All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 206
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NewsTwickenham Studios Theatre gets Dolby award
London’s Twickenham Studios has refurbished and upgraded its Richard Attenborough Theatre.
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NewsDanny DeVito to accept Michael Douglas' award in Zurich
Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Icon Award for 2010 will be given to Michael Douglas.
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Comic book veteran Mark Millar supports Glasgow Film Festival
The Glasgow Film Festival has recruited Mark Millar as a festival ambassador.
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NewsBFI plans theatrical release, takes on sales rights to Venice selection Robinson in Ruins
The British Film Institute (BFI) has acquired the UK rights and the international sales rights for Patrick Keiller’s Robinson In Ruins.
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NewsToronto also unveils more programme plans, including Istanbul focus
Even more films have been announced for the Toronto International Film Festival. The festival has finally revealed that its second City to City programme will focus on Istanbul, presenting new and recent Turkish films.
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NewsUPDATE: Toronto adds more big world premieres; unveils Midnight Madness line-up
Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled more films in its programme. Notable new world premieres include Matt Reeves’ Let Me In, Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, and Dustin Lance Black’s What’s Wrong With Virginia.
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Dubai partners with Cairo for co-production events
In a move to strengthen ties in the Arab film industry, the Dubai International Film Festival has partnered with the Cairo Film Festival to collaborate on co-production markets at the two festivals.
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Nordisk Fund, Power to the Pixel pact for kids cross-media project development
Nordisk Film & TV Fond is joining forces with UK cross-media company Power to the Pixel to collaborate on developing six pre-selected Nordic cross-media projects for children.
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Andrew Pike joins judging panel for MPA APSA fund
Andrew Pike, MD and founder of Australian distributor Ronin Films, will sit on the judging panel of the inaugural MPA APSA Academy Film Fund, the new $100,000 script development fund.
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NewsThird Narnia film selected for Royal Film Performance in November
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader has been selected for this year’s Royal Film Performance.
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NewsMetrodome completes acquisition of Target Entertainment
Deal includes Target’s rights businesses as well as production labels Pink Sands and Target US.
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NewsLondon Film Festival to close with Danny Boyle's 127 Hours
The 54th BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, has selected Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours as its Closing Night Film on Oct 28.
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NewsNetwork takes UK rights to Asian slasher film Dream Home from Fortissimo
Network Releasing has acquired all UK rights to Pang Ho-Cheung’s Dream Home, a slasher movie set against China’s housing crisis.
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NewsZurich to welcome Milos Forman for honour, retrospective
The Zurich Film Festival will give its Golden Eye Award this year to director Milos Forman.
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Caroline Stern joins Kaleidoscope Entertainment
UK-based Kaleidoscope Entertainment has appointed Caroline Stern as Director of International Sales and Acquisitions.
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Good Pitch filmmakers to include Woolcock, Sington, Noujaim
The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation has selected the projects for the Good Pitch UK (scheduled for Sept 10 in London) and the Good Pitch at the Social Capital Markets Conference (Oct 3 in San Francisco).
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NewsRobert Read promoted to SVP at Universal
Robert Read has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide HD Marketing for Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) and Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE).
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NewsJeremy Hunt says UKFC closure will cut out 'expensive bureaucracy'
The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has hit back at critics of his plans to abolish the UK Film Council. In an article written for Sunday’s Observer newspaper, Hunt emphatically explains that the move was so that money earmarked for culture was spent on culture, not overheads.
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NewsNever Let Me Go to open London Film Festival
The 54th BFI London Film Festival, presented in partnership with American Express, will open on Oct 13 with the European premiere of Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go.
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NewsGavin Miller to lead Scotland's Centre for the Moving Image
Scotland’s new Centre for the Moving Image has appointed Gavin Miller as CEO and Graham Wallace as COO.