All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 118
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NewsRed Sea Souk market includes Asmae El Moudir, CJ Obasi projects
Moudir’s ‘Holy Cow’ follows a truck driver transporting cattle in Morocco.
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NewsUK trans+ writers lab The DarkRoom unveils inaugural participants (exclusive)
The five-month programme helps develop genre feature projects.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video appoints Europe lead
Andrew Bennett is to relocate to London from the US in an expanded role.
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Features“Documentary film has always been annoying to authorities,” says IDFA’s Orwa Nyrabia
The artistic director is embracing issues from AI to global politics in his final edition that opens today.
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News‘Venom: The Last Dance’ crosses $400m at global box office powered by North America, China
UK box office stands at $14.5m.
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NewsKellan Lutz, Cam Gigandet action thriller ‘Desert Dawn’ sells at AFM for Premiere Entertainment Group (exclusive)
Sales title licensed in Australia, Latin America, Germany, France, Middle East.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute selects two winners of £60,000 Wild Card prize
Winners were awarded at a ceremony during Stockholm Film Festival.
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NewsIndonesia’s inaugural JAFF Market teams with Adelaide Film Festival for project market
The set to take place from December 3-5.
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NewsBBFC report shows most complained-about films of 2023; cinema submissions at 10-year high
Content submitted for cinema classification at a 10-year high.
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Reviews‘Reading Lolita In Tehran’: Tallinn Review
Golshifteh Farahani plays a literary professor trying to stem the tide of repression in revolutionary Iran
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NewsUK SVoD ad tier usage grows
Barb survey showed that the number of UK homes on the Netflix ad tier had risen by 37% in Q3.
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NewsStudio Babelsberg appoints ex-Warner Bros exec Joerg Bachmaier as CEO
Bachmaier succeeds Andy Weltman, who oversaw the integration of Studio Babelsberg into the global Cinespace Group.
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NewsUS independent film financier TPC opens London office to work with indie tax credit
Financier cites launch of the Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC) as one of reasons for opening office.
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NewsBafta actors five times more likely to have attended fee-paying school than UK population, finds report
While 35% of Bafta- nominated actors went to a private school, only 7% of the population attend fee-paying schools.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights responds to criticism of Russian film: “This is an anti-war work”
Film has been removed from the Standing with Ukraine programme, but remains in competition.
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NewsBafta introduces forfeiture process for awards in wake of Huw Edwards scandal
The framework will be in place from 2025 onwards.
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News‘Acting’: first trailer for Sophie Fiennes documentary screening at IDFA
The film had its world premiere in Edinburgh.
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Reviews‘Dismantling An Elephant’: Seville Review
A mother’s alcoholism casts a shadow over a wealthy Barcelona family
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News‘The Substance’, ‘The Girl With The Needle’ lead craft winners at European Film Awards
Excellence Awards also honour Emilia Pérez, The Devil’s Bath, When The Light Breaks and Souleymane’s Story.
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NewsJasmila Zbanić and Radu Jude projects secure Austrian funding
38 projects share €15m funding from Austrian Film Institute and Vienna Film Fund.