All Features articles – Page 383
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FeaturesLocarno finds a new voice
This year’s Locarno Film Festival has a distinctly French flavour as the event stakes its claim to become the perfect stepping stone between Cannes and Venice.
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FeaturesThe Sorcerer And The White Snake
Chinese producer Chui Po-chu talks to Screen about upcoming $25m fantasy drama The Sorcerer And The White Snake, starring Jet Li, which is being sold internationally by Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop.
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FeaturesMichael Axelgaard and Matthew Holt
The director and writer/producer duo talk about their debut feature Hollow, a found-footage horror film that has just received its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
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FeaturesThe digital debate over IP
The UK government has widely accepted Professor Hargreaves’ recommendations for renewing the UK’s intellectual property laws as set out in his independent review published in May and has revealed further details for the implementation of the long-delayed Digital Economy Act.
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FeaturesSarajevo Film Festival, 22 - 30 July
Angelina Jolie and husband Brad Pitt were among winners and attendees at the 17th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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FeaturesMotovun Film Festival, Croatia, 25 - 29 July
Winners and attendees at the 12th edition of the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia
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Features7th Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival, 25 - 30 July
Spain reigns in vintage edition of Grossman Fantastic Film and Wine Festival
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FeaturesZhang Weiping
The Beijing-based producer talks about Zhang Yimou’s upcoming Heroes Of Nanking, starring Christian Bale, which FilmNation is handling internationally.
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FeaturesAsian indies still financed the old fashioned way
Despite the proliferation of new media platforms in Asia, the region’s genre filmmakers are sticking to tried-and-tested formulas to finance their films.
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FeaturesHarry Potter climbing all-time international chart, Reliance’s Singham scores well
Potter becomes 17th biggest international film after second weekend as Korea and India see local successes.
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FeaturesUPDATED: New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, 21-31 July
Growing in popularity and ambition, New Horizons celebrates its 11th anniversary this year.
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FeaturesSpecial relationship
UK marketing outfit FIVE33 has been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic. CEO Emily Castel talks about the company’s global ambitions.
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FeaturesTrap For Cinderella
British director Iain Softley tells Screen about his latest feature, a psychological thriller set in London and the South of France, starring upcoming Brit actresses Tuppence Middleton and Alexandra Roach which is being sold internationally by Ealing Metro.
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FeaturesGalt Niederhoffer
Producer Galt Niederhoffer talks to Jeremy Kay about Robot & Frank, starring Frank Langella and Liv Tyler, the first feature to come out of new venture Park Pictures Features.
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FeaturesButtons battle heats up in France
French distributors Mars and UGC will go head to head at the box office this September with separate adaptations of Louis Pergaud’s literary classic The War of the Buttons.
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FeaturesEros scores again while Pokemon trumps studio Ghibli latest in Japan
As Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II smashed a number of international records, Screen looks at the non-US international movers and shakers.
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FeaturesDeathly Hallows Part 2 smashes UK box office records
Latest Harry Potter becomes biggest ever UK opening on £23.8m
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FeaturesKinoforum, St Petersburg
Photos from the awards ceremony at the second edition of the St Petersburg International Kinoforum which took place Jul 10-15.
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Sarajevo means business
The rising stars of south-eastern European cinema will be showcased at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival (July 22-30) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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FeaturesAn eye on Sky
With Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation under intense pressure in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, the UK industry is once again discussing BSkyB’s lack of investment in British film – and whether now is the time to push for change.