News and Notes from Cannes Film Market and Festival: 14 May 2010

Singapore Announces New Filmed Entertainment Expo

The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) unveiled yesterday plans to start an international cinema event called ScreenSingapore. This event will offer global media businesses a platform to spotlight their creative offerings through a film and entertainment technology market as well as hold screenings of upcoming releases. There will also be conferences and workshops, including financing and producer forums, at the expo.

Slated for June 2011, ScreenSingapore is positioned after the Cannes Film Festival and before summer. It aims to become the market and launch platform for international film releases in Asia and serve as a platform for Asian content to be marketed to the world. In addition, Hollywood studios will also be able to showcase their summer products to the fastest-growing sector in the world.

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Dr Christopher Chia (2nd from left), CEO, MDA; Dr Tan Chin Nam (4th from right), Chairman, MDA; and Ms Cassandra Tay (far right), Director, Communications and Community & International Relations, MDA; with members of the Members of the ScreenSingapore Board: Mr Dennis Davidson (far left), Mr Michael Werner (3rd from left), Mr Shekhar Kapur (4th from left), Mr Greg Coote (3rd from right) and Mr Ashok Amritraj (2nd from right).
 

Singapore’s First Stereoscopic 3D Feature to Commence Filming

Principal photography for Bait, Singapore’s first stereoscopic 3D film, kicks off in July at Warner Roadshow Studios in Australia’s Gold Coast. This was announced by Arclight Films at Cannes yesterday.

Written and directed by Russell Mulcahy (Resident Evil: Extinction), Bait is produced by Australia's Arclight Films, Story Bridge Films and Pictures In Paradise as well as Singapore’s Blackmagic Design. It is supported by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) through its International Film Fund, and in Australia by Screen Australia and Screen Queensland.

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With the start of principal photography in July, the production of Bait will reach another milestone.
 

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