Small MPU – Page 1056

  • Jia Zhangke
    News

    Jia Zhangke urges China to revise technical requirements

    2011-03-23T00:01:00Z

    Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has called for the Chinese government to abolish the country’s technical qualification requirements which mean that only films of a certain technical quality can be submitted for the censorship process.

  • Camellia
    News

    Sidus sells Camellia to Movie On in Japan

    2011-03-23T00:01:00Z

    South Korea’s Sidus FNH has announced a raft of deals on its titles, led by the omnibus film Camellia, produced by the Busan film festival and showcasing stories set in the port city of Busan.

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    News

    Gold Harbour to produce Give Me Five in 3D

    2011-03-23T00:01:00Z

    Hong Kong’s Gold Harbour International Films is to produce $1.92m (HK$15m) Give Me Five to be shot in stereoscopic 3D, with a cast led by Josie Ho (The Courier), Taiwan’s Jiro Wang and mainland actors Siqin Gaowa and Sun Li.

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    News

    Tom Hughes, Ophelia Lovibond star in Eight Minutes Idle

    2011-03-22T10:16:00Z

    The iFeatures backed project is being directed by Mark Simon Hewis; Shooting is underway in Bristol.

  • Win Win premiere
    Features

    Win Win premiere, New York

    2011-03-22T10:26:00Z

    The team behind upcoming comedy Win Win at the film’s premiere in New York last week.

  • Chow Keung
    News

    Mutual market intelligence is key, says ACE seminar

    2011-03-22T12:11:00Z

    Producers in China and Europe need to reach a deeper understanding of each other’s markets before they can work together successfully, said panellists at a Sino-European co-production seminar at Filmart on Tuesday.

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    News

    Apichatpong to produce Concrete Clouds

    2011-03-23T00:01:00Z

    Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, winner of best film at Monday’s Asian Film Awards, has boarded Lee Chatametikool’s Concrete Clouds as a producer.

  • Vladimir Putin
    News

    Russian government could tax foreign film releases

    2011-03-30T08:00:00Z

    The Russian government is considering introducing a new system for collecting of charges on income from distribution and exhibition of every certified film, with further investment of these funds for the needs of the domestic film industry.

  • Comment

    Stars rising

    2011-03-22T15:02:00Z

    Former Stars of Tomorrow make us proud….

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    Features

    Atli Orvarsson

    2011-03-24T09:30:00Z

    The composer talks about the ‘archaeological journey’ of scoring The Eagle, real instruments vs. samples, and Hans Zimmer’s influence.

  • Luc Besson
    Features

    Luc Besson

    2011-03-24T11:00:00Z

    The French film-maker talks to Screen about the EuropaCorp strategy following the departure of Le Pogam and his new project The Lady, starring Michelle Yeoh.

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    News

    University of Salford launches media psychology course

    2011-03-22T16:45:00Z

    It is aimed at media professionals who want to improve their understanding of audiences and media channels.

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    News

    BFI veteran Heather Stewart gets top Public Programme post

    2011-03-22T16:45:00Z

    The BFI has appointed Heather Stewart to the newly created position of Creative Director of Public Programme, effective from May.

  • Weekend
    Comment

    Our stars are rising

    2011-03-22T16:55:00Z

    Catching up with some former Stars of Tomorrow

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    Comment

    Sexy Beast

    2011-03-22T16:58:00Z

    Sarah Cooper hangs out with the sons of acting royalty on the set of Christopher Granier Deferre’s directorial debut.

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    Comment

    Gavras is all in

    2011-03-22T17:00:00Z

    I was watching some guilty-pleasure TV this weekend when this new Adidas advert caught my eye.(watch the video here)Great, huh? It was so striking that I did some research — and it turns out the track is the new song “Civilization” by Justice, and the director is Romain Gavras.The young ...

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    Comment

    His name's Johnson, Boris Johnson.

    2011-03-22T17:02:00Z

    London’s mayor cracks us up at a Wimbledon Studios launch.

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    News

    Torrente 4 grosses record $20m in its first week in Spain

    2011-03-22T19:38:00Z

    Santiago Segura’s comedy Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis has blown away the competition and set new records as it amassed an incredible $20m in its first week at the Spanish box office up to Mar 20.

  • News

    Oslo Municipal acquires Sandrew Metronome Norge

    2011-03-22T23:58:00Z

    Norway’s largest public cinema circuit Oslo Municipal Cinemas (Oslo Kino) has signed a deal with Norway’s Schibsted Media Group to buy Sandrew Metronome Norge, the country’s leading distributor which captured 19.5% share of market share in 2010.

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    News

    Hot Docs unveils 199 film line-up and talks ‘cluster funds’

    2011-03-23T08:15:00Z

    Announcing the 18th edition of Hot Docs executive director Chris McDonald told a packed press conference in Toronto today [22] that top brass would unveil “a major new international initiative” to “help finance and distribute films in a meaningful way.”