All Screen articles in 24 April 2009 – Page 7
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NewsSita Sings The Blues, Children Of The Pyre share IFFLA honours
Nina Paley’s Sita Sings The Blues won the 7th Annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA) grand jury prize for best narrative feature and Rajesh Jala’s Children Of The Pyre took corresponding documentary honours.
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NewsAardman, Sony line up pair of animated features
Stop-motion animation studio Aardman has begun production on its next two features,Arthur Christmas andPirates!to be distributed by Sony.
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NewsSundance names 12 for June Directors and Screenwriters Labs
Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from June 2-26.
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NewsCosta-Gavras scoops top prize as COLCOA draws to a close
Costa-Gavras’ Eden Is West was awarded the top prize by the jury of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association at the 13th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels, (COLCOA).
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NewsWilliam Morris Endeavor Entertainment super-agency is born
Board members from William Morris Agency and Endeavor have agreed to merge the companies in a move that ends months of speculation and creates a super-agency to rival CAA.The new entity will be called William Morris Endeavor (WME) Entertainment once the transaction is completed in the second quarter subject to ...
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NewsLu Chuan's City Of Life And Death heats up Chinese cinemas
Chinese director Lu Chuan’s war drama City Of Life And Death had a strong opening in mainland China,grossing an estimated $10.2m (RMB70m) in five days (April 22-26).
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Wolverine slayed by swine flu
20th Century Fox has cancelled plans to release X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Mexico this weekend because most of the city’s cinemas are closed.The swine flu outbreak, which has already claimed nearly 150 lives in Mexico, has forced the country’s leading cinema chains to shut down dozens of cinemas throughout Mexico ...
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NewsGerman director Marc Forster wins Social Cinema Award
German director Marc Forster will be awarded the Social Cinema Award 2009 at this year’s Ischia Global Fest, which runs July 12-19.
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NewsGhosted appears in Germany, UK has The End in sight
ScreenDaily rounds up the local and independent releases in key markets.
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NewsLove Child begins principal photography in Toronto
Love Child, the romantic comedy starring Donald Sutherland, has begun principal photography in Toronto.The Myriad Pictures and Alcina Picture co-production is directed by Michael Melski and produced by Toronto-based Alcina’s Paul Barking and Larissa Giroux, with theSanta Monica-based Myriad Pictures and Toronto-based Alcina Pictures have commenced principal photography in Toronto ...
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NewsIndependent takes Exam
British sales and production outfit Independent has boarded Stuart Hazeldine’s Exam.
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NewsLightning boosts Cannes slate with Coach and Taking Chances
Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has added international rights to two romantic comedies heading into Cannes.
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NewsSwedish TV show to be remade for the big screen
Skärgårdsdoktorn (The Archipelago Doctor), one of Sweden’s most popular TV shows during the Nineties, is being revived as a film.
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FeaturesGoing Up in the world
The tale of a grumpy old man who attaches balloons to his house and flies to Latin America took five years and hundreds of animators to produce. Director Pete Docter and producer Jonas Rivera take Screen through the process.
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NewsSpurlock footage available to view at Cannes
Celsius will introduce Freakonomics to buyers at Cannes and will be showing footage from Morgan Spurlock’s contribution to the five segment film.
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NewsStephen Fry to star in adaption of The Liar
Stephen Fry is to take a leading role in the film adaptation of his novel, The Liar, with newcomer Tony Hagger producing and directing.