All Screen articles in 26 Apr 2012 – Page 4
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My Brother The Devil to open Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival
Sally El Hosaini’s coming-of-age film — winner of the cinematography award at Sundance — will receive its Canadian premiere at the festival. The film will kick off festival on May 17.
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NewsPremier PR sells First Movies to Penn Schoen Berland
London-based public relations company Premier PR has sold its entertainment market research agency, First Movies, to LA based research and consulting firm Penn Schoen Berland, part of the WPP group.
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NewsBFI announces “pillars” of its Five Year Plan For Film
Amanda Nevill today promised a “fresh approach” from the BFI in its Five Year Forward Plan For Film; government and BFI to officially respond to Chris Smith’s Film Policy Review on May 14.
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Lincoln Center Convergence initiative to stage 24-hour ‘hackathon’
The day-long transmedia exercise on Apr 28 is one example of what is to come from the New York-based Film Society of Lincoln Center’s (FSLC) transmedia and immersive media partnership with StoryCode and Kill Screen Magazine.
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Submarine closes US, Canada deals on Lawrence Ferlinghetti doc
First Run Features will distribute in the US while Films We Like has acquired Canadian rights to Christopher Felver’s portrait of the celebrated poet and publisher.
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NewsOpen Road takes US rights to Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
The distributor will release wide on Oct 26 the latest entry in the horror franchise from Samuel Hadida of Davis Films and Don Carmody. Lionsgate handles international sales.
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NewsClaude Miller’s Thérèse Desqueroux to close Cannes
Audrey Tautou stars in the title role of the French master’s final film, which will screen on May 27 and is based on François Mauriac’s 1920s novel of the same name.
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IFC Midnight adds thriller Area 407 to pipeline
The distributor has acquired rights to North America, Latin America, France, Benelux, Turkey, Greece, East central Europe and Asia for Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin’s found footage sci-fi.
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Michael Pitt to star in and produce You Can’t Win
Parts & Labor’s Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy and producers Robert Scarff and Zach Sebastian will partner on the project, based on adventurer Jack Black’s 1926 autobiography.
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NewsShowbox, Huayi Brothers join forces for Mr. Go 3D
Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has entered into an investment and distribution partnership with Chinese studio Huayi Brothers for its upcoming sports action drama Mr. Go 3D.
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NewsThorsten Ritter joins Beta Cinema
Thorsten Ritter, formerly head of Bavaria Film International, has joined the Munich-based sales company Beta Cinema as executive vice president with responsibility for worldwide acquisitions, sales and marketing.
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NewsCannes competition line up unveiled in Paris
Strong showing for US independents with Lee Daniels, Jeff Nichols, Andrew Dominik and John Hillcoat in competition alongside Cannes stalwarts like Haneke, Cronenberg, Reygadas, Loach.
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NewsCannes announces Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings
Among those selected were China’s Lou Ye, Canada’s Xavier Dolan and Argentina’s Pablo Trapero as well as the Cuban portmanteau 7 Days In Havana, one segment of which is directed by Trapero.
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CommentBeware Cannes Scams - Redux
Those emails offering amazing Cannes accommodation deals might look authentic and persuasive, but pause before replying. Crooked operators are still busily ripping off festival and market guests in 2012.
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NewsIron Sky secures double win at Brussels Film Festival
Highly anticipated Finnish-German-Australian coproduction Iron Sky has scooped both the Silver Méliès and the Audience Award at this year’s Brussels International Film Festival.
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NewsVadim Yusov to be honoured at Camerimage Festival
The veteran Russian DOP will receive a lifetime achievement award at this year’s festival, which takes place in November.
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NewsOdeon to complete digital projector overhaul with NEC Display Solutions
Odeon UCI to upgrade all of its 2,100 screens in its 231 cinemas with NEC projectors.
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GoDigital buys four from Shoreline Entertainment
The digital distributor has picked up the documentary Fat Belly, sci-fi animation Technotise: Edit & I, horror thriller Cannibal and stop-motion Edison & Leo.
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NewsMartin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio reunite on Wolf
Red Granite has confirmed the pair will team up on the $85m-plus The Wolf Of Wall Street, their fifth collaboration after The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and Gangs Of New York.