All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 119
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NewsTraction reps North American rights to Sundance selection Lasting
Los Angeles-based Traction Media has come on board as North American sales representative of Jacek Borcuch’s Lasting.
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NewsCreative England backs Finlay's new music documentary
Creative England is backing Jeanie Finlay’s next Orion: The Man Who Would Be King.
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NewsMatthew Macfadyen lines up for Ben Hopkins’ Epic
EXCLUSIVE: The UK-Germany-Russia-Georgia co-production starts shooting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Sunday, at the Georgian Film Studios.
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News5 Broken Cameras takes top prize at Cinema Eye awards
Detropia wins two prizes at the New York ceremony; Bully wins audience award.
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NewsBFI launches Vision Awards to back UK producers with up to £2.5m over next two years
BFI Film Fund head Ben Roberts notes new relaxed eligibility criteria will encourage more breadth of producers to apply.
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NewsLincoln leads BAFTA nominations, followed by Les Mis and Life of Pi
Skyfall surprises with eight nominations; other top nominees include Argo, Anna Karenina, Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty.
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NewseOne completes acquisition of Alliance; Loewy and Layton depart
eOne’s Throop and Theroux to lead combined company as Alliance’s Loewy and Layton exit.
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NewsRotterdam's Tiger Competition offers new works from Esmer, Fornay
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 23-Feb 3) has unveiled the full list of 16 films, including 8 world premieres, competing for the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition.
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NewsRotterdam Signals to honour Kira Muratova, to showcase new TV and web series
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has added two programmes to its Signals offerings.
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NewsMetrodome takes on UK rights to Finnish hit Purge
Metrodome has acquired all UK rights to Finnish drama Purge from TrustNordisk.
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NewsGormican starts New York shoot for Zac Efron, Imogen Poots comedy
London-based What If It Barks Films has started shooting its first US feature, Are We Officially Dating.
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CommentVive la France!
As the editorial team at Screen surveyed 2012’s highs and lows and game-changing news stories, one trend that struck us was the huge success of French films abroad in 2012.
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FeaturesSimon Chinn
Oscar-winning producer Simon Chinn has two films on this year’s documentary Oscar shortlist. He talks to Wendy Mitchell about Searching For Sugar Man, The Imposter and what¹s next on his ambitious slate.
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NewsODEON launches Studios concept in Leicester Square
Exhibitor ODEON is launching its newly refurbished cinema in London’s Leicester Square, ODEON Studios.
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NewsWong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster to open Berlinale
Film, starring Tony Leung Chiu Wai, to screen out of competition.
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NewsLevelK takes on international sales for The Rocket
Danish sales company LevelK has struck a deal with Red Lamp Films to handle international sales of The Rocket, which will world premiere at the Berlinale.
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NewsRotterdam's Spectrum programme includes Hideo Nakata's The Complex
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced intial selections for its Bright Future and Spectrum programmes.
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NewsBerlinale's Generation selections include Gilroy's The Cold Lands and Mordaunt's The Rocket
The Berlinale has announced the first selections for its Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions.
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NewsJulien Temple wraps Rio documentary Children of The Revolution
Rio-themed film will be delivered in October 2013.
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NewsNetwork Distributing acquires rights to 450 films from StudioCanal library
EXCLUSIVE: British classics include On The Fiddle starring Sean Connery [pictured].