All articles by Screen staff – Page 76
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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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NewsYouTube agree sponsorship deal with NFTS
Google’s YouTube backs course, three-day NFTS showcase event and new Film Clinic.
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NewsProduction 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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NewsTaiwan'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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NewsScreen 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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NewsIFP 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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NewsCelestial 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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NewsHoward 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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NewsTony 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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NewsMedia Asia expands into mainland China
Media Asia secures Chinese private equity funding through investment deal.
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NewsScott 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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NewsRabbit 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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NewsNew 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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NewsIcarus Films acquires US rights to Robert Flaherty documentary
Irish documentary was produced and directed by Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín
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NewsChina’s Enlight Media to float on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Beijing-based company becomes third Chinese studio to float on China’s home stock market
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NewsHarry Potter breaks IMAX global box office record
The UK, Japan, Brazil and Costa Rica all set new IMAX records
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NewsJan Vrijman Fund backs 19 projects from developing countries
Projects from Cambodia among those selected for the first time
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NewsCroatian Parliament approves 20% cash rebate for local and foreign film production
Incentive covers features, documentaries, animation and TV drama