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American Film Market: latest news
The latest news and reviews from Screen's team at the American Film Market in Santa Monica.UPDATED DAILY: AFM storiesUPDATED DAILY: AFM salesAFM buzz films and preview
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DAY ONE: American Film Market news
The latest news and reviews from Screen's team at the American Film Market in Santa Monica.UPDATED DAILY: AFM storiesUPDATED DAILY: AFM salesAFM buzz films and preview
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Peter Block's A Bigger Boat kicks off with thriller FrozenSPWAG confirms multi-territory acquisition of The Book Of Elihere! takes on domestic rights to Lemhagen's Patrik, Age 1.5 Arthouse picks up worldwide rights to Cajori's Chuck Close First Independent takes US rights to Aselton's Gigantic DAY FIVE SALES Image takes US ...
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Peter Block's A Bigger Boat kicks off with thriller FrozenSPWAG confirms multi-territory acquisition of The Book Of EliParis Hilton, Charlotte Rampling join cast of new Solondz picturehere! takes on domestic rights to Lemhagen's Patrik, Age 1.5 Arthouse picks up worldwide rights to Cajori's Chuck Close First Independent takes US rights ...
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American Film Market: Asia-Pacific buzz films
Screen looks at the Asia-Pacific buzz projects at this year's American Film Market (November 5-12).Click on a territory to see moreJapanSouth KoreaThailandHong Kong/China/TaiwanAustralia and New Zealand
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ScreenDaily to host live webcast of digital conference
ScreenDaily will carry a live webcast of the Power To The Pixel conference in London - one of the world's leading events on digital distribution.The two-day event, which begins tomorrow, is one of the industry highlights of the Times BFI London Film Festival.The conference of industry experts will address ...
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James Newton Howard named Film Composer of the Year at Ghent
James Newton Howard has been names film composer of the year at the World Soundtrack Awards at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival. The prize came for work including Charlie Wilson's War, Michael Clayton and I Am Legend.The best original score honour went to Dario Marianelli for Atonement, while Marc ...
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Meirelles attends charity gala screening of Blindness in London
Fernando Meirelles is to attend a charity gala of his film Blindness in London in aid of charity ABC (Action for Brazil's Children) Trust.The screening at Apollo Cinemas Piccadilly Circus on October 31 will be the first time the film has played in the UK, coming a month before the ...
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UK Opposition party promises more Lottery money for film
A Conservative government would increase National Lottery-funded spending on film by 10%, shadow cultural secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Screen International UK Film Finance Summit.He said the oppositon - currently leading the government in opinion polls - was committed to the creative sector.'We recognise that the film industry is extremely ...
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Ben Hopkins' The Market wins best film honour at Ghent
Ben Hopkins' The Market won the $27,000 Grand Prize of the Flemish Community for BestFilm at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival. The Germany-Turkey-UK-Kazakhstan co-production is the Turkey-set story of a market trader who sees achance to make his fortune when he ventures across the Balkan border tobuy medicine. ...
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The Blue Tower takes top UK prize at Raindance
Writer-director Smita Bhide's feature debut The Blue Tower has been named top UK feature at indie festival Raindance. The Southall-set film stars Abhin Galeya, Alice O'Connell, Indira Joshi in an intriguing cross-cultural thriller.Marcos Jorge's Estomago Rio award-winning melange of food, sex and power took the top international prize.The prizes were ...
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Met Film School launches four new industry degrees
Ealing Studios-based Met Film School has launched four new two-year degrees in film-industry specialist subject areas.The move follows last year's success with an intensive two-year BA in film-making.The new degrees are: BA Film & Television; BA Film & Digital Media; BA Film, Visual Effects & Animation; and BA Film & ...
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Boy A takes Hitchcock d'Or among four prizes at Dinard
John Crowley's Boy A picked up the top Hitchcock d'Or prize among four awards at the 19th Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard.The film, which stars Peter Mullan and Andrew Garfield, won the Grand Prix Jury - The Hitchcock d'Or; the Grand Marnier trophy for best screenplay for Mark O'Rowe; ...
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90% of digital screens not adequate for 3D experience, film-maker claims
Only one-in-10 of digital screens is adequate for 3D screenings, claims pioneering 3D film-maker Ben Stassen.Stassen is CEO of Brussels-based nWave which has been behing a series of successful IMAX projects and this year released 3D animation Fly Me To The Moon. But although he claims 3D is the 'second ...
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UK exhibitors urged to boycott Revolver's all-platform release
The UK's Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) has called on members to boycott Revolver Entertainment's planned Boxing Day release of Mum & Dad simultaneously on theatrical, DVD and online platforms.In a letter leaked to ScreenDaily, CEA chief executive Phil Clapp says that while the film was 'clearly only of at best ...
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Ghent boasts 130-strongline-up with major film music events
The 35th Ghent International Film Festival (October 7-18) will screen 131 films from 45 countries.The event will also feature industry events, five major film music concerts and an exhibitions devoted to Harold Lloyd.Ghent begins with a screening ofWoody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona before its official opening night film, Tom McCarthy's ...
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Captain Abu Raed wins inaugural Finnkino Prize
Jordanian film-maker Aman Matalqadebut feature Captain Abu Raed has won the inaugural Finnkino Prize at the Helsinki International Film Festival. Click here to see review.The audience-voted prize- the first to be awarded at what for the last 20 years has been a non-competitive event - includes a Finnish distribution deal ...
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UK government won't bail out digital cinema stragglers
The UK government will not bail out cinemas left behind in the switch to digital cinema, Stewart Till, chairman of the UK Film Council has warned.Speaking at Screen International's annual digital cinema summit, Till said public money could not and would not pay for the installation of digital equipment at ...
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Profile: International Screenwriters Festival
As the International Screenwriters Festival begins work on its fourth edition, it's worth remembering that the number of events that have been able to break into the crowded international industry calendar are very thin on the ground.But the festival, founded three years ago, was the perfect match of business need ...
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Abu Dhabi Media Company announces $1bn film investment
The Abu Dhabi Media Company has launched a $1bn investment in feature film and digital content.It has formed a subsidiary - imagenation Abu Dhabi - to develop, finance and produce content for both regional and international markets. Its intial aim is to make eight films a year.The company will look ...