All Features articles – Page 398
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FeaturesFlying Concorde
In an extract from Screen’s new Independent Distribution Report, Martin Blaney looks at how larger German independents grew their market share despite an overall dip in box office.
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FeaturesIndian box office faces off with cricket
The Mumbai-based film industry has lined up a diverse slate to tempt audiences during the IPL and Cricket World Cup.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Feb 25 -27
Fox’s Black Swan continued to lord it over its international rivals in its sixth week, posting a third consecutive number one performance.
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FeaturesYou Instead premiere and Sigma Films anniversary party
Glasgow-based production company Sigma Films celebrated its 15th anniversary and the world premiere of David Mackenzie’s You Instead on February 25.
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FeaturesGary Winick: Ahead of his time
Colin Brown pays tribute to director and digital filmmaking pioneer Gary Winick, who pioneered ‘open-source filmmaking’ at InDigEnt.
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FeaturesGnomeo & Juliet returns to the summit in the UK
eOne’s animation-comedy Gnomeo & Juliet returned to the top of the UK box office over the February 25-27 weekend, grossing $4m (£2.5m).
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FeaturesLA celebrates British Oscar nominees
The King’s Speech Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper, Oscar winning producer Iain Canning and nominee Helena Bonham Carter attended an event in Los Angeles to celebrate British Oscar nominees last week.
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FeaturesKing's Speech: BFI gets king’s ransom?
The UK Film Council invested £1 million ($1.6 million) in The King’s Speech through its now defunct Premiere Fund (then run by Sally Caplan) and is believed to have a net profit position as high as 34% in the film.
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FeaturesWeekly International Box Office Feb 18-20
Fox’s thriller Black Swan remained at the top of the international class in its fifth week, posting a further $17.6m - only a 9% week-on-week decline.
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FeaturesRed Lights
Hot off the huge success of his first English-language film Buried, Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes moves on to an even bigger thriller with heavyweights Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver.
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FeaturesDawn Hudson
In her 20th year as Film Independent executive director, Dawn Hudson tells Jeremy Kay about the organisation’s core beliefs, moving the Los Angeles Film Festival to its new home and the long-running Independent Spirit Awards.
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FeaturesAlex Agran and Tom Stewart, Arrow Films
Alex Agran and Tom Stewart discuss the changing strategy at UK distributor Arrow Films, which is beginning to take a more active role in the UK theatrical market.
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FeaturesLyn Goleby and Clare Binns
Picturehouse MD Lyn Goleby and director of programming and acquisitions head Clare Binns talk to Screen about the exhibitor’s new directions.
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FeaturesPaul lands at top spot in UK
Universal’s comedy-sci-fi Paul opened top at the UK box office over the January 18 -20 weekend, plundering $8.9m (£5.5m), including previews.
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FeaturesMiranda July
US director Miranda July, on the pressures of making her second feature, being in competition in Berlin and talking cats.
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FeaturesRalph Fiennes
British actor Ralph Fiennes talks about the challenges of making his directorial debut, Coriolanus, which had its world premiere in Berlin.
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FeaturesMichel Ocelot
The director of Competition entry Tales Of The Night talks about being an inventor, stereoscopic 3D and some audiences’ fear of breasts.
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FeaturesAndres Veiel
German director Andres Veiel talks about his competition film If Not Us, Who, which focuses on the real life turbulent relationship between Bernward Vesper and Baader-Meinhof militant Gudrun Ensslin in 1960’s Germany.
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FeaturesAsghar Farhadi
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi talks about his 2011 Berlin Golden Bear Nader And Simin, A Separation, the difficulty of making films in Iran and friends Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof.
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FeaturesVishal Bhardwaj
Mumbai-based director Vishal Bhardwaj talks about his latest film, dark comedy 7 Sins Forgiven (7 Khoon Maaf), which has its world premiere in thePanorama Special section of Berlin.