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All articles by Screen staff – Page 106
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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 ...
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Terribly Happy wins Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe
This year'sKarlovy Vary Crystal Globe has been won by Danish film Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig).Henrik Ruben Genz's adaptation of an Erling Jepsen novel took the $30,000 top prize at the Czech spa town's Thermal Hotel grand hall.The $20,000 Special Jury Prize was awarded to Indonesian director Nan T. Achnas' The ...
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Tartan Films goes into administration
UK distributor Tartan Films has gone into administration, ending months of speculation.The business, founded in 1982 by Hamish McAlpine, is believed to have made more than 20 staff redundant.The news has come as no surprise after months of discussion about the company's finance.Last year, the business restructured with veteran managing ...
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Swipe Filmstakes UK and Ireland rights to Bigga Than Ben
Swipe Films has picked up UK and Ireland rights to Suzie Halewood's Bigga Than Ben, which stars Prince Caspian lead Ben Barnes.The film, which premieres in Edinburgh on Friday, is based on the bestselling diaries of two Russian immigrants in London.Swipe is looking for a release in September for the ...
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World premiere of Frost/Nixon to open London Film Festival
The world premiere of Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon is to open The Times BFI London Film Festival.The Universal Pictures film - adapted by Peter Morgan from his hit stage play - will screen on October 15.The story of a legendary 1977 US television interview between UK television presenter David Frost and ...
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International Screenwriters festival completes stellar line-up
The third International Screenwriters Festival is set to cement its position in the industry calendar with a stellar line-up that includes some of the world's best-known writers.Among the speakers this year are film-makers and writers who have been major names at the major awards ceremonies.They include BAFTA and Palme d'Or ...
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Kenworthy andMackintosh to produce remake ofMy Fair Lady
Four Weddings And A Funeral producer Duncan Kenworthy andtheatre impresarioCameron Mackintosh are to produce a new Columbia Pictures version of the classic musical My Fair Lady.CBS Films, which owns the rights to the musical,will help develop the film which Sony will distribute. Keira Knightley is rumoured to be in talks ...
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Laurent Cantet's The Class takes Palme d'Or
Laurent Cantet's The Class (Entre Les Murs) has taken this year's Palme d'Or.The film is a Paris classroom drama-documentary based on a novel by Francois Begaudeau, who playsa teacher in the filmworking in a tough Parisian neighbourhood.Screen's four-star review describes it as offering 'a rich microcosm of today's multi-ethnic French ...
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Dvortesevoi's Tulpan triumphs in Un Certain Regard
Sergey Dvortsevoy's debut Tulpan has been awarded the top prize in Cannes' Un Certain Regard.The jury, led by Fatih Akin, chose the film from 20 in competition, including six other first films.The film, set in the film-makers' native Kazakhstan, was rapturously received at its screening in Cannes.Screen's review described it ...
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XDC announces studio backing for 8,000 digital screens plan
The rollout of digital cinema in Europe has taken a big step forward with news that digital cinema equipment and services company XDC has signed agreements with four studios fordeployment of8,000 digital screens.The non-exclusive agreements with Warner Bros, Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Disney offer exhibitors across Europe an alternative ...
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Cannes market review
Maybe it was the dollar exchange rate or the rain that has dampened enthusiasm, but the Cannes market has lacked the hoped-for punch.Certainly hopes that the Marche would mark the end a run of flat markets have not materialised.But this year has not been a failure. Plenty of business was ...
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Theatre networkclaims 2007 record for non-national European film
Europa Cinemas' figures reveal that 2007 was a record year for European films screened by its members beyond their national borders.They accounted for 39% of the films shown at the network's cinemas, up 3% on 2006.European film as a whole took 63% of admissions.Florian Henckel Von Donnsersmarck's phenomenal The Lives ...