All Screen articles in 26 July 2012 – Page 8
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Sundance entry Enemies Of The People to benefit from Artist Services
The Sundance Institute announced on Wednesday (18) the addition of 10 independent films to its online digital platforms through its Artist Services initiative.
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NewsDisney sets Nov 9 US release date for Lincoln biopic
In what will come as no surprise, Steven Spielberg’s Abraham Lincoln drama has been thrust into the heart of awards season.
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NewsGaga to handle sales on Warner Bros’ Rurouni Kenshin
Japan’s Gaga Corporation will handle international sales, excluding Japan and North America, of Warner Brothers Pictures Japan production Rurouni Kenshin.
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FeaturesLast Days On Mars
First time feature director Ruairi Robinson and producer Andrea Cornwell talk about Last Days On Mars, an ambitious sci fi drama set on Mars and starring Liev Schreiber and Romola Garai which has just wrapped shooting at Elstree Studios and in Jordan.
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NewsBFC appoints Kattie Kotok as executive vice president US production
She fills the role previously held by Andy Weltman who left in March to head up Pinewood’s LA office.
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NewsHMRC draft guidance raises doubts over EIS schemes
The HM Revenue and Customs has issued a draft guidance which could disqualify the majority of creative businesses from accessing the relief.
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NewsAppetite for local fare in Norway down in 2012
Norwegian films have lost 59.3% of their audience in the first half of 2012 in their home territory.
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CommentUpstanding citizen
Syrian director Sam Kadi talks to Elnaz Toussi about his debut feature The Citizen, his hopes for his homeland and the American Dream.
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NewsCineplexx acquires Planet TUS cinemas in Slovenia
Austrian exhibitor also announces new screens in Macedonia and Serbia.
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NewsBavaria boosts film fund for international productions
The increasing competition between the German Länder to attract film productions to their respective regions has taken on a new dimension this week with Bavaria’s introduction of a € 6m dedicated programme for international productions over the next two years .
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Play Poland Film Festival set for second edition in the UK, Canada and Norway
Starting in September of this year, the second Play Poland Film Festival will be held over a four-month period in a bid to promote Polish cinema abroad.
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Film 4.0 to support online collaborative art project This Exquisite Forest
The scheme is aimed at bringing together artists and the wider creative community to allow people to create short animations.
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Breck Eisner to direct Stretch Armstrong for Relativity
The action story based on the Hasbro property is earmarked for release in the US on Apr 11, 2014 and will open internationally through Relativity’s global network of distribution partners.
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NewsGael Garcia Bernal to receive Locarno's Excellence Award
The Mexican actor will join Charlotte Rampling as a second recipient of the Locarno Film Festival’s Excellence Award this year.
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NewsUPI Russia inks distribution deal with Premium Film
UPI will handle physical distribution of eight Premium films including Jackie Chan’s Chinese Zodiac and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Stand.
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PiFan opens with inaugural Producers’ Choice award
The 16th Puchon International Film Festival (PiFan) opened tonight with an inaugural Producers’ Choice Award going to Ha Jung-woo and Ha Ji-won.
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Tribeca Film acquires British found footage film Hollow
Michael Axelgaard’s film premiered at Fantasia Festival in 2011 and will open on Sept 19.
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NewsDrafthouse picks up Australian shocker Wake In Fright
Ted Kotcheff’s nightmarish tale of a stranded British teacher’s torment at the hands of an Outback gang played in selection in Cannes in 1971 before Martin Scorsese brought a restored version back to the Croisette in 2009.
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NewsDemarest, China’s E Stars board Reliance / IM Global’s Paranoia
Robert Luketic is set to start shooting the $40m thriller on Friday (20). Liam Hemsworth (pictured), Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford and Amber Heard star. Relativity Media holds US rights.
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NewsJason Spivak earns digital distribution stripes at SPHE
The executive is named evp of worldwide digital distribution at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will continue to lead transactional digital business activities.