All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 220
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Aruba International Film Festival plans green initiatives in first year
AIFF, founded by Giuseppe Cioccarelli and Jonathan Vieira,said it wanted to “play an active role in preserving and protecting the beautiful ecosystem that defines the beautiful island nation of Aruba.”
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IIFAs headed to Sri Lanka in June
The 2010 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from June 3-5.
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NewsLondon-based Berkeley Square launches as production, finance, sales outfit
Film and finance veterans launching the venture are Paul Tamasy, Daniel Figuero, Justin Howard, Stephen Metcalfe, John Tibbs and Star Wars star Mark Hamill.
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Pearl & Dean acquired by Thomas Anderson subsidiary Image Ltd.
Thomas Anderson created the newly incorporated Image Ltd. specifically for this deal, which is subject to shareholder approval.
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NewsAbu Dhabi Festival launches $500,000 production fund
The newly rebranded Abu Dhabi Film Festival is launching a fund totalling $500,000 per year to support productions from the Arab region.
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Cinefondation selects 13 student shorts for Cannes 2010
Cannes Cinefondation has selected 13 student short films from 11 countries to screen at the festival, including the first-ever selections from Belgium’s University of Sint-Lukas and Harvard University in the US.
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Norris replaces Luckwell as UK Screen Association chair
UK trade body UK Screen has announced that Steve Norris will replace Mike Luckwell as the group’s new chairman, effective immediately.
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BBC, Script Factory to read winning screenplays from Circalit
Features screenplays will be judged by scriptwriter Tom Lazarus.
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Film Festival Zlin plans special events for 50th anniversary
The Film Festival Ziln, the oldest festival devoted to cinema for young people, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year.The festival will run May 30-June 6 in Ziln, in the eastern Czech Republic.”We are expecing attendance at the Festival this year to be over one hundred thousand,” Film Festival Zlin ...
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NewsVisual Factory adds three European titles ahead of Cannes
London-based sales company Visual Factory has taken on three new European features ahead of Cannes.They are Grandfather Mountain (Narciso); The Silk Merchant’s Woman (Il mercante di stoffe); and Warriors of Chaos (Chaos Tage).Italian title Grandfather Mountain directed by Marcello and Dario Baldi stars Roberto Herlitzka as a lonely old man ...
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Ben Cahan launches new screenwriting online community
Final Draft co-founder Ben Cahan has set up a new online community dedicated to screenwriting.
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NewsIMAX extends venture with Tokyu for five new systems in Japan
IMAX has struck a deal for five new locations in Japan.
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NewsVerve strikes UK deal for The Arbor; Wavelength takes on international sales
Clio Barnard’s film is a fiction-documentary hybrid which will have its world premiere on April 25 at Tribeca.
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NewsMIPTV 2010: Pushing for cross-media global partners
Collaboration and transmedia ideas were the hot topics at MIPTV; this year’s event may also be remembered for all the attendees stranded in Cannes by flight disruptions.
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NewsDVD sales in UK up 31% in first quarter of 2010
The British Video Association says the first quarter of 2010 was strong for the UK home entertainment market, up 31% compared to last year.
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GMX platform signs up a further 40 companies at MIPTV
B2B video marketplace Global Media Exchange (GMX), part of the Ascent Media Group, has signed up a further 40 new companies for its service here at MIPTV in Cannes.
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Planet Green takes on 14, including The Garden, Collapse
US cable channel Planet Green has picked up 14 series, specials and feature films for its 2010 slate.
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IMAX to open first Croatian site in December 2010
IMAX has struck a deal with Blitz-Cinestar to build a new stand-alone IMAX theatre as part of the new Cinestar Arena Commercial 10-screen multiplex in Zagreb, Croatia.
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NewsRTL strikes Dutch TV deal with E1 Entertainment Benelux
E1 Entertainment Benelux and RTL Netherlands have struck a multi-year film deal. The RTL channels get the Dutch TV rights to films such as Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past, 17 Again, Fame and Disaster Movie.
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Kick Off, Dobuy among winners at third Gulf Film Festival
The third edition of the Gulf Film Festival wrapped last night in Dubai, with an awards ceremony for winners of the official and student competitions and Emirati Short Film Script Competition.