All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 565
-
NewsUkrainian project ‘Red Zone’ among CPH:DOX Forum industry winners
Iryna Tsilyk’s documentary offers a female perspective on the war in Ukraine.
-
NewsUK-Ire box office preview: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ hopes to make a killing for Lionsgate
Also opening is ’80 For Brady’, ’Louis Tomlinson: All Of Those Voices’ and ‘A Good Person’
-
NewsApple reportedly planning $1bn annual spend on theatrical films
Move bodes well for exhibition sector.
-
News“Reduce locations in a film, episodes in a series,” says Amazon’s James Farrell on challenge of rising costs
Exec says streamer is not cutting back on number of shows being commissioned.
-
NewsPicturestart, Picture Perfect Federation set JC Lee to direct, Benedict Wong to star in ‘Bad Genius’ remake
Major pre-sales closed ahead of scheduled May production start. Mallory Edens’ Little Ray Media financing.
-
NewsUK cinemas urged to take action on sustainability
Sustainability was the exclusive topic at the ”Greening The Big Screen Experience” conference hosted by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA).
-
NewsUK producers “cautiously optimistic” about aspects of BFI Filmmaking Fund but worried about fall in overall funding
“Ouch,” said one UK independent producer.
-
NewsParamount+’s Marco Nobili emphasises importance of international projects for streamer’s growth
Exec says half of Paramount+’s growth is from international market.
-
NewsNetflix admits to facing diverse talent ‘scarcity’
Germany, Switzerland and Austria content chief Katja Hofem was talking at Series Mania.
-
NewsCohen Media Group acquires US rights to TIFF premiere ‘A Gaza Weekend’ (exclusive)
British-Palestinian filmmaker Basil Khalil’s culture-clash comedy-drama stars Stephen Mangan, Mouna Hawa.
-
Features‘The Good Mothers’ team on bringing a “female gaze” to the Mafia
The Italian series follows three Mafia women who bring down the organisation from the inside
-
NewsFrance’s CNC appoints head of ‘attractiveness department’ to lure international productions
Daphné Lora replaces Mathieu Ripka who stepped down last year.
-
Reviews‘Theatre Of Violence’: CPH:DOX Review
A legal and ethical minefield surrounds the trial of a former Ugandan child soldier by the International Criminal Court
-
NewsLindsay Lohan among eight celebrities charged by SEC for illegal crypto promotion
Actor has settled with no admission of guilt or denial.
-
NewsErik Lomis, MGM distribution head, dies unexpectedly at 64
Veteran executive’s career saw posts at United Artists Releasing, Annapurna Pictures, TWC.
-
NewsDirectors Juho Kuosmanen, César Díaz and Beatriz Seigner win inaugural Seriesmakers prizes
Programme is for film directors making first move into scripted TV.
-
NewsNetflix, BBC, HBO documentary decision-makers on programming around the true crime wave
“We’ve got a massive variety of a global audience – it wouldn’t make sense to cookie-cut.”
-
Reviews‘The Crime Is Mine’: Review
Francois Ozon’s snappy adaptation of a 1934 stageplay is a ‘sly slice of feminist triumph’
-
Reviews‘A Good Person’: Review
Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman work to overcome tragedy in Zach Braff’s cloying melodrama
-
NewsAFM to change venue after 30 years at the Loews Hotel
The American Film Market is relocating to the Le Méridien Delfina.