All articles by Sarah Cooper – Page 44
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Life In A Day website encourages public to get involved in film's distribution
The site aims to involve the UK public in the promotion and distribution of Kevin Macdonald’s user generated YouTube documentary, in keeping with the spirit of the film.
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Online audiences invited to edit scene in thriller The Power of Few
Christopher Walken and Christian Slater star in film by Leone Marucci.
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Revolver takes UK rights to competition title Sleeping Beauty
It is the second controversial Australian title to be picked up by the UK distribution company in Cannes, following Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown.
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Adventures Of A Hollywood Banker
The daughter of legendary Dutch film financier Frans Afman (who passed away earlier this month) is making sure her father’s memory lives on through a documentary about his life.
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UPDATE: Melancholia still in competition even as Cannes board declares von Trier 'persona non grata'
The Cannes board of directors has released a statement declaring Melancholia director Lars von Trier as a “persona non grata” at the Cannes Film Festival, following his “Nazi” comments at a press conference yesterday.
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Online platform StudioBeyond to connect film industry
A new online platform, StudioBeyond, is aiming to become the first integrated online office space specially designed for the movie and TV industry.
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Pablo Giorgelli
Argentinian director Pablo Giorgelli’s first feature Las Acacias is screening in Cannes’ Critics Week.
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Peter Nichols appointed chairman of Prescience
Nichols is the owner of wealth management group Chancery, which has raised over $800m for UK films in the last ten years.
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Dench, McKellen bite for zombie romp
EXCLUSIVE: Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Gillian Anderson, and Mark Williams are attached to star in Matthew Butler’s 18th century zombie romp, The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet.
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Whoopi’s wise words
Three young film-makers - and Screen - met the legendary Whoopi Goldberg in aid of charity Films Without Borders.
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Film London's Microwave starts shoot for Borrowed Time
The seventh film to come out of Film London and BBC Films’ microbudget scheme is a comedy drama directed by Jules Bishop.
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Helen Hughes appointed head of production at Framestore
It is part of the London based visual effects company’s plans to expand its production department.
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Are you cooking for me?
Teams battle it out to cook for jury head Robert De Niro, in Cannes’ very own masterchef, Le Menu De Cannes.
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EIFF to open with McDonagh's The Guard
Edinburgh has announced its line-up, a third of which will consist of documentaries; Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin, starring EIFF patron Tilda Swinton, will not screen at the festival.
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High Point makes sales on Blame
High Point Films has done a flurry of sales in Cannes on Michael Henry’s debut thriller Blame, starring Damian de Montemas, Sophie Lowe and Kestie Morassi.
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Hamming it up
Screen caught up with Jon Hamm and his long term girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt, who are in Cannes to promote their feature Friends With Kids, which wrapped in February.
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Cannes you kick it?
Forget the FA Cup Final. The only football match worth watching on Saturday was Nike’s first annual celebrity tournament here in Cannes.
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Weathering the Cannes storm
Screen chats to Carol McGregor about raising the financing for her Scottish set feature Between Weathers. The question is…will Ewan be in it?
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Filmsharks makes sales on Torrente 4
Buenos Aires based sales company FilmSharks has sold theatrical distribution rights to Santiago Segura’s 3D US box office hit Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis in a number of territories.