All Editorial articles – Page 14
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NewsSan Sebastian's Spanish titles include new films from Campanella, Rebollo
San Sebastian has revealed an impressive line-up of Spanish films for its official selection and New Directors section, including multi award winning director Fernando Trueba’s new drama The Dancer And The Thief and Oscar nominee Juan Jose Campanella’s The Secret In Their Eyes.
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NewsFilm4 Somerset House series to welcome Almodovar, Cruz, Frears, Hurt
The fifth-annual Film4 Summer Screen at Somerset House will welcome guests including Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz.
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NewsEight new London boroughs eligible for Film London’s film fund
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Film London have launched this year’s London Borough Film Fund Challenge, which includes new the new Film London in 90 Seconds.
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NewsBeeban Kidron skips out on Hippie Hippie Shake
Hippie Hippie Shake director Beeban Kidron has left the project, now in post-production, because of ‘creative differences’ in editing with the production company, Working Title.
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NewsWarner set for second weekend of Potter magic as Universal expands Public Enemies
New moves internationally are largely quiet this week as Harry Potter continues his worldwide domination for Warner Bros International - building on the record international opening weekend of $236m.
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NewsSony extends De Luca's first-look deal through 2011
Sony Pictures Entertainment has extended its first-look deal with producer Michael De Luca through 2011.
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NewsEurocentric Venice Critics' Week to present Berlusconi project Videocracy
The 24th edition of the Critics’ Week has unveiled a line up of ten world premiere first features to be presented at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12).
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NewsVenice jurors to include Gina Kim, Ramin Bahrani, Stuart Gordon
The Venice Biennale has announced the international juries for three sections.
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NewsPoliakoff's Glorious 39 to world premiere in Toronto
UK writer-director Steven Poliakoff’s war-time thriller Glorious 39 will make its world premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, as TIFF added eight Special Presentations to its lineup today.
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NewsFocus teams up with Quad on French rom-com Heartbreaker
Focus Features International and Quad will co-produce French-language romantic comedy Heartbreaker
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NewsKaleidoscope signs first look deal with Instinctive Film
London-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has struck a deal with Berlin-based Instinctive Film for the UK distributor to release a slate of genre projects to be produced by Instinctive out of a new studio set up in Eastern Europe.
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NewsHigh Point seals a number of deals on Satellites & Meteorites
UK-based High Point Media Group has sold Irish rom-com Satellites & Meteorites to a number of territories including Japan (AMG), Middle East (Prime Pictures), Russia (First Film) and China (DDDream).
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News$1.6 million content fund launched for northeast England
Regional screen agency Northern Film & Media is launching a new $1.6m (£1m) content fund for film, TV, games, interactive media and music.The North East Content Fund has earmarked $165,000 (£100,000) for film development, with a further $330,000 (£200,000) of the fund aimed at film production. It is the agency’s ...
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NewsSarajevo competition lineup includes world premieres, Cannes titles
The 15th-annual Sarajevo Film Festival has announced the lineup of 10 films in its official competition section including two world premieres – First Of All, Felicia which marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Razvan Radulescu with Melissa de Raaf, and Slovenian Girl, the latest film from Damian Kozole (Spare Parts).
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Myriad Pictures names Kevin Forester CFO
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico has promoted Kevin Forester to chief financial officer, effective immediately.
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Online service rates DVDs for parents
The Irish Film Classification Office (Ifco) has launched a new scheme that allows parents to check the content of films before this children buy or rent it on DVD.
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NewsShadow arts minister backs UK Film Council
Ed Vaizey, the shadow arts minister, has come out in support of the UK Film Council just weeks after Conservative leader David Cameron called for unelected quangos to be scaled back to save money.
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NewsTim Kwok's Convergence readies Gungrave, Lone Wolf for big screen
Tim Kwok’s Beverly Hills and Asia-based Convergence Entertainment has secured feature rights to the pop culture properties Gungrave and Lone Wolf.Kwok plans to produce both as live-action features in the $30-35m range, with Gungrave set to go into production next year followed by Lone Wolf. Convergence will tap into financing ...
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NewsSam Worthington joins Summit's Danish thriller remake The Candidate
Summit Entertainment has acquired remake rights to Kasper Barfoed’s Danish thriller The Candidate (Kandidaten) with Sam Worthington attached to star.Beau Willimon will write the screenplay about an aspiring lawyer who tries to escape a blackmail plot after he wakes up in a hotel room and finds the woman he met ...
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NewsKINOSMITH to distribute Hot Docs titles on DVD in Canada
Toronto-based specialty distributor KINOSMITH has partnered with the Hot Docs documentary festival on an online DVD releasing deal targeting popular festival titles.