All Europe articles – Page 477
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NewsRed Square Screenings boasts Pussy Riot and Jason Flemyng projects
The punk feminist band Pussy Riot [pictured’] and UK actor Jason Flemyng might seem unlikely bedfellows, but not for those attending the first edition of the Red Square Screenings (RSS) (Oct 15-19) where they appeared in ‘works in progress’ presented to 100 industry professionals.
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NewsHamster Film now shooting family project Sputnik
Currently shooting in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Markus Dietrich’s debut feature tells the story of the German reunification from a child’s perspective.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Among the new films on Screenbase is thriller Mindscape starring Mark Strong and the third film in Easy Money trilogy, Life Deluxe.
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NewsBayona and Lavigne talk about the huge success of The Impossible
The director and producer of Spain’s record-setting box-office hit talk about why the film has connected with audiences, what’s next for them and potential awards consideration.
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NewsEmmanuelle's Sylvia Kristel dies, aged 60
Dutch actress, best known for Emmanuelle, starred in over 50 films.
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NewsEFP plans foreign Oscar contender screening series in LA
Majority of the films seek US distributors, while Adopt Films acquired Sister during the EFM and released it in the US two weeks ago.
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NewsFilm Manufacturers boards Oscar-nominated Marc Rothemund's bestseller adaptation Galapagos
Katharine Otto-Bernstein’s New York-based Film Manufacturers Inc. has joined Munich-based Telepool and KJ Entertainment to develop and produce German director Marc Rothemund’s Galapagos which is due to begin shooting in autumn 2013.
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NewsEuropa Distribution AGM opens in Lyon with film heritage debate
Body representing 125 independent distributors across Europe will also discuss future of the Media Programme and examine cinema-on-demand distribution schemes.
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NewsProducer Kees Kasander dismisses claims of unpaid bills in Italy
Dutch producer Kees Kasander has angrily dismissed reports from Italy that his latest production, Jan Terlouw adaptation To Be King (Koning van Katoren), has been impounded by an Amsterdam court because of unpaid bills in Italy.
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NewsWillem Dafoe, Udo Kier join von Trier’s Nymphomaniac
Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michaël Pas and Omar Shargawi also on board.
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NewsCall Girl to open 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival
Marciman’s debut [pictured] among three new Swedish features to compete for the grand prix for Best Film at the festival, which runs Nov 7-18.
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NewsMark Strong, Brian Cox, Taissa Farmiga confirmed on Collet-Serra-produced Mindscape
EXCLUSIVE: First film under the StudioCanal-Ombra Films banner gets under way; Oscar Faura to DoP; production to shoot in France, Barcelona and Canada.
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NewsGerman and Russian superstars unite in comedy by Cloud Atlas co-producer
Germany’s Til Schweiger and Russia’s Fyodor Bondarchuk are to unite as lead actors in Antalyagrad to be produced by Cloud Atlas co-producer and distributor Alexander Rodnyansky.
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NewsIDFA Forum includes new projects from Shamir, Ostergaard
Programme expands to include work in progress screenings.
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NewsBroken, Kauwboy among films nominated for EFA Discovery Award
Five nominees announced for the European Film Awards’ debut film award.
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FeaturesConcrete Night
Acclaimed Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo adapts Pirkko Saisio’s novel about two young brothers during a pivotal weekend in their lives.
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NewsChristoph Waltz will play Gorbachev in Mike Newell's Reykjavik
HanWay films handling international sales and will launch at AFM.
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News25th IDFA to screen 317 titles including 97 world premieres
Programme for the 25th anniversary of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam includes 64 Dutch productions.
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NewsTaken 2 delivers $45.1m int'l; Looper posts $109m; Impossible wows in Spain
UPDATE: EuropaCorp’s Liam Neeson thriller had too much in the tank for its competitors as distributor Fox International reported an estimated $134.8m running total after two weekends and $220.9m worldwide. Sci-fi Looper added $9m excluding China to cross the century mark after 17 days. And JA Bayona’s The Impossible [pictured] ...
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NewsHundred-Year-Old Man gets SFI backing and Disney distribution deal
Felix Herngren directs the adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s bestseller, starring Robert Gustafsson [pictured].