All Screen articles in February 24 2017 – Page 821
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NewsIFC Films acquires SXSW audience award winner ‘Pretty Problems’
Theatrical, VoD release planned for later this year.
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NewsDocumentary about composer Johann Johannsson unveiled at Iceland’s Stockfish festival
Directors Orri Jonsson and David Horgdal Stefansson and producer Anton Mani Svansson are in the research phase for the film, currently titled A Deal With Chaos.
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CommentComment: Academy must reclaim its authority after Will Smith fiasco
Academy leadership needs to get in front of the news rather than merely reacting to developments – or not reacting, as the case may be.
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NewsScandinavian production platform Drylab to relocate to London
The move follows the company’s acquisition by Media Tech SPAC.
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News‘Morbius’ tops global box office on $84m; ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ scurries to $25.5m (update)
‘Morbius’ looks to be on profitable path for stakeholders Sony and Marvel.
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News‘Pulp Fiction’ leads Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson to star in Yale’s ‘The Kill Room’
Spring production scheduled for New Jersey, New York.
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NewsWill Smith resigns from Academy over “shocking, painful, and inexcusable” actions
Academy president David Rubin accepts resignation; says body will continue with ”disciplinary proceedings”.
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NewsCPH:DOX reveals 2022 competition, industry winners
Natasa Urban’s ‘The Eclipse’, about ex-Yugoslavia, takes top prize.
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NewsOscars telecast producer Will Packer on why Will Smith was not removed from show
”Once I saw Will yelling at the stage with such vitriol my heart dropped.”
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NewsHorror features top box office in Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand
‘Incantation’, ‘The Ancestral’ and ‘Pee Nak 3’ among titles.
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NewsUK’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme to end, government confirms
The scheme is closing despite lobbying from the independent sector.
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NewsNoah Media Group to launch MIPTV sales on racing documentary ‘Stewart’
Jackie Stewart’s son Mark is executive producer on the film.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ looks to rev up audiences
‘Morbius’, ‘The Bad Guys’ also make wide debuts.
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NewsFDA report heralds positive sector recovery while noting challenges
The FDA unveiled 2021 statistics this week.
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News‘Riotsville, USA’, ‘The Eclipse’ directors on the division between activism and doc filmmaking
The duo were speaking at the final CPH: DOX A Morning With… session in Copenhagen on Thursday (March 31).
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NewsFull Circle Lab Philippines reveals projects for fourth edition (exclusive)
Projects from director Woo Ming Jin and producer Anthony Chen among titles.
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Features10 hot documentary projects pitched at the CPH:DOX Forum
Colonialism, sex and rape culture, and financial inequality all in focus.
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NewsApple to re-release Oscar winner ‘Coda’ in UK cinemas via BFI Distribution
All screenings will be presented with subtitles.
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NewsUK film and TV producers express concerns over end of government-backed insurance scheme
Commercial insurers are not ready to step into the space created by the looming end of the Production Restart Scheme.
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NewsTom Cruise to receive “exceptional tribute” at Cannes Film Festival
Actor and producer will attend the festival for the premiere of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.