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FeaturesKatherine Butler, Film4
Film4’s senior commissioning executive talks to Screen about the Film4 philosophy, discovering new talent and why SXSW is the festival to be at.
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FeaturesDavid Mackenzie
The prolific Scottish director talks about the challenges of a quick shoot for You Instead (which has its US premiere at SXSW on Saturday) as well as his new plans for a sci-fi adaptation and a film set on the world’s most remote inhabited island.
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FeaturesRango the new sheriff at the UK box office
In a busy week, Univeral’s The Adjustment Bureau opens in second place and Optimum has its best opening with Unknown.
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FeaturesNorwegian Wood UK premiere
Soda Pictures celebrated the UK launch of Norwegian Wood with a packed screening at BAFTA (also the opening night selection for Asia House’s Pan Asia Film Festival) and a glamorous after-party at London’s Haunch of Venison Gallery.
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FeaturesZagrebDox, Croatia
Winners and attendees at ZagrebDox (Feb 27 - March 06), the biggest documentary festival in the Balkans
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FeaturesForever premiere, Singapore
Nearly 1,500 guests watched the Singapore gala premiere of Forever on Feb 28. The film screened in seven halls at GV Vivocity.
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FeaturesA Few Best Men
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert director Stephan Elliott is currently shooting his latest film, a comedy about a group of English friends attending a wedding in Australia, which has already secured an impressive number of pre-sales.
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FeaturesGlasgow Film Festival 2011
The Glasgow Film Festival ran Feb 17-27 with more than 250 screenings and events. See separate gallery for the world premiere of David Mackenzie’s You Instead at GFF.
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FeaturesVikram Malhotra
The new COO of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, the rebooted film division of Viacom’s India joint venture, talks about the company’s restructuring and production plans.
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FeaturesPeter Hampden and Norman Merry, LipSync
Post production house LipSync’s managing director Peter Hampden and financial director Norman Merry talk about the benefits of investing in films at the production stage and working with the US studios.
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FeaturesFlying Concorde
In an extract from Screen’s new Independent Distribution Report, Martin Blaney looks at how larger German independents grew their market share despite an overall dip in box office.
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FeaturesIndian box office faces off with cricket
The Mumbai-based film industry has lined up a diverse slate to tempt audiences during the IPL and Cricket World Cup.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Feb 25 -27
Fox’s Black Swan continued to lord it over its international rivals in its sixth week, posting a third consecutive number one performance.
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FeaturesYou Instead premiere and Sigma Films anniversary party
Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films celebrated its 15th anniversary and the world premiere of David Mackenzie’s You Instead on February 25.
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FeaturesGary Winick: Ahead of his time
Colin Brown pays tribute to director and digital filmmaking pioneer Gary Winick, who pioneered ‘open-source filmmaking’ at InDigEnt.
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FeaturesGnomeo & Juliet returns to the summit in the UK
eOne’s animation-comedy Gnomeo & Juliet returned to the top of the UK box office over the February 25-27 weekend, grossing $4m (£2.5m).
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FeaturesLA celebrates British Oscar nominees
The King’s Speech Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper, Oscar winning producer Iain Canning and nominee Helena Bonham Carter attended an event in Los Angeles to celebrate British Oscar nominees last week.
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FeaturesKing's Speech: BFI gets king’s ransom?
The UK Film Council invested £1 million ($1.6 million) in The King’s Speech through its now defunct Premiere Fund (then run by Sally Caplan) and is believed to have a net profit position as high as 34% in the film.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Feb 18-20
Fox’s thriller Black Swan remained at the top of the international class in its fifth week, posting a further $17.6m - only a 9% week-on-week decline.