All articles by Michael Rosser – Page 191
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NewsBFI launches US distribution fund
Pilot P&A fund to launch at Sundance to help UK films break into North America.
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NewsGalloping Horse boss dies aged 47
Beijing-based exec, whose company’s credits include The Karate Kid and John Woo’s The Crossing, died of a heart attack.
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NewsRotterdam to open with Qissa
The 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is to open with the European premiere of Indian drama Qissa, celebrating 25 years of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF).
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NewsMonica Z leads Guldbagge nominations
Per Fly’s biopic leads Swedish film award nominations with 11 nods, followed by Shed No Tears, The Reunion and Hotell.
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NewsWarner Bros reclaims UK crown
Gravity and The Hobbit help generate box office revenues of more than $320m (£194m) in the UK.
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NewsDigital boosts UK film sales
New figures also reveal Skyfall as the biggest-selling DVD in the UK in 2013.
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CommentFIRST IMAGE: Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel offers a ‘Usual Suspects’-style look at the upcoming action adventure.
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CommentFIRST IMAGE: The Imitation Game
Benedict Cumberbatch looks under pressure as codebreaker Alan Turing.
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NewsIda wins top Les Arcs prize
Pawel Pawlikowski’s Polish nun drama adds to a growing haul of prizes. Other winners include Starred Up and Of Horses and Men
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NewsBerlin unveils first Panorama films
John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary and new films by Michel Gondry, Kutluğ Ataman and Robert Lepage are to feature in the Berlinale’s Panorama strand, which will open with Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent.
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NewsTop Balkan directors reveal struggles
Award-winning directors Danis Tanovic, Jasmila Zbanic and Srdan Golubovic have revealed stories of “corruption” and “sickness” in their local film industries.
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NewsNymphomaniac producer optimistic for European cinema
Danish producer Peter Aalbaek Jensen of Zentropa is “enthusiastic” for the future of European cinema – but doesn’t “give a shit” about the Danish film industry.
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NewsZbanic slams “unjust” treatment of women in cinema
Award-winning director Jasmila Zbanic has echoed Jane Campion’s call to mandate that 50% of all films should be made by women.
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NewsWolf boy film wins Les Arcs WiP
Serbian film No One’s Child, about a boy raised by wolves, has been named top project at the Les Arcs European Film Festival’s Work-in-Progress screenings.
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NewsHubert Bals Fund reveals 14 projects
Harmony Lessons director Emir Baigazin and Uncle Boomee… director Apichatpong Weerasethakul among those selected by the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) to receive grants for post production and for script and project development.
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NewsHobbit desolates UK buzz chart rivals
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug leads this week’s Way to Blue UK Movie Buzz Chart.
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NewsSlave, American Hustle lead Golden Globes nominations
Other films to secure multiple nominations include Nebraska, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Her, Philomena and Inside Llewyn Davis.
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NewsEdinburgh to boost prize money
EXCLUSIVE: EIFF to significantly boost prize money, introduce a documentary award and double the number of galas.
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NewsBlockbuster to close last UK stores
DVD rental chain Blockbuster is to close down completely after failing to attract a buyer.