Tim Dams
Screen International's Europe editor, based in the UK.
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Jessica Hausner to chair international competition jury of 2024 Locarno Film Festival
Leading Austrian filmmaker returns to Swiss festival having won its short film prize back in 1997.
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Coccinelle scores ‘Gondola’, ‘Fragments’ sales (exclusive)
Veit Helmer’s Gondola is a gay love story told without dialogue.
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True Colours secures US, UK and French homes for key titles (exclusive)
Sales include Venice opener Comandante, Laura Luchetti’s The Beautiful Summer and suspense thriller Don’t Hang Up.
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Swiss filmmaker puts ChatGPT to the test in AI-scripted feature ‘The Last Screenwriter’
Made as an experiment, director Peter Luisi says the not-for-profit feature reveals how “scarily good” AI can be in filmmaking.
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Anatomy of a buy: how key distributors released the 2023 Palme d’Or winner
Distributors talk to Screen about how they marketed ’Anatomy Of A Fall’ to audiences in their territory.
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Sandrine Bonnaire tunes into music biopic ‘Slow Joe’ (exclusive)
Bonnaire to direct true story of Indian musician starring Jackie Shroff.
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“Things are finally looking up”: European buyers on the state of the distribution market
Can this year’s festival deliver another bumper crop of arthouse titles?
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Cannes 2024: buzz titles from Italy, Spain and the Nordics
As the 2024 Cannes Marche du Film kicks off, Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers.
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August Diehl, Andrea Riseborough to star in Christopher Hampton adaptation of ’The Noise Of Time’ for Beta (exclusive)
Beta Cinema launches pre-sales on adaptation of Julian Barnes’ acclaimed novel to be directed by Jan Komasa.
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Playtime boards Tarik Saleh’s political thriller ‘Eagles Of The Republic’ (exclusive)
Final film in director’s Cairo trilogy starts filming tomorrow with Fares Fares, Lyna Khoudri and Cherien Dabis.
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Queer Palm reveals eligible titles from 2024 Cannes lineup
Any title playing in Cannes which addresses LGBTQ+ themes is eligible for the Queer Palm.
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San Sebastian to honour Cate Blanchett with Donostia Award
Donostia Award is Spanish festival’s highest honour.
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Cate Blanchett and Molly Manning Walker among record 709 new members of European Film Academy
49% of new members are women, 50% are men and 1% defines as non-binary.
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True Colours boards Christoph Hochhäusler thriller ‘Death Will Come’ (exclusive)
Currently in post, film centres on a female assasin.
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Fremantle revenues fall back in first quarter of 2024
Parent company RTL blames ’timing effects’ of show deliveries in the UK, Italy and Germany for the fall.
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True Colours adds Cattet & Forzani’s ‘Reflection In A Dead Diamond’ to Cannes slate (exclusive)
Homage to 1960s Euro-spy stories is the fourth feature from the cult genre film directors.
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Minerva Pictures and TVCO board Kat Rohrer’s comedy romance ‘What A Feeling’ (exclusive)
Italian companies announced a partnership in international film sales earlier this year.
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The Open Reel boards Giulio Donato’s ‘Labyrinths’; unveils US sales on slate (exclusive)
Italian sales agent unveils new acquisition and key deals ahead of Cannes market.
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TorinoFilmLab unveils 10 projects for 2024 FeatureLab programme (exclusive)
Highly regarded training programme is for first or second film projects at an advanced development stage.
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Festival winners among 2024 Producers on the Move selection
European Film Promotion has unveiled 20 participants for 25th anniversary edition of the programme