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Critical opinion: The industry should take a fresh look at film theory
To many ordinary film-goers, film critics are like sexologists: they spoil an enjoyable activity by talking about it too much. Film critics and sexologists argue their job is to help people enjoy that activity more - by realising what they're doing wrong and avoiding the positions that don't work or ...
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Editorial - A World-class film-maker
If there was ever a director who could be described as international, it was Anthony Minghella. His career, tragically cut short by his death last week at the age of just 54, was one unhampered by restrictive national borders - a worldview Screen has always sought to serve.Yes, he was ...
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Spanish piracy- gearing up for a fight
Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Belarus ... and Spain. Spain' How does a western European country with such a long-established tradition of cinema-going and a rich history of film-making find itself on a watch list of the worst offenders for intellectual property theft, alongside states with virtually no film industries of their own ...
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Summit options screenplay The Tomb for Jeff Wadlow to direct
Summit Entertainment has optioned the action screenplay The Tomb by Miles Chapman which is currently in development.Jeff Wadlow will direct the project and Jason Keller has been hired to rewrite. The Tomb marks Summit's second collaboration with Wadlow after Never Back Down. He also directed Cry_Wolf for Rogue Pictures.The Tomb ...
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Becky Sloviter rejoins Parent in MGM's production group
Mary Parent's aggressive recruitment drive to build a production team at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) continued yesterday with the news that she had hired Becky Sloviter as vice president of production at MGM Pictures.Parent, who is chairperson of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group, yesterday named former New Line executive Cale Boyter as ...
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Horton chases down $100m at international box office
With only scattered new openings scheduled in the wake of the Easter holiday, marketplace leaders Horton Hears A Who! and 10,000 BC are set to dominate the international box office again this weekend. Fox International's Horton opens in three smaller territories - Taiwan, South Africa and Croatia - before entering ...
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German box office makes strong start to 2008
Box-office takings and cinema admissions in Germany are up 30% year-on-year for the first quarter of 2008, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI.In the period from January 3 to March 23 2008, German cinemas have been experiencing an unexpected, but welcome revival in popularity after the disappointing results of ...
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RiverRun Film Festival opens with Phoebe In Wonderland
The RiverRun International Film Festival, which takes place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has announced its lineup of films for its 10th anniversary edition which takes place April 23-28.The festival will open with Daniel Barnz's Phoebe In Wonderland while Helen Hunt's Then She Found Me will be the centerpiece premiere on ...
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Ricky Ghai joins Abu Dhabi Media Company overseeing digital media
UAE-based media conglomerate Abu Dhabi Media Company has hired Ricky Ghai as executive director of digital media.Ghai has 20 years' experience in pay and free TV platforms in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. His career highlights include channel development for Universal in Scandinavia, a compliance and regulatory ...
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Arts Alliance America picks up US rights to Chops
US distribution outfit Arts Alliance America, formerly Hart Sharp Video, has acquired US rights to Chops, the documentary which follows high school jazz students from around America who compete in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at New York's Lincoln Center.Arts Alliance plans to release the ...
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CASE STUDY: St Trinian's
Ealing Studios' resurrection of the popular 1950s and 1960s St Trinian's film franchise is proving to be one of the shining lights at the UK box office.The schoolgirl comedy, based on the cartoons by Ronald Searle, had a budget of $13m (£6.5m) and has taken $24.8m (£12.3m) at the UK ...
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Huayi Brothers to float on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers Media, the holding company of Huayi Brothers Pictures, is planning to launch an IPO on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) by the end of the year, according to president Wang Zhongjun speaking to the Shanghai Security Journal. If successfully listed on SSE, Huayi will become the third ...
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E1 acquires THINKFilm's Canadian assets
Entertainment One (E1) and THINKFilm have signed a three-year all-rights output deal that will see E1 distributing THINKFilm's motion pictures in Canada through 2010. E1 has also acquired Canadian rights to THINKFilm's 235-title library for the remainder of the term that THINKFilm holds license to the properties. The content will ...
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Heart, Yasukuni take top prizes at Hong Kong fest
Takahashi Izumi's What the Heart Craves has won the Golden Digital Award in the Asian Digital Competition section of this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF). Peng Tao's Little Moth won the Silver Digital Award in the same section.Meanwhile, the Humanitarian Award for Best Documentary went to Li Ying ...
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Six win places in 16th Cannes Residence
The 16th edition of the Cannes Residence is set to welcome six new candidates.During the four-month session, they will meet with experienced film-makersand industry professionals to help them develop either their first or second feature.The successful candidates are: Rebecca Daly (Ireland), Nikias Chryssos (Germany), Adrian Sitaru (Romania), Manuel Nieto Zas ...
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Paramount partners Omnilab Media for The Bank Job
Omnilab Media has teamed with Paramount Pictures for the Australian and New Zealand distribution of The Bank Job, which will be in cinemas from July 31. The thriller opened at the top of the UK charts after it was released there on February 28 and has since taken more than ...
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Ten Korean cultural orgs launch federation
Led by the Korean Film Producers' Association (KFPA), ten cultural content-related organisations gathered to launch the Korea Federation of Culture Industries in Seoul today, for the strategic development of their industries. Aside from the KFPA, the inaugural members are the Seoul Theater Association, Korea Association of Film Art & Industry ...
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Infotainment's Robbers starts shooting with Hu Jun
Beijing-based Infotainment China has announced the shooting of $1.7m (RMB12m) martial arts drama The Robbers. The film is directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Yang Shupeng (The Cold Flame). Shanghai Film Group, Stella Megamedia and Infotainment are co-investing in the project.Hu Jun (Red Cliff), Jiang Wu (Shower), Taiwanese actor Li Liqun and ...
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Michael Apted launches UK directors' guild
TV and film director Michael Apted has initiated the launch of a UK directors' guild to address what he views as 'the cynical disregard for the film-maker'.Directors UK (D-UK) will officially launch in May with director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum) as president, and writer/director Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited) as ...
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Jodie Whittaker goes to South Africa for Turner's White Wedding
Jann Turner has started a South African shoot for White Wedding, her feature film debut.The romantic road movie is shooting across South Africa from Johannesburg and Durban to the Eastern Cape and Cape Town.Jodie Whittaker, who starred in Venus and St Trinian's, takes the lead opposite South African veterans Kenneth ...