All Screen articles in 20 May 2010 – Page 2
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Street Dance 3D overtakes tentpoles to lead UK box office
Street Dance 3D made £1.8m on opening weekend, with a tally of £2.4m including preview screenings; Film also opens number two in France and number four in The Netherlands
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UK's New Wave acquires Palme d'Or winner Uncle Boonmee
New Wave is likely to seek to launch the film (sold by The Match Factory) at the London Film Festival in October before releasing it in the UK in late 2010 or 2011.
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Cineworld plans Wembley multiplex
The nine screen cinema will seat 1800 people and will form part of the 280,000 sq ft leisure and retail hub Wembley City.
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Loznitsa's My Joy heads for competition in Sochi
Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival held at the Black Sea resort of Sochi from June 6 -13 will have 14 titles in competition.
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Film planned for Fighting Fantasy gamebook
Steve Jackson’s House of Hell, one of the Fighting Fantasy series of interactive gamebooks, is heading to the big screen from UK-based Superteam.
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NonStop buys 8 in Cannes, including Of Gods and Men
Other acquisitions include Route Irish and Outrage.
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Bette Midler, Pixie Lott to star in Intandem's Sweet Baby Jesus
Peter Hewitt’s film will shoot this summer in Maryland and Ireland.
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Wild Bunch reports hot Cannes sales on Of Gods and Men, Kaboom
The company has one if its best recent markets, with more deals for Burnt By The Sun 2, Godard’s Film Socialisme, We Are What We Are and Potiche.
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Andrea Riseborough to play Wallis Simpson for Madonna
Rising UK star Riseborough replaces Vera Farmiga in Madonna’s W.E. to shoot this summer; Edward casting announcement imminent.
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Coproduction Office does more deals on Le Quattro Volte
Deals have been done with UK, Taiwan, Former Yugoslavia and Iran.
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FilmSharks sells widely on Adam Goldberg comedy
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has reported solid business in Cannes, also on Tear This Heart Out and Sister Welsh Nights; La Milagrosa virtually sold out.
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Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee takes Palme d'Or
Grand Prize goes to Xavier Beauvois’ Of Gods And Men; Amalric wins directing prize for On Tour.
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Hahaha takes Un Certain Regard top prize
In other awards, FIPRESCI honors Almaric’s On Tour and inaugural Queer Palm goes to Araki’s Kaboom.
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Lily Sometimes, Illegal take prizes at Directors Fortnight
Fabienne Berthaud’s Lily Sometimes (Pieds nus sur les limaces)won the Art Cinema Award at Cannes Directors Fortnight 2010.
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Finland's The Painting Sellers takes top Cinefondation Award
A jury led by Atom Egoyan has handed out the Cannes Cinefondation Prizes 2010, with first prize going to Juho Kuosmanen’s The Painting Sellers (Taulukauppiaat) from Aalto University in Finland.Second prize went to Anywhere Out of the World (Coucou-Les-Nuages) by Vincent Cardona from France’s La Femis.Third prize was shared by: ...
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Germany's Pro-Fun expands into sales
The new division - Pro-Fun Media - International Sales - has been launched with three titles.
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Waititi's Boy sets new record for New Zealand film
Boy, a 1980s-set coming-of-age story, has moved past the previous record holder, The World’s Fastest Indian, with a box office now passing $7m.
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Kieslowski ScripTeast award goes to Polish writer Jacek P. Blawut
Advisory board members making the decision were Sandy Lieberson, Manfred Schmidt, Antonio Saura, Dariusz Jablonski, Tom Abrams and Christian Routh.
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Sony Home Entertainment strikes UK deal for Retreat
Psychological thriller will star Thandie Newton, Jason Isaacs and David Tennant.
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Le Quattro Volte wins Europa Cinemas Label in Fortnight
Michelangelo Frammartino’s Le Quatro Volte has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.