All Screen articles in 26 May 2011 – Page 11
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Peter Nichols appointed chairman of Prescience
Nichols is the owner of wealth management group Chancery, which has raised over $800m for UK films in the last ten years.
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CommentVon Trier is serious, meditative in Melancholia
There’s nobody like Lars Von Trier to divide audiences and his latest opus Melancholia is already doing just that, some calling it an unqualified masterpiece and others a load of rubbish.
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CommentKhoo meets his sensei
Singaporean director Eric Khoo has been a fan of Japanese manga master Yoshihiro Tatsumi for decades, but when he picked up his autobiography, A Drifting Life, he knew he had to turn it into a film.
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CommentPower trip
Xavier Durringer tells Screen that Thiérry Fremaux’s decision to include Durringer’s film The Conquest, which charts Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise to power, in the Cannes line-up was a “total surprise”.
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NewsDench, McKellen bite for zombie romp
EXCLUSIVE: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, and Mark Williams are attached to star in Matthew Butler’s 18th century zombie romp, The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet.
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CommentWhoopi’s wise words
Three young film-makers - and Screen - met the legendary Whoopi Goldberg in aid of charity Films Without Borders.
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Abu Dhabi’s Sanad fund selects 11 projects
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF) has unveiled the 11 projects to receive support from its Sanad fund in the first application cycle this year.
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NewsMandela doc in demand
The Mandela Project, co-directed by Mandela’s grandson, features exclusive interviews with the former president.
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NewsFilms Distribution moves deals on House of Tolerance
EXCLUSIVE: Bertrand Bonello’s competition title House Of Tolerance continues to sell well.
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NewsBuyers keen for Scorsese/von Trier
EXCLUSIVE: Buyers are beginning to pounce on the next Five Obstructions
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Yellow Sea flows to Europe, Japan
Korea’s Showbox has sold Na Hong-jin’s The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer) to Nonstop Entertainment for Scandinavian and Baltic territories and Klockworx for Japan.
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Easternlight scores pre-sales on White Vengeance
EXCLUSIVE: Arclight Films’ Easternlight banner has closed a string of sales on new pick-up White Vengeance, which Daniel Lee is currently shooting in China.
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NewsCannes buyers flock to Pompeii, End Of Watch, Great Hope Springs
A revitalised Cannes market has translated into sell-outs on key titles as buyers flocked to Summit International’s Pompeii and Tarzan 3D, Exclusive Films International’s End Of Watch and Lionsgate’s Great Hope Springs.
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NewsBeyond The Black Rainbow attracts Magnet for US
EXCLUSIVE: Magnet has picked up US rights and Mongrel Media has acquired Canada from XYZ Films to Panos Cosmatos’ sci-fi thriller Beyond The Black Rainbow.