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Focus: Countdown To Toronto
Last week Cameron Bailey was in London. This week he is in Paris. Or maybe it is Brussels. Two months out from his September debut, the new co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) is in screening mode.'It's slightly more impossible than I expected,' he writes from wherever he ...
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The critical view: On the money
Critics rarely give much thought to the money side of the film industry. In fact, if I miss a film's national press preview or international festival debut, my desire to see it later, alongside a paying public, is generally in inverse proportion to its box-office success.This isn't just critical petulance ...
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Screen opinion: A lengthening list of demands
Cinema on demand is one of those long-touted ideas that's become a cliche before the fact.The idea of customers taking control of the programme in their local theatres is among the most compelling dreams of digital cinema (though evidently not quite compelling enough to break through the impasse in adoption ...
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Dylan Doggoes to Hollywood
'I can read the Bible, Homer or Dylan Dog for days on end without ever feeling bored.' So says iconic writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, a self-confessed fan of the comic-strip character created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986.Since then Dylan Dog has become a popular phenomenon, and not just in ...
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In Focus: Postcard from Edinburgh
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) closed its successful first June edition on June 29, completing the initial stage in its self-proclaimed mission to realise the event as the world's 'premiere festival of discovery'.A traditional fixture in August, the film festival shifted dates to avoid the city's overcrowded festival season ...
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In focus - No middle ground for UK indies'
When Tartan Films Distribution went into administration in late June, the rest of the UK independent distribution sector shuddered. International sales agents also winced, especially those handling Asian fare.Tartan's ground-breaking Asia Extreme label brought Japanese, South Korean and Hong Kong movies by directors such as Takashi Miike, Hideo Nakata and ...
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Interview: Sam Taylor-Wood
UK artist Sam Taylor-Wood has had her share of art-world accolades but was humbled by the chance to screen her first short film in Competition at Cannes.'It's beyond exciting, it's such an honour and a privilege,' she says. The Film4-backed short Love You More also happened to be the only ...
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Screen International UK Stars Of Tomorrow 2008: The Film-makers 2
THE FILM-MAKERS 2Click on a name to see profileEsther May CampbellVirginia GilbertHugo Godwin & Sebastian GodwinJane LinfootJeremy LoveringLaura ReesMatthew Walker
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Shaye, Lynne form Unique with three-year Warner Bros deal
Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne haven't completely left the Warner Bros fold. Months after New Line Cinema was absorbed into the parent company, the entrepreneurs have resurfaced with Unique Features and have secured a three-year first-look deal at the studio.The Los Angeles and New York-based company aims to produce two ...
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Screen International UK Stars Of Tomorrow 2008: The Film-makers 1
THE FILM-MAKERS 1Click on a name to see profileDaisy DonovanAndrew HaighMichael LesslieTom MarshallChina Moo-YoungJoseph PierceJanis PughPolly StenhamJustin Trefgarne
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Screen International Stars Of Tomorrow 2008: The Actors 2
THE ACTORS 2Click on name for full profileBen AldridgeOlly AlexanderClaire FoyGeorgia GroomeTom HiddlestonAaron JohnsonScarlett JohnsonGugu Mbatha-RawChristine McKayCharlotte Riley
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Screen International UK Stars Of Tomorrow: Actors 1
THE ACTORS 1Click namefor fullprofileMichelle DockeryOlivia HallinanEdward HoggCharles MneneColin MorganCarey MulliganJack O’ConnellDev PatelKaya Scodelario
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IMAX pacts with Australia's Hoyts for four new digital systems
IMAX Corporation has secured a deal to install four IMAX theatres in theatres in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney operated by Australian exhibitor Hoyts Cinemas.The agreement marks IMAX Corporation's first international joint venture featuring the new IMAX Digital Theatre System and will double IMAX's footprint in Australia.The partners will share in ...
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The Duchess, Secret Life Of Bees get TIFF gala screenings
Programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) have added two gala presentations and seven special presentations to the line-up, as well as 13 additions to the Masters and Contemporary World Cinema strands.The gala screenings are the world premiere of Gina Prince-Bythewood's Southern States family drama Secret Life Of Bees ...
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Germany's SquareOne picks up Descent 2, Tell-Tale
Munich-based German distributor SquareOne Entertainment has announced new additions to its 2008 and 2009 release slate.SquareOne President Al Munteanu revealed that the company's latest acquisitions include Jeffrey Nachmanoff's action thriller Traitor starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce and Jeff Daniels, set for a fourth-quarter 2008 release.For 2009 releases, SquareOne has added ...
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Future Cinema plans Eraserhead/Guillemots event
Future Cinema Live will return to the UK's Latitude Festival by presenting a special event for Guillemots playing an improvised set to David Lynch's Eraserhead.In addition to the band's new live 'score' for the cult classic, there will be a performance by dancers the Chamelion Collective.Psychedelic rock band Invasion will ...
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JANE LINFOOT
Writer-directorA background working in production has served Jane Linfoot well. Not only because it has given her an address book full of contacts to call on when making her selffinanced shorts, but because it has taught her the importance of the relationship between directors and actors. Two shorts so far ...
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MATTHEW WALKER
Writer-director-animatorMatthew Walker's smart little animations have won him an army of fans at festivals. John And Karen, a sweet film about a penguin and a polar bear making up over tea and biscuits, premiered at Edinburgh last year and has been around the world winning awards including best short at ...
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Kevin Macdonald, Stephen Frears to host classes in UK Schools Week
The UK is planning its 13th National Film Schools Week, which will host about 2,000 free film screenings with up to 320,000 children set to attend.The event is planned for Oct 20-24 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Nov 3-7 in Scotland.Events will be held in more than 500 ...
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POLLY STENHAM
WriterPolly Stenham has already caused quite a stir in the London theatre world. Her debut, That Face, which has just finished a second run in the West End, was hailed as the most exciting in years. A searing portrait of a middle-class family in crisis, its energy, humour and raw ...