All Features articles – Page 415

  • Ronnie Screwvala
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    The groundbreaker

    2010-09-06T15:49:00Z

    Despite striking major deals with Hollywood, UTV is now refocusing on its core Indian business. Ronnie Screwvala, founder and chief executive of UTV Group, tells Udita Jhunjhunwala why he will only look at co-producing foreign projects if UTV is on an equal creative footing

  • My Name Is Khan
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    The real India

    2010-09-06T15:36:00Z

    A string of high-profile deals in recent years made India look like it was shaping up to become Hollywood’s financial saviour. But against a global climate of financial uncertainty, the territory’s major players are turning their focus back onto their local market. Liz Shackleton reports

  • Score: A Hockey Musical
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    Toronto 2010: This year's hottest titles

    2010-09-06T12:08:00Z

    Profiles and sales details of the gala and special presentations, plus key world premieres at this year’s Toronto.

  • Last Night
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    Curtain rises on new-look Toronto

    2010-09-06T11:22:00Z

    2010 is a year of change for the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 9-19) with the opening of the event’s new headquarters. Suzan Ayscough speaks to festival co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey while Screen profiles select world premieres showing as galas and special presentations.  

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    Tsui Hark

    2010-09-05T17:58:00Z

    Screen caught up with director Tsui Hark ahead of the world premiere in Venice of his competition entryDetective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame, produced by Huayi Brother Media.

  • Stephen Woolley
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    The post-UKFC future: experts share their visions

    2010-09-03T11:29:00Z

    Screen asked experts from production and distribution to share their thoughts about how the UK government can best support film.

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    Danis Tanovic

    2010-09-02T13:21:00Z

    Bosnian director Danis Tanovic gets back to his roots with his fourth feature Cirkus Columbia, which is screening in Venice Days.

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    Jordan Stone

    2010-09-02T13:17:00Z

    The Italy-based producer worked on Sofia Coppola’s Venice premiere Somewhere; he talks about the challenges of the Milan shoot and about bridging the cultural gap.

  • Lasse Hallstrom directing Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
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    Salmon Fishing In The Yemen

    2010-09-02T12:13:00Z

    Lasse Hallstrom (pictured) directs the adaptation of Paul Torday’s bestseller, now shooting in the UK and Morocco. Producer Paul Webster talks about the production’s challenges.

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    Weekly International Box Office - August 27 - 29

    2010-09-01T14:48:00Z

    The Expendables held firm in the face of stiff competition from The Last Airbender to retain its international crown for a second week.

  • The Town
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    Venice 2010: Profiles of the hottest films

    2010-08-31T17:17:00Z

    Profiles and sales information for the hottest titles in Venice, in competition and out of competition.

  • Golden Lions
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    Venice 2010's youthful outlook

    2010-08-31T17:14:00Z

    The Venice Film Festival (which runs through Sept 11) has a strong ‘indie twang’ this year, according to director Marco Müller, as studios pull back on festival activities.

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    The Awakening

    2010-08-26T15:06:00Z

    David Thompson’s second project for Origin Pictures is a supernatural period thriller starring Rebecca Hall and Dominic West, directed by Nick Murphy.

  • Gary Young
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    Gary Young and Gael McLaughlin

    2010-08-26T13:38:00Z

    Harry Brown script-writer Gary Young and producer Gael McLaughlin talk about their joint project, Madam Samurai, a graphic novel/feature film about a female samurai warrior in Victorian London.

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    Stuart Beattie

    2010-08-26T13:38:00Z

    Australian writer turned director Stuart Beattie talks about the challenges of directing his first feature, the teen action drama Tomorrow When The War Began.

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    IMAX’s international push

    2010-08-26T10:58:00Z

    Andreas Wiseman examines Imax’s recent international boom, from big deals with Chinese exhibitors to the company’s first foreign-language film release.

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    The Expendables unseats Inception at international box office

    2010-08-25T12:59:00Z

    Analyzing the international peformances of The Expendables, The Last Airbender, Toy Story 3 and more.

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    Weekly International Box Office - August 13 - 15

    Inception became the first title since Disney’s Alice In Wonderland in March to spend three consecutive weeks as the best performing international title.

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    Vamps

    2010-08-19T11:44:00Z

    Filming is underway in Detroit, Michigan, on Amy Heckerling’s [Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Clueless] rom-com Vamps. The film reunites the director with her Clueless star Alicia Silverstone and a striking cast that includes Krysten Ritter and Sigourney Weaver.

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    Jenny Ash

    2010-08-19T11:42:00Z

    Emmy-nominated director Jenny Ash talks to Screen about developing her first feature film, a Bob Marley biopic about the year he spent in London in 1977.