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FeaturesNation building
Boosted by significant pots of regional financing, thriving production hubs in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are increasingly tempting international film-makers away from London. Matt Mueller looks at what’s on offer.
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FeaturesCall of the Roman empire
Neil Marshall’s historical action thriller Centurion is the first in a wave of Romans-on-the-rampage projects to go into production. Sarah Cooper visits the set.
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FeaturesFirst-class post
The nations’ facilities are a draw for international productions, says Matt Mueller.
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FeaturesChinese Stories
Fresh off a prize win at Cannes for Spring Fever, controversial film-maker Lou Ye tells Liz Shackleton why any portrait of Chinese people in cinema also involves politics.
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FeaturesThe market paradox
What does the growing conservatism among even specialist distributors mean for smaller sales agents with no obvious commercial fare and untested film-makers trying to break through?
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FeaturesRising stars take centre stage
This week’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 17-28) is turning the spotlight on first-time UK film-makers.
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FeaturesEdinburgh: World Premieres
Screen brings you stills and details on the upcoming world premieres at the Edinburgh International Film Festival June 17-28, 2009.
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We Have A Pope
A comedy of reflection, in which a psychiatrist is called in to counsel a cardinal, who although having been elected Pope, is not keen to ascend the Papacy
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FeaturesSpreading the foreign word
Festivals showcasing films from particular territories are injecting life into Australia’s foreign-language box office.
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The Good War
A British Major leads a platoon of ill-equipped troops, attempting to defeat Malta against Hitler’s airforce, but hostile islanders and a dangerous love triangle threaten to destroy his hopes of military success.
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FeaturesSerious business
After three years in which it has struggled to define its place on the international calendar, the Rome International Film Festival has charged Gian Luigi Rondi and Piera Detassis with upgrading the event.
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Outpost II
The sequel to Nazi zombie action horror movie Outpost, Outpost II picks up the story in 1945 during the closing stages of World War 2. It follows a German scientist who is working on a frightening new technology; the power to create an immortal Nazi army
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The Galapagos Affair
Based on the true story from John Treherne’s book of the same name, the film follows an idealistic couple living on a remote island in the Galapagos Islands. When a seductive European baroness arrives, accompanied by her two lovers, their dreams are shattered
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FeaturesWas the Marché the real deal?
Buyers on the Croisette were decisive — and surprisingly plentiful — for international sales companies with solid projects.
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FeaturesStudio building
Thomas Peter Friedl tells Martin Blaney why running the new German film company UFA Cinema is his dream job