Screen International
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Screen International is a multimedia film magazine international film business title published by FTSE 100-listed EMAP, which owns major magazines, radio stations, TV and interactive channels across the globe. It is primarily aimed at those involved in the global movie business. The weekly Screen International magazine in its current form was founded in 1976 with website [http:www.Screendaily.com] added in 2001. The company also produces the market leading daily publications at festivals and markets in Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, American Film Market and Hong Kong. Screen has offices in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, and a network of more than 40 correspondents around the world. Its conferences, including the annual European Film Finance Summit in Berlin and the UK Film Finance Conference in London are among the most influential events in the calendar, attracting big audiences and major industry figures. Each week, Screen is used by more than 34,000 film executives in more than 70 countries, with 22,000 registered users of the online services.
The magazine and website were upgraded in 2007.
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[edit] History
Screen can trace its history back to the earliest days of the UK industry.
1889 Optical Magic Lantern and Photographic Enlarger
1900 Becomes Cinematographic Journal
1907 Becomes Kine Weekly
1972 Becomes Today’s Cinema
1975 Becomes Screen International
Since 1975, it has established itself as the voice of the international industry - the term used for all film outside the US domestic market. The title pioneered the daily news magazines that are now a fixture of the major film festivals. Many Screen journalists have gone on to become major industry figures, including Miramax UK head Colin Vaines. One of its finest journalists was editor in chief Oscar Moore, (also The Guardian columnist and novelist ) who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1996. The Oscar Moore Foundation was established in 1997 as a charitable foundation administered by Screen International. The aim of the Foundation, whose patron is the Oscar-winning screen-writer Emma Thompson, is to foster new European screenwriting talent by awarding an annual prize of £10,000 to the best first draft screenplay in a genre which changes each year.
[edit] Recent changes
The title has seen increased competition in the 2000s with the LA trade titles Variety and Hollywood Reporter seeking to impose themselves on the international marketplace but has retained its position as the leading title in circulation and in market share of advertisements at the major markets, such as Cannes and Berlin. The current editor is Michael Gubbins, who is based in the main London office. Editor-in-chief Colin Brown, who has two decades of experience in the business, is based in New York. The Hollywood office is run by another highly-experienced journalist Mike Goodridge, while the Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong is Liz Shackleton. Its official photographer is Andrew Douglas Ross who has captured the glitz and glamour on camera in major film festivals across the world for the past 14 years.
[edit] Screen International Stars Of Tomorrow
One of Screen's most influential areas of work is its international talent spotting under the Stars Of Tomorrow brand. A special edition to highlight up-and-coming talent was established in 2004 in the UK. It helped boost the careers of talents such as Oscar winning director Andrea Arnold (Red Road), the producer of Oscar-winning short Six Shooter, BAFTA winning actor James McAvoy and BAFTA nominee Emily Blunt.
2005 Actors:
- Aml Ameen
- Anna Brewster
- Dominic Cooper
- Lisa Dillon
- Natalie Dormer
- Joe Flynn
- Ruth Negga
- Mary Nighy
- David Oyelowo
- Robert Pattinson
- Eddie Redmayne
- Nina Sosanya
- Tom Sturridge
- Natalie Tena
- Jaime Winstone
2007 Actors:
- Khalid Abdalla
- Arsher Ali
- Gemma Arterton
- Ben Barnes
- Matthew Beard
- Lucinda Dryzek
- Andrew Garfield
- Rasmus Hardiker
- Felicity Jones
- Martin McCann
- Hannah Murray
- Kimberley Nixon
- Tom Payne
- Matt Smith
- Manjinder Virk
- Charity Wakefield
- Kierston Wareing
2007 Producers:
- Anna Higgs
- Gavin Humphries
2007 Writers:
- Peter Harness
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