All Screen articles in 25 Aug 2011 – Page 10
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CommentAfter 18 years, a documentary gets a happy ending
A tribute to the work of Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky and HBO Films, as the West Memphis 3 are freed.
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NewsLondon shoot begins on UK rom-com The Wedding Video
Director Nigel Cole reunites with his Calendar Girls writing partner Tim Firth on the story of a best man at his brother’s society wedding who films the event as it falls apart.
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NewsUK's FrightFest kicks off tonight, ready to welcome Wheatley, Yelchin, McKee, West
This year’s edition kicks off today with the UK premiere of Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark.
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NewsJeb Brody named president of production at Focus Features
The executive arrives from his parallel role at Vendome Pictures and replaces John Lyons, who is returning to work as a producer and devoting more time to philanthropy.
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FeaturesRun For Your Wife
Ray Cooney originally optioned his stage play to Fox and Columbia before deciding to take matters into his own hands. He is currently shooting in London.
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FeaturesMaryam Keshavarz
Writer and director Maryam Keshavarz talks about Circumstance, her directorial debut that stars newcomers Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy and Reza Sixo Safai. The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year where it won the audience award.
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FeaturesLucky McKee
American director Lucky McKee talks to Screen about the controversy surrounding his latest film, The Woman, writing with Jack Ketchum, and why he really wants to make a romantic comedy.
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CommentDawn of The Dead
Ahead of its theatrical release, Screen chats to director/producer Howard Ford about near death experiences whilst shooting zombie film The Dead on location in remotest Africa.
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NewsTyrannosaur marks Bavaria Film’s return to theatrical distribution
UK actor Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur is set to mark Bavaria Film’s return to the world of theatrical distribution when the film opens in German cinemas on October 13.
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CommentChina’s international ambitions
What the Relativity Media and Legendary Pictures deals say about China rallying forth into the world.
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NewsTaiwan's summer box office booming, led by record-setting Apple of My Eye
The Taiwanese film industry has seen rocketing box office results this summer, with four local films making record-breaking box office takings and bringing in a movie-going wave in the island of 23 million people.
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NewsAcademy sets Sept 1 short doc deadline
To be eligible for consideration in the 84th Academy Awards, the documentaries must complete a seven-day commercial run in a theatre in either Los Angeles County or in the Borough of Manhattan in New York from Jan 1-Dec 31 2011.
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NewsBethan Dixon to run Organic Marketing's new international PR division
She was most recently senior VP at The Weinstein Company in New York.
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NewsSky could be forced to loosen grip on Pay TV rights in UK
UK independent sales agents and distributors have given a cautious welcome to the report from industry watchdog the Competition Commission recommending that Sky’s grip on premium Pay TV movie rights in the UK should be loosened.
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Kollywood's time to shine
Is Kollywood the new Bollywood? Hollywood certainly hopes so as the studios increase their local-language collaborations with the Tamil industry to tap into a homegrown audience of 70 million.
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NewsEddie Berg appointed to director of partnerships role at BFI
Berg’s current position as artistic director, BFI Southbank is set to disappear when it is merged with the artistic director, LFF position into the bigger “head of exhibition” role, to be taken over by Clare Stewart.
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FeaturesVenice 2011: Competition profiles
Screen gears up for the Venice Film Festival’s 2011 edition, which promises to kickstart the annual awards season.
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FeaturesThe next chapter
As the number of Nordic crime film and TV adaptations increases, Mike Goodridge talks to two of the region’s most successful novelists, Jo Nesbo and Camilla Lackberg, about the process of bringing their hot properties to the screen.
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FeaturesWelcome to the future
Norway is the first country in the world to have digitised all of its film theatres. Jorn Rossing Jensen looks at the impact it is having on cinema-going in the territory