All articles by Screen International correspondents

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    2008 Review of the Year - What they said in 2008 - Quotes of the Year

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    'Visual effects and animation dominate the movie-going experience like at no time in history.'Yair Landau, former president of Sony Pictures Digital, on the drive towards the cinema of spectacle (January)'A fundamental problem with film, from an investor's point of view, is the lack of visibility of both past and future ...

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    Who is selling what: Cannes' sales slate stories

    2008-04-27T19:45:00Z

    The following stories about sales company slates will be frequently updated in the run-up to the Cannes market.The names of sales companies are in alphabetical order. Click on a story for more.Arclight Arsenal to pre-sell Gooding comedy Harold AWP picks up The Lena Baker Story Icelandic comedy among new titles ...

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    Creature features

    2007-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Screen staff reporters identify forthcoming nature documentary projects.Animals In Love (Fr)Dir: Laurent CharbonnierFrench director Charbonnier, who was the DoP on the Oscar-nominated documentary Winged Migration, makes his directorial feature debut on the $10m Animals In Love, which explores courtship and love in the animal kingdom. Produced by Jean-Pierre Bailly for ...

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    Cristian Mungiu, Coens get top votes from Screen's Cannes jury

    2007-05-30T13:45:00Z

    This year's Screen International Jury at Cannes has picked joint winners for the first time in its history. The panel of international critics, who scored each of the 22 films in competition on a scale from 4.0 (excellent) to zero (bad), gave top marks to Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or-winning 4 ...

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    European film-makers debate digital future

    2007-05-23T06:47:00Z

    European policy-makers and film-makers will debate the future of film in a digital world at an event on Europe Day in Cannes (Saturday May 26).The event is a chance to consider the rapid changes that have been or will be brough about by new media developments.The challenges of a new ...

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    Cannes market buzz titles 2007

    2007-05-16T14:40:00Z

    From starry commercial films to projects from world-renowned auteurs, Screen previews some of the hot projects in the market at Cannes (May 16-27).Click on the regional links to the right - each page lists major projects, with links to sales company contact details.

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    Cannes at 60: a celebration

    2007-05-15T00:00:00Z

    For six decades now the Cannes film festival has been at the epicentre of cinema. Screen's 60th celebration (below) looks at the enduring importance of Cannes and speaks to a range of Palme d'Or winners (see sidebar, right) about how it feels to pick up world cinema's greatest prize. Sun, ...

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    Cannes 2007: the line-up

    2007-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Screen International profiles this year's Cannes contenders - click on sales company name to be taken to relevant websiteIN COMPETITIONAlexandraDir: Alexander SokurovIn Competition for three consecutive years with Telets, Russian Ark and Father And Son, Sokurov returns to Cannes with Alexandra, about an elderly woman who visits Chechnya where her ...

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    The view from 2007: 2006 box office trends

    2007-01-16T06:38:00Z

    The raw figures for the 2006 box office point to a widespread recovery. In the context of the last few years, however, it is perhaps more a case of steady advance than a big leap forward. That in itself may be exactly the kind of stability needed in a period ...

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    Rotterdam to screen first feature shot on mobile phone

    2006-12-28T04:00:00Z

    The International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 24 january - February 4) is to premiere a 70-minute feature shot on mobile phone.Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad In Afghanistan was filmed by Dutch filmmaker Cyrus Frisch using Sharp 902 and 903 mobile phone camera.It is the ...

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    Latin American box office shows strong recovery

    2006-12-23T04:00:00Z

    The Latin American box office enjoyed a 2006 bounceback after the previous year's downturn, according to Dodona Research.Brazil, Peru and Colombia are forecast to be the fastest-growing markets. The analyst says the recovery could prove paticularly significant as the region hopes to enter a period of sustained growth.Brazil, for ...

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    Peter Pan official sequel film rights go to British consortium

    2006-12-18T20:00:00Z

    A consortium of BBC Films and the UK Film Council and Newcastle-based Headline Pictures have acquired the film rights to the official sequel to JM Barrie's Peter Pan.Geraldine McCaughrean was commissioned to write Peter Pan In Scarlet last October by London children's hospital Great Ormond Street (GOSH), which holds the ...

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    London critics give seven nominations to The Queen

    2006-12-17T15:00:00Z

    The nominations have been announced for the 27th London Critics' Circle Films Awards.The awards will take place on February 8th at the Dorchester Hotel with proceeds supporting UK children's charity, the NSPCC.The nominations are:British Producer Of The YearPaul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner - United 93 (UIP/UK)Al Clark, ...

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    UK second city to host digital conference

    2006-12-17T04:00:00Z

    The UK city of Birmingham has announced plans aimed at putting it as the centre of the changes to digital cinema and television.The city will host a series of events over the next 12 months, culminating in a major International Digital Film Event in 2008."We were the birthplace of the ...

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    New production venture to back low-budget UK films

    2006-12-15T18:00:00Z

    A new joint venture between UK production outfit Matador Pictures and Regent Capital is to provide up to 30% of the budgets on a series of films qualifying for the new British tax break.The initiative - called Cinema One - will be focused on backing four to five films with ...

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    European Commission shelves plans to reform copying levy

    2006-12-14T04:00:00Z

    The European Commission has shelved plans to review the levy which forces manufacturers of copying technology, such as iPods and even blank DVDs, to compensate artists, including film-makers.The levy, or "fair compensation," takes the form of a tax on gadgets although the costs are generally passed on as higher prices ...

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    The Lives Of Others and Volver share EFA honours

    2006-12-03T04:00:00Z

    FlorianHenckel von Donnersmarck's Stasi thriller The Lives Of Others (Das Leben Der Anderen) and Pedro Almodovar's Volver werethe big winners at this year's European Film Awards.TheGerman entry for the Oscar and Golden Globes, won best European Film, bestactor for Ulrich Muehe and best screenplay for the director at the awardsceremony ...

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    Wallace And Gromit add to BAFTA honours

    2006-11-27T09:41:00Z

    Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were Rabbit was named as best film at the British Academy Children’s Film and Television Awards.

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    Wallace And Gromit add to Bafta honours

    2006-11-27T04:00:00Z

    Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were Rabbit was named as best film at the British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards.The award follows wins at the Oscars and the main Bafta event earlier this year.Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire won the public vote, however, taking ...

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    How the revised UK tax credit system will work

    2006-11-23T04:00:00Z

    The revisions of the UK tax incentive by the European Commission make a number of significant changes.Under the original UK proposals, there were three main criteria for judging qualification. Each element was awarded points with 16 needed from a possible maximum of 32.* Cultural content - settings, British characters, subject ...