All Screen articles in 18 December 2009 – Page 3
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FeaturesJane Scott (pictured), Producer, Mao's Last Dancer, Australia
Favourite filmInglourious Basterds (pictured right). It’s classic Tarantino: challenging us with originality, violence, a compelling story of revenge and not a dull moment. He adds a confronting, curiously-spelt title. Loved it. We’re a bloodthirsty lot.Biggest news story An inglourious basterd of another kind: Bernie Madoff. When Madoff went to trial ...
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FeaturesBeatriz Setuain, Head of Sales, Imagina, Spain
Favourite film I really enjoyed Javier Ruiz Caldera’s comedy Spanish Movie (main picture). It was a guilty pleasure. Plus we have been involved in so many of the films that they parody in this movie so it was quite a personal, but hysterical, experience for me. ...
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FeaturesOlga Sinelshchikova (pictured), Vice President, International, Russian World Studios
Favourite filmAmong Russian releases, my favourite is Hipsters (pictured, right) by Valeriy Todorovsky, the most colourful, vivid and energetic production of the year. Among international releases, Inglourious Basterds (pictured, right) or its script, flamboyant characters, perfect cast and overall cinematic appeal. Christoph Waltz has put his ...
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FeaturesRing out the old, ring in the new - Screen's review of 2009
Leading lights from the international film industry give their views of 2009 and their hopes for 2010.
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NewsBrittany Murphy dies aged 32
8 Mile and Sin City star Brittany Murphy has died aged 32 years old after suffering a heart attack. She was discovered by her mother after collapsing in the shower yesterday morning (December 20).
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FeaturesClare Stewart, Director, Sydney Film Festival, Australia
Favourite filmIf I was being sportingly patriotic I would claim Samson & Delilah (pictured, right) or Bright Star (pictured, right), but my 2009 honours must go to I Am Love (main picture). I heart Luca Guadagnino and principal accomplice Tilda Swinton. Together they rush headlong into ...
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FeaturesPatrice Theroux, Distributor, E1 Filmed Entertainment, Canada
Favourite filmObviously The Twilight Saga: New Moon (main picture), which E1 distributed in both the UK and Canada. We also handled the merchandising for the film in the UK and released the score through our E1 Music label. Definitely my favourite film of the year!!! But ...
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FeaturesDenis Pedregosa, head of productions, Kanzaman Films, Spain
Favourite filmClint Eastwood’s Gran Torino was brilliant. Clint’s character reminded me of Dirty Harry, but now with self control. I actually didn’t know what the film was about at first, I assumed it was something to do with the Gran Torino car, but then when I ...
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FeaturesPaul Wiegard, Distributor, Madman Entertainment, Austfralia
Favourite film Sin Nombre(main picture) was a harrowing immigration tale that’s also sensitive and feels deeply authentic. Also, is a probing psychological study of a rootless young man. Both took me on a journey and were fresh filmmaking. Both are brilliantly directed gangster films.Biggest ...
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FeaturesYoshi Yatabe, Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan
Favourite film:Gran Torino (main picture). I was knocked out by its simplicity and profoundness.Biggest news story:The bankruptcies of medium-size Japanese distribution companies. It’s caused considerable damage for the distribution of ‘arthouse’ films in Japan.Changes in store for 2010The Japanese market for arthouse films will keep shrinking ...
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FeaturesJen Meurer, producer, Egoli Tossell Film, Germany
Favourite film Inglourious Basterds (main picture). A German masterpiece, beautifully and wisely made by an American director with outstanding acting, especially by Christoph Waltz (pictured), but also many others (August Diehl, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger). Nicely inspired by a true story.Biggest news story Good ...
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Vincent Maraval, producer, sales agent, distributor, Wild Bunch, France
Favourite filmAntichrist (main picture) because it dares to play with modern aesthetics by revisiting a genre and binding it to its roots by disrupting the comfort of the audience in order to make them investigate and discover their intimate fears. Antichrist, after years of the devaluation ...
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FeaturesElizabeth Karlsen, Producer, Number 9 Films, UK
Favourite filmMy favourite was A Prophet (main picture). [Jaques Audiard] is a brilliant film-maker, who manages to combine raw violence with poetry and emotion.Biggest news storyThe end of Miramax, on both a personal and professional level. When I started out in New York Miramax was the ...
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FeaturesBjorn Hoenvoll, Distributor, Nordisk Filmdistribusjon, Norway
Favourite filmThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (main picture). It may be unfair to choose one of our own releases, but still – Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy was a best-seller, expectations for the film were high, and it delivered in full. Noomi Rapace in the lead ...
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FeaturesSteve Hoban Producer, Copperheart Entertainment, Canada
Favourite film:Taken, not for creative reasons, but because it showed that a mid-budget, foreign-made English-language movie without, what the studios would consider, a bankable star could become a significant US box office success.Unlike the lightening strike of a Paranormal Activity (main picture), a film like Taken ...
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NewsNine dances into UK, The Last Flight descends on France
ScreenDaily’s weekly round up of the local and independent releases in key markets this week.
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FeaturesScreen's 2009 Quiz of the Year
Have you been paying attention? Test your knowledge with ScreenDaily’s Quiz Of The Year.
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FeaturesLeonard Glowinski, Head of French and European Co-Productions, Studiocanal, France
Favourite filmUp (main picture) for its script and 3D in a tie with The Hangover( pictured, right) – it’s rare to find a typical US comedy without big stars that travels so well!Biggest news storyAvatar (pictured, right) for its advances in 3DChanges in store for ...
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FeaturesKim Dong-Ho, Festival Co-Director, Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea
Favourite filmI liked Bong Joon-ho’s Mother (main picture) best. It has an extraordinary innate artistic value and Kim Hye-ja’s acting was excellent, too. Of course, across the years I had seen her mostly in TV dramas and in Kim Soo-yong’s film Late Fall [which was released ...
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