All News articles – Page 3004
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NewsPixel Lab returns to Potsdam in 2012
Transmedia workshop and training programme Pixel Lab is returning to Potsdam, Germany (July 1-7) for its third edition.
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NewsNever Alone
The true story behind Finnish director Klaus Harö’s fifth feature film Never Alone (Nie Allein), which received the Screen Internatonal Best Pitch Award at December’s Baltic Event in Tallinn, has fascinated the director and producer Ilkka Matila alike ever since their childhoods.
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NewsNordisk shuffles Swedish office in reorganisation
Swedish CEO Jens Alex departs as Swedish activity centralised in Denmark.
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NewsLocarno retrospective to screen all of Otto Preminger's films
The Locarno Film Festival is planning a restrospective devoted to Otto Preminger during its 65th edition.
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NewsMemento unveils next Agnès Jaoui picture at Paris Rendez-vous
The Taste of Others and Look At Me director returns behind the camera for first time in four years.
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NewsArte France Cinema boards Breillat’s Abus de faiblesse starring Huppert
Film based on Catherine Breillat’s real-life dealings with notorious hustler who shook down celebrities in Europe and Hollywood.
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NewsThe Iron Lady hits big in Australia
The success of The Iron Lady in Australia means it will be rolled out onto another 30 screens in the next few weeks, starting from today.
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NewsKosslick: Berlinale may consider Cannes or Locarno management model in the future
Dieter Kosslick notes strong Asian, German, French selections for 2012 Berlinale; popular themes include upheaval and exercise of power.
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NewsSkype founder Friis touts upcoming UK VOD service Vdio
Janus Friis set to enter the UK online video fray with Vdio which he says will offer customers “the best titles.”
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NewsRussian box office sets new record in 2011
Russia/CIS box office (excluding Ukraine) grows 11.74% in 2011.
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NewsJustin Kerrigan signs on to Urban Hymn for Instinctive
The Berlin-based company behind The Divide wants to explore UK co-productions and will share producing duties with Powder Keg Pictures in association with Mighty Village and Universal Music UK.
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NewsSierra/Affinity to sell new title from Devil Inside team
Nick Meyer will commence pre-sales at the EFM next month on the “genre bending” Untitled Bell/Peterman Project. Director William Brent Bell and his co-writer Matthew Peterman’s The Devil Inside stormed to the top of the US charts last weekend in a shock $33.7m debut.
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NewsLubezki, Richardson among five ASC nominees
The organisation has unveiled the 2011 nominees ahead of the 26th Annual ASC Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb 12.
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NewsSpanish cinema market share approaches to 15%; Torrente 4 and Breaking Dawn lead box office for year
Torrente 4 [pictured] and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 were the most successful movies last year in Spain.
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NewsCameron's comments draw dismay ahead of Film Policy Review; Mike Leigh has 'no comment'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has riled up the British film community today with a statement emphasising that the BFI should support “commercially successful pictures.”
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NewsScreen staff moves: Louise Tutt becomes contributing editor, Wendy Mitchell promoted to head of content
Sarah Cooper becomes senior writer and features coordinator.
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NewsEFP's Film Sales Support backs 11 films at Sundance 2012
Titles include UK dark comedy/thriller Grabbers [pictured], sold by The Salt Company.
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NewsDouglas Trumbull to receive Academy’s Gordon E Sawyer Award
Trumbull will receive an Oscar statuette at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Feb 11 in Beverly Hills in recognition of a “lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the motion picture industry.”
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NewsOphüls Prize Film Festival to include nine world premieres in competitions
Weingartner’s Hut In The Woods will open festival in Saarbrucken.
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NewsChina’s Youku signs content deal with 20th Century Fox
Deal covers 250 titles both new releases and from the Fox library.