All Features articles – Page 444
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FeaturesBeyond Dubai
Other Gulf territories aim to be major players in the international film industry. Mohammed Rouda reports
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FeaturesLocal hit freezes out Avatar
Avatar may have cast a blue glow over the global box office, but in Iceland an independent local hit has held it at bay. Jack Warner reports
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FeaturesWeekly international box office - January 8
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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FeaturesSetting the pace
WME Global, the packaging, financing and distribution consultancy arm of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, is paying close attention to new distribution models. Jeremy Kay speaks to division head Graham Taylor and his team.
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FeaturesThe Gulf: ambition and achievement
Dubai has worked hard to put itself at the centre of the Arab film-making world, with the Dubai International Film Festival and Dubai Studio City. But has the financial crisis placed a roadblock in its path? Mohammed Rouda reports
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Summer Coda
A romantic drama about the story of Heidi, who meets Michael while returning home to a family she’s never known, and embarks on an unexpected adventure discovering that their secrets and lives are better shared.
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Burning Man
A reckless, romantic, irreverent and ultimately tear-jerkingly beautiful story of a father and son’s struggle to deal with the unimaginable.
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FeaturesEric Rohmer; A Career
French veteran Eric Rohmer, who died on January 11 aged 89, was arguably the most misunderstood of the New Wave directors.
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FeaturesShorter windows reverse slump
Tighter windows and a piracy crackdown have given France’s home-entertainment market a boost, reports Tim Murray
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FeaturesPunk's poet lives again
Mat Whitecross’s sex&drugs&rock&rollis the latest UK film to draw on the territory’s musical heritage for inspiration. Sarah Cooper looks at how the project came together
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FeaturesWeekly international box office - January 1
ScreenDaily brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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FeaturesHitting a Homerun
Daniel Yun is galvanising the Singapore film community with his latest venture — Homerun Pictures. He tell Liz Shackleton how he is setting up film funds with China and Australia and launching an international sales outfit
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FeaturesAwards countdown: Profiles
ScreenDaily profiles Bright Star’s Abbie Cornish, The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner and Scott Hicks, director of The Boys Are Back
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A kind of homecoming
Best DirectorScott Hicks, The Boys are BackThe latest film from director Scott Hicks, The Boys Are Back starring Clive Owen, tug hard at the heart strings but without too much sentiment and manipulation. The tale about a man learning to be a better dad after the ...
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FeaturesWorking under high pressure
Best ActorJeremy Renner, The Hurt LockerTo understand what it is like to serve as a bomb-disposal technician in Iraq, The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner spent a week at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California. Encased within the 100lb protective suit, a simple task such ...