All articles by Olia Hercules – Page 4

  • News

    Michael Winterbottom presents Short Circuit prize at Raindance

    2008-10-10T17:44:00Z

    25 yer old Robert Reed was declared the winner of the Short Circuit competition with his short The Driving Test. He was presented with his prizeby Michael Winterbottom at the Raindance Film Festival.The Short Circuit competition was the initiative of Dailymotion, a provider of user generated and licensed online video ...

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    Russia's Central Partnership Group to boost its theatrical distribution

    2008-10-10T14:43:00Z

    In a move designed to improve domestic release standards, Russian Central Partnership Sales House has created a new position of vice president theatrical distribution, and appointed Andrey Radko to the role. Radko's previous role of theatrical distribution general manager is taken by Vadim Vereshchagin.Radko will be responsible for theatrical distribution, ...

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    ScreenDaily interview: Sergey Selyanov

    2008-10-07T14:48:00Z

    In the first of a series of interviews with Russian film-makers, ScreenDaily reporter Olia Hercules talks to the President of the Russian Guild of Producers, Sergey Selyanov.As one of Russia's best-known producers, Selyanov has been responsible for the production of more than 50 films, as well as award-winning animation and ...

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    Latest UK film production listings

    2008-04-14T10:44:00Z

    To see other production listings click hereUK PRODUCTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTIvan and MariaGenre: Historical DramaSynopsis: Tormented by a cacophony of voices in his head, Tsar Ivan fights to build a Russian empire as court conspirators try to poison his wife and heirs in order to seize power for themselves.Origin: UKLanguage: EnglishContact: ...

  • Features

    International - Flame burns bright

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    More than 100,000 Danes flocked to cinemas to watch Ole Christian Madsen's war epic Flame & Citron, which at $10m is one of the region's most expensive local productions.In its first three days on release, the two-hour-plus project boasted an impressive screen average of $19,118 from 73 screens for a ...