All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 68
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FeaturesDavid Weisman
On the 25th anniversary of Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, its producer David Weisman talks about its ongoing legacy, and his current collaboration with Paul Schrader on the Bollywood/Hollywood fusion Xtreme City.
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NewsInward investment in UK slips slightly from 2009's record highs
Inward investment in the UK is down in the first half of 2010, with the amount spent between January and June totalling $851m (£557m) compared with $941m (£616m) in the equivalent period last year, according to figures released by the UK Film Council today.
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NewsDaniel Radcliffe to star in Woman In Black
The Harry Potter actor will play young lawyer Arthur Kipps in Hammer Films’ feature adaptation of the best selling novel.
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Grant Thornton promotes Bolton to lead corporate finance
Dominic Bolton will lead the firm’s corporate finance and entertainment division.
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Sives, Stott, Spall and Whittaker join cast of Scherfig's One Day
Film shooting now adapted from David Nicholls’ bestselling novel.
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FeaturesEverywhere And Nowhere
Shooting wrapped this week on Menhaj Huda’s follow up to Kidulthood, a coming of age drama, inspired by the director’s love of music and his Asian/British background.
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FeaturesBen Miller
The comedian turned film director talks about his debut feature Huge, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival and stars Noel Clarke, Johnny Harris and Thandie Newton.
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Tony Dillon named as director of business affairs at Pact
UK producers association Pact has appointed Tony Dillon as its new director of business affairs.
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Fersnadillo starts shooting thriller Intruders in London
Carice Van Houten, Pilar López de Ayala, Ella Purnell, Izan Corchero and Kerry Fox have joined the cast of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s supernatural thriller Intruders, alongside Clive Owen and Daniel Bruhl.
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NewsDavid Lynch sells self portrait to fans to fund new documentary
In the latest example of “crowd funding”, a new documentary about Hollywood director David Lynch is to be financed by online contributions from his fans.
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NewsHuda, Clarke team for London-set thriller Despatched
Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda and writer Noel Clarke are teaming up again to make London based thriller Despatched, which is currently at the script stage.
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NFVF continues support for Durban Festival
The 31st festival will open July 22 with State of Violence.
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Ledesma to start The Tunnel shoot in Sydney this month
Shooting is due to commence at the end of this month on Carlo Ledesma’s feature debut, The Tunnel, a Sydney based underground thriller which will be distributed for free via internet networks.
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Tech institute works with Sheffield for shorts competition
The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) has teamed up with Sheffield Doc/Fest to launch a short film competition which aims to explore the effects of information technology in the UK.
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NewsLock, Stock actor Dexter Fletcher to make directorial debut
British actor Dexter Fletcher is to make his directorial debut with a gritty family drama starring Charlie Creed- Miles and Jason Flemyng, with David Morrissey and Mark Strong also due to make appearances.
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NewsNetwork Releasing picks up Abel, Heartbeats
The UK distributor has secured Diego Luna’s directorial debut and Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother follow up.
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NewsRidley Scott, Kevin Macdonald team with YouTube for doc
Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald are teaming up with YouTube to make what is being called the “first user generated feature length documentary film shot on a single day.”
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World Cinema Fund works with new films from Morocco, Mexico, Armenia
The Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund jury has selected three new film projects for production funding.
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NewsTwo members of Fox dynasty join cast of Madonna's W.E
James and Laurence Fox have signed on to play father and son in Madonna’s film about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.