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Director James CameronProducers James Cameron, Jon LandauProduction company Lightstorm EntertainmentUS distribution 20th Century FoxInternational distribution Fox InternationalUS release date December 18Worldwide gross to date n/aBest picture chancesStar Wars picked up a best-picture nomination. So did each of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. If they can ...
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FeaturesPrecious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
Director Lee DanielsProducers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary MagnessProduction companies Lee Daniels Entertainment, Smokewood Entertainment GroupUSdistribution LionsgateInternational sales Elephant Eye FilmsUS release date November 6Worldwide gross $38.6m to December 13Best picture chancesIt’s almost a done deal that Daniels’ electrifying film will reach the final 10 best-picture ...
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FeaturesBest Picture: The gold standards
This year has been an unusually rich season for prestige awards contenders, kicking off as early as the Sundance Film Festival in January when Lee Daniels’ Precious (then called Push) was first seen as well as Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre and Oren Moverman’s The Messenger.
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FeaturesSøren Stærmose, producer, Yellow Bird, Sweden
Favourite film of the year:I am both a movie and TV producer so this year it is not a film, but a TV series – HBO’s In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne as psychotherapist, Dr. Paul Weston (pictured). It has outstanding scriptwriters and acting.Biggest news storyThe adaptation ...
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FeaturesFilm-maker profiles
ScreenDaily speaks to ten directors whose films are expected to perform strongly this awards season.
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Features2009 Digest: Screen rounds up the year's key stories
Who were the winners and losers of 2009? Louise Tutt brings together the biggest stories of the year.
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FeaturesWeekly international box office – December 18
Screen brings you the weekly international box-office news.
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FeaturesBenjamin Herrmann, Producer/Distributor, Majestic Film, Germany
Favourite filmThe Hangover (main picture). For me it was the perfect comedy. Biggest news storyThis was John Rabe [co-produced by Herrmann] (pictured, right) winning the German Film Award. The fantastic conclusion to a great experience.Changes in store for 2010Cinema will remain strong, particularly the local films. ...
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FeaturesRoberto Proia, Head of Theatrical Distribution and Marketing, Moviemax, Italy
Favourite filmOf the Italian films, I loved Ex by Fausto Brizzi. It was funny, it was tender, it shows that when you have a great cast, a great idea and direction and production values are up that Italians can compete with the films by Working Title ...
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FeaturesSiddharth Roy Kapur (pictured), CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, India
Favourite filmDev.D (pictured, right). I loved the way a story known to every member of the cinema-going audience in India, and one which has been told so many times in the past, was contemporized to make it relevant and acceptable to an entire new generation.And this ...
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FeaturesJane Scott (pictured), Producer, Mao's Last Dancer, Australia
Favourite filmInglourious Basterds (pictured right). It’s classic Tarantino: challenging us with originality, violence, a compelling story of revenge and not a dull moment. He adds a confronting, curiously-spelt title. Loved it. We’re a bloodthirsty lot.Biggest news story An inglourious basterd of another kind: Bernie Madoff. When Madoff went to trial ...
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FeaturesBeatriz Setuain, Head of Sales, Imagina, Spain
Favourite film I really enjoyed Javier Ruiz Caldera’s comedy Spanish Movie (main picture). It was a guilty pleasure. Plus we have been involved in so many of the films that they parody in this movie so it was quite a personal, but hysterical, experience for me. ...
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FeaturesOlga Sinelshchikova (pictured), Vice President, International, Russian World Studios
Favourite filmAmong Russian releases, my favourite is Hipsters (pictured, right) by Valeriy Todorovsky, the most colourful, vivid and energetic production of the year. Among international releases, Inglourious Basterds (pictured, right) or its script, flamboyant characters, perfect cast and overall cinematic appeal. Christoph Waltz has put his ...
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FeaturesRing out the old, ring in the new - Screen's review of 2009
Leading lights from the international film industry give their views of 2009 and their hopes for 2010.
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FeaturesClare Stewart, Director, Sydney Film Festival, Australia
Favourite filmIf I was being sportingly patriotic I would claim Samson & Delilah (pictured, right) or Bright Star (pictured, right), but my 2009 honours must go to I Am Love (main picture). I heart Luca Guadagnino and principal accomplice Tilda Swinton. Together they rush headlong into ...
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FeaturesPatrice Theroux, Distributor, E1 Filmed Entertainment, Canada
Favourite filmObviously The Twilight Saga: New Moon (main picture), which E1 distributed in both the UK and Canada. We also handled the merchandising for the film in the UK and released the score through our E1 Music label. Definitely my favourite film of the year!!! But ...
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FeaturesDenis Pedregosa, head of productions, Kanzaman Films, Spain
Favourite filmClint Eastwood’s Gran Torino was brilliant. Clint’s character reminded me of Dirty Harry, but now with self control. I actually didn’t know what the film was about at first, I assumed it was something to do with the Gran Torino car, but then when I ...
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FeaturesPaul Wiegard, Distributor, Madman Entertainment, Austfralia
Favourite film Sin Nombre(main picture) was a harrowing immigration tale that’s also sensitive and feels deeply authentic. Also, is a probing psychological study of a rootless young man. Both took me on a journey and were fresh filmmaking. Both are brilliantly directed gangster films.Biggest ...
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FeaturesYoshi Yatabe, Programming Director, Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan
Favourite film:Gran Torino (main picture). I was knocked out by its simplicity and profoundness.Biggest news story:The bankruptcies of medium-size Japanese distribution companies. It’s caused considerable damage for the distribution of ‘arthouse’ films in Japan.Changes in store for 2010The Japanese market for arthouse films will keep shrinking ...