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FeaturesIan Power and Macdara Kelleher
Director Ian Power and producer Macdara Kelleher (Fastnet Films) talk to Andreas Wiseman about their feature The Runway, which had its international premiere at the Rome Film Festival last week.
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FeaturesAnd we're off
The big early-autumn festivals marked the beginning of the long journey to awards glory. Kicking off Screen’s Awards Countdown, Jeremy Kay picks over some of the stand-out titles
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FeaturesWeekly international box office 29 - 31 Oct
Universal’s Despicable Me returned to the top of the international chart after being supplanted by Paranormal Activity 2 last week.
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FeaturesTokyo International Film Festival (Oct 23 - 31)
Award winners at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
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FeaturesJacqueline Lyanga
AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga talks to Jeremy Kay about programme selections, David Lynch and the decision to keep the festival free.
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FeaturesExclusive's Nigel Sinclair and Guy East
Nigel Sinclair and Guy East talk to Mike Goodridge about building Exclusive Media Group, now in its third year of operations, into a diversified global operation for the digital age
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FeaturesAFM Buzz: Foreign-Language Films
A selection of the hottest new foreign-language films heading to the AFM
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FeaturesBFI London Film Festival Oct 22-28
The final stretch of the BFI London Film Festival, including the awards ceremony and the Closing Night with Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours.
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FeaturesIncentives survive global cutbacks
Austerity measures may be kicking in around the world, but governments are keener than ever to use financial incentives to attract inward investment from international film productions. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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FeaturesScreen International launches Global Guide To Soft Money 2011
The annual PDF report, available to buy online, is a territory-by-territory guide to the most lucrative international production incentives.
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FeaturesHunky Dory
Minnie Driver stars as a high school teacher in Marc Evans’ Swansea set musical feature which is being sold by Independent at the forthcoming AFM.
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FeaturesMarie-Pierre Macia
The head of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival’s Sanad fund talks about how the new initiative is supporting Arab filmmakers from across the region.
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FeaturesCompetitive incentives change the US landscape
The US worked up production incentives relatively late. But with the majority of states now offering schemes, the competition is benefiting producers. By John Hazelton
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FeaturesThe powerhouse
BSkyB pioneered the lucrative UK pay-TV market for movies. But there are concerns about the power it wields when it comes to premium movie rights, and some critics argue the broadcaster should be doing more for UK production. Geoffrey Macnab reports
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FeaturesSecurity screen
The revenues from a pay-TV deal can give US independent distributors a secure revenue stream but such deals are hard to come by, with broadcasters wary of titles without built-in audience awareness. John Hazelton reports
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FeaturesFlattening landscape
The competitive international pay-TV arena has been highly profitable for studios. But mergers across the industry mean that many territories have only one major buyer. John Hazelton reports