All articles by Wendy Mitchell – Page 55
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Golden Lion winner Roy Andersson reveals details of next project
Two years after he won Venice’s Golden Lion with A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence, Roy Andersson is hard at work in his Stockholm studio on his next feature — but don’t mark your festival diary until 2019.
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CPH PIX: 'Borg/McEnroe' director talks casting Borg's son
Wendy Mitchell reports from the festival’s inaugural work in progress session; further titles presented were Winter Brothers, Drib, Under The Tree and Tom Of Finland.
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Bulgaria’s 'Godless' wins top prize at CPH PIX
Festival moves to new autumn dates; audience award goes to Heartstone, and Girls Lost wins best children’s film.
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Marco Müller talks inaugural Macao film festival
With Marco Müller as festival director, the inaugural International Film Festival & Awards Macao (Dec 8-13) intends to make a big splash.
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SF scores with further 'Borg/McEnroe' sales
SF Studios closes deals on tennis biopic starring Shia La Beouf, car-racing action feature.
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AFM 2016: buzz titles
Screen correspondents profile some of the hottest and most intriguing projects from around the world available to buyers here at the American Film Market.
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Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz to star in von Trier’s 'House That Jack Built'
EXCLUSIVE: Zentropa producer Louise Vesth reveals more details about serial killer story.
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'Ove' director to shoot Ted Gärdestad story
Hannes Holm, the director of Sweden’s Oscar submission, will direct the story of Swedish pop star Ted Gärdestad.
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Edge buys multiple territories on 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe'
Edge Entertainment has acquired Maria Schrader’s Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe for the Nordic region (excluding Denmark except for pay-TV rights) and the Baltics.
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Aardman, Studiocanal plan 'Shaun The Sheep Movie 2'
Pre-production will begin in January 2017 on the animated sequel, again directed by Richard Starzak.
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IMAX, Vue to open second Denmark site
EXCLUSIVE: IMAX and Vue International are partnering on a second IMAX theatre following the commercial success of Copenhagen venue.
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Creative England selects 16 producers for diversity schemes
Creative England has selected the participants for new producer initiatives aimed at developing industry outside of London.
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Haifa awards go to 'Personal Affairs,' 'The Distinguished Citizen'
Festival’s Mix Programme $65,000 production grant was awarded to Rony and Riyad.
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Rome: 'More public money needed for distribution', say execs
Experts on MIA/Europa Distribution panel also discussed the importance of territoriality in European deals and need for diversification to mitigate risk.
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Nordic focus: new talent schemes break the mould
Three initiatives in Scandinavia are encouraging film-makers to experiment by breaking out of production norms.
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Stockholm Film Festival to open with 'I, Daniel Blake'
The 27th edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 9 - 20) will present 200 films from 70 countries.
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Flanders Image wraps first edition of NeXT
Coureur won the events best project pitch, while Cloudboy triumphed in the Works In Progress strand.
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Industry execs mull future of sales and festivals at Belgium's NeXT Talks
Industry panellists discussed the changing nature of the international film business during the NeXT Talks conference.
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Haifa: Avi Nesher talks Holocaust drama 'Past Life'
For his 20th feature, Past Life, film-maker Avi Nesher examines how a father’s complicated past haunts his family.
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Haifa focus: highlighting community, gender equality
As Haifa presents its 32nd festival (Oct 15-24), Wendy Mitchell talks to artistic director Pnina Blayer about what makes the event unique.