All Features articles – Page 391

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    Stockholm International Film Festival Gala, Sweden

    2011-11-09T15:24:00Z

    The 22nd Stockholm International Film Festival runs 9–20 November. This year’s gala was held at the Skandia theatre.

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    The one to watch

    2011-11-06T01:31:00Z

    Fuelled by a multiplex boom, the UAE box office is much bigger than previously believed. But market peculiarities and demographic quirks mean not all films perform as elsewhere.

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    Canada's one-stop shop

    2011-11-06T01:31:00Z

    Montreal-based Mediabiz — now reorganised into production arm Mediamax and financial products division Mediabiz Capital — is making an aggressive play in the international film business. Mike Goodridge spoke to group CEO Karine Martin

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    The fee furore

    2011-11-06T01:30:00Z

    Is a solution to the virtual print fee problem any nearer for Europe’s indie distributors? Melanie Goodfellow listens in on the heated debate at Europa Distribution’s annual conference in Lyon

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    Asia Pacific hits the heights

    2011-11-06T01:30:00Z

    How the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 24) are helping to raise the global recognition of films from the region.

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    Tunisia gets ready for its close-up

    2011-11-06T01:29:00Z

    The North African country has long been popular with international directors shooting on location, but since this year’s revolution the local industry is looking to expand.

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    Excess all areas

    2011-11-06T01:29:00Z

    Finding money is not a problem in China. Finding the right money, from astute investors who bring something more to the project than their present girlfriend, is vital.

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    Driving force

    2011-11-06T01:28:00Z

    Paul Walker is at the wheel in a thriller uniting South African talent and financing with international producers. Screen visits the set.

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    The remaking of MPCA

    2011-11-06T01:27:00Z

    Brad Krevoy tells Jeremy Kay why he has rebooted his old company with a lively mix of Black List scripts, English-language versions of foreign hits and genre slam-dunks

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    A new approach to international

    2011-11-06T01:26:00Z

    Why are some of the US studios closing or restructuring their international production and acquisitions departments? John Hazelton reports

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    FilmNation building

    2011-11-06T01:24:00Z

    FilmNation’s Glen Basner and Aaron Ryder reveal to Jeremy Kay their recipe for success: whip up commercial productions, add a sales roster from leading directors, and feed a network of international distribution partners

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    AFM dailies digital editions

    2011-11-06T01:15:00Z

    If you missed an issue of our AFM 2011 print editions, you can catch up with all five issues here.

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    Gary Tarn

    2011-11-03T16:33:00Z

    British film-maker Gary Tarn will be attending the upcoming Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX) for the world premiere of his second feature The Prophet, a contemporary reworking of Kahlil Gibran’s 1923 book.

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    Dollars & sense

    2011-11-03T01:23:00Z

    They are young and rich and investing in the US indie business. Jeremy Kay profiles the new breed of equity financiers helping to re-energise the industry.

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    AFM Buzz: US sellers

    2011-11-02T05:00:00Z

    Hot projects from US sellers include Ron Howard’s Formula 1 film Rush from Exclusive; Woody Allen’s next film from Focus Features International; Hyde Park’s Iraq-set action thriller Thunder Run; and many more.

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    AFM buzz: UK sellers

    2011-11-02T05:00:00Z

    From UK-based sales companies, Pathé brings Luke Evans-starrer No One Lives [pictured]; K5 has footage of Paul Walker in Vehicle 19; Goldcrest offers a new film from Penelope Spheeris; and Protagonist unveils 3D footage from hot sequel StreetDance 2, plus more buzzy projects.

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    Ron Howard

    2011-11-01T15:56:00Z

    Ron Howard will drop in to the AFM this week to rally support among buyers for Rush, a rare foray into the independent space for the director of hits like The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.

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    Making it work in Rome

    2011-10-28T18:07:00Z

    The International Rome Film Festival’s industry initiatives New Cinema Network and The Business Street are well-liked by producers and financiers; Screen also previews the NCN projects including Paddy Considine’s new film.

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    Anubhav Sinha

    2011-10-27T12:01:00Z

    The Mumbai-based director talks to Screen about sci-fi movie Ra.One, starring Shah Rukh Khan,which is being released worldwide this week on more than 3,500 screens.

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    BFI London Film Festival 2011, Part 2

    2011-10-25T19:25:00Z

    Photos from the second week of the LFF, attended by the likes of Alexander Payne, George Clooney, Madonna and Freida Pinto.