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Fortissimo strikes up partnership with CJ Entertainment
Fortissimo Films has entered into a strategic partnership with Korea’s CJ Entertainment that covers co-production and library sales, and gives CJ a first-look deal for Fortissimo’s upcoming titles.
Ribbon, Prophet, Slumdog lead EFA Award nominations
Cannes favourites The White Ribbon and A Prophet and last year’s Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire both figure prominently in the 22nd European Film Awards nominations, which were announced this weekend. All three have received nods as “European Film 2009” alongside Fish Tank, Let The Right One In and The Reader.
ContentFilm's Ironclad slices up the world
Buyers are rallying to Ironclad, the historical action epic being sold by ContentFilm International at the AFM.
Beta Cinema takes on sales rights to Stolz's Goethe!
Blue-chip German outfit Beta Cinema has taken on international rights to North Face director Philipp Stölz’s next feature film, Goethe!, which comes billed as a “modern pop fairytale” biopic of Germany’s most celebrated writer in the vein of Shakespeare In Love and Amadeus.
The Works International, Mann Made team on The Drought
The Works International is partnering with Mann Made Films on The Drought, an ecological action horror set in a terrifying post-apocalyptic world.
The Auteurs unveils membership, visits data
Online movie venture The Auteurs, a global VOD platform that bills itself as “a virtual cinematheque,” has revealed details of traffic and activity on its site. Its “executive summary,” published this month, indicates that the platform now has 145,000 registered members.
Opinion
Success on a local level
If there has ever been a time for locally sourced product to succeed, apparently it is now.
There's life outside London
The perception that English productions made outside the capital are inherently lacking in quality is unfair and outdated, so it’s time for a change of attitude.
AFM
United States at AFM
New projects from Robert Redford, Catherine Hardwicke, Paul Haggis and Sofia Coppola.
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Screen Blog
Fionnuala Halligan's Blog
It’s not China’s Oscar submission and it was disturbingly passed over by several major festivals, but City of Life and Deathis one of the year’s best foreign language titles.
Box office
Bright Star shines in UK, France and Spain open The Box
ScreenDaily’s weekly round-up of the local and independent releases in key markets this week.
Michael Jackson dominates the international box office
Sony’s This Is It topped international box office charts this week as the Michael Jackson documentary grossed a total of $68.9m in 74 territories.
AFM News In Brief
