All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 151
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NewsSony Pictures Classics acquires TIFF premiere ‘The Penguin Lessons’ for multiple territories
Lionsgate to distribute in the UK. Rocket Science handles international sales.
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PromotionTop Talents showcase spotlights nine Taiwanese actors to watch in 2024
The second edition of TAICCA’s Top Talents showcase will showcase nine Taiwanese actors on a global stage and elevate the profile of Taiwanese productions.
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NewsFirst look at Korean chiller ‘Gory: A Horror Tale’ (exclusive)
The anthology feature is directed by Hong Won-ki.
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NewsUn Certain Regard prize winner ‘The Damned’ secures US deal (exclusive)
Film won shared the Un Certain Regard best director prize at Cannes this year.
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NewsAnthology ‘Disorder’ about life in Lebanon acquired by Front Row ahead of El Gouna
Four shorts blend drama and dark humour to explore Lebanon’s recent tumultuous years.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office up year-on-year in September; Q4 slate gives cause for optimism
While still down 10% on 2023, the current year improved from -15% at the start of August.
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NewsShudder takes North America, UK rights to ‘Grafted’ ahead of Sitges bow (exclusive)
Body horror gets Spanish premiere in Midnight X-Treme strand on October 5, 6.
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof to head jury at Kyiv’s Molodist film festival
Exiled Iranian director named as jury president of Ukrainian film festival.
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Reviews‘Village Rockstars 2’: Busan Review
Rima Das returns to rural Assam to follow-up her 2017 docu-drama
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ dances into 725 cinemas
Sebastian Stan comedy ‘A Different Man’ also opens.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ sold to multiple territories including UK-Ireland
Territories sold include UK-Ireland, LatAm, Canada, Germany.
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NewsHamburg’s Tamtam Film on working with European partners to expand drama, doc and series slate
Company has two projects - Kerstin Polte’s Highly Explosive and Charlotte Sieling’s Way Home - playing at Filmfest Hamburg.
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NewsEvita drama among series highlights at Iberseries & Platino Industria co-production forum
Line-up also includes Spanish comedy dramas Band Of Buffoons and A Series Of People
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NewsStrong September at French box office helped by Cannes releases
Warner Bros’ ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’ was the highest-grossing film in France in September.
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Reviews‘Tale Of The Land’: Busan Review
The ongoing battle for Indigenous lands in Borneo informs this slow-burn debut
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NewsCPH:DOX winner ‘Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other’ signs UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet’s documentary will also play Zurich and IDFA.
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NewsCJ ENM commits to support Korean film industry “despite growing uncertainty”
Korea’s largest media and entertainment outfit will retain annual content investment of $750m (KRW1tn).
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NewsMohammad Rasoulof expresses “gratitude” over German Oscar entry for ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’
The dissident Iranian filmmaker is in South Korea presiding over the main competition at Busan International Film Festival.
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Reviews‘MA - Cry Of Silence’: Busan Review
A young textile worker in Myanmar struggles to find her voice against a backdrop of political unrest
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Reviews‘Serpent’s Path’: Busan Review
Kiyoshi Kurosawa updates his 1998 crime thriller and moves the action from Tokyo to France