All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 169
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NewsWME signs writer-director Oskar Thor Axelsson
Oskar Thor Axelsson, whose first feature, Icelandic crime thriller Black’s Game, is still in post, has been signed by WME.
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NewsCreative England's new CEO among panelists for financing panel in Newcastle
Caroline Norbury, the new CEO of Creative England, will be on hand to discuss the new agency’s role at an upcoming financing panel at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Newcastle.
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NewsFramestore's Iceland office doubles in size, completes first whole studio project
The Icelandic outpost of post-production/visual effects company Framestore has now doubled in size since its inception three years ago.
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NewsRussia's Twilight Portrait wins Golden Puffin in Reykjavik
Runar Runarsson’s Volcano wins two prizes.
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NewsAlizart becomes interim chief executive of Film Agency for Wales
She will cover Pauline Burt’s maternity leave.
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NewsFrightFest Halloween event to host world premiere of Bad Meat
Acclaimed UK genre festival Film4 FrightFest is launching a new Halloween event (on Oct 29) at London’s Vue West End, with screenings from 6 pm until dawn.The films will include the world premiere of Lulu Jarmen’s splatter film Bad Meat, about a camp for troubled teens where fascists used spoiled ...
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CommentTalking Another Earth at Raindance opening
Raindance kicked off its 19th festival in London with Another Earth director Mike Cahill [pictured] giving an interesting Q&A with Monsters director Gareth Edwards.
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Crossover Labs, Sheffield plan Skillset-backed training scheme
Crossover Labs and Sheffield Doc/Fest have received funding from the Skillset Film Skills Fund to launch Devise to Deliver, a si-month, UK-wide training scheme.
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NewsLFF industry innovations include Festival Scope partnership
Research and policymaking symposium to be held Oct 26.
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NewsScreen Star Vanessa Kirby among cast of thriller Labyrinth
Recent Screen International Star of Tomorrow Vanessa Kirby [pictured] is set to play Alice Tanner in the epic thriller Labyrinth, adapted from Kate Mosse’s bestseller.
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NewsIMG Media to handle international sales of Dorsey's Airmen
IMG Media will handle the international rights to Mike Dorsey’s Lost Airmen of Buchenwald.
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NewsNew Zealand submits its first film for Foreign Language Oscar race
New Zealand has picked Samoan-language feature The Orator (O Le Tulafale) to represent the country, the first submission ever from New Zealand. Plus submissions from South Africa and Uruguay.
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CommentTearjerker trailer of the week
Getting weepy in advance of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
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NewsKormakur dives into post for The Deep for end-of-year release
Baltasar Kormakur’s The Deep is one of a number of hot Icelandic titles, also including thriller Black’s Game, that are in post production now.
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NewsCentEast selects 10 works in progress
The CentEast Warsaw-Moscow has selected 10 Eastern European films to present as works-in-progress.
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NewsSoda to launch Gerhard Richter doc to coincide with Tate exhibition
Soda Pictures is planning the UK launch of Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Painting for Oct 3, just ahead of the opening of his retrospective at the Tate Modern (Oct 6-Jan 8).
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NewsAdrian Sitaru plans third feature, Domestic
Romanian writer-director Adrian Sitaru is gearing up for a November shoot in Bucharest for his third feature film, Domestic.
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NewsNiki Caro to direct biopic of Maria Callas
Niki Caro (Whale Rider) will direct the new Maria Callas biopic, Callas, for Rome-based De Angelis Group.
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CommentReykjavik rocks for opening weekend
Sigur Ros film opens RIFF, and the Romanians get the party started at new local hotspot KEX.
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NewsHanWay sells You're Next to more than 30 territories
Deals include UK (Icon), Germany (Splendid), France and Benelux (French Connection), and Japan (Asmik Ace).