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Visions du Reel moves into distribution
In Switzerland, they take their documentaries very seriously. The films are frequently seen in cinemas and are given the respect accorded elsewhere to fictional features.
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Tribeca Buzz: Six of this year's film-makers talk to Screen
Sales and audience excitement have already been building around a handful of titles at the Tribeca Film Festival, which opens today (April 22). Wendy Mitchell follows the buzz to six of this year’s film-makers.
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FeaturesPalestinian territories - bearing fruit
Najwa Najjar has first-hand experience of the Middle Eastern conflicts that inspired her debut narrativefeature, Pomegranates And Myrrh.
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In Focus: Production's French correction
An oft-heard lament in the French film industry has been the lack of incentives for foreign productions considering a shoot in the territory. Since 1998, when Steven Spielberg told a crowd at the Deauville film festival he had chosen not to shoot Saving Private Ryan in France because it was ...
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FeaturesAwards People: Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas talks to Mike Goodridge about her latest film I’ve Loved You So Long.
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United States - Documentary evidence
The launch last summer of Msnbc Films brought not just a new player but a new type of player onto the US documentary scene.The initiative is an off-shoot of Msnbc, the basic cable news channel (owned by Microsoft and NBC Universal) that reaches 91.6 million US TV households. And among ...
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Awards Countdown - People
Frank: Langella: The Frost/Nixon star tells Wendy Mitchell why his on-screen portrayal of Richard Nixon had to be deeper and quieter than his stage performances
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International - World domination
The Day The Earth Stood Still took the top spot on the international box-office chart for the December 12-14 weekend, giving Fox International its first number-one debut in five years. Opening day-and-date in 90 territories in addition to North America, the sci-fi remake took $39.2m from 7,715 screens, giving it ...
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Europe - breaking the deadlock
Given the slow pace of change in European digital cinema, there is a danger in over-hyping any kind of movement. But a $56m investment in leading UK and France-based D-cinema business Arts Alliance Media (AAM) may prove significant.The money from European services company Econocom and various private investors will allow ...
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FeaturesAwards Countdown: Meryl Streep, Doubt
Meryl Streep, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
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United Kingdom - Cult viewing
Screening to acclaim at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, documentary Three Miles North Of Molkom marks the feature debut of UK producer-directors Corinna McFarlane and Robert Cannan. The pair met on the 2005 UK film The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael (Cannan was assistant director and McFarlane assistant producer). ...
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Awards Countdown - Best actress/Best supporting actress - Best supporting actress: the top 10 contenders
The top 10 contenders for Best Supporting Actress.
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International - Animal magnetism
DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa was king of the jungle in Screen's international chart this week, ending Quantum Of Solace's five-week reign at the top.Escape 2 Africa enjoyed a 281% increase week on week to gross $51m from the December 5-7 weekend. It played on more than 5,000 screens ...
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United Kingdom - New dimensions
The first cinemas in Europe to use the new Imax digital projection system have opened in London: two Odeon multiplexes in Greenwich and Wimbledon feature in a partnership between the Odeon and UCI cinema chains and Imax.The retrofitted auditoria at the two sites can now show Imax digital and digital ...
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Awards Countdown - Best actor/Best supporting actor - Command performances
BEST ACTOR: THE TOP 10 CONTENDERS1. SEAN PENNMILKThe performance (according to Screen's review): "Penn gives one of the most likeable star turns of his career as Harvey Milk, a performance filled with passion, humanity and humour which should lodge him firmly in contention for best actor awards." (Mike Goodridge)The politics: ...
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Special Feature - Competition - The Arabic films in contention for this year's Muhr Awards
ADHEN-DERNIER MAQUIS (ALG-FR)Dir: Rabah Ameur-ZaimecheAmeur-Zaimeche directs and stars in this drama about the owner of a factory in an industrial area outside Paris, who builds a mosque for his workers. The film premiered at Cannes in Directors' Fortnight before screening at Toronto. It has also been shortlisted for France's Louis ...
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Special feature - Beyond the festival - 'Every new mall has a multiplex'
The multiplex at Dubai's vast Festival City shopping mall is offering cinema-goers a choice of 14 movies this month. The majority are Hollywood blockbusters such as Ridley Scott's Body Of Lies, and High School Musical 3: Senior Year, screened in English with Arabic subtitles. The city's sizeable Indian community might ...
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Distribution - Warm embrace in Taiwan
Something is brewing in Taiwan. In the past 12 months it has become a more active buying market for international films, home to new distributors with deep pockets, while Hong Kong companies, such as Filmko, are launching local production offices to benefit from government subsidies and local talent. At the ...