All Screen articles in 27 November 2009 – Page 2

  • Last Train Home
    News

    Last Train Home takes top prize at IDFA

    2009-11-30T11:09:00Z

    Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home carried off the main prize at the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), which closed on Saturday (November 28).

  • Mugabe And The White African
    News

    Dogwoof picks up UK rights to Mugabe And The White African

    2009-11-27T16:30:00Z

    Independent film distributor Dogwoof has acquired the UK rights to Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson’s documentary Mugabe And The White African.

  • Nativity
    News

    Planet 51 orbits Spain, UK watches Nativity!

    2009-11-27T15:18:00Z

    ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.

  • Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, managing director of EuropaCorp
    Features

    From Paris with love

    2009-11-27T14:56:00Z

    Paris-based EuropaCorp has cemented its early standing as one of the world’s most prolific vertically integrated film outfits. Pierre-Ange Le Pogam talks to Mike Goodridge about the company he co-founded with Luc Besson, how it has achieved global profile from a distinctively French base and its next steps

  • Nowhere Boy
    News

    Nowhere Boy, 44 Inch Chest receive UKFC funding boost

    2009-11-27T13:18:00Z

    Sam Taylor-Wood’s debut feature Nowhere Boy and British gangster flick 44 Inch Chest are among a number of films to receive a funding boost from the UK Film Council.

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    Features

    The Asian dimension

    2009-11-27T06:01:00Z

    On the eve of this year’s CineAsia in Hong Kong (Dec 8-10), Liz Shackleton asks if the imminent release of 20th Century Fox’s epic Avatar can jumpstart the rollout of 3D in Asia and help stem the tide of piracy

  • Alexander Ahndoril
    News

    Svensk Filmindustri buys rights to Lars Kepler's The Hypnotist

    2009-11-26T16:56:00Z

    Svensk Filmindustri has acquired the rights to Swedish crime novel, The Hypnotist. Shooting is due to begin 2010/2011.

  • Mike Goodridge Cannes
    Comment

    New Moon's new line of success

    2009-11-26T15:34:00Z

    Independent distributors lamented the loss of New Line Cinema and the Hollywood-level product it supplied but the global success of The Twilight Saga: New Moon shows it was not as damaging as first feared

  • I Killed My Mother (Canada)
    Features

    A world of difference

    2009-11-26T07:30:00Z

    Sixty-five films have been submitted for the foreign-language film Academy Award category this year but the Globes and Baftas might well recognise some of the films that failed to make the Academy cut, writes Mike Goodridge.

  • Denis Seguin Canada correspondent
    Comment

    Credit where credit is due

    2009-11-26T07:30:00Z

    It may labour under the term ‘tax credit’, but Canada’s Film or Video Production Tax Credit is anything but. In fact, this clunking rebate is closer to a grind.

  • Will Ed Helms find himself in the Golden Globes pecking order for The Hangover?
    Features

    The golden night

    2009-11-26T07:25:00Z

    The Golden Globes is hoping to make its annual banquet awards presentation (Jan 17) even more lively than usual with the addition of Ricky Gervais as host.

  • Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon
    Features

    Awards Countdown: Foreign-Language Films

    2009-11-26T07:23:00Z

    Screen International brings you interviews with the directors of six of this year’s foreign language Oscar submissions.

  • Haeundae was the highest-grossing non-English-language film during the third quarter
    Features

    Numbers suggest the world is flat

    2009-11-26T07:00:00Z

    China, France and Germany saw a significant rise in ticket sales in the third quarter of 2009 to help put the global box office back on track. Leonard Klady reports

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    News

    Welcome wins European Parliament’s LUX Prize

    2009-11-25T17:15:00Z

    Philippe Lioret’s Welcome has won the 2009 European Parliament LUX Film Prize, receiving the majority of European Parliament members’ votes.

  • Twilight star Robert Pattinson.
    News

    Revolver seals iTunes deal for Robsessed

    2009-11-24T23:58:00Z

    The UK’s Revolver Entertainment has signed a deal with iTunes in the UK, US and Canada for Robsessed, a documentary about Twilight star Robert Pattinson.

  • Nobody Knows About Persian Cats
    News

    Network buys Persian Cats for the UK

    2009-11-24T16:42:00Z

    Network Releasing has picked up UK distribution rights to Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats (pictured) from Wild Bunch.

  • Julien Temple
    News

    New European co-production event launches in the Alps

    2009-11-24T11:08:00Z

    New projects from Julien Temple (pictured) and Paul Andrew Williams are among those being presented at the inaugural European networking event in the French Alps, Co-Production Village Arc 1950.

  • Psych 9
    News

    Galaxy to debut with UK digital release of Psych 9

    2009-11-23T23:59:00Z

    Andrew Shortell’s debut feature Psych 9 (pictured) will be the first film released theatrically by Gareth Jones and Martin McCabe’s nascent UK distribution outfit Galaxy Pictures.

  • Features

    Naufragio

    2009-11-19T16:45:00Z

    Naufragio is about the persecution of an illegal immigrant from Africa living in Spain.

  • Features

    La Rabia De Los Angeles

    2009-11-19T16:43:00Z

    Maria, a prostitute, loses her memory following a violent attack and tries with the help of a suicidal lover, Angel, to remember what happened.