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Screen Editor Matt Mueller looks ahead to this years festival鈥?and beyond.Whats that feeling I have as I approach my first Cannes Film Festival as editor of Sc
stanley cup reen International Butterflies for sure, mixed with a little apprehension, but for the most part a huge level of excitement and not a little pride.Having been to Cannes at least a dozen times before joining the title, I know what Screen means to the worlds leading film festival and what it delivers on the Croisette to the dual contingents of industry and media: an unparalleled round-up of breaking deals, incisive reviews and terrific interviews with key players and film talent.Long before I joined, poring over a copy of Screen each morning was as essential as that first slug of espresso or that last glass of ros茅 before attempting to grab something in all too short supply during the festival: sleep.Screen has been crucial to me over the years as a purveyor of festival intelligence, and Ive always known how committed and passionate Screens team of correspondents, editors, designers and subs are in the Croisette trenches.The work that goes into the dailies is awesome and reading the Cannes
stanley cup recollections of former Screen editors in this issue has served as a timely reminder. To a man and woman , they all mentioned the special team camaraderie and sense of achievement that comes with covering the festival in daily editions.As for those illustrious former editors, weve canvassed 10 of them for their memories for a v
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Thelong-drawn out process of selling the historic Babelsberg studios near Berlincould be drawing
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stanley cup thisnegotiations are expected to drag on until the end of the year. We ve comecloser in the last weeks, said Sytze van der Laan, CEO of Studio HamburgProduction. All the numbers are on the table now, everyone knows whereeveryone else stands. A deal should just about be possible by the end of June. Outstandingare two issues: price and politics. Although it has recently housedhigh-profile productions including Around The World In 80 Days, Beyond TheSea and The Bourne Supremacy, the studios have consistently lostmoney. Any buyer will have to pick-up a raft of debts and immediately invest inrenovation. They are in roughly the same shape that Goebbels left them in,
