Former Venice Film Festival head Marco Müller has been named Artistic Director of Italy’s Taormina Film Fest.
The announcement was made today by the special commissioner of the Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation/ Fondazione Taormina Arte Sicilia, Sergio Bonomo, who said: “Maestro Müller’s professional contribution will be a driving force of success for the prestigious film event”.
The festival’s 70th edition runs this year from July 12 to 19.
“I am happy to work in Sicily to rediscover my roots – I was born and raised in Rome, but my only quarter of Italian blood is from Palermo,” Müller said.
“I thank all the people, in the institutions and among friends of cinema, who have built for me this opportunity to experiment in Taormina the moving thought of how a useful popular festival can still be built. We will use the extraordinary Teatro Antico – which was always a source of jealousy...
The announcement was made today by the special commissioner of the Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation/ Fondazione Taormina Arte Sicilia, Sergio Bonomo, who said: “Maestro Müller’s professional contribution will be a driving force of success for the prestigious film event”.
The festival’s 70th edition runs this year from July 12 to 19.
“I am happy to work in Sicily to rediscover my roots – I was born and raised in Rome, but my only quarter of Italian blood is from Palermo,” Müller said.
“I thank all the people, in the institutions and among friends of cinema, who have built for me this opportunity to experiment in Taormina the moving thought of how a useful popular festival can still be built. We will use the extraordinary Teatro Antico – which was always a source of jealousy...
- 4/12/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Italy’s Taormina Film Fest has appointed Marco Muller as artistic director, ahead of its 70th edition this summer (July 12-19).
Italian executive Muller has previously been director of Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam and Rome film festivals. He is currently director of the Film Art Research Centre at Shanghai University, and professor emeritus at the Shanghai Film Academy.
Muller created and directed China’s Pingyao and Macao film festivals, and has written and edited more than 20 monographic books on international cinema.
Muller will work with a selection committee comprised of former BFI London Film Festival director Sandra Hebron, journalist Enrico Magrelli,...
Italian executive Muller has previously been director of Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam and Rome film festivals. He is currently director of the Film Art Research Centre at Shanghai University, and professor emeritus at the Shanghai Film Academy.
Muller created and directed China’s Pingyao and Macao film festivals, and has written and edited more than 20 monographic books on international cinema.
Muller will work with a selection committee comprised of former BFI London Film Festival director Sandra Hebron, journalist Enrico Magrelli,...
- 4/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Marco Mueller has been appointed artistic director of Italy’s Taormina Film Festival, which will have a top notch selection committee comprising British film curator and former London fest chief Sandra Hebron and former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight boss Edouard Waintrop.
As anticipated by Variety, Mueller, who over the past decades has headed both the Venice and Rome fests — among several other events — is taking the reins of the storied Sicilian event that has had its ups and downs over the years. Held since the mid-1950s in the Sicilian resort known to U.S. audiences as the location of “The White Lotus” Season 2, the summer fest boasts an 8,000-seat open-air ancient Greek amphitheater in the shadow of Sicily’s active Mt. Etna volcano. Guests have included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Federico Fellini, Pedro Almodovar and Tom Cruise.
The 70th edition of Taormina will run July 12-19. It will...
As anticipated by Variety, Mueller, who over the past decades has headed both the Venice and Rome fests — among several other events — is taking the reins of the storied Sicilian event that has had its ups and downs over the years. Held since the mid-1950s in the Sicilian resort known to U.S. audiences as the location of “The White Lotus” Season 2, the summer fest boasts an 8,000-seat open-air ancient Greek amphitheater in the shadow of Sicily’s active Mt. Etna volcano. Guests have included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Steven Spielberg, Federico Fellini, Pedro Almodovar and Tom Cruise.
The 70th edition of Taormina will run July 12-19. It will...
- 4/12/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
It was held at The Groucho Club in London.
Screen celebrated the launch of the UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow 2022 with a party at The Groucho Club, London on Thursday July 7.
Click here for this year’s Stars Of Tomorrow line-up
Alongside most of the class of 2022, other guests included BFI’s Mia Bays, producers Daisy Allsopp, Nicky Bentham, David Parfitt and Tristan Goligher, Amazon Prime Video’s Dan Grabiner, Lff’s Tricia Tuttle, Nfts’s Jon Wardle and Sandra Hebron, ScreenSkill’s head of film and animation Gareth Ellis-Unwin, Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis and HanWay Film’s Gabrielle Stewart and Tejinder Jouhal.
Screen celebrated the launch of the UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow 2022 with a party at The Groucho Club, London on Thursday July 7.
Click here for this year’s Stars Of Tomorrow line-up
Alongside most of the class of 2022, other guests included BFI’s Mia Bays, producers Daisy Allsopp, Nicky Bentham, David Parfitt and Tristan Goligher, Amazon Prime Video’s Dan Grabiner, Lff’s Tricia Tuttle, Nfts’s Jon Wardle and Sandra Hebron, ScreenSkill’s head of film and animation Gareth Ellis-Unwin, Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis and HanWay Film’s Gabrielle Stewart and Tejinder Jouhal.
- 7/8/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
While streamers continue to upend all and any traditional entertainment industry business models, they are now facing the power of the user over which services to choose and then potentially lose. Indeed, the challenge for all competing streamers is not just attracting new subscribers, but keeping existing ones — a phenomenon known in business speak as capturing long-term customer value, and right now that seems to be an elusive holy grail.
“‘Field of Dreams’ is over. It’s no longer a case of ‘build it and they will come.’ Once they arrive, your job as a competitive streamer is to keep them there for life. That’s where the business model needs to focus on in the long run,” says a former senior Disney executive who asked not to be named.
Firefighting in the place of strategizing to achieve long-term value appears rife. The rising fear across the top platforms is “churn,...
“‘Field of Dreams’ is over. It’s no longer a case of ‘build it and they will come.’ Once they arrive, your job as a competitive streamer is to keep them there for life. That’s where the business model needs to focus on in the long run,” says a former senior Disney executive who asked not to be named.
Firefighting in the place of strategizing to achieve long-term value appears rife. The rising fear across the top platforms is “churn,...
- 3/11/2022
- by Angus Finney
- Variety Film + TV
Leading British independent filmmakers expressed some frank views on gatekeepers acting as a barrier to independent cinema at a BFI London Film Festival panel discussion on Tuesday.
The panel consisted of Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh (“Secrets & Lies”), Oscar winner Asif Kapadia (“Amy”) and Golden Bear winner Michael Winterbottom (“In This World”). The discussion used Winterbottom’s recently published book “Dark Matter: Independent Filmmaking in the 21st Century” as a starting point. The discussion was moderated by former London Film Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron.
Leigh, who debuted in 1971 with “Bleak Moments,” has a unique approach to getting funded in that, except for his films with historical subject matter like “Topsy Turvy,” “Mr. Turner” and “Peterloo,” he does not reveal what his films are about. The reason for this process, he says, is that he discovers what a film is about during the process of making it.
In response,...
The panel consisted of Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh (“Secrets & Lies”), Oscar winner Asif Kapadia (“Amy”) and Golden Bear winner Michael Winterbottom (“In This World”). The discussion used Winterbottom’s recently published book “Dark Matter: Independent Filmmaking in the 21st Century” as a starting point. The discussion was moderated by former London Film Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron.
Leigh, who debuted in 1971 with “Bleak Moments,” has a unique approach to getting funded in that, except for his films with historical subject matter like “Topsy Turvy,” “Mr. Turner” and “Peterloo,” he does not reveal what his films are about. The reason for this process, he says, is that he discovers what a film is about during the process of making it.
In response,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Co-founder and former Venice director Marco Muller takes new role.
Acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has returned to the Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff), following his surprise departure last year from the festival he co-founded.
At a press conference in the Chinese city of Taijuan today (June 1), Jia was present to announce a series of changes for the fifth edition of the festival, which will take place from October 12-19 in the ancient city of Pingyao in China’s Shanxi province.
Pyiff will now be co-organized by Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Communication University, which will see resources allocated to...
Acclaimed Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke has returned to the Pingyao International Film Festival (Pyiff), following his surprise departure last year from the festival he co-founded.
At a press conference in the Chinese city of Taijuan today (June 1), Jia was present to announce a series of changes for the fifth edition of the festival, which will take place from October 12-19 in the ancient city of Pingyao in China’s Shanxi province.
Pyiff will now be co-organized by Shanxi Film Academy of Shanxi Communication University, which will see resources allocated to...
- 6/1/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Iconic Chinese indie film director Jia Zhangke is to make a return to the Pingyao International Film Festival that he founded and which he famously quit at the end of the October 2020 edition. His new role remains somewhat murky.
Jia was a speaker at a launch event Tuesday in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, used to announce the festival’s dates, the appointment of Lin Xudong as artistic director, and confirm other staffing arrangements for the next edition. The fifth edition will run in the ancient city, close to Jia’s birthplace, Oct. 12-19, 2021.
Last year Jia dropped a bombshell at the festival’s final day press conference and announced that he was standing down. He discussed succession and leadership issues, dropped hints about financial issues with the Pingyao city government and appeared to take issue with a takeover of the festival by the Shanxi authorities.
The abrupt nature of Jia’s...
Jia was a speaker at a launch event Tuesday in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, used to announce the festival’s dates, the appointment of Lin Xudong as artistic director, and confirm other staffing arrangements for the next edition. The fifth edition will run in the ancient city, close to Jia’s birthplace, Oct. 12-19, 2021.
Last year Jia dropped a bombshell at the festival’s final day press conference and announced that he was standing down. He discussed succession and leadership issues, dropped hints about financial issues with the Pingyao city government and appeared to take issue with a takeover of the festival by the Shanxi authorities.
The abrupt nature of Jia’s...
- 6/1/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
She takes over from Clare Stewart who is not returning from a year’s sabbatical.
Tricia Tuttle has been been appointed director, BFI Festivals, it was announced at the closing night of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) on Sunday October 21. She takes over from Clare Stewart who is not returning to the role when her year’s sabbatical ends in December 2018.
Tuttle has led the Lff as interim artistic director this year after five years as deputy head of festivals at the BFI. Her new role will encompass Flare, London’s Lgbtq+ Film Festival.
”I congratulate Tricia Tuttle on her new role,...
Tricia Tuttle has been been appointed director, BFI Festivals, it was announced at the closing night of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) on Sunday October 21. She takes over from Clare Stewart who is not returning to the role when her year’s sabbatical ends in December 2018.
Tuttle has led the Lff as interim artistic director this year after five years as deputy head of festivals at the BFI. Her new role will encompass Flare, London’s Lgbtq+ Film Festival.
”I congratulate Tricia Tuttle on her new role,...
- 10/21/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
13 members join advisory body.
London’s Institute Of Contemporary Arts (Ica), the organisation dedicated to showcasing indie and artist filmmakers, is forming the Independent Film Council, a body of experienced industry that will advise on the Ica’s activities.
There are 13 members of the inaugural council: Tilda Swinton, producer Stanley Buchtal, filmmakers Gerald Fox, Laura Poitras, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Naeem Mohaeimen, James Richards, Martine Syms, academics Erika Balsom and Laura Mulvey, editor Walter Murch, the Nfts’ head of Screen Arts Sandra Hebron, and Sundance Institute’s documentary programme director Tabitha Jackson.
The council will convene once a year as a think...
London’s Institute Of Contemporary Arts (Ica), the organisation dedicated to showcasing indie and artist filmmakers, is forming the Independent Film Council, a body of experienced industry that will advise on the Ica’s activities.
There are 13 members of the inaugural council: Tilda Swinton, producer Stanley Buchtal, filmmakers Gerald Fox, Laura Poitras, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Naeem Mohaeimen, James Richards, Martine Syms, academics Erika Balsom and Laura Mulvey, editor Walter Murch, the Nfts’ head of Screen Arts Sandra Hebron, and Sundance Institute’s documentary programme director Tabitha Jackson.
The council will convene once a year as a think...
- 4/19/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
A creditor filing at a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed celebrities, sales companies and international buyers who are owed money by The Weinstein Company (TWC).
A creditor filing at a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed celebrities, sales companies and international buyers who are owed money by The Weinstein Company (TWC).
TWC also gained approval from a judge for a $25m loan by Union Bank to pay its remaining employees as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dallas-based private equity company Lantern Capital has bid $310m in cash and $125m in assumed liabilities for TWC,...
A creditor filing at a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed celebrities, sales companies and international buyers who are owed money by The Weinstein Company (TWC).
TWC also gained approval from a judge for a $25m loan by Union Bank to pay its remaining employees as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dallas-based private equity company Lantern Capital has bid $310m in cash and $125m in assumed liabilities for TWC,...
- 3/21/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Beleaguered company gets approval for emergency loan to pay employees.
A creditor list filed with a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed The Weinstein Company (TWC) owes money to a host of celebrities and entities from Prince Charles to Keira Knightley, and Huayi Brothers to Netflix.
On the same day TWC got approval from a judge for a $25m loan by Union Bank for ongoing payment to its remaining employees as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dallas-based private equity company Lantern Capital has bid $310m in cash and $125m in assumed liabilities for TWC, whose long...
A creditor list filed with a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed The Weinstein Company (TWC) owes money to a host of celebrities and entities from Prince Charles to Keira Knightley, and Huayi Brothers to Netflix.
On the same day TWC got approval from a judge for a $25m loan by Union Bank for ongoing payment to its remaining employees as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dallas-based private equity company Lantern Capital has bid $310m in cash and $125m in assumed liabilities for TWC, whose long...
- 3/20/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Beleaguered company gets approval for emergency loan to pay employees.
A creditor list filed with a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed The Weinstein Company (TWC) owes money to a host of celebrities and entities from Prince Charles to Keira Knightley, and Huayi Brothers to Netflix.
On the same day TWC got approval from a judge for a $25m loan by Union Bank for ongoing payment to its remaining employees as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dallas-based private equity company Lantern Capital has bid $310m in cash and $125m in assumed liabilities for TWC, whose long...
A creditor list filed with a Delaware court running to 394 pages on Tuesday (March 20) revealed The Weinstein Company (TWC) owes money to a host of celebrities and entities from Prince Charles to Keira Knightley, and Huayi Brothers to Netflix.
On the same day TWC got approval from a judge for a $25m loan by Union Bank for ongoing payment to its remaining employees as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dallas-based private equity company Lantern Capital has bid $310m in cash and $125m in assumed liabilities for TWC, whose long...
- 3/20/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Rufus Norris's directorial debut also won best film and best supporting actor for performance by Rory Kinnear
Family drama Broken, the feature-film debut from award-winning theatre and opera director Rufus Norris, has been named best film of 2012 at the British independent film awards.
Starring Tim Roth as a father looking after an 11-year-old daughter (newcomer Eloise Laurence) after his wife leaves him, the film also won best supporting actor for Rory Kinnear. The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw criticised the film as "strained, desperately self-conscious and replete with unconvincing and unearned emotional crises" at Cannes in May but praised Laurence for her turn as the likeable Skunk.
The other big winner at the Bifas was Peter Strickland's period psychological thriller Berberian Sound Studio, which won best director, best actor (for Toby Jones), best achievement in production and best technical achievement for Joakim Sundström and Stevie Haywood's sound design. The...
Family drama Broken, the feature-film debut from award-winning theatre and opera director Rufus Norris, has been named best film of 2012 at the British independent film awards.
Starring Tim Roth as a father looking after an 11-year-old daughter (newcomer Eloise Laurence) after his wife leaves him, the film also won best supporting actor for Rory Kinnear. The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw criticised the film as "strained, desperately self-conscious and replete with unconvincing and unearned emotional crises" at Cannes in May but praised Laurence for her turn as the likeable Skunk.
The other big winner at the Bifas was Peter Strickland's period psychological thriller Berberian Sound Studio, which won best director, best actor (for Toby Jones), best achievement in production and best technical achievement for Joakim Sundström and Stevie Haywood's sound design. The...
- 12/11/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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