All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 447
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NewsBlue Fox heads to TIFF with Adam Newacheck’s thriller ‘Stranger In The Woods’ (exclusive)
Holly Kenney stars, wrote screenplay.
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Reviews‘For Night Will Come’: Venice Review
A teenage vampire searches for acceptance in this low-key French debut
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NewsBleecker Street, Fathom Events to release ‘Waitress: The Musical’ in December
Release marks second collaboration after Golda.
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Reviews‘Housekeeping For Beginners’: Venice Review
Goran Stolevski delivers another triumph in this domestic story of marginalised people
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NewsNearly 300 and counting leading film figures call for Berlinale’s Carlo Chatrian to stay in open letter
The letter has been signed by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Joanna Hogg, Radu Jude and Tilda Swinton.
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Reviews‘Io Capitano’: Venice Review
Matteo Garrone’s Competition entry follows two Sengalese teenagers hoping to achieve their dreams in Europe
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NewsBusan film festival advises former director to engage with sexual harassment investigation
Huh Moonyung resigned in May, ahead of the upcoming edition of the festival in South Korea.
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NewsVenice’s Alberto Barbera defends selecting Roman Polanski’s ‘The Palace’, as he admits film “not completely resolved”
“There has been a lack of respect towards Polanski,” said Barbera of the overwhelmingly negative reviews of his film.
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NewsUS streamer Roku rids 10% of employees, takes up to $65m hit to remove streaming content
Roku expects to record a restructuring charge related to the layoffs in an estimated range of $45m to $65m, and an impairment cost of between $160m and $200m for ceasing to use office facilities.
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FeaturesToronto 2023 preview: Screen’s guide to the Platform and Midnight Madness titles
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7-17.
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Reviews‘Snow Leopard’: Venice Review
Tibetan auteur Pema Tseden’s final film is a study of the tension between tradition and modernity
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NewsUK producer Paul Trijbits launches joint venture with French outfit Magical Society
The outfit’s first commission is six-part BBC One thriller ’Vidree’, with feature films also in the pipeline.
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Reviews‘About Last Year’: Venice Review
Unusual documentary captures three cisgender friends as they find acceptance and release in Turin’s ballroom scene
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Reviews‘Day Of The Fight’: Venice Review
Michael Pitt plays a middleweight boxer in the debut feature by his ’Boardwalk Empire’ co-star Jack Huston
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NewsREinvent boards Hisham Zaman’s TIFF-bound ‘A Happy Day’ (exclusive)
Zaman’s previous films ’Before Snowfall’ and ’Letter To The King’, both won the Best Nordic Film prize in Goteborg.
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NewsFilmmakers defend Agnieszka Holland after migration drama ‘Green Border’ draws criticism from Polish official
Film had its world premiere in competition at Venice this week.
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NewsBreaking Through The Lens names finalists for €10,000 feature film grant (exclusive)
Finalists include Screen Star of Tomorrow 2023, Nadia Fall.
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FeaturesToronto 2023 preview: Screen’s guide to the Gala and Special Presentations
Toronto International Film Festival runs September 7-17.
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NewsVenice title ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus’ lands key Europe, Asia deals (exclusive)
The concert film, directed by Neo Sora, premiered at Venice Film Festival on September 4.
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NewsMyriad boards worldwide rights to comedy ‘The Throwback’, launching TIFF sales (exclusive)
Justina Machado stars in comedy about stressed mother who regresses to college student persona.