All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 58
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News‘Chicken For Linda!’ wins Cristal top prize at Annecy Film Festival
2D computer animation also took the distribution award.
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Features‘Spellbound’ director Vicky Jenson talks theatrical hopes for her Apple animated musical
The film was showcased in Annecy this week and is nearly 50% complete.
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News‘Ozi – Voice of The Forest’, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mike Medavoy, secures key sales (exclusive)
Medavoy tells Screen about the film’s two concerns: environmentalism and artificial intelligence.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: ‘Succession’ director Mark Mylod on winding up the show, taking credit and avoiding spoilers
HBO’s ’Succession’ pulled out all the stops for its fourth and final season, including a 30-minute take for one key scene.
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NewsA24, Black Bear execs join industry line-up for Sundance London 2023
Guests to attend include Harris Dickinson, Emilia Jones, Anton Corbijn.
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NewsNetflix UK reworks emerging filmmaking initiative Breakout and reshapes local film team (exclusive)
None of the six selected projects will now be greenlit through the scheme.
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NewsIllumination’s Chris Meledandri receives lifetime achievement award in Annecy from Pharrell Williams
‘Despicable Me’ composer Williams teased a new collaboration with Illumination.
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NewsBifa reveals dates, new voter details for 2023 (exclusive)
59% of Bifa voters are women or non-binary; with 38% based outside of London.
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NewsSundance award-winner ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’ scores UK-Ireland deal ahead of DocFest premiere (exclusive)
Anna Hints’ film won the World Cinema – Documentary directing prize.
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News’Sometimes I Think About Dying’ starring Daisy Ridley sells strongly for New Europe (exclusive)
Rachel Lambert’s film debuted at Sundance in January.
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NewsPiece Of Magic launches animation arm POM Anime with ‘The First Slam Dunk’ (exclusive)
Company has acquired Japanese hit ‘The First Slam Dunk’ for 35 territories.
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Features“It worked in our favour”: How UK’s Lupus Films made Annecy premiere ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ during two lockdowns
The UK-France-Luxembourg co-production is a hand-drawn animation based on a Michael Morpurgo novel.
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NewsAnthony Chen’s Sundance title ‘Drift’ starring Cynthia Erivo scores UK-Ireland distribution deal (exclusive)
Cynthia Erivo stars, alongside Alia Shawkat, Honor Swinton Byrne.
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NewsWestEnd Films boards Lupus Films’ Frida Kahlo animated feature ‘Las Dos Fridas’ (exclusive)
Lupus Films attending this week’s Annecy Film Festival with ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’.
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NewsAnnecy Film Festival to proceed following knife attack; open-air screenings postponed
The festival describes yesterday’s attack as ‘an isolated act’.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts’ starts its engine
Independent titles ‘War Pony’, ‘Medusa Deluxe’ also starting in cinemas.
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News‘Fast X‘ tops UK-Ireland box office with £5.9m, behind recent franchise entries
Film scores £9,001 average from 644 sites.
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News101 Films International adds Isaiah Washington’s ‘Corsicana’ to Cannes market slate (exclusive)
Source: 101 Films International Isaiah Washington 101 Films International has picked up worldwide sales rights on Western thriller Corsicana, written, directed by and starring Isaiah Washington. The completed film stars Washington as deputy US marshal Bass Reeves, a real-life Black cowboy tracking a gang of killers to ...
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NewsMartin Scorsese voices support for Ukraine, freedom of speech at Cannes 2023
Director is “very nervous about the aggression of Russia”; says “freedom to speak is the most important.”
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News‘May December’ star Natalie Portman highlights "different expectations" for women at Cannes Film Festival
“Some people in France call May-December relationships ‘Le Macron’” jokes Todd Haynes.