All News articles – Page 2786
-
NewsGrant Scicluna's The Wilding wins 2012 Iris Prize
Scicluna receives £25,000 for the prize to make a new short film in the UK.
-
NewsGerman and Russian superstars unite in comedy by Cloud Atlas co-producer
Germany’s Til Schweiger and Russia’s Fyodor Bondarchuk are to unite as lead actors in Antalyagrad to be produced by Cloud Atlas co-producer and distributor Alexander Rodnyansky.
-
NewsIDFA Forum includes new projects from Shamir, Ostergaard
Programme expands to include work in progress screenings.
-
NewsBroken, Kauwboy among films nominated for EFA Discovery Award
Five nominees announced for the European Film Awards’ debut film award.
-
NewsChina box office monthly round-up: The Expendables 2 tops September box office
The Expendables 2 was the highest-grossing release at the Chinese box office in September; a month dominated by US films.
-
NewsCinedigm strikes distribution support deal with FilmDistrict
The digital conversion specialist and alternative content distributor has licensed its Theatrical Distribution System (TDS) to FilmDistrict and expects to implement the technical platform in time for FilmDistrict’s November release of Red Dawn [pictured].
-
News
SPWA enter Small Apartments, IFC plays Would You Rather
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions concluded the deal for North America and most international territories with the film’s financiers and producers Ben Feingold and Ash R Shah.
-
News
AFI FEST unveils World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, shorts
Pieta, The Hunt (pictured), War Witch, The Angels’ Share, Beyond The Hills and John Dies At The End among the line-up. The festival is set to run in Los Angeles from Nov 1-8.
-
NewsDisney to kick off summer 2013 with Iron Man 3 in 3D
The May 3 release date remains unchanged for the Marvel release, while Thor: The Dark World will also go out in 3D on Nov 11 2013 as previously announced and Ant-Man will debut on Nov 6 2015.
-
News
MGM extends contract for motion picture group president
Jonathan Glickman’s term now runs until 2017. He will continue in his current role overseeing development and production for all features and identifying co-financing opportunities with other studios.
-
NewsAbu Dhabi Film Festival: DeSouza brings 3D motion capture to the masses
3D supervisor Clyde DeSouza explained how 3D and motion capture technology - normally the preserve of Hollywood blockbusters - is becoming accessible to low-budget and indie filmmakers, during his 3D Master Class at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
-
NewsTaken 2 retains top spot at the UK box office
UPDATE: Fox’s sequel records second straight week at number one; Sony’s Hotel Transylvania charts second with $2.8m (£1.7m), while eOne’s Looper adds $1.9m (£1.2m) for $12.2m (£7.6m) to date.
-
NewsChristoph Waltz will play Gorbachev in Mike Newell's Reykjavik
HanWay films handling international sales and will launch at AFM.
-
NewsLife Of Pi wins 35th Mill Valley Film Festival audience award
Ang Lee’s closing night film scooped honours as the 11-day festival came to an end on Monday night (Oct 15). Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist won the audience award for world cinema and David O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook took the audience award for US cinema.
-
NewsXPAND introduces new passive 3D glasses
Infinity 3D glasses aim to be more ergonomic, lighter and more stylish than competing passive 3D glasses.
-
NewsCinesite opens Inspire Internship Programme for 2013
Initiative aims to give graduates the opportunity to work in the field of high-end visual effects.
-
NewsBelgian KIKK Festival explores the digital frontier
International digital festival, which runs Nov 8-9, aims to explore the economic and artistic implications of new technologies.
-
NewsFor No Good Reason to open London International Animation Festival
Charlie Paul’s biopic of British artist Ralph Steadman is one of three feature films showing at this year’s edition, which runs Oct 25-Nov 4.
-
NewsLeos Carax's Holy Motors wins big at Sitges Film Festival
Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers picks up two awards, including Best Actress for Alice Lowe, while Jennifer Lynch’s Chained wins Special Jury Award.
-
News
35th Starz Denver Film Festival to honour Argentina, Daniel Burman
The event will include 14 films in an Argentinian sidebar and a three-film tribute to Burman is planned for his feat of having the most films from Argentina play on US screens. The Colorado event is set to run from Nov 1-11.