All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 125
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Local start-ups unveil projects including Sira interactive storybook
Tech entrepreneurs including Ayham Gorani of AlphaApps and May Habib of Qordoba [pictured] unveiled their latest offerings.
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Features'A huge opportunity for local films'
The global potential of regional films was among the hot topics under discussion at the Third Film Finance Forum @ Zurich Film Festival. By Wendy Mitchell
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FeaturesThe public eye
The BFI London Film Festival (Oct 10-21) enters a new era in 2012, with Clare Stewart at the helm and a focus on engaging audiences.
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CommentDemanding more
The recent VoD success in the US of Bachelorette and Arbitrage shows that theatrical doesn’t have to be the starting point for independent films.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: How TV has transformed Afghanistan
There are a lot of opportunities for media concerns willing to take risks in emerging markets.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: What the Big Bird controversy means for children's media
Sesame Workshop CEO says children’s learning should be non-partisan; defends public-private partnership but calls for more federal backing.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: Li Ruigang talks about Dreamworks' China deal
The film market is one of the biggest sectors of growth in the Chinese media landscape, China Media Capital chairman Li Ruigang told the Abu Dhabi Media Summit today.
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NewsBFI to honour Burton and Bonham Carter; LFF jurors to include Trapero, Garai, Yates
Jury presidents are David Hare, Hannah McGill, Roger Graef, and David Heyman.
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NewsRome's Alice in the City becomes autonomous, part of bigger initiative
Programme includes Kirikou trilogy finale and Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 [pictured].
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NewsAbu Dhabi Media Summit: WME's Emanuel says now is 'greatest time' for content creators
Ari Emanuel says range of distribution options opens up more money for content creators. He says Silicon Valley is now taking steps to work more closely with Hollywood, and Madison Avenue also needs to come into the mix.
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NewsTom Waller plans Thai executioner biopic
Thailand-based filmmaker Tom Waller will direct the story of Thailand’s last prison executioner, Chavoret Jaruboon in feature film Chavoret: The Last Executioner.
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NewsFilm4 launches new iPad app
Information available on 500+ films from the company’s 30-year history.
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NewsHalflife by Al Smith wins inaugural Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize
Al Smith has won the first ever Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize for Halflife, a coming-of-age love story about two brain-damaged teenagers on a road trip.
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NewsBritish Film Commission welcomes new sponsors, BFI funding boost
The British Film Commission has announced three new commercial sponsors: Double Negative, MPC and Working Title Films.
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NewsBreillat shooting adaptation of her novel Abus De Faiblesse
Catherine Breillat is now shooting her fourteenth feature, Abus De Faiblesse.
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NewsLocarno's Carte Blanche 2013 to focus on Chile
Five or six films in post production will be presented.
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CommentThe BFI means business
The BFI demonstrates some real business savvy in its new Forward Plan.
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FeaturesMichael Roskam
The Bullhead director was the subject of the annual Binger-Screen International interview in Utrecht.