All articles by Screen reporters – Page 2
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NewsShooting underway on Half Of A Yellow Sun
Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose and Joseph Mawle star alongside newcomer John Boyega (pictured) from Attack The Block. Ealing Metro handles international sales.
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Stephen Rea, Fionnula Flannagan among cast ingredients on Tasting Menu
Roger Gual directs the story about an estranged couple who honour their reservation at the best restaurant in the world on the venue’s final night of business. Trust Nordisk handles international sales.
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NewsStudioCanal, Film4, BFI pact on salsa comedy Cuban Fury
StudioCanal will handle worldwide sales on the title heading into Cannes and has scheduled a UK release for spring 2013. Nick Frost conceived the story and stars alongside Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd and Olivia Colman.
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NewsIndustry pays tribute to Tracy Lorie
The beloved and widely admired marketing and publicity executive passed away peacefully at her Los Angeles home on Friday (20), one year after she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
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Zeitgeist takes China Heavyweight, RT gets Dylan's Blood
The distributor brokered the US rights deal to Yung Chang’s latest film with EyeSteelFilms.
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AFI FEST announces dates for 2012 edition
The Los Angeles-based event is set to take place this year from Nov 1-8.
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NewsStrand Releasing takes US rights to California Solo
Robert Carlyle plays a former pop star who faces deportation from the US following a drunk driving arrest. Marshall Lewy’s film premiered at Sundance in January.
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FeaturesEuropean pictures
How are Europe’s broadcasters adapting their film acquisition policies in the face of changing consumer patterns and economic crisis?
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Jerry Pierce to receive Inter-Society’s 2012 Ken Mason Award at CinemaCon
The former svp of technology at Universal Pictures and founder/chairman of the Inter-Society’s Digital Cinema Forum will collect the honour in Las Vegas on Apr 24.
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Classic Media acquires rights to children’s favourite Noddy
The company secured the property in a deal with Chorion on behalf of the Enid Blyton estate.
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Ballroom Marfa selects Cutter for exposure through The Reading
The Nicholl Fellow winning screenplay from Dion Cook will benefit from the initiative to showcase top quality writing, launched last year by the Texas-based non-profit arts group Ballroom Marfa.
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NewsFilm Movement takes The Day I Saw Your Heart
The French comedy stars Melanie Laurent and played in official selection at Canada’s Cinerama Film Festival and in various US festivals.
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NewsShortsHD hosts second annual award ceremony
The invitation-only event held in West Hollywood at the weekend recognised this year’s Oscar nominated short filmmakers for live action, animation and documentary categories. The lifetime achievement award was presented to Nick Park.
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Arctic Rabbit Pictures lines up Tell No Tales shoot
Filming on the drama is set to begin on Mar 26. Dexter’s Desmond Harrington and Prison Break’s Dominic Purcell will star and the cast includes David Zayas, Michael Nardone, Daniel Garcia and Miguel Angel Munoz.
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Outfest’s Fusion to honour Polk
The event, officially called Fusion: the Los Angeles LGBT People Of Color Film Festival, will open on Mar 22 and honours filmmaker Patrik-Ian Polk.
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Stealth Media Group’s Foreverland to screen in Berlinale
The film, based on a script by Shawn Riopelle and Maxwell McGuire, tells the story of a man stricken with cystic fibrosis who is tasked with taking his friend’s ashes to a healing shrine in Mexico.
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Home Again shooting in Trinidad before move to Toronto
Principal photography is underway in Trinidad for Sudz Sutherland’s sophomore feature film Home Again.
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AFI, Levi's launch Show Us The Way shorts contest
The competition calls filmmakers to submit treatments that are five minutes long on the subject of a better tomorrow.
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NewsNew Directors/New Films Festival 2012 line-up revealed
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center and MoMA announced the seven titles on Wednesday (18), which include Joachim Trier’s Sundance-bound Norwegian entry Oslo, August 31st that has just been acquired by Strand Releasing.
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NewsFull Frame 2012 to honour Stanley Nelson
This year’s Full Frame Tribute will honour filmmaker Stanley Nelson who is best known for A Place of Our Own and Freedom Riders.