All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 225
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NewsRidley Scott's Robin Hood confirmed to open Cannes
The Universal Studios action-adventure starring Russell Crowe will screen out of competition.
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NewsLondon Consortium, London Film School start first graduate degree in film curating
The MA in Film Curating will be a year-long course under the direction of journalist/academic Nick Roddick.
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Tampere starts cross-festival initiative to digitise shorts
They hope to have more than 10,000 short films digitised by the end of 2010 by working with other festivals.
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NewsITV sells 100-film package to Italy's Rai
Also, ITV will introduce restored This Sporting Life to buyers at MIPTV.
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NewsJoe Cornish starts shoot for Attack The Block starring Jodie Whittaker
Big Talk, Film4, Optimum, StudioCanal and UK Film Council are behind Cornish’s debut feature.
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NewsHigh Point, Pritish Nandy plan Indian genre slate
Their first ‘I-Horror’ film will be Abhijit Chaudhiri’s The Accident.
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NewsOvashvili's The Other Bank takes top Fribourg prize
Other winners included Tehroun, Norteado and Border.
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NewsStellan and Alexander Skarsgard lead voice cast for Moomins movie
Peter Stormare also joins the voice cast for the animated 3D feature Moomins and the Comet Chase.
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FeaturesCemetery Junction
Sony’s Cemetery Junction, the first co-directed feature from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, is one of an increasingly number of productions trying to be greener.
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NewsIceland submits Reykjavik-Rotterdam for Oscar race
Iceland has chosen Oskar Jonasson’s Reykjavik-Rotterdam as its foreign-language Oscar submission this year.
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NewsDolan's Mother takes Golden Puffin in Reykjavik
Milos Forman receives Lifetime Achievement Award; other winners include Together from Norway and The Girl from Sweden.
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NewsReykjavik film festival kicks off with I Killed My Mother
The sixth Reykjavik International Film Festival opens tonight (September 17) with a programme of more than 120 films from 40 countries.
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FeaturesWhen a tweet becomes a roar
Does box-office success really depend on Twitter chatter? Caroline Parry looks at how international distributors are tapping online word of mouth.
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NewsFrankfurt's LUCAS children's festival to spotlight animation
The 32nd LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival will open September 6 in Frankfurt with a screening of French fairytale Trouble At Timpeltill.
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NewsTIFF adds 19 more titles, including world premieres from Saura, Roos
The Toronto International Film Festival has added seven more Galas and 12 more Special Presentations to its lineup. The selections include world premieres from Carlos Saura, Don Roos, Christian Carion and Dev Benegal.
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NewsUK producer Clive Parsons dies at age 66
Film producer Clive Parsons, who produced films by Bill Forsyth, Lindsay Anderson and Franco Zeffirelli, has died in the UK at age 66.
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NewsMilos Forman to get tribute in Reykjavik
The Reykjavik International Film Festival will give its 2009 honorary award to director Milos Forman.
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NewsContentFilm takes on sales for Toronto selection Gaia
ContentFilm International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Jason Lehel’s Gaia, which will have its world premiere in Toronto’s Visions section.
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NewsIconic US filmmaker John Hughes dies at 59
Hughes was taking a morning walk during a trip to visit family in Manhattan when he died of a sudden heart attack.
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Spirit Awards move to Friday night in 25th anniversary year
Film Independent is moving the annual Spirit Awards to March 5, the Friday night before the Oscars.