All Screen articles in 25 Aug 2011 – Page 11
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FeaturesNorthern exposure
Some of the world’s most electric foreign-language titles are being made by Norwegian film-makers right now. Screen profiles a selection of new films and spotlights a trio of rising directors.
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CommentOn the road with the rain man
The welcomes might have been warm at the Karlovy Vary, St Petersburg and Sarajevo festivals, but the weather proved more inhospitable
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FeaturesHaugesund’s hot tickets
The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug 17-26) offers international attendees a window on some of the hottest new projects from the region. Jorn Rossing Jensen reports
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FeaturesNaked ambition
With all eyes on Scandinavia to find the next lucrative international franchise, Norway is stepping into the frame.
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News
Brazilian culture promoter Inffinito launches digital platform
MediaFundMarket.comis billed as the first digital platform and marketplace to generate private and public production funding for shorts, features and documentaries by Brazilian filmmakers and will facilitate the acquisition and distribution of Brazilian product at the markets.
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NewsQuinto's Banshee Chapter finds cast ahead of New Mexico shoot
Ted Levine, Katia Winter and Michael McMillian will star in horror feature The Banshee Chapter, which Zachary Quinto is producing through his Before The Door Pictures alongside Sunchaser Entertainment and German producer Christian Arnold-Beutel.
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NewsThe Flying Machine to world premiere at Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall
The 3D adventure story starring Heather Graham will go on to screen in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Kids section.
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NewsProduction wraps on Nicholas McCarthy’s ghost story The Pact
The project has been converted from a short that screened in Sundance into a feature in less than a year. Content is handling international sales and Preferred Content represents North American sales.
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Miramax hires Adrienne Gary as svp organisational strategy and admin
The third announced hire in a week sees the “human capital executive” come aboard to oversee all recruiting, organisational structure, global HR and corporate administration.
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NewsOlivia Wilde gets taste for Occupant’s Chemistry
The star of Cowboys & Aliens and Tron: Legacy is understood to have joined Sam Rockwell and Michelle Monaghan on the darkly comedic Better Living Through Chemistry, set to shoot this autumn in Maryland.
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NewsSmurfs, Cowboys, Apes vie for international supremacy
Sony’s The Smurfs stood at more than $211m as of last weekend and face an international showdown with Cowboys & Aliens heading into the new session.
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Bath Spa University launches filmmaking MA
UK university launches practical filmmaking course aimed at directors, producers, DOPs, editors
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NewsFilmNation hires Paul Solet to direct The Faces
FilmNation Entertainment and Sonny Mallhi are producing the story of newlyweds who escape a brutal kidnapping and unwittingly fall into the clutches of a shadowy group that uses terror as a means of entertainment.
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NewsChinese productions shooting in France in last 12 months up tenfold
Sino productions shooting in France over last year include Jackie Chan’s upcoming adventure thriller Chinese Zodiac and box office hit Eternal Moment (Jiang Ai).
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NewsHopscotch plans features from Stuart Beattie, Robert Luketic
At a packed AIMC, Troy Lum says Hopscoth’s new production arm could have four films shooting within the next year.
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NewsTroll Hunter producer's next among buzz films at Haugesund festival
The Help, Oslo, August 31st among winners at last night’s Norwegian Internationall Film Festival awards ceremony
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M-Appeal picks up Venice Orizzonti title Verano
German sales agent M-Appeal picks up José Luis Torres Leiva’s drama
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NewsRome to open with Luc Besson’s Aung San Suu Kyi biopic The Lady
Besson to present the premiere with stars Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis.
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NewsYouTube agree sponsorship deal with NFTS
Google’s YouTube backs course, three-day NFTS showcase event and new Film Clinic.