Michael Rosser
Michael Rosser is International News Editor at Screen International, with a focus on coverage of Asia, and works closely with Screen’s network of correspondents on news, features and analysis. He also supports the London-based team, on festival dailies in particular.
Rosser first joined Screen in 2012 as news editor, overseeing Screendaily.com and working across market dailies at Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and Filmart in Hong Kong. After a three-year stint as an entertainment editor at IMDb, he returned to Screendaily’s online news team in 2019 before taking up his current role in 2022.
A journalism graduate, Rosser started his career in regional newspapers before moving into trade magazines including Precision Marketing, Broadcast, C21Media and Television Business International.
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FeaturesBusan 2022 line-up guide: New Currents and Jiseok competition titles
Screen profiles the titles in competition at Busan’s 27th edition.
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Hong Kong’s Peter Chan launches Changin’ Pictures with Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi projects
Initial slate of five series set to be unveiled in Busan.
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European Film Academy adds six titles to 2022 awards race
Titles include two UK titles and features selected for Cannes, Toronto and Venice.
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Julie Taymor to head Tokyo film festival jury; Akira Kurosawa Award to return
Festival will also host tributes to Taiwan’s Tsai Ming-liang and late director Shinji Aoyama.
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Malaysian film lab unites with Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan bodies ahead of Busan
Eight projects revealed for Mylab development lab.
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Saudi Arabia’s Neom launches 40%+ production rebate as facilities and studios officially open
Some 25 productions have shot in the region in Saudi Arabia over the past 18 months.
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Tallinn Black Nights reveals first competition titles for 2022 edition
Features include Albania’s entry to the Oscars.
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Cannes winners Cesar Diaz, Vimukthi Jayasundara among HBF+Europe recipients
Six co-productions will each receive more than $60,000 in support.
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Tokyo film festival to open with ‘Fragments Of The Last Will’, close with ‘Living’
The 35th edition of the festival is set to take place in-person from October 2 to November 2.
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Indian filmmaker Vinay Shukla talks TIFF Docs “newsroom thriller” ‘While We Watched’
The documentary maker reveals his fears for independent journalism in India, as chronicled in the TIFF Docs entry.
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Cineworld receives approval for ‘first day’ relief from US bankruptcy court
The approval follows the exhibitor’s Chapter 11 filing on September 7.
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Bafta leads film industry tributes to Queen Elizabeth II
The UK’s longest-reigning monarch died aged 96 on September 8.
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Luke Hemsworth to join Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe in ‘Land Of Bad’
Action thriller set to begin shooting in Australia this month.
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William Stone comedy drama ‘The Fence’ strikes UK-Ireland deal (exclusive)
UK feature has been self-released in theatres.
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Japanese director Kobayashi Masahiro dies aged 68
Filmmaker had four features selected for Cannes including ‘Bashing’.
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Korean thriller ‘Project Wolf Hunting’ scores sales ahead of TIFF premiere
Territories in Asia, Europe and North America have acquired the feature.
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‘Minions 2’ regains UK-Ireland box office crown; ‘Prima Facie’ breaks event cinema record
National Cinema Day provided a box office boost and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ returned to the charts.
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“I was intimidated as hell”: Steve Buscemi talks directing Venice premiere ‘The Listener’
The film stars Tessa Thompson as a helpline counsellor who takes calls from people in need.
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Busan film festival unveils New Currents competition titles
Features hail from Singapore and South Korea to India and Iran.
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Anton’s Cecile Gaget joins Wild Bunch as head of film
French film executive previously spent a decade at Gaumont.
