All Screen articles in January 22 2016 – Page 4
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News'45 Years' director Andrew Haigh among Creative England Future Leaders
Sunset Song producer Hurricane Films and Duck Soup Films, set up last year by two UK producers with ties to Warp Films, are also on the list.
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FeaturesSlamdance directors: Jeremy Lalonde, 'How To Plan An Orgy In A Small Town'
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: Jeremy Lalonde takes the coming-of-age formula and turns it on its head: what if the protagonist was a confident teen gazelle who becomes a Sex And The City-style big city writer and the plot was about her return to her hometown to plan an orgy?
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NewsUS Briefs: Tamoor Shafi to lead digital efforts at Relativity Media
Plus: Hot Docs to recogniseRosie Dransfeld, Steve James; State Department, Film Independent launch mentorship scheme; Tyler Perry Studios starts production on Boo! A Madea Halloween; and more…
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NewsBorderline Presents launches for Sundance
Borderline Films co-founders Josh Mond, Sean Durkin and Antonio Campos have unveiled a label to board projects as executive producers starting with Park City selection The Eyes Of My Mother.
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NewsTomas Alfredson's 'The Snowman' begins shoot with Michael Fassbender
Universal dates adaptation of Jo Nesbo bestseller, starring Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rebecca Ferguson.
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NewsStephen Fingleton developing US big budget sci-fi
BAFTA-nominated director in talks to direct a thriller set in the near future.
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FeaturesSundance directors: Yao Huang, 'Pleasure. Love.'
The dreamy intimacy of Yao Huang’s debut feature is a departure from the more mannered Chinese film-making to which Western audiences have become accustomed.
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FeaturesSundance directors: Elite Zexer, 'Sand Storm'
Elite Zexer’s feature debut stems from her love for the Bedouin people and in particular her fascination with the role of women.
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FeaturesSundance directors: Alejandro Fernández Almendras, 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Alejandro Fernández Almendras won the Sundance World Cinema Dramatic prize in 2014 with To Kill A Man and he mines the familiar terrain of social and legal injustice in his return to Park City.
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FeaturesSundance directors: Rebecca Daly, 'Mammal'
Australian actress Rachel Griffiths usually inhabits gregarious characters but plays against type in Mammal as a woman who loses a son and weaves a complicated relationship with a teenage boy.
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FeaturesSundance directors: Agnieszka Smoczynska, 'The Lure'
Agnieszka Smoczynska had already collaborated with screenwriter Robert Bolesto on her short films but the impetus for her trippy $1.6m (€1.5m) feature debut came as a surprise.
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FeaturesSundance directors: Felix van Groeningen, 'Belgica'
Relationships and music are the beating heart of Belgica, as they were in Felix van Groeningen’s 2014 Belgian Oscar submission The Broken Circle Breakdown.
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NewsChina Box Office: 'Force Awakens' battles 'Boonie Bears III'
Star Wars: The Force Awakens held onto the weekly crown - and has now crossed $100m - but was edged out over the weekend by the popular bears.
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NewsSony sets Jennifer Lawrence for 'Marita'
The Oscar nominee has been cast as Fidel Castro’s lover Marita Lorenz based on a pitch by American Hustle co-writer Eric Warren Singer.
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News'Paddington', 'X+Y' score at GB Writers’ Guild Awards
Paul King beat out Nick Hornby and Alex Garland.
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NewsSundance: six European films to receive Films Sales Support
Promotional campaigns for six European films are being boosted with Films Sales Support (FSS) from European Film Promotion (EFP) at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (Jan 21-31).
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NewsBerlin 2016: Forum line-up unveiled; focus on Arab region
Programme includes 34 world premieres.
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NewsNetflix international subscribers reaches 30m
The streaming service saw just over 4m new members outside the US in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to an influx of 1.56m from within the US.
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NewsIcon Film Distribution appoints publicity manager
EXCLUSIVE: Icon Film Distribution appoints Will Taylor from Organic.
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NewsIdris Elba calls for greater diversity in media
Idris Elba has argued that UK television is in need of a “Magna Carta moment” on diversity and is still failing to reflect modern Britain.