All Screen articles in 24 April 2009 – Page 2
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The Works boards Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Works International has picked up Sacha Gervasi’s Anvil!The Story of Anvil for worldwide sales.
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ContentFilm International picks up Eric Bana's Love The Beast
ContentFilm International will represent Eric Bana’s Love The Beast to international buyers in Cannes next month after acquiring the film ahead ofWednesday’s [April 29] world premiere at Tribeca.
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India's Moser Baer strikes distribution deal with Nokia
Indian disc manufacturer and DVD distributor Moser Baer Entertainment has sold the licensing rights of eight films to Nokia for one year.
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Cannes announces Cinefondation and short films line-up
Cannes Film Festival organisers have announced the line-up for the Cinefondation and short films competition.
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NewsBabelgum's second online film festival presents $130,000 in prizes
The Babelgum Online Film Festival presented more than $130,000 in prizes last night at the TribecaFilm Festival in New York City.
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NewsNordic countries to promote region to producers
An alliance of Nordic film commissions has launched a new strategy to promote the region as an attractive location to international producers.
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Regent/Here take North America on The Art Of Being Straight
Regent Releasing and Here Media have acquired North American rights from Great Graffiti Films to Jesse Rosen’s comedy The Art Of Being Straight.
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NewsTribeca awaits first major deal as festival enters final week
As the first weekend of Tribeca drew to a close no major deals had been signed although sellers claimed several titles were in play and HBO was understood to be poised to announce an acquisition early this week.
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NewsGreen Lantern among productions set to light up Australia
The Green Lantern has confirmed that it will go into pre-production at Fox Studios in Sydney in July and will begin filming in November. It comes as rumours grow that two other major films are planning to film in Australia.
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Matsuoka to step down after 52 years with Toho Studios
Toho Studios chairman Isao Matsuoka will step down from his post after 12 years in the position and 52 years of service at the company.
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NewsNetherlands Film Fund appoints Doreen Boonekamp as director
Doreen Boonekamp, currently the festival director at the Netherlands Film Festival, has been appointed as the new head of the region’s film fund.
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MK2 picks up Dogtooth, The Misfortunates, Rien De Personnel
MK2 has announced pick-ups of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth and Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates.
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Jackie Chan, Stanley Tong to co-direct action adventure
Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong will co-write and co-direct an action adventure tentatively titled Chinese Zodiac. JackieChan will star in the $37m (RMB250m) film.
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Who's Afraid Of The Wolf named Best Feature in Plzen
An international jury led by Czech scriptwriter Milena Jelinek awarded the Golden Kingfisher to Maria Prochazkova’s film Who’s Afraid Of The Wolf atthe 22nd Finale festival of Czech film in Plzen.
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Ocean Films takes French rights to Kore-eda's Air Doll
France’s Ocean Films has snapped up all French rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll from Fortissimo Films. The film has secureda berth in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes film festival.
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NewsNorwegian Film Institute backs Terje Rangnes' debut
Norwegian director Terje Rangnes’ feature debut, An Ordinary Day at Work (En Helt Vanlig Dag På Jobben), about the daily life of an unscrupulous journalist, will be backed by $1.4m (NOK 9m) from the Norwegian Film Institute.
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NewsDanish director Boe starts shooting fourth feature
Danish director Christoffer Boe has begun shooting his fourth feature, which has the working title Everything Will Be Fine (Alting Bliver Godt Igen).
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Huayi Brothers' Tracing Shadow sells across Asia
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has tied up a slew of Asian sales on Hong Kong actor Francis Ng’s martial arts comedy Tracing Shadow, which is proving to be a hot seller in the run-up to Cannes.The $3m action comedy has been sold to Scorpio East for Singapore and Malaysia, New Action ...
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UK's Intandem boards Humpty Dumpty
Intandem Films has secured worldwide sales rights to Humpty Dumpty, a sci-fi horror film featuring a 3D half-human, half-alien creature.The horror flick is the debut film from new writer Billy Majestic and it will be directed by David R Ellis (Snakes on a Plane).Former New Line Cinema executive, Mark Ordesky ...