Screen
03 Nov 2011
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A new approach to international
Why are some of the US studios closing or restructuring their international production and acquisitions departments? John Hazelton reports -
AFM dailies digital editions
If you missed an issue of our AFM 2011 print editions, you can catch up with all five issues here. -
Alexandra Cocean promoted to Lightning vp of int’l sales
The executive previously served as director of international sales and will now handle sales for Asia, Eastern Europe, CIS, Turkey, Greece, Australia and New Zealand and Africa. -
Asia Pacific hits the heights
How the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Nov 24) are helping to raise the global recognition of films from the region. -
Australian industry mourns Mark Sarfaty
Friends and colleagues are reeling from the news that Mark Sarfaty, chief executive of the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA), has died. -
AV cuts slew of deals for Mortician; Truth or Dare sold to UK
AV Pictures has sold its 3D project The Mortician to Grindstone for the US. -
Bavaria sells Hotel Lux to Italy; Nettelbeck starts shoot for Mr. Morgan
Bavaria closes deal at Rome Film Festival for Hotel Lux; Mr Morgan’s Last Love starts shooting in Paris with Michael Caine. -
Buyers take aim for Lotte's War of the Arrows
Korean box-office hit has sold to US, UK, German-Speaking Europe, Taiwan, Singapore and elsewhere. -
Canada's one-stop shop
Montreal-based Mediabiz — now reorganised into production arm Mediamax and financial products division Mediabiz Capital — is making an aggressive play in the international film business. Mike Goodridge spoke to group CEO Karine Martin -
Celluloid's Chicken runs to SPC
Celluloid Dreams has closed a slew of territories on Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s Chicken With Plums, including a deal for US and Latin America with Sony Pictures Classics. -
Channel 4 boosts Britdoc funding
Channel 4 has increased its funding of the Britdoc documentary foundation by a third and extended its funding commitment to 2013. -
Chinese Take Away wins best film, audience prize in Rome
Noomi Rapace wins best actress in Babycall, best actor goes to Guillaume Canet in Une Vie Meilleure. -
Cinemavault checks into State of Emergency
Toronto-based Cinemavault has acquired international rights to zombie thriller State of Emergency. -
Dollars & sense
They are young and rich and investing in the US indie business. Jeremy Kay profiles the new breed of equity financiers helping to re-energise the industry. -
Driving force
Paul Walker is at the wheel in a thriller uniting South African talent and financing with international producers. Screen visits the set. -
Dulac reveals further details of new Paris festival
Sophie Dulac, distributor and President of the new Paris Film Festival, and festival GM Isabelle Svanda, are attending AFM drumming up support for their new Paris Film Festival (June 6-12). -
Dutch fund offers backing for international distributors, sellers
Public agencies Eye International and the Dutch Film Fund have confirmed details of a groundbreaking new scheme to offer financial support to international distributors and sales agents handling Dutch movies. -
EMP, Le Vision join forces for Derek Yee project
Hong Kong’s Emperor Motion Pictures and Beijing-based Le Vision Pictures are joining forces to produce a murder mystery that will reunite Hong Kong director Lo Chi-leung and producer Derek Yee. -
eOne takes multiple territories to Content's The Day
Content also closes Japanese deal for the thriller, which has its market premiere at AFM. -
Europa International talks EU priorities
Sales company collective Europa International held its second general assembly meeting in Rome last week, with topics of discussion including the future of the MEDIA programme, new policies in relation to digital cinema, legal development, and data collection for international distribution. -
Excess all areas
Finding money is not a problem in China. Finding the right money, from astute investors who bring something more to the project than their present girlfriend, is vital. -
FilmNation building
FilmNation’s Glen Basner and Aaron Ryder reveal to Jeremy Kay their recipe for success: whip up commercial productions, add a sales roster from leading directors, and feed a network of international distribution partners -
Films Boutique closes Faust deals in UK, Spain, France, beyond
After winning the Golden Lion in Venice, Alexander Sokurov’s Faust has been sold to multiple territories by Films Boutique.Artificial Eye has confirmed that it has picked up the film (which screened recently at the BFI London Film Festival) and is planning a UK theatrical release for May 2012.Films Boutique has also sold for Spain has gone to Golem Distribucion, Italy to Archibald, France to Sophie Dulac distribution, Germany to MFA. Japan to Cetera International, Portu -
Goa projects make their mark
Co-productions set up at Goa’s Film Bazaar are now gracing leading international festivals. Liz Shackleton reports -
Independent's Charles Swan flies for Germany, Switzerland
Independent has closed two deals on A Glimpse Inside The Mind of Charles Swan III, which it introduced to buyers here at the AFM. -
Jenni Tosi appointed CEO of Film Victoria
She takes the post immediately. -
Jinga closes more deals for The Bunny Game; BBFC refuses to classify film
Jinga Films has sold horror The Bunny Game to Illusion Unlimited for Germany and Njuta for Scandinavia. -
Jinga sells Gandu to Benelux
Rap musical sells to Filmfreak. -
Kenneth Branagh signs with Troika
US representation continues with Hofflund and WME. -
Kiarostami begins The End shoot in Japan
Film marks director’s second production shot outside his native Iran, after award-winning Certified Copy. -
MGM strikes multi-year content deal with Netflix UK
Netflix, which launches in early 2012 in the UK and Ireland, will offer MGM and partner content.. -
Miss Conspirator attracts buyers for 9ers
Sales also done for Never Ending Story, Merry Christmas North!, Late Blossoms. -
Morena, Vaca now shooting Calparsoro's Invader
Daniel Calparsoro (The Absent) returns to the big screen with Invader, a thriller that sees a new collaboration between Morena Films and Vaca Films after their great success with Cell 211. -
Nakamura Group strikes first-look deal with China's Middle Kingdom Studios
Two-year pact signed; first project is Fangs of War. -
Nick London gets rights to Somalia hostage story
Exploring documentary or drama options. -
Pictures Dept offers Sion Sono package
Pictures Dept is selling a package of Sion Sono’s films made before 2002’s Suicide Club. -
Rai finishes Czech shoot for The Secret Olympics
Italy’s public broadcaster RAI has completed production in the Czech Republic on $7m TV film The Secret Olympics. -
Range's Altered Image plans slate including African civil war story, contemporary noir
British film-maker and producer Gabriel Range has unveiled details of his new slate for production company Altered Image, which is also launching a £2m production and development fund. -
Red Bull's Terra Mater plans 10 theatrical features
Terra Mater Factual Studios, the independent production company allied with the Red Bull Media House, plans to produce 10 cinema features in the next five years. -
Ronan Bennett writing bomb squad thriller for Unanimous/Stylopik
Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies) is writing a new London-set action thriller for Chris Coen’s UK-based Unanimous Entertainment and Los Angeles-based Stylopik, which is funding the development. -
Russian films triumph in Cottbus, Zelenka gives Best Pitch
Russian cinema was the big winner at this year’s FilmFestival Cottbus with Angelina Nikonova’s feature debut Twilight Portrait taking home the € 20,000 main prize for best film. -
SC Global adds MoniKa, Annabelle
Shauna Shapiro Jackson and David Jackson’s SC Global Media is selling revenge action thriller MoniKa and Amy Weber’s drama Annabelle & Bear. -
Sony strikes multi-territory deal for Winterbottom's Bailout with Ealing Metro
Ealing Metro has struck a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) on Michael Winterbottom’s Bailout to star Jack Black [pictured]. -
Sony takes North American rights to Bel Ami from Protagonist
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquistions has taken on the film starring Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman. -
Spain's ICAA and ICO link up
An important deal between ICAA (Spanish Film Institute) and ICO (Official Organism of public credit) was signed last week in Spain to guarantee the credit flow to production companies that have been previously backed up by TV corporations. -
Submarine, HanWay bring Woody Allen doc to AFM
Deals already done for Canada, airlines. -
Synergy buys Iron Sky for France
Stealth Media Group handling sales. -
The fee furore
Is a solution to the virtual print fee problem any nearer for Europe’s indie distributors? Melanie Goodfellow listens in on the heated debate at Europa Distribution’s annual conference in Lyon -
The one to watch
Fuelled by a multiplex boom, the UAE box office is much bigger than previously believed. But market peculiarities and demographic quirks mean not all films perform as elsewhere. -
The remaking of MPCA
Brad Krevoy tells Jeremy Kay why he has rebooted his old company with a lively mix of Black List scripts, English-language versions of foreign hits and genre slam-dunks -
Transformers, X-Men's Tom DeSanto joins Chinese Gods project
Tom DeSanto, whose credits include X-Men and Transformers, has signed on to join the production team of US-China co-produced fantasy trilogy Gods.DeSanto will join Taipei and LA-based producer Steve Chicorel and Beijing-based Chen Baiyi as producer. He will lead produce and have approvals over all creative aspects of the trilogy. The deal was signed between Chen’s Beijing-based Yi Shang Media and DeSanto.The Gods trilogy novel was based on the Chinese classic “The Creation of th -
Tunisia gets ready for its close-up
The North African country has long been popular with international directors shooting on location, but since this year’s revolution the local industry is looking to expand. -
Two new Australian features stir early transmedia buzz
Jennifer Kent plans psychological horror The Babadook and Zak HIlditch plans sci-fi thriller These Final Hours. -
Universal chomps on multiple territories for Content's Sweets
Universal Pictures Entertainment has acquired Content’s Hard Boiled Sweets for the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Benelux and Scandinavia. -
Viennale closes with attendance up, 120 sold-out screenings
Award winners include Michael, Der Prozess, El lugar mas pequeno, Yastasto. -
VVS strikes Canadian deals for three thrillers
Buys include Killing Season, The Frozen Ground and Vehicle 19.
