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All articles by Screen staff – Page 91
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NewsHigh Point launches specialist non-fiction label
High Point Media Group, independent distribution and sales company, is launching a specialist non-fiction label for the first time.
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NewsLiz Mermin's Team Qatar wins best film at first Doha Tribeca festival
Team Qatar, a documentary about the Qatar’s first national high school debating team, took the audience award for best film in festival at the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF).
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NewsThe Film Agency for Wales expands board to 14
The Film Agency for Wales has expanded its board from ten to 14 with a raft of new appointments.
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NewsHuayi share price doubles on stock market launch
Huayi Brothers Media became one of the hottest stocks on its first day of trading last Friday on China’s ChiNext stock market. Its opening-day price reached $10.37 (RMB70.81), more than double its launch price.
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NewsThai film banned from World Film Fest under new film act
An independent Thai film featuring gay sex and confrontational politics was banned from the World Film Festival of Bangkok (WFF), becoming the first casualty of the confusing new Film Act.
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NewsMicmacs in France, UK gets Starsuckers
Screens looks at the local and independent release in key markets.
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NewsBlack & Blue acquires remake rights to cult horror The Asphyx
Black & Blue Films has acquired the remake rights to 1971 cult horror film The Asphyx. It will be written and directed by Matthew McGuchan.
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NewsEdko Films opens China’s first arthouse cinema
Broadway Cinema, the cinema management brand of Hong Kong’s Edko Films, has opened the first arthouse cinema in China – Broadway Cinematheque MOMA – in Beijing’s MOMA residential compound.
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NewsCreative Coalition welcomes Mandelson's anti-piracy plan
The Creative Coalition Campaign has welcomed plans to crack down on internet piracy outlined by Lord Mandelson today (October 28).
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NewsWhite Ribbon wins Screen International Hollywood World Award
Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon won the Screen International Hollywood World Award last night at the Hollywood Awards gala in Los Angeles.
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NewsMPA and Chinese copyright group collaborate to fight illegal camcording
Motion Picture Association (MPA) and China Film Copyright Association (CFCA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to encourage closer collaboration between the two organisations, particularly on illegal camcording.
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NewsUK receives An Education, The White Ribbon in France
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsPinewood's $327m expansion plans rejected
Pinewood Studios’ plans for a major $327m (£198m) expansion of its UK site have been rejected by the local council.
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NewsChan teams with monks on $30m action epic Shaolin
Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse will head the cast of $29.28m (RMB200m) action epic Shaolin, which marks the first time in 27 years that a film has been authorised to shoot in China’s legendary Shaolin temple.
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Matrix stuntman to head cast of China Film’s Kung Fu Man
The Matrix series stuntman Tiger Hu Chen is set to star in a Chinese-language action drama Kung Fu Man, financed by China Film Group and Chinese private investor He Gang.
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NewsDDA announces management buy-out
DDA Public Relations’ Lawrence Atkinson and chief financial officer John Stannard have acquired a substantial equity stake in the company as part of a management buy-out.
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NewsAlexandre Desplat named composer of the year at World Soundtrack Awards
Alexandre Desplat has picked up the film composer of the year award at the 9th World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday (October 17). The event closed the 36th Ghent International Film Festival.
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NewsThe Assembly sweeps China’s Golden Rooster Awards
Feng Xiaogang’s war drama The Assemblywas the big winner at the 27th Golden Rooster Awards, mainland China’s top film honours (Oct 17), winning four prizes including best film and best director.
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NewsUK quenches Thirst, Spain adopts Orphan
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsPeter Jackson's The Lovely Bones selected for Royal Film Performance
Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones has been selected for this year’s Royal Film Performance. The world charity premiere will take place in late November in London’s Leicester Square.