All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 439
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A24’s ‘Past Lives’, TIFF sales package ‘Plane 2: Stowaway’ secure SAG-AFTRA interim agreements
Celine Song’s awards contender is one of the most acclaimed films of the year.
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SAG-AFTRA president tells LA rally: ‘What we need to do is change the culture’
Hundreds of striking actors descend on Paramount Pictures.
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CJ Cultural Foundation, Korean Film Council, TIFF launch fund
“It is our hope that this fund helps filmmakers in North America who are of Korean backgrounds, unleash their creative potential.”
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Features
TIFF spotlight: David Yates on swapping ‘Harry Potter’ for opioid drama ‘Pain Hustlers’
After 15 years in JK Rowling’s Wizarding World, Yates was keen to get back to the type of work that saw him noticed by Hollywood in the first place.
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Finland selects Aki Kaurismäki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ as Oscar entry
Kaurismäki was previously nominated in 2002 for The Man Without A Past.
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Aberdeen’s Belmont Filmhouse wins approval to reopen as Belmont Community Cinema
The cinema has been closed since parent charity the Centre for the Moving Image (CM), went into administration in October.
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Reviews
‘NYAD’: Toronto Review
Annette Bening goes the distance as real life endurance swimmer Diana Nyad
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France unveils five-feature Oscar shortlist
The selection committee will now meet with the films’ producers, sales companies and US distributors.
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Welsh government sells Cardiff’s Seren Studios to Great Point Studios
Great Point Media has leased the studio since 2020.
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Raindance Film Festival 2023 unveils line-up of UK and international indie features
Christian Cooke’s directorial debut ‘Embers’ is among the world premieres.
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The US streamer squeeze: Why Europe is taking on the SVoDs
Screen reports on a struggle that has major implications for European film funding — and why the UK is taking a different approach.
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Sandi Toksvig, president of UK’s Writers’ Guild calls on TUC to support fight for fair streaming residuals
Sandi Toksvig was speaking at the UK’s annual Trade Unions Congress.
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Neon Films, barry crerar, Working Title producers join ScreenSkills Film Skills Council (exclusive)
A new ScreenSkills exhibition and distribution group has also formed, featuring UK Cinema Association’s Phil Clapp and Film Export UK’s Charlie Bloye.
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San Sebastian rejects calls to pull Netflix ETA terrorism documentary from festival line-up
’No Me Llame Ternera’ features interview with a former leader of the Basque terrorist group ETA.
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TrustNordisk secures deals on WWII drama ‘Before It Ends’; ‘Birthday Girl’ for UK (exclusive)
Pilou Asbaek stars in ‘Before It Ends’ as a headmaster whose high school is turned into a refugee camp.
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Venice competition title ‘The Theory Of Everything’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
Timm Kröger’s feature debut title is being sold by Paris-based sales outfit Charades.
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Reviews
‘Wildcat’: Toronto Review
Ethan Hawke directs his daughter Maya Hawke as Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor
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‘Fingernails’: Toronto Review
Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed fight the laws of attraction in this near-future set drama in which love is a science
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TIFF ‘Stop Making Sense’ screening powers Imax to record live event gross
Release via A24 to follow later in September.
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Indie producers at TIFF voice packaging fears amid SAG-AFTRA interim agreement logjam
“This isn’t just an American strike; it’s a global strike.”