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FeaturesBerlin buzz: market titles
As Berlin’s European Film Market kicks off, Screen looks at the hottest market debuts — at all stages of production — being offered by US, UK and European sellers
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FeaturesMonsoon Shootout
Amit Kumar, director of award-winning short The Bypass, talks about his debut feature Monsoon Shootout, produced by the UK’s Trevor Ingman.
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FeaturesWinter Warmer
Jeremy Kay analyses the deals from Sundance — including the $6m deal for The Surrogate [pictured] and looks ahead to Berlin’s European Film Market.
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FeaturesSXSW reveals Midnighters
The SXSW festival has announced the features in its Midnighters section and revealed its complete line-up of shorts.
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FeaturesJames Hickey, Irish Film Board
While Ireland’s economy continues to suffer, its film sector remains a bright light. The Irish Film Board CEO talks about the growing ambitions of the Irish audiovisual industry.
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FeaturesDiane Kruger
Diane Kruger stars as doomed French Queen Marie Antoinette in Berlinale opening night film, Farewell My Queen (sold by Elle Driver.)
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FeaturesBerlin festival buzz: Competition
Screen writers profile the world premieres in Berlinale 2012 competition, including Christian Petzold’s Barbara [pictured].
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FeaturesBerlin festival buzz: Other sections
Screen profiles selected world premieres across other festival sections, including Berlinale Special selection I, Anna [pictured].
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FeaturesBerlin festival buzz: Panorama
Screen profiles the hottest world premieres in the Berlinale 2012 Panorama section, including Iron Sky [pictured].
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FeaturesRotterdam 2012 slideshow
The International Film Festival Rotterdam, which opened Jan 25 and runs through Feb 5, celebrated its 41st anniversary this year with guests including Takashi Miike, Michel Gondry and Steve McQueen.
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FeaturesHope on home front
Overall home-entertainment spend was down in the US last year - but digital distribution and Blu-ray were among the bright spots as the market goes through a period of re-invention. And a look at the UK’s home entertainment sector.
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FeaturesA special place
At the Les Arcs European Film Festival in December, This Must Be The Place associate producer Carlotta Calori took part in an on-stage case study about the piecing together of the $28m European production. Andreas Wiseman reports from the presentation
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FeaturesAustenland
Twilight author Stephenie Meyer leaves the vampires behind to produce the UK-set Austenland, directed by Jerusha Hess [pictured] and adapted from Shannon Hale’s bestselling novel.
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FeaturesExploring their world
Highlights of the HFPA foreign-language film symposium featuring Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne brothers, Asghar Farhadi and Angelina Jolie.
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FeaturesBombay Beach UK premiere
Dogwoof hosts event at the oldest surviving music hall in the world.
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FeaturesMaja Milos
28-year-old Serbian writer-director Maja Milos’ debut feature Clip (Klip) has been the talk of Rotterdam. It was a polarising film drawing some praise and some outrage. “At least nobody is indifferent to the film,” Milos says.The story follows a young teenage girl who has a frustrating home life and turns ...
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FeaturesTarget audience
The viewing habits of UK film-goers go under the microscope in extensive new research carried out by Film3Sixty - with surprising findings about piracy, social media and theatrical windows.
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FeaturesThe stage is set
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Studios Leavesden is set to become both a major production centre and a huge tourist attraction when it opens for business this year. Screen editor Mike Goodridge took an exclusive tour of the site and spoke to studio managing director Dan Dark and Warner Bros UK chief ...
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FeaturesPeter von Bagh
The Finnish director talks about his Rotterdam retrospective, the privilege of bringing great directors to the Midnight Sun Film Festival, and how very local films can be universal.