All articles by Screen staff – Page 73
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Warrior of the Rainbow wages war on Taiwanese box office
Wei Te-sheng’s war epic has set the highest opening record for a 2D film in Taiwanese film history.
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Vachon, Hastings, Ankner line up for panel at OMDC Financing Forum
Expert producer Christine Vachon, UK film packager Chris Hastings of 1066 Productions and Mark Ankner of William Morris Endeavor will be the participants in this year’s panel discussion at the OMDC International Financing Forum in Toronto.
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Wei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.
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Lawrence Gough unveils Extraction, talks up Drought
The winner of Edinburgh’s 2009 Trailblazer Award for his feature debut Salvage has revealed details of his supernatural home invasion project Extraction, which will shoot before Drought pending casting availability.
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Juliette Lewis signs on to Blood Or Water
The LevelK/Synchronicity Films joint venture continues apace with the arrival of the US star on Justin Molotnikov’s upcoming feature.
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YouTube agree sponsorship deal with NFTS
Google’s YouTube backs course, three-day NFTS showcase event and new Film Clinic.
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Production wraps on Nicholas McCarthy’s ghost story The Pact
The project has been converted from a short that screened in Sundance into a feature in less than a year. Content is handling international sales and Preferred Content represents North American sales.
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Taiwan's summer box office booming, led by record-setting Apple of My Eye
The Taiwanese film industry has seen rocketing box office results this summer, with four local films making record-breaking box office takings and bringing in a movie-going wave in the island of 23 million people.
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Dragon Gate to be released in IMAX 3D
Beijing-based Bona Film Group has announced a cooperation deal with IMAX to produce Tsui Hark’s $35m 3D martial arts film Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate.
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Screen Awards shortlist led by 127 Hours, King's Speech and TT3D campaigns
Optimum leads distributors with 13 shortlist mentions, Fox and Momentum have 11 each.
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IFP Project Forum to showcase 150 new projects
Laura Oaksmith’s The Buck Decision, Hunter Adams’ Dig Two Graves and Jeremy Engle’s Half-Life are among the projects set to take part in the 33rd edition in New York from Sept 18-22.
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Celestial steps into online gaming with My Kingdom Game
Hong Kong’s Celestial Picture launches an online game that is the first game application developed to promote for a Chinese-language movie.
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Howard Feinstein steps down as Sarajevo's Panorama programmer
Veteran critic and festival programmer Howard Feinstein is stepping down from his role as head of the Panorama section at the Sarejevo Film Festival.
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Tony Leung to star in Mei Ah's spy thriller Windseeker
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment will produce four new films set in mainland China, with budgets totaling $50m.
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Media Asia expands into mainland China
Media Asia secures Chinese private equity funding through investment deal.
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Scott Shooman joins CBS Films as EVP of Acquisitions
Shooman worked at Sony Pictures for a decade; he will attend Toronto for CBS.
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Rabbit jumps to Cartoon Network; pan-Asian dates set
Chinese 3D animation film Legend of A Rabbit has reached further sales deals with Warner’s Cartoon Network acquiring pay-TV rights for India, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan and the Philippines.
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New Horizons and London Film Academy partner on training event for young film-makers
Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr will give a masterclass at the second New Horizons Studio
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Eros enters new markets with releases in Taiwan and South Korea
Releases include Ra.One and Endhiran
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Icarus Films acquires US rights to Robert Flaherty documentary
Irish documentary was produced and directed by Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín