All articles by Screen reporters – Page 5
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Film Movement acquires North America on French thriller Free Men
The second world war saga screens in Toronto and stars Tahar Rahim from A Prophet as a Muslim Algerian immigrant in Vichy France who joins the Resistance to save hundreds of Jews.
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BAFTA LA To honour Warren Beatty in November
The Academy Award winner will collect the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence In Film on Nov 30 in Beverly Hills.
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City Of Men director Paulo Morelli launches Story Touch
According to its makers, the software will allow users to see the whole script on one page and provides analysis to the entire creative crew.
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GE, Cinelan collaborate on three-minute doc series
Morgan Spurlock and Karol Martesco-Fenster will lead the initiative to create 30 three-minutes docs focused on the power of ideas. GE and video publiser Cinelan are sponsoring four Filmmaker Lounge receptions to run during Toronto from Sept 9-12.
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Strand Releasing, Film Movement bulk up slates
Strand has acquired US rights to Schleinzer’s Cannes premiere Michael from Les Films du Losange ahead of its North American premiere.
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Screen Media Films promotes Suzanne Blech to president
Blech succeeds Robert Baruc, who is leaving to pursue other opportunities, and will don her buyer’s hat when she attends Toronto next week.
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Screenvision acquires Cinedigm’s cinema advertising unit UniqueScreen Media
The deal will help Screenvision expand across the country to places including Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington DC, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland, St Louis, Charlotte and Raleigh.
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Filming underway in Montana on Winter In The Blood
The project marks Alex and Andrew Smith’s follow-up to The Slaughter Rule and stars Chaske Spencer.
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Academy grants $50,000 to Telluride Film Festival
For the fourth consecutive year the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has awarded a $50,000 grant to underwrite the Colorado event’s guest director programme.
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Oscilloscope takes North America on We Can’t Go Home Again
Nicholas Ray’s last film will be restored and reconstructed for its world premiere in Venice, which kicked off today (Aug 31).
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The Disappeared to start shooting in Nova Scotia in September
Writer and director Shandi Mitchell will make her feature directorial debut on the film, which will begin shooting this September off the coast of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
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RealD signs 3D installation deal with China's Saga circuit
RealD and Saga Luxury Cinema Management announced on Monday [Aug 29] an agreement to equip 100 auditoriums across the Saga circuit in China with RealD 3D technology.
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Head Over Heels, The Cake among winners at Miami’s Brazilian Film Festival
The 15th annual Brazilian Film Festival held in Miami’s Art Deco Colony Theatre has come to an end. The festival ran from Aug 19-27 and included features and shorts vying for Crystal Lens Awards in a variety of categories.
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NewsLondon shoot begins on UK rom-com The Wedding Video
Director Nigel Cole reunites with his Calendar Girls writing partner Tim Firth on the story of a best man at his brother’s society wedding who films the event as it falls apart.
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NewsTribeca Film launches VoD slate Tomorrow's Cult Classics Today
The line-up launches on demand on Aug 25 and includes Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure, a documentary that resulted from a series of tape recordings of noisy neighbours by a pair of friends.
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Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
Carmike Cinemas acquires three Atlanta-area theatres from MNM Theatres
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ARPA unveils 30-strong roster for September festival
The annual ARPA International Film Festival will take place from Sept 22-24 in Hollywood and will open with Braden King’s Sundance premiere Here starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal.
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First Run Features picks up US rights to CIA documentary
Carl Colby’s The Man Nobody Knew: In Search Of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby will open exclusively at the Lincoln Plaza in New York on Sept 23.
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NewsMaya Entertainment to produce, distribute Taco Shop
Production is set to begin this month on the comedy about an aspiring taco shop owner who locks horns with a high-class taco truck situated across the street.
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SIFF acquires Uptown Theater for Seattle Center launch
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has acquired the historic Uptown Theater and will re-open it on Oct 20 in conjunction with the opening of its new film centre at Seattle Center.