All articles by Screen International correspondents – Page 3
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London critics awards dates announced
Nominations for the 27th London Critics' Circle Film Awards will beannounced on Friday December 15.The Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday February 8 at theDorchester Hotel in London. There are five nominees in each category.Leslie Phillips, star of the Doctor series of films will be honoured with ...
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Directors reject review of Euro levy on copying technology
A group of Europe's leading film directors is demanding that a levy on manufacturers of audiovisual copying equipment to compensate artists remains at the heart of European copyright policies.The signatories - Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Nanni Moretti, Costa Gavras, Mike Leigh, Lars Von Trier and the Dardennes brothers - have ...
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Summit calls for UK business shake-up alongside tax breaks
The annual Screen International UK Film Finance Summit heard calls for a quick resolution to the current delay in ratification of the planned new tax law.But the clear message from a distinguished series of panellists was that the industry needed to improve its commercial skills and adapt to customer-driven change, ...
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Digital future depends on single standard, says Fox d-cinema chief
If the international film business doesn't adopt the single digital DCI standard agreed by the studios, it risks derailing the whole d-cinema revolution.That was the stark warning offered by Julian Levin, Twentieth Century Fox executive vice president in charge of digital exhibition, in his keynote address at the Screen International's ...
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World premiere of Fur will open Rome festival
The opening film of the inaugural Rome Film Festival is to be Steven Shainberg's Diane Arbus biopic Fur.Its star Nicole Kidman will present the film at a grand opening gala on October 13th in the Santa Cecilia Hall at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. Fur is an adaptation of Patricia ...
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Hood takes best British short prize at Edinburgh
Dictynna Hood won the Kodak and UK Film Council-sponsored best British short film award at this year's Edinburgh Festival, jointly by Kodak and the UK Film CouncilMain award winnersUK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short FilmThe Other Man (Dictynna Hood)McLaren/ BBC Film Network Award for New British Animation ...
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Spanish film wins Europa Cinemas Label
Daniel Sánchez Arevalo's Dark Blue Almost Black (Azul Oscuro Casi Negro) has won the Europa Cinemas Label at Venice Film Festival.The award, judged by a jury of exhibitors, will be handed out at the closing ceremony tomorrow.The film is a Producciones Cinematográficas production, sold internationally by Sogepaq, which has already ...
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Amazon offers movie download service in US
Online retailer Amazon has launched a download-to-own service in the US. Amazon Unbox is to offer films, TV and other video entertainment from more than 30 studios and networks.Paramount, Fox, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and MGM have signed up.Disney, whose chief shareholder is Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is not ...
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Cinema ad revenues enjoy blockbuster boost in UK
Revenues from cinema advertising in the UK rose9.3% year-on-year for the first six months of the year.The Nielsen Media Research figures show that therewas a big spike - 34% - during last month's World Cup.Encouragingly the increase comes at a timewhen some other forms of advertising, including radio and TV ...
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Visual effects specialist Mietkowski dies aged 51
Rick Mietkowski, one of the leading lights of the UK visual effects industry, has died aged 51.Mietkowski was about to start work on the latest James Bond film in Prague, part of an impressive catalogue of feature films.Recent work included The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Da Vinci ...
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Visual effects specialist Mietkowski dies aged 51
Rick Mietkowski, one of the leading lights of the UK visual effects industry, has died aged 51.Mietkowski was about to start work on the latest James Bond film in Prague, part of an impressive catalogue of feature films.Recent work included The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Da Vinci ...
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UK visual effects specialist Mietkowski dies
Rick Mietkowski, a visual effects specialist with a strong record in film, has died aged 51.Mietkowski was about to start work on the latest James Bond film in Prague, part of an impressive catalogue of feature films.His work as director of photography for visual effects included The Hitchhiker's Guide to ...
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First International Screenwriters Festival wins plaudits
Theinaugural International Screenwriters Festival held last week in the UK town ofCheltenham has been hailed as a major success by industry figures and bodies.Thefestival, in association with Film Four, and backed by Screen International attracted big names from around theworld including Julian Fellowes, Nicolas Roeg and Alan Scott, WilliamNicholson, Olivia ...
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Screenwriters Festival - introduction
The International Screenwriters' Festival is dedicated to the art, craft and business of writing for the screen.Bringing together professional industry delegates, high profile guests and new talent from around the world, the Festival provides a unique forum to debate and discuss writing dramatic scripts for film, television and new media.The ...
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Friday, June 30 - Professional Day 3
The programme is subject to changesSWF 2006 // FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2006 Overview10:00 PRESSURES FOR CHANGEWriter Terry Loane,Producer Mark Huffam (Goal, Goal II) andScript Developer Fiona Kinsell of Moonstonediscuss the issues they facedmaking Terry's contentious film Mickybo And Me, setaround the Northern Ireland divide.10:00 GETTING A HOLLYWOOD DEAL (Masterclass)Industry Lawyer ...
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Tuesday, June 27 - New Writers Day
The programme is subject to changes10:30 NEW WRITERS DAY - OPENING SPEECHVeteran comedy writers Lawrence Marks and Maurice Gran are responsible fromsome of British television's most enduring comedies. FromBirds of a Feather to The New Statesman, the pair discuss their successful careers and offer new screenwriters advice on the business ...
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Thursday, June 29 - Professional Day 2
The programme is subject to changesSWF 2006 // THURSDAY 28 JUNE 2006 OVERVIEW09:00 TESTING THE WRITERMarket testing of films before release is increasing. SeanSteele of test screening company NRG, who test for all themajor studios, joins Writer/Director (TBC), to explore what testing revealsabout screenplays and the implications it holds for ...
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Wednesday, June 28 - Professsional Day 1
The programme is subject to changes09:30 COMMERCIAL BREAKSFestival Director David Pearson opens the festival followed by Oscar Winner Julian Fellowes in conversation with Colin Brown ofScreen International on why writers should become morecommercially minded.Sponsored by BAFTA & South West Screen10:30 TELLING THE TRUTH IS TOUGHScreenwriter Jimmy McGovern ( Hillsborough, Bloody ...
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China pulls The Da Vinci Code
In an unprecendented move, China's Film Bureau has decided to withdraw Sony's The Da Vinci Code from theatres.Ron Howard's blockbuster broke box-office records for an international film when it opened three weeks ago, taking $13m.The withdrawal of the film is believed to have been ordered by the China Film Bureau.More ...