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FeaturesAsian indies still financed the old fashioned way
Despite the proliferation of new media platforms in Asia, the region’s genre filmmakers are sticking to tried-and-tested formulas to finance their films.
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FeaturesHarry Potter climbing all-time international chart, Reliance’s Singham scores well
Potter becomes 17th biggest international film after second weekend as Korea and India see local successes.
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FeaturesUPDATED: New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, 21-31 July
Growing in popularity and ambition, New Horizons celebrates its 11th anniversary this year.
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FeaturesSpecial relationship
UK marketing outfit FIVE33 has been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic. CEO Emily Castel talks about the company’s global ambitions.
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FeaturesTrap For Cinderella
British director Iain Softley tells Screen about his latest feature, a psychological thriller set in London and the South of France, starring upcoming Brit actresses Tuppence Middleton and Alexandra Roach which is being sold internationally by Ealing Metro.
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FeaturesGalt Niederhoffer
Producer Galt Niederhoffer talks to Jeremy Kay about Robot & Frank, starring Frank Langella and Liv Tyler, the first feature to come out of new venture Park Pictures Features.
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FeaturesButtons battle heats up in France
French distributors Mars and UGC will go head to head at the box office this September with separate adaptations of Louis Pergaud’s literary classic The War of the Buttons.
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FeaturesEros scores again while Pokemon trumps studio Ghibli latest in Japan
As Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II smashed a number of international records, Screen looks at the non-US international movers and shakers.
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FeaturesDeathly Hallows Part 2 smashes UK box office records
Latest Harry Potter becomes biggest ever UK opening on £23.8m
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FeaturesKinoforum, St Petersburg
Photos from the awards ceremony at the second edition of the St Petersburg International Kinoforum which took place Jul 10-15.
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Features
Sarajevo means business
The rising stars of south-eastern European cinema will be showcased at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (July 22-30) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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FeaturesAn eye on Sky
With Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation under intense pressure in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, the UK industry is once again discussing BSkyB’s lack of investment in British film – and whether now is the time to push for change.
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FeaturesWu Xia, Case Depart among strong international openers
With Transformers ruling the roost on $94.7m, there were five international newcomers in the top 20 last weekend
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FeaturesComes A Bright Day
The directorial debut of award-winning commercials director Simon Aboud is a romantic thriller set in the heart of London’s West End. It is produced by Christine Alderson of Ipso Facto and sold internationally by Intandem.
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FeaturesBeeban Kidron
UK film director Beeban Kidron tells Screen why she believes the fate of the future of cinema may lie with FILMCLUB, the after-school film club charity of which she is deputy chair.
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FeaturesTransformers and Bridesmaids remain solid in UK
It’s as-you-were among the top four, while The Guard posts big numbers in Ireland.
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FeaturesAgainst all odds
When the financing on Stephen Frears’ new drama Lay The Favorite, starring Bruce Willis, fell apart twice, producers Paul Trijbits and Anthony Bregman faced a race against time to re-assemble and refinance the project and keep the director and all the cast on board.
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FeaturesKarlovy Vary 2011, part 2
Photos from the second half of the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
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FeaturesHarry Potter's box-office effect
Screen looks at Harry Potter’s past box-office success, film by film, territory by territory, for the past decade.
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