All Screen articles in 24 April 2009 – Page 5
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Tribeca Sloan Fund gives $170,000 to five feature projects
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund has given a total of $170,000 to five film projects that integrate science into cinema.
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NewsProspect of WMA-Endeavor agency merger draws closer
Following months of speculation, an announcement on the proposed merger between William Morris Agency and Endeavor is expected to materialise early this week.
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NewsFast & Furious is overseas champ for third weekend and cruises to $170m
Universal’s Fast & Furiousheld on to the number one spot among Hollywood releases for the third consecutive weekend as an estimated $15.2m haul through UPI from 6,340 sites in 59 territories boosted the running total to $170m.
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NewsScreen Gems hits North American jackpot with Obsessed
Screen Gems’ thriller Obsessed starring Beyonce Knowles, Idris Elba and Ali Larter roared to the top of the charts on an estimated $28.5m over the weekend.
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HMV, Curzon Artificial Eye to create in-store cinema venues
HMV and Curzon Artificial Eye (CAE) are to partner in a highly unusual venture - setting up new cinemas in selected HMV stores.
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Laila's Birthday takes top honour at Singapore fest
The 22nd Singapore International Film Festival has awarded its top honour, the Silver Screen Awards’Best Asian Feature Film, to Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi’s Laila’s Birthday.
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The London Independent Film Festival awards first time directors
Co-directors David Mills and Danielle Boucher took the grand prize at the London Independent Film Festival for their debut film The Burial.
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NewsWrong Rosary wins Crossing Europe
Turkish director Mahmut Fazil Coskun’s Wrong Rosary has won the European Competition at the 6th Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz.
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NewsJane Wright and Christine Langan to head up BBC Films
Jane Wright has been appointed as managing director of BBC Films and Christine Langan has been appointed to the role of creative director of the division.Wright will oversee day-to-day responsibility for business, operations and marketing aspects of the division and will retain an executive producing role within BBC Films, while ...
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NewsRicky Gervais' Cemetery Junction to start shooting in June
Cemetery Junction, the first film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the award -winning team behind The Office, will start shooting on June 15.The project, which is filming in London, will star Gervais and Ralph Fiennes alongside newcomers Christian Cooke, Felicity Jones, Tom Hughes and Jack Doolan.Cemetery ...
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Jennifer Baichwal to direct documentary on Atwood’s Payback
Jennifer Baichwal is to direct a feature documentary based on novelist Margaret Atwood’sPayback: Debt And The Shadow Side Of Wealth, a non-fiction treatise on the notion of debt.
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Pretty Pictures acquires three Chinese features
French distributor Pretty Pictures has acquired three films produced by China’s August First Studios: My Long March, The First Of August and Night Attack.
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Medienboard boosts 2009 budget by $1.3m
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB), the German regional fund, will invest an additional $1.3m(Euros 1m) in the film projects this year.
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NewsTIFF gets C$6m federal grant to promote Toronto
The Toronto International Film Festival will receive a two-year grant of $4.9m (C$6m) from the Canadian government to promote Toronto to the world.
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Roissy closes sales deals for Singing Nun tale Soeur Sourire
Shortly after announcing it had acquired Soeur Sourire; Roissy Films has closed sales with Canada andSwitzerland.
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Coach 14 acquires international sales rights for Police, Adjective
French sales house Coach 14 has acquired Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective for internationalsales. The film is running in the Un Certain Regard section of next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
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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 ...
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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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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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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.