All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 63
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NewsLevelK dives into FilmBros’ action-thriller 'Cave'
EXCLUSIVE: Companies to collaborate on slate from emerging Norwegian director.
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NewsLouhimies plans 80-day shoot for 'Unknown Soldier'
Finnish production from Frozen Land director will feature 14,000 extras.
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News'The Fits', 'Salero' win at RiverRun
The River Run International Film Festival wrapped its 18th edition in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with its narrative feature award going to Anna Rose Holmer’s The Fits, which was, in the words of the jury, “an audacious debut from a promising American talent.”
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NewsLosange punches with UCR's 'Olli Maki'
EXCLUSIVE: Cinefondation winner Juho Kuosmanen makes his feature debut with the Finnish-German-Swedish co-production.
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NewsAmanda Knox feature among new Danish docs
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix to launch US-Danish documentary Knox in autumn; Screen speaks to key doc companies about their lineups.
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NewsAgnieszka Holland, Tom Of Finland films get Swedish Film Institute backing
The Swedish Film Institute has backed nineteen projects in its latest round of funding.
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NewsBellander leaves Tre Vanner for StellaNova
The production exec was most recently a producer on Swedish box office hit A Man Called Ove.
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NewsBenedict Cumberbatch boards Buddhism doc
EXCLUSIVE: Benedict Cumberbatch will narrate Marc J Francis and Max Pugh’s feature documentary about Thich Nhat Hanh.
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NewsKeanu Reeves joins comedy series 'Swedish Dicks'
EXCLUSIVE: Reeves reunites with his former Constantine co-star Peter Stormare in the Viaplay original series.
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NewsCar racing sequel 'Borning 2-On Ice' gets Nordisk Fond backing
The racing sequel received the fund’s biggest grant in its latest round.
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NewsUN thriller, transgender drama among Swedish Film Institute grantees
Fares Fares thriller The Nile Hilton Incident gets top grant of $1.3m while Ben Kingsley and Theo James thriller also among those backed.
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News'Letter To The King' director Zaman plans Armenia story
EXCLUSIVE: Letter To The King and Before Snowfall director Hisham Zaman has two films in post and plans to shoot in Armenia in 2017.
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NewsJames Schamus: Gulf can learn from China's box-office boom
James Schamus delivers masterclass in Doha, touching on the need to build a movie-going culture in the Gulf and how Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon established the modern international blockbuster.
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NewsJames Schamus working on projects from 'micro' to 'quite huge'
EXCLUSIVE: Former Focus Features executive James Schamus is building a busy but bespoke slate at his new company Symbolic Exchange, including a TV project with European partners.
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NewsQumra's class of 2015 see boost for their films
As Qumra kicks off its second edition with 33 new projects selected (see the full list here), here are updates from several projects selected for the inaugural edition in 2015.Degrade, Arab and Tarzan Abunasser’s story of 12 women in a Gaza hair salon, was selected for ...
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NewsQumra kicks off in Doha with key industry in attendance
Netflix, Sundance and EFM are among new delegates attending the second edition of the DFI’s Qumra.
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Comment'London Has Fallen' interns hail "life-changing" experience
Lionsgate teamed up with charity Films Without Borders to offer internships on the Gerard Butler-starring sequel.
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NewsAlexander Payne’s 'Downsizing' gets Norwegian grant
Downsizing and The Snowman receive Norway’s new Incentive Scheme grants, with the latter securing $4.6m.
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NewsIceland’s Stockfish showcases hot works-in-progress
Animation, TV adaptations and documentaries among highlighted projects.
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NewsTheo James, Ben Kingsley head to Copenhagen for corruption thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Copenhagen Film Fund backs Per Fly’s Backstabbing For Beginners.