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Katzenberg, Kennedy receive AFI honorary degrees
The American Film Institute (AFI) has conferred honourary degrees upon Jeffrey Katzenberg and Kathleen Kennedy for their “contribution of distinction to the art of the moving image.”
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FeaturesLucy Walker
UK-born director Lucy Walker talks about the challenges she faced making her nuclear weapons documentary Countdown To Zero, and why she was honoured to be one of a handful of women directors at this year’s Cannes film festival.
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FeaturesBlack Death plagues UK, Germany gets Mammoth
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent openings in key European markets this week.
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NewsFulwell 73 plans Laurie Cunningham biopic
UK production company also working on documentary about Lt Col James Bo Gritz and low-budget London horror film.
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NewsGriffin Dunne unveils Veronica short from Farrelly/Wessler Project
Griffin Dunne was at the inaugural Aruba International Film Festival this week with the world premiere of his new short film Veronica, which is part of the as-yet-untitled Peter Farrelly/Charles Wessler Project.
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FeaturesThelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese’s editor Thelma Schoonmaker talks about moving into 3D with The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
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Kat Gosling joins Troika
Talent agent Kat Gosling has joined London-based Troika. Gosling had previously been an agent at Finch & Partners for four years.
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CommentPopcorn and Other Disasters
Mike Goodridge confesses to being a cinema shusher who is offended by the loud popcorn crunchers and mobile phone talkers. That’s why exhibitors need to keep upping the ante to draw us into the theatrical experience.
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Mike Leigh, Jane Campion to lead masterclasses for The Story Works
Directors Mike Leigh and John Madden are among the film industry professionals who will lead masterclasses for the inaugural screenwriters’ initiative The Story Works.
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New Pixel Lab selects 34 participants
Ilann Girard, the producer of Oscar-winning March of the Penguins, is one of the 34 participants selected for Power to the Pixel’s new cross-media course, The Pixel Lab, taking place in Cardiff.
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German funds support new films from Michael Glawogger, Istvan Szabo
International co-productions with countries as diverse as Argentina, China, Spain, and Finland are among new projects supported with over $7.2m (€6m) by the two national funds German Federal Film Board (FFA) and German Federal Film Fund (DFFF).
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FeaturesThe big buy-in
The studios have always acquired independent films for international territories but several have recently stepped up their activities. John Hazelton finds out why and looks at the response from sellers and indie buyers.
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NewsHigh Fliers picks up The Stoning Of Soraya M
The UK based company has secured UK distribution rights for the film from MPower Distribution.
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AFI to present Kaminski with Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal
Two-time Oscar winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski will receive the AFI’s 2010 Franklin J Schaffner Alumni Medal.
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Warner Bros Polska, Andrzej Saramonowicz strike two-film deal
Warner Bros continues to grow its local language production business with a deal to co-produce and distribute two films in Poland between now and 2011.
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Katic, Yustman join The Double for Hyde Park, Imagenation Abu Dhabi
Stana Katic and Odette Yustman have joined Richard Gere, Topher Grace, and Stephen Moyer in writer Michael Brandt’s directorial debut project The Double.
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Sundance Film Festival brought in $63m for Utah, report claims
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival generated an overall economic impact of $62.7m for the state of Utah according to a new report.