All Features articles – Page 391
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FeaturesUntitled Mat Whitecross Project
Shooting has just wrapped on Mat Whitecross’s follow up to Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, a road movie thriller starrring Ray Winstone and Jim Sturgess which is funded by CinemaNX.
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FeaturesFINAL UPDATE Cannes Dailies 2011 Digital Editions
Catch up with our print Cannes editions here. All 9 issues have now been posted online.
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FeaturesJulia Leigh
Cannes Meet The Debutants: Acclaimed Australian novelist Julia Leigh makes her debut with Competition title Sleeping Beauty.
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FeaturesRunar Runarsson
Cannes Meet The Debutants: Screen talks to the Volcano director about sunken ships and his elderly coming-of-age story.
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FeaturesThor retains UK box office crown
The UK box office displays decent depth as five films gross over $1.6m (£1m) for the first time in eight weeks.
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FeaturesThe world from Wilshire
UTA independent film group is using its international insight to connect film-makers to innovative financing partners. Screen talks to Rena Ronson and Rich Klubeck about comedies, co-productions and Cannes
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The new European studios
What has happened to the dream of a European studio? Screen looks at the new model for pan-regional buying partnerships and discovers the challenges in releasing independent films across multiple territories
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FeaturesOn Egypt's front lines
Young Egyptian film-makers are emerging to portray their lives on the big screen. As Cannes prepares to pay tribute to Egypt as its first guest country, Screen asks if there is a market and finance for this new Arab generation
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FeaturesMiramax's third act
Well-respected former Fox executive Mike Lang is making an impression at the head of the newly re-independent Miramax Films. He talks to Jeremy Kay about exploiting the library, rebooting production and working with the Weinsteins
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Something to defend
As the British Film Institute takes over the distribution of public film funds to UK producers, Screen asks what makes a good national film fund and how can success be measured?
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FeaturesMobilising for MEDIA
The future role of the European Union’s MEDIA programme in the continent’s film industry remains unclear following plans to restructure arts spending in Europe. Martin Blaney reports
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Fund times in Europe
What do producers really think about the manner in which national funds choose projects and allocate money? Screen profiles a selection of European bodies and gauges local opinion on how they operate. We also look at the role played by public bodies in Canada and Australia in supporting film production
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FeaturesParis when it sizzles
After one false start in 2006, Woody Allen has finally made a film in Paris, which has been selected to open Cannes this year. Melanie Goodfellow discovers how the master film-maker shot all over the city last summer
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FeaturesStrong arm of the law
Sylvie Barnaud must be one of the most credited police chiefs in the history of IMDb. Julie & Julia and The Da Vinci Code are just two of the productions to mention the Paris-based police commander for her help during shoots.
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Sellers gain from capital
Access to capital is the key for top-tier sales agents to secure A-list projects in today’s ultra competitive, slimmed-down marketplace.
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Down but not out
Without Avatar or Alice In Wonderland to set the pace, the first quarter global box office in 2011 was down on 2010. Screen examines what the numbers reveal.
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FeaturesThe French 50
France has a dynamic film industry with a global outlook, and its leading players will all be in Cannes. Screen profiles the industry insiders, producers, distributors, sales companies and financiers it pays to know
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FeaturesMarie-Claude Poulin and Pierre Even
Montreal-based Item 7 partners Marie-Claude Poulin and Pierre Even have worked on independent features such as C.R.A.Z.Y. and The Hurt Locker. They are in pre-production gearing up to shoot Komona in the Congo jungle this summer.
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FeaturesStay tuned for all the buzz on the Palme d'Or race
Welcome to Screen’s new Cannes 2011 Competition blog.
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Cannes films on Screenbase
See Cannes selections on our newly redesigned European production database, Screenbase.