All Screen articles in 2 May 2013 – Page 2
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NewsuMedia expands international offices
New appointments made in London and Paris ahead of plans for LA office.
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NewsJarmusch joins Cannes Competition
Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston, has been added to the Cannes Film Festival’s Competition line-up; four more titles to be included in Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard.
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NewsGaye biopic heads to Cannes
Focus Features International has boarded Julien Temple’s Untitled Marvin Gaye project currently shooting in Luxemburg and Belgium. Screendaily first reported on the film in February.
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Raven Banner hires Mahnert
Annick Mahnert has joined the company as manager of international sales and acquisitions in the run-up to Cannes. Additionally the Toronto-based company has licensed US rights to The Last Will And Testament Of Rosalind Leigh to Image Entertainment.
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NewsDjango to open in China
Sony Pictures announced on Friday [26] it had reached an understanding with Chinese authorities who pulled the film inexplicably on Apr 11 within minutes of the first screenings.
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NewsSIFF to honour Ford
Harrison Ford will receive the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival’s2013 Peter J. Owens Award for excellence in acting.
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NewsRecreation adds three for Cannes
The Los Angeles-based sales company has added Slamdance audience award winner Hank And Asha, Sundance entry Milkshake and War On Whistleblowers to its sales roster.
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NewsWell Go USA takes Here
The distributor has acquired all North American rights to And While We Were Here and has set an Aug 13 ultra-VoD launch followed by theatrical release on Sept 13.
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NewsICG re-elects Steven Poster
Saturday’s [27] vote of the national executive board of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) returned Poster to the presidency after he first won six years ago.
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NewsTribeca awards audience prizes
Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket [pictured] impressed Tribeca Film Festival judges last week and had a similar effect on audiences who gave it the narrative award on Saturday [27].
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NewsOh Boy wins six Lolas
Oh Boy takes home six Lolas while Cloud Atlas bags five.Separately, European film industry have been engaged in a game of political ping pong with Brussels.
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FeaturesQ&A: Jeff Nichols, director, Mud
Following a screening of Mud at Sundance London, director Jeff Nichols talked deleted scenes, inspirations, that ending and how he is turning to sci-fi for his next film.
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NewsPain prevails in US on $20m
Paramount’s controversial Pain & Gain opened top of the North American charts on an estimated $20m and will need to make hay while the sun shines. Marvel Studios/Disney’s Iron Man 3 opens this week and will crush everything in sight.
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NewsMK2 picks up Touch of Sin
France’s MK2 has picked up international rights to Jia Zhangke’s A Touch Of Sin screening in Cannes competition.
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NewsMissing Image taken by Films Distribution
Subsidiary Films Boutique also picks up two youthful Cannes titles.
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NewsMichael Fassbender, See Saw partner on Macbeth
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Fassbender, Justin Kurzel attached to new version of Macbeth, from the producers of The King’s Speech.
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NewsMagnolia acquires Tasting Menu
Magnolia Pictures and Vendetta Film has bought all rights to Roger Gual’s Spanish ensemble-comedy Tasting Menu from Scandinavia’s TrustNordisk.