All articles by Screen staff – Page 104
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Pathe picks up buzz titles from Cannes
Pathe has acquired rights to a quartet of buzz features from Cannes. Deals have been sealed for UK and French rights to Focus Features International's Blindness; UK rights to 2929 International's What Just Happened' and Fortissimo's Mama's Boy; and UK and French rights to Edko Films' Blood: The Last Vampire, ...
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Major screenwriters join international festival
The second international screenwriters festival has attracted some of the biggest names in the business.Organisers of the event - which runs from July 3-6) to in the UK town of Cheltenham - have revealed more details of its programme.Among the keynote speakers will be Tony Jordan (Hustle) and Sir ...
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Belgian tax fund invests in two major co-productions
Belgian tax fund Motion Investment Group (MIG) has raised finance for two co-productions - The Possibility of an Island and Disco.The first is a futuristic drama based on the potential for human cloning and marks the directorial debut of novelist Michel Houllebecq and starring Benoit Magimel,The film is produced by ...
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Control wins Europa Cinemas Label honour at Cannes
Control, Anton Corbijn's biopic of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, was named the Europa Cinemas Label best European film in the Cannes' Directors' Fortnight section. Control will now receive the invaluable support of extended theatrical exposure and additional promotion from the Europa Cinemas network. The Directors' Fortnight Europa ...
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Love Me Not gets Wasted
New UK independent production company Loves Me Not Films has secured the option on its debut feature project Wasted.The British drama, written by Livy Austin, tells the story of the harsh reality behind the lives and loves of ordinary women living in the hard, professional city of London and explores ...
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David Hare to give keynote at Screenwriters Festival
Leading screenwriter and playwright Sir David Hare will give a keynote speech at this year's International Screenwriters Festival in July.The writer - whose work includes the screenplays for The Hours, Plenty and Damage - will talk about the pressures his profession at the event in the UK town of Cheltenham ...
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The Screen Jury at Cannes: 1997 - 2007
Every year at Cannes, Screen International asks critics from around the world to rate each feature in competition, using a scale that runs from four stars (‘excellent’), through three, two and one (‘good’, ‘average’ and ‘poor’) to zero (‘bad’). An average mark is arrived at for each film and the ...
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UK producers cleared to use tax credit as equity
UK producers can use the UK tax credit which came into force earlier this year as equity in their films.The announcement was made yesterday by the UK Film Council, FilmFour and BBC Films.It resolves one of the principal issues that remained unresolved after the introduction of the new credit and ...
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Withoutabox expands European services
Digital pioneer Withoutabox has expanded its services for independent film-makers into Europe through a deal with UK-based distributor.The LA company will be represented bt Andy Whittaker, MD of London-based Dogwoof.It is a statement of intent for Withoutabox, which has rapidly expanded since being founded seven years ago by UCLA film ...
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Impressive international line-up for writers' festival
Some of the biggest names in screenwriting will be attending the second International Screenwriters Festival in the UK town of Cheltenham.Among this year's star speakers are Diana Osana (Brokeback Mountain), Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix), Anthony Horowitz (Stormbreaker), Shawn Slovo and Robyn Slovo (To Catch ...
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Screen-backed Cannes forum considers digital future
Cinema in the digital age comes under the spotlight at Cannes next month in the festival's opening forum, backed by Screen International.Cinema: Towards The Audiences Of Tomorrow will focus on the impact of new delivery platforms on audiences and film-making itself.Film industry representatives, new media experts, journalists and sociologists will ...
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World premieres at Tribeca Film Festival
The Air I Breathe (Encounters)Contact: Mark Ankner and Graham Taylor, Endeavor Independent Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (Discovery) Contact: Nikki Parrott, Tigerlily Films (domestic), ID Distribution (international) Amexicano (Discovery) Contact: Matthew Bonifacio, The Brooklyn-Queens Experiment Anita O'Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer (Encounters) Contact: Melissa Davis, Elan Entertainment Autism: ...
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Celluloid Dreams and HanWay Films: the power of two
There is a temptation to see the merger between Hengameh Panahi's Celluloid Dreams and Jeremy Thomas' HanWay as a commentary on the scary state of today's arthouse business. But the real issue is what it says about the digital future.The most obvious conclusion to draw from the merger of two ...
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2008 BAFTAs set date
Next year's British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 10th February 2008. The event will take place two weeks before the Oscars.
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More tax concern for UK film
The beleagured UK film industry has received yet another blow with limits announced to the Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) that had been seen as one of the brighter prospects for revival.Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in his Budget that there would be a limit of $3.9m (£2m) on qualifying investment eligible ...
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St Trinians gets UK Lottery backing
Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson's St Trinians has received $2.3m (£1.3m) National Lottery funding through the UK Film Council's Premiere Fund.The film had faced an uncertain future having had its GAAP funding plans scuppered during last week's tax crackdown in the UK. It is one of very UK few films ...
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Closing release windows could boost film profits, says research
A new piece of academic researchaims to bring some facts to the sensitive issue of DVD release windows.Over recent months, there have been strong protests by exhibitors in Italy, Germany and the UK against erosion of the gap between theatrical and home entertainment launches - and it remains an issue ...
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Fight continues on UK tax clampdown
The UK tax authorities say they will make no exception for sale-and-leaseback funding arrangements under new tax rules announced last week.But the industry is continuing to fight with many believing that the decision will be overturned by the government.On Friday, a Treasury briefing effectively closed the door on so-called GAAP ...
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Sale-and-leaseback funding caught in UK tax clampdown
The UK government will make no exception for sale-and-leaseback funding arrangements under new tax rules, it was confirmed today.On Friday, a Treasury briefing effectively closed the door on so-called GAAP finance schemes, which some estimates suggested could have raised up to $3.5bn this tax year. Click here to see Revenue ...
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Nigerian drama Ezra takes Fespaco best film prize
Newton Aduaka's Ezra won the best picture Golden Stallion of Yenneng at this year's Fespaco film fesitival in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.The Nigerian director's film tells the story of a child soldier trying to find a life after the civil war in Sierra LeoneCameroon's Jean Pierre Bekolo Les ...