All Screen articles in 25 April 2013 – Page 2
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NewsKiller's Vachon, Koffler talk VOD opportunities
At a masterclass at the RiverRun film festival, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler talk about the challenges and opportunities of indie filmmaking today, and how financing something like Happiness might be impossible in 2013.
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NewsScorsese to talk Silence in Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: IM Global will commence pre-sales at Cannes on Martin Scorsese’s Silence as the Oscar-winning director gears up for a trip to the Croisette and mulls over a second deal with the same parties for The Irishman.
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NewsIn The House, I Am Breathing win at RiverRun
Audience awards go to Picture Day, Rising From Ashes and Remote Area Medical.
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NewsKorea’s UP relaunches sales team
EXCLUSIVE: Korea’s United Pictures (UP) is re-launching its sales team at Cannes with Eye In The Sky remake Cold Eyes.
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NewsRadical, Le Vision form joint venture
Radical Studios has formed a joint venture with China’s Le Vision Pictures to produce “international commercial films with Chinese elements”.
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NewsNetflix closing on HBO subscriber level
Netflix said in a first quarter earnings call on Monday [22] that its US subscriber base grew by more than 2m in the first quarter of 2013, putting the service within range of HBO in the territory.
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NewsPitof, Lang board Dragon Angel
EXCLUSIVE: French-American director Pitof (Catwoman) and US actor Stephen Lang (Avatar) have signed on to Chinese-German family adventure film The Dragon Angel.
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NewsRevolver enters administration
UK distributor Revolver appoints ReSolve Partners as administrator.
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NewsDogwoof announces Vimeo initiative
Distributor has offered the DVD extras of The Spirit of ‘45 as online content via Vimeo’s on demand platform.
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NewsOlympus topples Oblivion in UK
Lionsgate’s action-thriller debuts top with preview-boosted $3.4m (£2.2m); StudioCanal’s Evil Dead scares up $2.1m (£1.4m) to chart third.
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NewsVue testing Dolby Atmos
EXCLUSIVE: UK cinema chain Vue is testing Dolby Atmos at some of its large format sites.
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The Interval wins best film at Bolzano
Leonardo di Costanzo’s The Interval was named the best feature film at this year’s Bolzano Cinema Festival with a special mention for Stefano Lodovichi’s feature debut Aquadro.
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NewsStudent Critics Jury returns to EIFF
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has confirmed the return of the Student Critics Jury for a second year.
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NewsEva Green joins The Salvation
Former Bond girl among latest additions to Kristian Levring’s western [pictured].
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NewsSalon Pictures commissions scripts
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Taussig’s outfit commissions Churchill biopic script from Alex Von Tunzelmann and a comedy from a NFTS graduate.
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NewsGE, Cinelan cut new partnerships
GE and Cinelan have announced partnership deals with Cinedigm, Virgin America, Gathr and LodgeNet to further distribute the Global Film series.
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NewsHiddleston, Atwell join Close Enough
Romantic drama about two war photographers will be directed by Song for Marion’s Paul Andrew Williams.
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NewsFilm Education to close after 26 years
Film resource for UK schools to close; redundancy for 15 staff; National Schools Film Week to cease.
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NewsBBC1 drama set for first tax credit
Tony Jordan’s BBC1 drama By Any Means has become the first production to pass the cultural test to qualify for high-end TV tax breaks in the UK.