The 2006 BAFTA Film Awards will feature a new prize given to the year's "most promising young star." The 'Orange Rising Star Award,' said a Bafta spokesman, would "honour a young actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and ambition." A panel including Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett a...
Read More »Just a couple of hours north of London by train is Sheffield, an industrial town in Yorkshire known for spawning such musicians as Jarvis Cocker from Pulp, bands like ABC and Cabaret Voltaire, and even Def Leppard. Eva Woods' documentary about the music from the city, "Made in Sheffield", screened a...
Read More »London's Leicester Square was getting a dose of Hollywood glamor Wednesday with the opening of the 49th London Film Festival. Stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz and master spy writer John Le Carre were due to walk the red carpet before the opening-night screening of "The Constant Gardener," Brazil...
Read More »Timothy Collins has joined Focus Features as VP of business affairs. He will report to Focus SVP of business affairs Howard Meyer. He recently worked for MGM and has also worked for Warner Bros. Pictures.
Read More »Charlottesville's Virginia Film Festival, taking place October 27 - 30 recently unveiled its 60 film slate. Opening VIFF is Carlo Gabriel Nero's "The Fever," starring Vanessa Redgrave, which is a story about a middle-class woman who becomes a political activist "when her social conscience is awakene...
Read More »The Global Film Initiative, which specializes in the promotion and distribution of independent films from developing countries, recently announced the 16 charter members of its film board. Comprising the film board are Pedro Almodovar (Spain), Mira Nair (India), Lucy Barreto (Brazil), Carlos Reygadas (Mexico), Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon), Pierre Rissient (France), Noah Cowan (Canada), Lita Stantic (Argentina), Sandra den Hamer (The Netherlands), Bela Tarr (Hungary), Christopher Doyle (China), Djamshed Usmonov (Tajikistan), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (India), Lars von Trier (Denmark), Rashid Masharawi (Palestine) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Tha...
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