All articles by Andreas Wiseman – Page 115
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NewsThe Attack, A Hijacking among Marrakech winners
Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack wins top prize, A Hijacking shares Jury Prize and scoops Best Actor for Soren Malling.
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NewsCreative England backs projects from Whitfield, Al-Daradji, Haigh
Creative England has backed development projects from Terence Davies, Andrew Haigh, Nick Whitfield, Mohamed Al-Daradji, David Whitney and Shona Auerbach.
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NewsBFI announces 24 regional partners for Film Academy
Regional partners include Met Film School, Revolver, Cornerhouse, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, The Watershed Arts Trust and Reel Solutions; number of young people involved has been significantly scaled back after budget concerns.
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FeaturesVirtual impasse
The structure of the UK’s virtual print fee remains highly unsatisfactory for many of the territory’s distributors. Andreas Wiseman reports on new efforts to improve it.
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NewsScott Free options bestseller on imperial marriage market
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Free snaps up Anne de Courcy’s social history The Fishing Fleet.
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NewsCineworld acquires Picturehouse for £47.3m
UPDATED: Cinema chain says it will not cut staff or change programming; “A lot of new jobs” in the next few years, Picturehouse MD tells Screen.
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NewsUK government confirms 25% TV tax credit, £6m pool for training; Ireland extends relief to 2020
UK government promises to match industry training funding up to £6m; Irish government extends film and TV tax credit to 2020,
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NewsMicrowave’s Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, underway in London
Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei Pei star in London-set love story produced by Microwave and Dominic Buchanan in association with Stink Films, BBC Films, SUMS. First image from set exclusive to Screen.
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NewsJill Tandy joins Universal Pictures International
Tandy to assume commercial affairs role primarily across local language productions and will continue to work for Inside Pictures in reduced role.
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NewsMetrodome acquires period drama Summer in February
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Stevens, Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning and Hattie Morahan star in UK drama about a love triangle in an artists’ colony.
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NewsOrganic acquires Romley Davies
Marketing and publicity outfit Organic Marketing has acquired publicity specialist Romley Davies.
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NewsBob Last to chair EIFF parent company Centre for Moving Image
Last to chair parent company of Edinburgh International Film Festival and Filmhouse Cinema.
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NewsBFI calls on UK organisations to lead regional film 'hubs'
The BFI is reaching out to organisations across the UK to participate in its UK Audience Network as “cultural leaders” and “support” bodies.
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NewsPinewood posts increase in profit and revenue, Ruth Prior joins board
Former EMI executive Prior will chair Pinewood’s audit committee.
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Sundance Channel inks Turkish TV deal
AMC Sundance Channel inks first time carriage on largest pay TV platform in Turkey, expands Polish footprint.
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NewsVOD platform UniversCine partners with Torino Film Lab
The Torino Film Lab Collection on UniversCiné will showcase the work of the Lab, which is dedicated to first and second-time filmmakers.
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FeaturesServing The Master
Rumours flew about the subject of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film during production. The director and his producer tell Andreas Wiseman about the real journey behind The Master.
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NewsMarrakech to fete Yimou, Huppert, Demme, Chopra
Festival also to focus on Hindi cinema, with attendees including Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra.
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NewsJames Corden signs for Working Title comedy School for Santas
Working Title and Kris Thykier to produce script from One Man, Two Guvnors writer Richard Bean.
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NewsMoodysson awarded $1.6m from Swedish Film Institute
Lukas Moodysson and UK writer-director Duane Hopkins were among the beneficiaries from the Swedish Film Institute’s latest round of production funding.