All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 26
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News‘Holiday’ director to pitch new film at Haugesund Co-Production Market
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films will run as a hybrid event Aug 18-21.
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FeaturesLocarno 2020: How Open Doors will support its filmmakers throughout the year
Screen speaks to producers who have been through the industry platform.
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NewsIceland, Greenland producers join forces for one-stop shop in Greenland (exclusive)
Nuuk-based Polarama Greenland working on ‘Kalak’, the new film from Isabella Eklöf.
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FeaturesHow Locarno’s Films After Tomorrow is keeping Covid-affected projects in the spotlight
Some of the selected filmmakers, including Lisandro Alonso, tell Screen about their interrupted productions.
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NewsTribeca artistic director Frédéric Boyer adds Reykjavik role (exclusive)
Boyer is also artistic director at Les Arcs.
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NewsThe films opening around the world this weekend: ‘Harriet’, ‘Scoob!’, ‘Black Water: Abyss’
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are released across the globe each week.
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News‘And Then We Danced’ director Levan Akin reveals details for new film ‘Passage’ (exclusive)
Project will be partially shot in Turkey, with production to start in September 2021.
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NewsWoody Harrelson returns to filming in Sweden: “I feel safe, I don’t fear the reaper”
Production has restarted on Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle Of Sadness’.
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NewsCurzon jumps on New Europe’s Cannes selection ‘Sweat’ for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
New Europe also closes deals in Australia, Spain, Baltics, ex-Yugoslavia, Hungary, Norway.
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NewsBuyers order ‘Another Round’ of Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes selection (exclusive)
TrustNordisk secures sales in Spain, Italy, Israel, and Romania.
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FeaturesEmmys spotlight: Why ‘The Morning Show’ is more than just the first great #MeToo drama
Showrunner Kerry Ehrin, director Mimi Leder and Gugu Mbatha-Raw speak to Screen about the Apple TV+ drama.
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NewsWhat’s working in distribution? Smart partnerships, genre films and documentaries, say experts
A Cannes Marche panel of experts notes that industry still missing the impact of theatrical and festival launches, however.
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NewsSweden’s Carl Film Festival plans ‘boat-in’ festival on water (exclusive)
“This is going to be the world’s first film festival on water.”
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News5a7, One Two team for Sarah Arnold’s ‘Wild Encounters’ (exclusive)
Project awarded “White Mirror Award” at the 2019 Torino Script Lab.
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NewsRussian director Kirill Serebrennikov found guilty in fraud case; given suspended sentence
International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk had called for dropping charges.
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NewsBuyers thirsty for Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Another Round’ (exclusive)
The Danish film will make its physical world premiere in Toronto.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: Lizette Gram Mygind of the Danish Film Institute
“We went to a pop-up drive-in cinema to see ‘The Good, The Bad And The Ugly’.”
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NewsNew Europe closes French deal for Cannes 2020 selection ‘Sweat’ (exclusive)
The film follows a social media influencer who craves true intimacy.
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FeaturesCannes virtual market: buzz titles from Germany, Spain, Italy, Nordics, and rest of world
The Marche du Film Online is running from June 22-26.
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NewsFinnish financiers join forces with publisher Otava Oy to launch Aurora Studios
Company will distribute Aku Louhimies’ The Wait in 2021; also developing Marimekko CEO biopic.