All Screen articles in 27 May 2010 – Page 24
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NewsLiman’s Cannes competition debut among Ascot Elite acquisitions
The Swiss distributor has also secured rights to Soderbergh’s Knockout and Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham.
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NewsHong Kong’s Celestial signs two-picture deal with Teddy Chen
Celestial Pictures has kick-started its move back into production by signing a deal with filmmaker Teddy Chen (Bodyguards And Assassins) who will direct and produce two features films for the Hong Kong studio.
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NewsCommission gives go-ahead to film futures exchange
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) has approved a proposal by Media Derivatives to set up a futures exchange trading in box office opening weekends.
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NewsLionsgate boards sales on Machine Gun Preacher for Cannes
Lionsgate will commence pre-sales in Cannes on the action drama Machine Gun Preacher that Marc Forster will direct starring Gerard Butler.
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NewsThe Dry Land, Waste Land win big in Dallas
Ryan Piers Williams’ The Dry Land won the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature and Lucy Walker’s Waste Land took the documentary honour as the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival ended.
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SPC complete filming on Cannes doc Inside Job
Sony Pictures Classics has completed production on Charles Ferguson’s documentary Inside Job, set to receive its premiere out of competition at Cannes.
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The Misfortunates wins Golden Tulip at Istanbul
In a decision that took the Istanbul Festival by surprise, its 2010 international jury picked Felix van Groenigen’s The Misfortunates from Belgium for the Golden Tulip award as the best film of this year’s competition.The jury, consisting of Austrian actor-director Klaus Maria Brandauer (president), Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca, Bosnian director ...
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Luciano Barisone suceeds Jean Perret as director of Visions du Réel
Luciano Barisone, artistic director of Florence’s Festival dei Popoli since 2008, has been named the successor to Jean Perret as director of Nyon’s Visions du Réel.
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Sony Pictures to release new children’s film franchise Yoko
Franziska Buch will direct the German-Austrian-Swedish co-production about an 11 year old girl and her friendship with a yeti.
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NewsMIPTV 2010: Pushing for cross-media global partners
Collaboration and transmedia ideas were the hot topics at MIPTV; this year’s event may also be remembered for all the attendees stranded in Cannes by flight disruptions.
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NewsZac Efron to star in US remake of Snabba Cash
The Swedish thriller, based on Jens Lapidus’ Stockholm Noir, is being remade in the US by Warner Bros
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NewsSchepisi heading into the Eye Of The Storm
Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis to star in veteran director’s first Australian film since 1988
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NewsZhang Yimou starts shooting Hawthorn Tree Forever
The screenplay is adapted from Chinese author Aimi’s novel of the same name.
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NewsClash looks to extend overseas rule to third weekend
Warner Bros Pictures International’s sword and sandals remake Clash Of The Titans will seek to vanquish all before it as it approaches the third weekend of release.
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NewsTribeca Film Institute announces Sloan grant recipients
The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has announced the films that will receive financial and creative support from the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund provided by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation.
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NewsDark Horse Comics, Hammer Films form graphic novel alliance
Dark Horse Comics and Exclusive Media Group’s Hammer Films are partnering on a series of co-branded original graphic novels and comic books.
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NewsHBO takes TV rights to Gibney's My Trip To Al Qaeda
HBO Documentary Films has acquired domestic television rights to the prolific Oscar winning documentary film-maker Alex Gibney’s My Trip To Al Qaeda.
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David Rose to receive BFI Fellowship
The former Film Four commissioner will be presented with his award by Tess Ross
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NewsMy Name Is Khan joins IFFLA line-up
Fox International’s director’s cut of My Name Is Khan has been added to the line-up at the 8th annual Indian Film Festival Of Los Angeles (IFFLA), which runs from April 20-25.
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CIS Visual Effects Group acquires Postmodern Sydney assets
Hollywood and Vancouver-based CIS Visual Effects Group has acquired the assets of Postmodern Sydney.