All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 44
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NewsBrian Skeet to direct noir thriller Disorientated
UK film-maker Brian Skeet is to direct Disoriented, an Italian set neo-noir film starring D.B Sweeney [pictured], Dee Wallace and Michael Kearns.
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NewsKon-Tiki shoot underway in Norway
Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg’s feature will also shoot in Malta, Thailand, Bulgaria and New York.
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NewsIndependent secures more deals on We Need To Talk About Kevin
The raft of international sales comes after Oscilloscope picked up North American rights to Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes competition film yesterday.
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NewsThe Third Floor launches new European venture with Framestore
LA previsualization company The Third Floor is reaching out to Europe via a partnership with UK based visual effects outfit Framestore.
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NewsUK training body ArtsEd to screen shorts in LA
UK training body ArtsEd (Arts Educational Schools London) is launching a new initiative to screen 16 short films starring their final year acting students, in both LA and London this summer.
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NewsLife In A Day website encourages public to get involved in film's distribution
The site aims to involve the UK public in the promotion and distribution of Kevin Macdonald’s user generated YouTube documentary, in keeping with the spirit of the film.
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NewsOnline audiences invited to edit scene in thriller The Power of Few
Christopher Walken and Christian Slater star in film by Leone Marucci.
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NewsRevolver takes UK rights to competition title Sleeping Beauty
It is the second controversial Australian title to be picked up by the UK distribution company in Cannes, following Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown.
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CommentAdventures Of A Hollywood Banker
The daughter of legendary Dutch film financier Frans Afman (who passed away earlier this month) is making sure her father’s memory lives on through a documentary about his life.
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NewsUPDATE: Melancholia still in competition even as Cannes board declares von Trier 'persona non grata'
The Cannes board of directors has released a statement declaring Melancholia director Lars von Trier as a “persona non grata” at the Cannes Film Festival, following his “Nazi” comments at a press conference yesterday.
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NewsOnline platform StudioBeyond to connect film industry
A new online platform, StudioBeyond, is aiming to become the first integrated online office space specially designed for the movie and TV industry.
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FeaturesPablo Giorgelli
Argentinian director Pablo Giorgelli’s first feature Las Acacias is screening in Cannes’ Critics Week.
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Peter Nichols appointed chairman of Prescience
Nichols is the owner of wealth management group Chancery, which has raised over $800m for UK films in the last ten years.
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NewsDench, McKellen bite for zombie romp
EXCLUSIVE: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, and Mark Williams are attached to star in Matthew Butler’s 18th century zombie romp, The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet.
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CommentWhoopi’s wise words
Three young film-makers - and Screen - met the legendary Whoopi Goldberg in aid of charity Films Without Borders.
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NewsFilm London's Microwave starts shoot for Borrowed Time
The seventh film to come out of Film London and BBC Films’ microbudget scheme is a comedy drama directed by Jules Bishop.
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NewsHelen Hughes appointed head of production at Framestore
It is part of the London based visual effects company’s plans to expand its production department.
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CommentAre you cooking for me?
Teams battle it out to cook for jury head Robert De Niro, in Cannes’ very own masterchef, Le Menu De Cannes.
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NewsEIFF to open with McDonagh's The Guard
Edinburgh has announced its line-up, a third of which will consist of documentaries; Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin, starring EIFF patron Tilda Swinton, will not screen at the festival.
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NewsHigh Point makes sales on Blame
High Point Films has done a flurry of sales in Cannes on Michael Henry’s debut thriller Blame, starring Damian de Montemas, Sophie Lowe and Kestie Morassi.