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08 May 2009

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Alice Creed appears in Cannes with WestEnd

WestEnd Films has taken on international rights to The Disappearance of Alice Creed which stars Gemma Arterton alongside Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan.
AV Pictures boards Freight

AV Pictures has taken on international sales of Stuart St. Paul’s Freight, which is currently in post production.
Cineart snaps up Amreeka, L’Armee Du Crime

Independent Belgian distributor Cineart arrives in Cannes with two new pickups, Amreeka and L’Armee Du Crime.
Content picks up The Details

ContentFilm International has picked up international sales rights to The Details.Written and directed by Jacob Estes, The Details stars James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel. Content will be introducing the film to buyers at Cannes next week.The Details tells the story of a couple whose domestic strife escalates into a chain of events that lead to infidelity, organ donation and murder.The film, which is financed by New York
Finecut sells Iris to the world

Seoul-based sales agent Finecut has picked up worldwide rights to $20m thriller Iris: The Movie, starring Korean heartthrob Lee Byung-hun and actress Kim Tae-hee.
Fortissimo takes on Tian’s Warrior, Indian doc

Fortissimo Films has picked up Tian Zhuangzhuang’s The Warrior And The Wolf and Indian documentary Children Of The Pyre on the eve of the Cannes market.
Myriad goes to Main Street

Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights to drama Main Street starring Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Orlando Bloom, Patricia Clarkson and Amber Tamblyn.
Odin’s Eye teams with Prime on joint sales venture

Australian sales agent Odin’s Eye Entertainment (OEE) has struck a deal with Korea’s Prime Entertainment for joint representation of a slate of 14 Korean titles.
Peak Global debuts with 20 titles

Fledgling sales company Peak Global Entertainment arrives in Cannes with a lineup of more than 20 titles, including Jose Ivan Santiago’s crime drama Talento De Barrio starring Reggeaton sensation Daddy Yankee.The line-up also features Il Lim’s action title Acts Of Violence with Leelee Sobieski and Ron Perlman, and political thriller Enemies Among Us with Billy Zane and Eric Roberts as well as the thriller Limousine starring Christophe Lambert.
Sola Media takes on Lotte sequel

Solveig Langeland´s Sola Media has taken on all international rights to animated feature Lotte And The Moonstone Secret, directed by Janno Poldma and Heiki Ernits.
Strategic Film Partners picks up Lau’s Kung Fu Cyborg

LA-based international sales and distribution company Strategic Film Partners has acquired North American rights to Jeff Lau’s action sci-fi comedy Kung Fu Cyborg, a film produced by Lau’s China-based Leshi Zhenwei Film Productions.
The Killer Inside Me begins shooting after months of delay

The Killer Inside Me, the latest collaboration between director Michael Winterbottom and producer Andrew Eaton, started shooting in New Mexico today.
Agora

Dir: Pablo Amenabar
Andrucha Waddington to direct Spanish-Brazilian film Sun Seeker

Brazilian director Andrucha Waddington is set to direct a new project titled Sun Seekers, which will be a romantic tale set in the time of the Incas in Peru.
Antichrist

Dir: Lars von Trier. Den/Ger/Fr/Swe. 2009
April Bride weds the top spot at Japanese box office

Tearjerker drama April Bride (Yomei Ikkatgetsu No Hanayome) opened in the top position at the Japanese box office this weekend (May 9-10).
Arclight and Axxis pop for Bubblegum Crisis

Arclight Films and Singapore’s Axxis International are among the companies involved in a six-country collaboration to produce a $30m live-action feature based on Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis.
Arclight boards William Tell: The Legend, Bait

Gary Hamilton’s Arclight Films has boarded international rights to William Tell: The Legend to be produced by Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer’s fledgling Flagship Films.
Atlas starts presales on Quick, Slip Me A Bride

German sales agent Atlas International film will be in Cannes to handle pre-sales for the UK romantic comedy Quick, Slip Me A Bride.
Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney buy rights to Bright Star

Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s new North American distribution venture has bought US rights to Jane Campion’s competition entry Bright Star.
Broken Embraces

Dir: Pedro Almodovar
Cannes vs the perfect storm

Against a backdrop of swine flu and the deepest global recession in living memory, much is being hoped for from this year’s Cannes festival in terms of lifting industry confidence and helping unlock new deals and investment.
Chéri

Dir: Stephen Frears
China reduces film regulations on Hong Kong

China is offering two new initiatives to the Hong Kong Film industry as part of the Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA).
Cianfrance's Blue Valentine starts shooting in New York

Shooting is underway in New York and Pennsylvania on the drama Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.
Cinema Popular unveils China's first superhero movie

Start-up production and financing outfit Cinema Popular is unveiling four new projects at Cannes, including China’s first superhero movie.
Content and Joost form partnership

Content Republic and global web video service Joost have formed a partnership that will see Content Republic’s upcoming releases made available to Joost audiences across the UK and Germany.
Coraline

Dir: Henry Selick
Crowe launches SC with Cosi comedy

Simon Crowe’s new production, sales and distribution company SC Films International makes its debut at Cannes, led by Cosi starring Richard E Grant and singing superstar Sarah Brightman.
D3 Vue join forces with NX

UK multiplex operator Vue Entertainment is to join forces with financier and producer CinemaNX (NX), to release at least three movies directly into Vue cinemas and other theatres across the UK, from the end of this year.
Dadi Film moves into sales for Confucius

Beijing-based production outfit Dadi Film has set up an international sales arm to shop its $23m biopic of Chinese philosopher Confucius, starring Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Xun.
Danny Dyer Goes Pimpin

Danny Dyer, Robert Cavanah, John Hannah, Martin Compston and Shauna MacDonald will star in new UK gangster film Pimp.
Deneuve to receive Taormina Film Festival's Arte Award

Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve will receive the Taormina Film Festival’s Arte Award during the 55th edition of the Sicilian festival.
Departures wins audience award at Far East festival

Departures, the Japanese foreign Oscar winner, has taken the audience award at the 11th Far East Film Festival in Italy.
Easternlight sharpens 14 Blades with Visualizer

Arclight Films’ Asian division Easternlight is partnering with Hong Kong’s Visualizer Film Productions and the Shanghai Film Group to co-produce $20m martial arts action title 14 Blades.
Echo Bridge appoints Eastern European sales chief

Echo Bridge Entertainment has hired Sonia Mehandjiyska as vice-president of international sales for Eastern Europe, the latest of four appointments this year designed to bolster the company’s sales ranks.
Elle Driver adds Women Are Heroes to Cannes slate

Elle Driver, the Paris-based sales and acquisition outfit, has added a new project with the working title Women Are Heroes to its Cannes slate.
Entertainment 7 promotes Tara Wood, readies Waco

Emilio Ferrari’s Los Angeles-based production and distribution company Entertainment 7 has promoted Tara Wood to head of international sales heading into Cannes.
Epic spreads Cannes slate with DeVito’s Housebroken

Los Angeles-based Epic Pictures has unveiled four new titles in Cannes, led by the completed comedy Housebroken starring Danny DeVito.
Fantastic deal with Mexico’s Imagination

Roxane Barbat and Fred de Wysocki’s Los Angeles based sales company Fantastic Films International has signed a multi-picture distribution deal with Mexican 3D animation house Imagination Films.
Film industry faces its own epic adventure

Tough choices lay ahead for the British film industry. But there is a path which can lead to a brighter, better future says Stewart Till, chairman of the UK Film Council.
Filmax takes Spanish rights to Magic Africa

Filmax, the Spanish producer/distributor, has picked up the Spanish distribution rights to distribute Jordi Llompart’s 3D film Magic Journey To Africa.
Filmkameratene hunts projectionist accused of piracy

Filmkameratene, Norwegian production outfit, is closing in on a cinema projectionist who is alleged to have illegally filmed local blockbuster, Max Manus, and distributed it on the internet.
Fortissimo takes international sales on Norwegian Wood

Fortissimo Films has struck a deal with Japan’s Asmik Ace Entertainment to handle international sales on Tran Anh Hung’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s best-selling novel Norwegian Wood.
France in favour of adopting Creation and Internet law

France’s lower house has voted 296 to 233 in favour of adopting the hotly-disputed Creation and Internet law.
Fujoshi Kanojo rings up Japanese first with mobile phone release

Simultaneous movie release across different platforms moved to a new level in Japan this week as Kadokawa Pictures’ romantic comedy Fujoshi Kanojo was released in cinemas, online – and in a first for the Japanese market - also on mobile phone.
Future Film taps into broadband market with film channel

London-based Future Films is launching a new online/IPTV channel, Projector.tv, to tap into the UK broadband audience.
Gaspar Noe goes hardcore

Maverick director Gaspar Noe, whose feature Enter The Void is screening in competition, is hatching a sex film.
German regional fund hands $14.7m to co-productions

Germany’s leading regional film fund, Filmstiftung NRW, has allocated $14.7m (€11m) – a third of its annual budget - to 35 projects, including a film by UK director Alex Winter.
Gilliam and Thomas take on Don Quixote again

Recorded Picture Company founder Jeremy Thomas has reunited with Terry Gilliam to resurrect their former passion project Don Quixote.
Glawogger's Contact High to premiere at Cannes Market

Austrian director Michael Glawogger’s latest feature film Contact High will receive its market premiere through The Match Factory at Cannes this week.
Glen quits as CEO of animation producer Imagi

Imagi International Holdings, the Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based CG animation producer, has announced that Douglas E. Glen has resigned his position as CEO and executive director of the company.
Gus van Sant named as jury president of KunstFilmBiennale

US filmmaker Gus van Sant will serve as the president of the International Jury for this year’s KunstFilmBiennale.
Halcyon names Flow My Tears as first Philip K Dick adaptation

The Halcyon Company has named Flow My Tears,The Policeman Said as the first Philip K Dick adaptation to go under its exclusive deal with the writer’s estate.
Hanway Films adds We Want Sex and Mugabe to Cannes slate

Hanway Films has added We Want Sex and Mugabe And The White African to its list of Cannes titles.
HanWay Films sells Black Death to 12 distributors

UK-based sales agent HanWay Films has already concluded pre-sales with 12 distributors for Christopher Smith’s medieval mystery thriller Black Death
Hollywood gets thrifty

Expect to see fewer stars at the Hotel Du Cap as budget-conscious US sales agents try to deliver realistically priced product to international buyers.
Hormann plays along with No Game

Director Sherry Hormann has come aboard The No Game, a teenage love story for Doris Kirch’s Blue Angel Films.
Hubert Bals Fund invests in 31 new film projects

The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s fund aimed at supporting filmmakers from developing countries, has announced its latest investments in 31 new film projects.
Humpday

Dir: Lynn Shelton
I Love You Phillip Morris

Dirs: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
IFC Entertainment picks up US rights for Korea's Death Bell

IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to high school horror title Death Bell from South Korea’s Mirovision.
IFC Films acquires cult drama Red Riding

IFC Films has acquired US rights from Studio Canal to The Red Riding Trilogy based on David Pearce’s cult noir novels about the investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper slayings in the UK during Seventies and Eighties.The trilogy includes Julian Jarrold’s 1974, James Marsh’s 1980 and Anand Tucker’s 1983, three self-contained dramas that combine to create a broad portrait of murder, corruption and obsession set against the Ripper’s tyrannical reign in the North of England.
IFC Films acquires Tales From The Golden Age

IFC Films has acquired US rights to Tales From The Golden Age in advance of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard later this week.
IIPA calls for US Trade Office to review piracy in Spain

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has asked the US Trade Representative (USTR) to conduct a special review into the Spanish government’s stance on piracy
Imagenation Abu Dhabi boards first two films with Participant

Imagenation Abu Dhabi has announced that the five-year revolving fund it created last year with Participant Media will partner in the productions of family comedy Furry Vengeance and horror/thriller The Crazies.
Independencia

Dir: Raya Martin
Inglourious Basterds

Dir: Quentine Tarantino
Irish Film Board escapes public spending cuts

The Irish Film Board (IFB) has escaped the worst of the ravages currently affecting public spending in Ireland in the wake of the global economic crisis.
James Nesbitt in new Nadia Tass picture

Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt has been cast in an untitled feature that started shooting in Melbourne yesterday (May 11) with Nadia Tass directing for ContentFilm International.
Japan's Wise Policy closes its doors

Japanese foreign film distributor Wise Policy has closed its doors after filing for bankruptcy last month.
Javier Diez de Polanco leaves Prisa

Javier Diez de Polanco, head of film and TV at Spanish media group Prisa, has left the company.
Jeonju marks 10th anniversary with record attendance

Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea’s second biggest festival, celebrated its 10th anniversary edition with a record-breaking attendance and the launch of a new market.
Jinga takes on sales for Gough's Salvage

UK sales agent Jinga Films has added Lawrence Gough’s Salvage to its Cannes slate.
Jorge Dorado to adapt Yulenka for Fox International

Spanish director Jorge Dorado is set to write and direct an adaptation of the Russian drama Yulenka for Fox International in Spain.
Kaleidoscope takes UK and Irish rights for Winter in Wartime

High Point Films has sold UK and Irish rights for Dutch film Winter in Wartime to London-based Kaleidoscope.
Katapult picks up Women In Trouble for Cannes

Paris-based sales company Katapult Film Sales has acquired international rights to the comedy Women In Trouble by writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez.The film, which stars Carla Gugino, Simon Baker and Josh Brolin, follows one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, including a porn star, a psychiatrist and a bartender, living in Los Angeles. CAA is handling North American rights.Katapult’s Cannes slate also includes Martin Scorsese’s documentary American
Keanu Reeves to star in $25m action thriller Cartagena

Keanu Reeves will star in $25m (€18.4m) action-thriller Cartagena from Nick Wechsler Productions, 2929 Productions and Gaumont, who will also handle international sales.
Keitel and Sharif eyeing Polish Winner

Polish filmmaker Wieslaw Saniewski is in talks with Harvey Keitel and Omar Sharif to star in his upcoming project The Winner.
Korea's Sidus to co-produce One Armed Swordsman remake

Korean production outfit Sidus FNH is set to co-produce a $10m Korean-language remake of 1967 Shaw Brothers classic One Armed Swordsman with Hong Kong’s Celestia
Le Pacte takes Refuge with Ozon

After a first collabaration on Berlin competition entry Ricky, Le Pacte will reteam with director Francois Ozon for The Refuge.
Lightning beefs up Cannes slate with Don McKay

Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has bolstered its Cannes slate with the international rights to Tribeca premiere Don McKay.
Lizard’s Salmon swims to MPCA

Los Angeles-bases sales company MPCA has picked up international rights to Broken Lizard’s comedy The Slammin’ Salmon.
Looking For Eric

Dir: Ken Loach. UK. 2009.
M-Appeal picks up Karaoke

Berlin-based sales agent M-Appeal has picked up international distribution for Chris Chong Chan Fui’s Karaoke in this year’s Directors’ Fortnight.
Match Factory adds The Light to Cannes line-up

The Match Factory has added Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat’s next feature The Light to its sales line-up.
Matching Jack

An inspirational family drama about love, infidelity, hope and the unbreakable bond between parent and child.
Max Manus scriptwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller dies aged 28

Norwegian scriptwriter Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, who wrote Max Manus – Norway’s biggest cinema success since 1975 – died Tuesday (May 12) after a long illness. He was 28 years old.
Maya acquires rights for La Linea

Maya Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution company, has acquired US rights to the crime drama La Linea (The Line) starring Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta and Esai Morales.
Media group Prisa acquires Spain's Tesela Producciones

Prisa, the Spanish media group, has taken full control of Tesela Producciones, one of the leading producers of Spanish language films.
MGM Worldwide TV signs pan-Middle Eastern TV and VOD deal

MGM Worldwide Television has concluded its first pan-Middle Eastern Pay TV and VOD agreement with pay TV network Showtime Arabia in the Middle East and North Africa and its VOD service Show On Demand.
MK2 picks up French rights to Fish Tank

MK2 has acquired French rights to Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank from ContentFilm International.
Mulan, Hennessy land at Distribution Workshop

Hong Kong-based sales outfit Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to Jingle Ma’s Mulan, a live-action version of the Chinese classic folk story, and Ivy Ho’s romantic drama Crossing Hennessy.
MultiVisionnaire finds Mr. Right

MultiVisionnaire Pictures has picked up Jacqui Morris’ Mr. Right ahead of Cannes.
Munich retrospective dedicated to British director Stephen Frears

The British director Stephen Frears will be honoured with a retrospective at this year’s Munich Filmfest, which will be held from 26 June - 4 July.
Music Box acquires the US rights to North Face and Cloud 9

Music Box Films has acquired all US rights to the German films North Face (Nordwand) from Beta Cinema and Cloud 9 (Wolke 9) from Match Factory.
NeoClassics swoons for Gypsy Love shoot with Matalqa

NeoClassics Films’ new NeoClassics Productions division has set an October 11 start date for its debut feature Gypsy Love from Captain Abu Raed director Amin Matalqa.
Nordisk Film & TV to support regional releases

Oslo-based Nordisk Film & TV Fund is launching scheme to support the distribution of Nordic films in the region.
Norway joins European co-production convention

Norway is set to join the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.
O'Horten

Dir: Bent Hamer
One Man Village, Invisible City take top prizes at Hot Docs

Lebanese documentary The One Man Village won the Best International Feature Award and Hubert Davis’ Invisible City won the Best Canadian Feature prize as the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival wrapped in Toronto over the weekend.
Other Angle sets sights on strong Cannes

New sales house Other Angle Pictures has been enjoying a bright run since its debut at the EFM in February.
Pathe Productions connects with Hideo Nakata's Chatroom

Pathé Productions has snapped up the UK rights for Japanese director Hideo Nakata’s Chatroom from WestEnd Films.
Paul Schrader to attend Nottingham's first ScreenLit fest

Writer-director Paul Schrader is to attend the inaugural ScreenLit, Film, TV & Writing Festival at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema (29 June to 5 July).
Perrine Teze launches new sales venture

Former TF1 International/TFM Distribution chief Perrine Teze is back in business in Cannes with a new company, Perrine Teze International.
Peter Webber to direct Wuthering Heights

Peter Webber has signed on to direct the new big screen version of Wuthering Heights.
Phyllida Lloyd to direct "banker to the poor" biopic

Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd is to make a $20m movie about Nobel prize winner Professor Muhamad Yunus, the so-called “banker to the poor”.
Pirates thrive in India film strike

A month-long strike has virtually closed India’s cinemas but so far resolved little between producers and exhibitors.
Prescience and Perpetual team on new financier P2

A new specialist financing company called P2 Bridge Limited (P2) has been launched as a joint venture between Prescience Film Finance and Perpetual Media Capital.
Principal photography starts on Norwegian WW2 thriller Deceit

Norwegian director Håkon Gundersen has started principal photography for World War 2 thriller Deceit (Svik) in Budapest, Hungary.
Producers Cowan and Piette to launch Stealth Media Group

Producers Michael Cowan and Jason Piette are launching a UK distribution and international film and TV sales company called Stealth Media Group.
Radical Publishing takes 20% in Asia’s Storm Lion

LA-based Radical Publishing, which is busy setting up adaptations of its comic book imprint Radical Comics around Hollywood, has acquired a 20% stake in Singapore’s media conglomerate, Storm Lion.
Rage to receive multi-territory online and mobile release

Independent web TV service Babelgum and Cinetic Rights Management have announced a landmark deal for multi-territory online and mobile release for Sally Potter’s Rage
Reliance Big Entertainment reveals A-list productions

India’s Reliance Big Entertainment (RBE) has announced the first raft of projects to be approved for development financing through the deals it has struck with the production vehicles of nine Hollywood stars.
Rezo Films takes worldwide sales on Tsar, I Killed My Mother, Jaffa

Rezo Films has taken on world sales on three films in official selection this Cannes including Russian veteran Pavel Lungin’s Tsar.
Rifkin’s Cheyenne sets two at Intandem

Veteran LA producer Arnold Rifkin and his Cheyenne Enterprises have joined forces with London-based film finance and international sales house, Intandem Films on two films, Clever and Your Perfect Angel.
Rockside and Liddell acquire Chris Rock's Good Hair

Roadside Attractions and Liddell Entertainment have acquired worldwide rights to Chris Rock’s documentary Good Hair.
Russia forms organisation to promote local films abroad

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation is to create a government-sponsored, non-commercial organisation for the promotion of the Russian cinema abroad.
SAFC picks eight first timers for low budget picture scheme

The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) today announced the first four teams to be part of FilmLab, an initiative that aims to produce eight low-budget features within four years.
Salt tempts buyers with I Was Bono’s Doppelganger

Salt is tempting buyers with Nick Hamm’s I Was Bono’s Doppelganger starring Charlie Cox, Robert Sheehan, Romola Garai, Bill Nighy and Pete Postlethwaite.
Samson & Delilah

Dir: Warwick Thornton
Shanghai announces competition line-up

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has unveiled its competition line-up.
Shoreline bulks up Cannes slate

Los Angeles-based Shoreline Entertainment has bulked up its Cannes sales slate with the acquisition of worldwide rights to Pierre Laffargue’s French genre title Black.
South Korea launches plan to combat online piracy

File sharing websites and producers in South Korea have developed a three-step plan to combat piracy.
Spanish city Benidorm seeks international productions

The Spanish city of Benidorm is setting up a Film Office after signing an agreement with Ciudad De La Luz studios.
SPC buys White Ribbon and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Sony Pictures Classics has finalised a pre-Cannes acquisition of Michael Haneke’s competition entry The White Ribbon and bought Jan Kounen’s closing night film Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.
Star Trek

Dir: JJ Abrams
Stars rally for Stowe, Hyde Park

Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson are lining up to star in romantic epic Unbound Captives which is being sold by Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International.
Strong European presence at Sydney Film Festival

The Sydney Film Festival this morning (May 14) announced the 12 films chosen for competition including Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric, which is the festival’s opening film.
Student Oscars reveals foreign film nominees

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has picked five contenders for this year’s Honorary Foreign Film award in the 36th Annual Student Academy Awards.
Submarine closes worldwide sales on horror flick I Sell The Dead

Submarine has closed worldwide sales on Glenn McQuaid’s Slamdance premiere I Sell The Dead.
Sundance and Time Warner name Storytelling Fellows

The Sundance Institute and Time Warner have chosen playwrights Quincy Long and Matthew Paul Olmos and film-makers Ritesh Batra and Elgin James as the 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows.
Sundance announces projects for 2009 Ford Fellowship

The Sundance Institute has announced the four Fellows and projects selected for the 2009 Ford Foundation Film Fellowship.
Sweden’s Gotland Island bids to become film production centre

The Swedish island of Gotland – the home of the late Ingmar Bergman – has renewed its efforts to become a centre for film production in the city of Fårösund.
Swedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m

Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.
Taking Woodstock

Trailer
Team values

Iconic film-maker John Lasseter believes animation should be a collaborative process. He tells Mike Goodridge how he creates the right environment
TF1 to show promo of Jeunet's Micmacs at Cannes

TF1 International has announced its Cannes line-up including world premiere screenings, new titles and the first images of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs
The Little Film Company tempts buyers to Get It At Goode's

The Little Film Company is commencing worldwide sales at Cannes on Bruce Beresford’s upcoming romantic comedy Get It At Goode’s starring Monica Bellucci, Guy Pearce and Miranda Otto.
The G-Machine picks up Peter & Vandy and Witch Hunt

Ron Gell’s The G-Machine has bulked up its Cannes slate with Jay DiPietro’s Sundance premiere Peter & Vandy and Sean Penn’s documentary Witch Hunt.
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

Dir: Terry Gilliam. France / Canada / UK. 2009.
The wolf at the arthouse door

Film festivals have a key role in promoting art cinema, which is why Cannes is offering to screen on the web the first five minutes of all the films in its official selection.
The Works sells "The Cove" to Drei Freunde

London based The Works has sold The Cove to new distribution venture Drei Freunde for Germany..
Thirst

Dir: Park Chan-Wook
Thirst tops Korean box office over holiday weekend

Park Chan-wook’s vampire film Thirst has topped South Korea’s box office, beating X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and clocking up the biggest opening for a local film so far this year
UGC and TF1 eye merger

UGC International and TF1 International are planning a merger, ScreenDaily has learned.
UK’s HanWay tempts buyers with Thirteen Assassins

HanWay Films will be introducing buyers to Takashi Miike’s next film Thirteen Assassins at the Cannes film festival.
Umedia hears Alidi’s Whisper

Kurdish-Iraqi director Shahram Alidi’s Whisper With the Wind, which is screening in Critics’ Week, has been picked up for international sales by UMedia.
Up

Dir: Pete Docter, US, 2009. 104mins
Up

Dirs: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson. US. 2009.
Vengeance

Dir: Johnnie To
Vivendi to release New York, I Love You

Vivendi Entertainment has announced it will theatrically release New York, I Love You nationwide in the US on October 16.
Voltage woos Greta to Cannes

Voltage Pictures has bulked up its Cannes slate with the eleventh hour acquisition of the teen drama Greta starring Hilary Duff, Ellen Burstyn and Melissa Leo.
Warner Bros takes Latin American rights to Lope

US studio Warner Bros has signed a deal with Conspiracao Filmes to distribute Andrucha Waddington’s $16m action adventure film Lope across Latin America.
Watson peels Oranges for Icon

Icon Entertainment International has acquired worldwide sales rights to Oranges And Sunshine starring Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.
Wild Bunch takes international rights on Ghobadi's Persian Cats

Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats.
Wild Bunch unleashes packed slate on Cannes

Wild Bunch has arrived in Cannes with a packed slate including Nikita Mikhalkov’s $68.1m (€50m) follow up to Burnt By The Sun, and the next film from French master Jean-Luc Godard.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Dir: Gavin Hood
Yellow Bird to adapt Jo Nesbo’s novel Headhunters

Fresh from its success with its screen adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s best selling Millennium trilogy, Swedish production outfit Yellow Bird has optioned Jo Nesbø’s novel, Headhunters.

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