All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 100
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FeaturesThatcher's film legacy
A look back at how Thatcher-era policies impact the UK film industry of today, from the elimination of the Eady Levy to the founding of Channel 4 and British Screen. Geoffrey Macnab talks to the experts and re-examines the history.
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FeaturesSupermarkets bring hope to UK video market
As Hilco swoops to rescue HMV, Geoffrey Macnab reports on how optimism is returning to the UK video market.
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NewsPuttnam calls for online monetization
Lord Puttnam has called on young filmmakers to pioneer the online monetization of movies – and used All the President’s Men to defend new press regulation.
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NewsWHSmith set for DVD push, distributors claim
British retailer WHSmith has sought to distance itself from persistent rumours that it is poised to head back into the DVD business.
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News'A Landscape Of Lies': producers jailed over film fraud
The producers behind a low budget film designed to cheat the taxman out of £2.7m ($4.1m) have received jail sentences at Southwark Crown Court in the UK. Screen has spoken to director Paul Knight about the project.
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NewsDetails of 3D Last Emperor revealed
Oscar-winning producer and Recorded Picture Company boss Jeremy Thomas has revealed details of his plans for the 3D version of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987).
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NewsVertigo acquires Hip Hop Hoax
EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo Films has snapped UK rights to new feature doc The Great Hip Hop Hoax by director Jeanie Finlay.
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NewsGentlemen and Gangsters begins shoot
Scandinavian feature film and mini-series Gentlemen and Gangsters, based on Klas Östergren’s best-selling novels and directed by Mikael Marcimain (Call Girl), has begun shooting.
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BPX brainstorms funding issues
BPX (Best Practice Exchange), the new initiative that brings together heads of film agencies from around the world to brainstorm on “best practice in public funding for filmmaking,” has held its inaugural meeting.
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NewsTurner's NonStop Sales to close
Scandinavian-based international sales outfit NonStop Sales AB is to close at the end of March.
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NewsNorthwest to open CPH PIX
The fifth edition of Danish film festival CPH PIX will open with the Danish premiere of Michael Noer’s film Northwest.
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NewsDutch Features plans Sylvia Kristel biopic
The feature project, tentatively called Sylvia Kristel: Object of Desire, aims for a 2015 release.
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Zykov pushes Russian doc series
Veteran producer Eugene Zykov is handling sales on Old Russian Cities, a series of documentaries designed to present a positive image of Russia abroad.
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NewsMezey talks up Cinereach
New York-based independent producer Paul Mezey of Journeyman Pictures has revealed further details of his work with Cinereach - the non-profit organisation with which he worked on the Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild.
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NewsWide slate lures copious buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Doc sales specialist Wide House is reporting a roaring trade on its EFM titles.
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NewsGloria racks up raft of sales
EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, the buzz film in this year’s Berlinale Competition, has provoked a mini-stampede among buyers.
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NewsUrban closes Berlin slate deals
Paris and New York-based Urban Distribution International has closed multiple deals on its Berlin slate.
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NewsReel Suspects sells Lose Your Head
Reel Suspects’ Berlin Panorama title Lose Your Head has been snapped up by Open Reel for Italy.
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NewsLe Pacte makes sales of The Nun
Le Pacte is racking up sales on Berlinale Competition entry The Nun, the period drama directed by Guillaume Nicloux and starring Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert and Louise Bourgoin.
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NewsRinkel reunites with Cool Kids team
The €3m ($4m) Secrets of War will again be directed by Dick Dennis Bots and written by Karen van Holst Pellekaan.