All Features articles – Page 424
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FeaturesWei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
The Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.
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FeaturesIFTA London reception
Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) held a reception at BAFTA in London’s Piccadilly on Aug 31 to celebrate the launch of IFTA London, which will provide a creative link between the UK and Irish industries.
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FeaturesGolden Carpathian festival and market
Romanian event (Aug 25-28) attracted 50 buyers and sellers.
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FeaturesNaked ambition
With all eyes on Scandinavia to find the next lucrative international franchise, Norway is stepping into the frame.
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FeaturesHaugesund’s hot tickets
The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (Aug 17-26) offers international attendees a window on some of the hottest new projects from the region. Jorn Rossing Jensen reports
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FeaturesNorthern exposure
Some of the world’s most electric foreign-language titles are being made by Norwegian film-makers right now. Screen profiles a selection of new films and spotlights a trio of rising directors.
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FeaturesWelcome to the future
Norway is the first country in the world to have digitised all of its film theatres. Jorn Rossing Jensen looks at the impact it is having on cinema-going in the territory
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FeaturesThe next chapter
As the number of Nordic crime film and TV adaptations increases, Mike Goodridge talks to two of the region’s most successful novelists, Jo Nesbo and Camilla Lackberg, about the process of bringing their hot properties to the screen.
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FeaturesVenice 2011: Competition profiles
Screen gears up for the Venice Film Festival’s 2011 edition, which promises to kickstart the annual awards season.
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Kollywood's time to shine
Is Kollywood the new Bollywood? Hollywood certainly hopes so as the studios increase their local-language collaborations with the Tamil industry to tap into a homegrown audience of 70 million.
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FeaturesLucky McKee
American director Lucky McKee talks to Screen about the controversy surrounding his latest film, The Woman, writing with Jack Ketchum, and why he really wants to make a romantic comedy.
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FeaturesMaryam Keshavarz
Writer and director Maryam Keshavarz talks about Circumstance, her directorial debut that stars newcomers Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy and Reza Sixo Safai. The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year where it won the audience award.
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FeaturesRun For Your Wife
Ray Cooney originally optioned his stage play to Fox and Columbia before deciding to take matters into his own hands. He is currently shooting in London.
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FeaturesUK premiere of One Day at Westfield
Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess were out on the pink carpet for the UK premiere of One Day at London’s Westfield Shopping Centre.
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Kino Lorber takes US rights to Moroder's Metropolis
The distributor will open Giorgio Moroder’s version of Fritz Lang’s classic in more than 20 markets before it launches on Blu-ray and DVD on Nov 15. The official title will be Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis.
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FeaturesTinkering with the masterplan
As StudioCanal rebrands Optimum Releasing and Kinowelt, Danny Perkins and Wolfgang Braun discuss why it is more than a name change, and Olivier Courson lays out the company’s pan-European ambitions
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FeaturesHarry Potter approaches $900m as Korea continues to see big results
Screen looks at last weekend’s biggest international performers, including three impressive local titles in South Korea.
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FeaturesCockneys Vs Zombies
The first feature to come out of James Harris and Mark Lane’s production outfit The Tea Shop & Film Company is a zombie comedy adventure which is being distributed in the UK by Optimum Releasing.
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FeaturesHeather Stewart, BFI
The new creative director of public programme at the BFI talks to Screen about the changing role of the BFI and her long term plans for the organisation.