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Tgv Cinemas completes digitisation process
21 minutes ago
Malaysian exhibitor Tgv Cinemas has converted all of its cinemas to digital, with the installation of 164 Christie digital projectors.
Tgv, which began its digital conversion in December last year, will now be expanding its partnership with Christie Digital Systems, with an additional 200 units of Christie Solaria series digital cinema projectors set to be installed into Tgv’s new cinemas.
“With the technological advancement in movie making, the cinema industry has also evolved in tandem. Now, international films are all made, edited and saved in digital format. Tgv Cinemas’ decision to go fully digital is our way of committing to our patrons brilliant and crystal clear images in whatever movies they choose to watch,” said Gerald V Dibbayawan, CEO of Tgv Cinemas.
“We can consolidate and programme our movie schedules in all our locations much more effectively and furthermore, we need not be concerned about carbon emissions when transporting film rolls,” he added.
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- sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
Mirren joins Hundred-Foot Journey
21 minutes ago
Oscar winning actress Helen Mirren and rising star Manish Dayal have been cast in DreamWorks Studios culinary drama The Hundred-Foot Journey.
Based on the best-selling book by Richard Morais, Steve Knight - who wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises and recently directed Jason Statham in Hummingbird - wrote the script.
Lasse Hallstrom (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) will direct the film with Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Juliet Blake producing.
In The Hundred-Foot Journey, when an Indian family moves to Southern France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin starred French restaurant, a culinary battle ensues between the two.
Production will begin in September in France and India and will be released in the Us on August 8, 2014.
The Walt Disney Company is distributing the film in the Us and in select international territories, while Mister Smith Entertainment is handling distribution in Europe, Africa and the »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Fox Searchlight acquires Belle
1 hour ago
Period drama, starring Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson, set for release spring 2014.
Fox Searchlight has secured most worldwide rights, including North America and the UK, to Amma Asante’s Belle.
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The film features Gugu Mbatha-Raw in her first starring role along with Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Sarah Gadon, Penelope Wilton, Miranda Richardson, Tom Felton and Matthew Goode.
It is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle (Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral.
Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Wilkinson) and his wife (Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing.
Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar’s son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield’s role as Lord Chief Justice to end »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Hawking to open Cambridge Film Festival
2 hours ago
Famed scientist Stephen Hawking to present the Stephen Finnigan-directed documentary in Cambridge.
The 33rd Cambridge Film Festival, which runs from September 19-29, is to open with documentary Hawking.
Told in his own words and by those closest to him, the film relays Professor Stephen Hawking’s journey from boyhood underachiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking has risen to fame and stardom and continues to make scientific discoveries.
Review: Hawking
The professor, best-selling author (A Brief History of Time) and Cambridge resident will present the film in person on September 19.
Stephen Finnigan, BAFTA-nominated series producer of The Choir: Military Wives, directs the Channel 4 and PBS co-production, which is produced by Darlow Smithson Productions (Dsp).
It received its world premiere at SXSW in March and the UK rights have been secured by Vertigo Films. It is also »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Paulo Coelho biopic details emerge
4 hours ago
Film about the Brazilian writer behind The Alchemist to wrap in Spain this week.
The Pilgrim: The Best Story of Paulo Coelho is to finish shooting in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela this week, after filming began in Rio de Janeiro on April 3.
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The Pilgrim: The Best Story of Paulo Coelho
The film is an 80-20 co-production between Brazil’s Dama Filmes, led by Carolina Kotscho and Iôna de Macedo, and Angélica Huete’s Babel Films in Spain.
Directed by Daniel Augusto, the script was informed by conversations between Coelho and producer-scriptwriter Carolina Kotscho.
Ravel and Júlio Andrade will play the young and old Coelho. Other cast members include Fabiana Gugli, Nancho Novo and Paz Vega.
De Macedo told Screen: “The film tells the story of a man who has a dream. It’s a little like Alice in Wonderland - he’s someone who is too big for his house.
“His parents »
- jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
Author Loe to co-direct Inventory
5 hours ago
Norwegian author Erlend Loe is to co-direct an adaptation of his latest work, Inventory (Vareopptelling).
Loe will share directing duties on the black comedy with producer Yngve Sæther. The film, currently in development, will mark the directorial debut for both.
It will be produced by by Hans-Jørgen Osnes and Sæther for Oslo’s Motlys.
Loe has also adapted his screenplay for a novel, which Norway’s Cappelen Damm published in April, and also has been sold to Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia and Serbia, according to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Loe and Sæther have known each other since the early 1990s, when Sæther used Loe as an actor in a short film.
Sæther said: “He is a great storyteller, and we felt we could pull this project together. Few films deal with aging people who often feel rejected by society once they have passed their ‘use-by-date’.”
Sæther is an in-house producer at Motlys, where he has »
- jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
eOne promotes Sandie Don
6 hours ago
Entertainment One has promoted Sandie Don to head of distribution for its Australian business, Hopscotch/eOne.
In her role, Don will oversee theatrical distribution for Hopscotch/eOne including acquisitions, sales and marketing.
Don, who previously held the role of marketing and acquisitions director, will continue to focus on both the acquisition and distribution of local and international productions as well as the prolific and commercial line up from eOne output partners including Summit and Lakeshore.
Don formed Hopscotch Films in 2002 with partners Troy Lum and Frank Cox. The company is one of Australia’s leading independent film distributors and was subsequently acquired by eOne in 2011.
Don has spearheaded theatrical release campaigns including The Sapphires, Incendies, Source Code, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Wrestler, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Mao’s Last Dancer, The Kids Are All Right, Barney’s Version and Midnight in Paris.
Prior to joining Hopscotch, she headed marketing and publicity for Australian distribution company Dendy Films, creating »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Tepegöz’s Zerre wins top Moscow prize
6 hours ago
Turkish director Erdem Tepegöz’s social drama The Particle (Zerre) has won the Golden George for Best Film at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (Miff).
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec »
- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
BBFC to regulate mobile content
7 hours ago
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to take over regulation of mobile internet content from the Mobile Classification Board (Imcb).
The BBFC will handle the ‘Classification Framework’ that enables mobile operators to restrict access to their commercial content considered unsuitable for customers under the age of 18.
This content includes video and Av material as well as mobile games. Mobile operators also use the framework to calibrate internet filters that parents can use to restrict content accessible by children via their internet access service.
The BBFC, which classifies films, DVDs and select video game and ads, will take on its new responsibilities from September 2.
The Imcb had handled the framework since its establishment in 2004.
Hamish MacLeod, chair of the Mobile Broadband Group, commented: “We are very grateful for the excellent work that the Imcb has done over the last eight years to support our code.
“However, with customers increasingly consuming content via mobile networks, we feel that »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Skillset opens call for training support
11 hours ago
Creative Skillset has now opened its first call for funding for training as part of its new Film Skills Strategy.
The first funding round offers £750,000 to both organisations and individuals, with the latter able to apply for up to 80% to the costs of training for a maximum of £800 in areas of skills shortages such as craft and technical and health and safety. International scholarships are also available.
The applications are due by July 18 for organisations, which can offer subsidized training in the initial priority areas of production management, VFX, career and business acceleration, digital content and audience choice and creative talent development.
Creative Skillset is also launching two new funding schemes for organisations worth £400,000 for the year – Emerging Needs and Innovation. £150,000 will be available in this first round.
The funding is part of Creative Skillset’s new four-year Film Skills Strategy, which runs through 2017. The organisation’s film work is funded by the BFI with National Lottery »
- wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
Skillset opens applications for £750,000 round of training support
11 hours ago
Creative Skillset has now opened its first call for funding for training as part of its new Film Skills Strategy.
The first funding round offers £750,000 to both organisations and individuals, with the latter able to apply for up to 80% to the costs of training for a maximum of £800 in areas of skills shortages such as craft and technical and health and safety. International scholarships are also available.
The applications are due by July 18 for organisations, which can offer subsidized training in the initial priority areas of production management, VFX, career and business acceleration, digital content and audience choice and creative talent development.
Creative Skillset is also launching two new funding schemes for organisations worth £400,000 for the year – Emerging Needs and Innovation. £150,000 will be available in this first round.
The funding is part of Creative Skillset’s new four-year Film Skills Strategy, which runs through 2017. The organisation’s film work is funded by the BFI with National Lottery »
- wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
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