chan-Wook's Stoker to close Rotterdam
Stoker, the English debut of South Korean film-maker Park Chan-Wook (Oldboy), has been named as the closing feature of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
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NewsWes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel starts shooting in Berlin
Wes Anderson’s next feature, the period picture The Grand Budapest Hotel has commenced production in Germany.