All articles by Screen staff – Page 92
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NewsMike Goodridge to take editor's role at Screen International
Mike Goodridge, Screen International’s US editor, is to return to London to take up the editor’s chair of Screen.
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NewsCoproduction Office closes further deals on A Town Called Panic
Coproduction Office has sold its Belgian animation A Town Called Panic to a further seven territories after closing a deal with Zeitgeist for the US last week.
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NewsE1 nets UK rights to Icelandic whale watching horror RWWM
E1 has picked up UK rights from The Icelandic Film Company and Film And Music Entertainment to Julius Kemp’s horror tale Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (RWWM).
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NewsFilm financing veteran Premila Hoon launches boutique consultancy
Entertainment Capital Advisors (ECA), a new boutique media and entertainment financing and strategy company, launched in London on Monday (September 7).
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NewsFilm4 promotes Katherine Butler to senior commissioning executive
Film4, part of UK TV broadcaster Channel 4, has promoted head of development Katherine Butler to senior commissioning executive. She replaces Peter Carlton, who left the company in June to join Warp Films.
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NewsKaohsiung film fest to screen Kadeer documentary
Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Film Festival will screen controversial documentary The 10 Conditions Of Love, about exiled Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer, in a move that looks set to strain relations with mainland China.
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News(500) Days Of Summer in the UK, Germany samples Whisky With Vodka.
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsUK ISPs unite to fight hardline anti-piracy plans
The chief executives of the UK’s leading internet service providers (ISPs) have joined forces to protest against plans to cut off users who illegally download content.
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Hong Kong’s Filmko to produce 3D period drama
Hong Kong-based Filmko Holdings is producing a 3D period drama adapted from Spanish classic Don Quixote, to be directed by Chinese filmmaker Agan.
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NewsGsponer's Lila Lila to open the fifth Zurich Film Festival
The world premiere of My Words, My Lies — My Love (Lila, Lila), the German-language comedy starring Daniel Brühl, will open the fifth Zurich Film Festival on September 24.
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NewsA Prophet arrives in France, Germany is Laughing Out Loud
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent releases in key markets this weekend.
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NewsHelen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite join Joffe's Brighton Rock
Helen Mirren and Pete Postlethwaite have joined the cast of Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1939 classic Brighton Rock.
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NewsUK industry welcomes tougher plans for tackling digital pirates
The UK film industry has welcomed moves by the government to toughen up measures to tackle illegal file-sharing and to introduce them more quickly.
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NewsJet Li to star in first non-action drama Ocean Heaven
Action star Jet Li is set to star in a contemporary Chinese-language drama Ocean Heaven, to be directed by debut filmmaker Xue Xiaolu, which marks the actor’s first non-action project.
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NewsShane Meadows' This Is England to be developed for TV
British film-maker Shane Meadows is developing his 2006 film This Is England into a four-part TV drama for the UK’s Channel 4. It marks the director’s TV debut.
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NewsTaiwan changes rules for mainland actors
Taiwan’s Government Information Office (GIO) has announced a policy change that enables more mainland actors to work on Taiwanese film productions.
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NewsGermany gets Summertime Blues, Antichrist invoked in Spain
ScreenDaily takes a look at the local and independent openings in key markets this week.
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NewsUKFC and BFI merger proposed
The UK Film Council (UKFC) and the British Film Institute (BFI) are to be merged under plans announced by Film Minister Siôn Simon today (August 20).
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FeaturesLocarno 2009 award winners
The full list of competition winners at the 2009 Locarno International Film Festival
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NewsJean-Jacques Annaud to direct Wolf Totem
French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Lover, Seven Years In Tibet) has been brought on board to direct $30m Chinese-language drama Wolf Totem, which is being co-produced by Hong Kong’s Bill Kong and Beijing-based Forbidden City Film Co.