All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 687
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NewsBusan film festival opens with return to pre-pandemic style
The star-studded red carpet included Hong Kong star Tony Leung, winner of the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award.
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News‘Rust’ to resume production in January after producers settle with Halyna Hutchins estate
Matthew Hutchins to serve as executive producer.
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FeaturesBusan 2022 line-up guide: New Currents and Jiseok competition titles
Screen profiles the titles in competition at Busan’s 27th edition.
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NewsSXSW director Janet Pierson to hand over reins to Claudette Godfrey
Fifteen-year veteran becomes director emeritus, will serve as 2023 edition programmer.
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NewsScreen Ireland secures additional funding to lift budget to €37.7 million for 2023
Irish government increases funding for country’s screen agency.
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News‘Warriors Of Future’ is highest grossing Chinese-language film of all time in Hong Kong
Warriors Of Future is described as Hong Kong’s first mega-budget sci-fi blockbuster with a budget of nearly $60m.
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NewsVietnamese horror ‘Muoi: The Curse Returns’ sold to a dozen territories (exclusive)
The horror opened in second place with over 100,000 admissions from its opening weekend.
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NewsScreen’s 2022 Rising Stars Scotland photo shoot: behind-the-scenes video
The shoot took place at Edinburgh’s Virgin Hotel
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NewsFrance’s female stars cut hair in support of Iranians protesting the death of Mahsa Amini
More than 1,000 industry professionals also sign letter in solidarity with Iranian women.
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Reviews‘Scent Of Wind’: Busan Review
Busan opens with this update on the ‘Good Samaritan’ story set in remotest Iran and written and directed by Hadi Mohaghegh
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Reviews‘Eternal Spring’: Review
Canada’s Oscar contender is a documentary which looks back at the actions of Falun Gong members in China in 2002
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NewsHot new projects from Manuela Martelli and Michael Labarca head Proyecta line-up (exclusive)
Proyecta is Ventana Sur’s Euro-Lat Am co-pro market.
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NewsSundance, TIFF winner ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ secures UK-Ireland theatrical deal (exclusive)
Martika Ramirez Escobar’s debut feature blurs fiction and reality.
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Features“Disruption is good for the business”: what does the future hold for UK talent agents?
In the wake of the acquisition of Curtis Brown by United Talent Agency, UK talent agents give their reaction to ripples in the agency landscape.
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PromotionHow distributor Filmbridge is taking on piracy in Mongolia while moving into production
Almost 160 titles have been released by the company since launching in mid-2019.
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NewsUK Global Screen Fund appoints international business development manager
Chris Filip takes up the newly-created role on October 24.
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FeaturesBusan festival director Huh Moonyung reveals challenges and long-term vision
BIFF is set to set its first full-scale edition since pre-pandemic 2019.
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FeaturesTony Leung talks choosing six films for Busan and plans to star in a US TV drama
The Hong Kong star will receive the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award at the festival.
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Reviews‘Autobiography’: Busan Review
Former critic Makbul Mubarak makes an impressive feature debut with this Indonesia-set tale of power and corruption
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Reviews‘Tora’s Husband’: Busan Review
Rima Das’ intimate drama shows a family man’s life unravelling in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic