http://www.screendaily.com http://www.screendaily.com http://www.screendaily.com/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.screendaily.com http://www.screendaily.com/news/autlook-finalises-efm-doc-sales/5052803.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/autlook-finalises-efm-doc-sales/5052803.article Documentary distributor Autlook has secured sales of five films in the wake of the EFM. michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser) Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:11 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/transcendence-mass-for-depp/5052443.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/transcendence-mass-for-depp/5052443.article Contrary to recent speculation that Johnny Depp’s casting in Black Mass might disrupt his participation in Transcendence, the star’s representatives confirmed on Wednesday [27] that he is on board both projects, which are already well known to international buyers. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:27 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/match-factory-reveals-deals-avalanche/5052393.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/match-factory-reveals-deals-avalanche/5052393.article EXCLUSIVE: The Broken Circle Breakdown and Prince Avalanche among hot EFM sellers, with both selling to France, Germany and Australia among others. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/berlinale-reports-record-ticket-sales/5052385.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/berlinale-reports-record-ticket-sales/5052385.article Despite reports of a slow European Film Market and a subdued reaction to the festival selection, figures were up at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser) Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:20 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/trustnordisk-sells-ragnarok-to-us/5052160.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/trustnordisk-sells-ragnarok-to-us/5052160.article US distributor Magnolia has acquired Mikkel Sandemose’s Ragnarok from TrustNordisk, after a three-minute promo was shown during Berlin’s EFM. wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:40 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/first-hand-inks-more-efm-deals/5052137.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/first-hand-inks-more-efm-deals/5052137.article Among the deals, Shadows of Liberty [pictured] sells to Germany, US and Spain. ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell) Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:12 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/trustnordisk-sells-the-keeper-of-lost-causes/5052130.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/trustnordisk-sells-the-keeper-of-lost-causes/5052130.article Distributors flock to the first film as well as others in the planned four-feature franchise. wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:39 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/berlinale-boss-looks-to-future/5052071.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/berlinale-boss-looks-to-future/5052071.article EXCLUSIVE: Festival director Dieter Kosslick plans further expansion of Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM); first prizes awarded; World Cinema Fund in the spotlight. screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney) Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:09 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/submarine-sells-vivian-maier-doc/5052110.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/submarine-sells-vivian-maier-doc/5052110.article Submarine announced it had closed pre-sales at the EFM on John Maloof and Charles Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:48 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/berlin-2013-screens-dailies/5052093.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/berlin-2013-screens-dailies/5052093.article Browse Screen International’s daily magazines from the Berlin International Film Festival here. Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:17 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/global-screen-scores-more-efm-deals/5052044.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/global-screen-scores-more-efm-deals/5052044.article Among the deals, A Thousand Times Goodnight [pictured] has sold to Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Middle East and Taiwan. ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell) Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:44 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/new-wave-secures-two-berlin-competition-titles/5052018.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/new-wave-secures-two-berlin-competition-titles/5052018.article Also acquires Irish film Silence. wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:36 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/signature-inks-three-during-efm/5051985.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/signature-inks-three-during-efm/5051985.article UK distribution outfit Signature has picked up three titles for home entertainment release during the EFM. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:56 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/hollywood-heads-to-germany/5051984.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/hollywood-heads-to-germany/5051984.article After a lacklustre year in 2012, Germany is now overwhelmed with Hollywood stars working on films shooting here from George Clooney and Bill Murray to Emma Watson and Michael Douglas. screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:36 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/zykov-pushes-russian-doc-series/5051983.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/zykov-pushes-russian-doc-series/5051983.article Veteran producer Eugene Zykov is handling sales on Old Russian Cities, a series of documentaries designed to present a positive image of Russia abroad. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:28 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/dogwoof-reels-in-blackfish-rights/5051982.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/dogwoof-reels-in-blackfish-rights/5051982.article Dogwoof secures UK and international rights to Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s doc Blackfish andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:24 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/bfi-earmarks-16m-for-co-pros/5051981.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/bfi-earmarks-16m-for-co-pros/5051981.article Isabel Davis, the British Film Institute’s head of international, is in Berlin spreading the word about the BFI Film Fund’s increased commitment to funding co-productions. wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:15 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/mezey-talks-up-cinereach/5051979.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/mezey-talks-up-cinereach/5051979.article New York-based independent producer Paul Mezey of Journeyman Pictures has revealed further details of his work with Cinereach - the non-profit organisation with which he worked on the Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:12 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/wide-slate-lures-copious-buyers/5051978.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/wide-slate-lures-copious-buyers/5051978.article EXCLUSIVE: Doc sales specialist Wide House is reporting a roaring trade on its EFM titles. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:09 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/jadoo-duo-reunites-on-uk-comedy/5051977.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/jadoo-duo-reunites-on-uk-comedy/5051977.article EXCLUSIVE: Jadoo producer Richard Holmes is to executive-produce a new comedy produced by Farhana Bhula. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:04 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/rival-ysl-films-wage-fierce-battle/5051966.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/rival-ysl-films-wage-fierce-battle/5051966.article French Designer Yves Saint Laurent died nearly four years ago, but rival film companies are battling it out over who has the right to shoot his biography and who is allowed to portray the clothes that set the fashion agenda for a generation. Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:07 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/jadoo-producer-readies-keeping-rosy/5051965.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/jadoo-producer-readies-keeping-rosy/5051965.article EXCLUSIVE: Richard Holmes, producer of Culinary Cinema selection Jadoo, is planning a March 4 start date for his next production, Keeping Rosy. wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:45 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/gloria-racks-up-raft-of-sales/5051961.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/gloria-racks-up-raft-of-sales/5051961.article EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, the buzz film in this year’s Berlinale Competition, has provoked a mini-stampede among buyers. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:29 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/slim-pickings-for-efm-buyers/5051944.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/slim-pickings-for-efm-buyers/5051944.article A slow EFM punctuated by just a handful of commercial must-haves and a subdued reaction to the festival selection turned hopeful thoughts to France and the promise of Cannes. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/myriad-sells-inescapable/5051976.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/myriad-sells-inescapable/5051976.article Myriad Pictures has closed key sales at the EFM on Ruba Nadda’s thriller Inescapable, which IFC will distribute in the US in March. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:03 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/high-point-strikes-community-deals/5051940.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/high-point-strikes-community-deals/5051940.article Among the deals, Matchbox Films will release Jason Ford’s hoodie horror [pictured] in the UK. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:35 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/magnolia-buys-nymphomaniac/5051929.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/magnolia-buys-nymphomaniac/5051929.article Magnolia Pictures confirmed on Tuesday [12] that it has acquired US rights to Lars von Trier’s hotly anticipated Nymphomaniac after TrustNordisk screened footage at the EFM. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:46 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/octane-to-sell-green-dragons/5051915.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/octane-to-sell-green-dragons/5051915.article IM Global’s genre label will fully finance Hong Kong director Andrew Lau’s Revenge Of The Green Dragons. Martin Scorsese will serve as executive producer. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:46 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/urban-closes-berlin-slate-deals/5051913.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/urban-closes-berlin-slate-deals/5051913.article Paris and New York-based Urban Distribution International has closed multiple deals on its Berlin slate. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:34 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/reel-suspects-sells-lose-your-head/5051908.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/reel-suspects-sells-lose-your-head/5051908.article Reel Suspects’ Berlin Panorama title Lose Your Head has been snapped up by Open Reel for Italy. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:19 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/memento-records-s-vhs-sales/5051907.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/memento-records-s-vhs-sales/5051907.article Paris-based Memento Films International (MFI) has been racking up sales on footage horror picture S-VHS , the sequel to cult hit V/H/S. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:59 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/le-pacte-makes-sales-of-the-nun/5051906.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/le-pacte-makes-sales-of-the-nun/5051906.article Le Pacte is racking up sales on Berlinale Competition entry The Nun, the period drama directed by Guillaume Nicloux and starring Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert and Louise Bourgoin. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:57 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/diego-luna-readies-third-feature/5051888.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/diego-luna-readies-third-feature/5051888.article Diego Luna is set to start shooting his third feature Mr Pig within the next month. wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/banana-shoots-for-robert-capa-biopic/5051889.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/banana-shoots-for-robert-capa-biopic/5051889.article The film, Capa In Israel, is to be directed by Eduardo Rossoff and scripted by Robert Butler. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/griffiths-illuminations-readies-busy-slate-including-duane-hopkins-bypass/5051893.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/griffiths-illuminations-readies-busy-slate-including-duane-hopkins-bypass/5051893.article Bypass, backed by the BFI and Film I Vast, is being produced by Third Films in Newcastle and is due to shoot in March. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/eye-on-films-goes-to-brasil/5051897.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/eye-on-films-goes-to-brasil/5051897.article EoF now has over 80 partners, among them 45 festivals and 39 distributors. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/xyz-launches-intl-division/5051904.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/xyz-launches-intl-division/5051904.article XYZ Films has launched an international sales arm to handle word sales on in-house and third party titles. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/ipso-facto-gains-nothing-to-lose/5051887.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/ipso-facto-gains-nothing-to-lose/5051887.article Christine Alderson’s UK production company Ipso Facto has snapped up remake rights to Pieter Kuipers’ thriller Nothing To Lose from Dutch production outfit Pupkin Films. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:40 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/constantin-acquires-status-quo-film-sequel-greenlit/5051883.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/constantin-acquires-status-quo-film-sequel-greenlit/5051883.article First major territory deal secured for the upcoming UK action comedy; greenlight for a sequel in India. michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:20 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/before-midnight-sells-out-at-efm/5051877.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/before-midnight-sells-out-at-efm/5051877.article Richard Linklater’s Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy romance has sold out at the EFM ahead of Monday’s [11] international premiere at the Berlinale. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:11 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/focus-sells-out-messenger/5051874.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/focus-sells-out-messenger/5051874.article Focus Features International (FFI) chief Alison Thompson’s team has virtually sold out the Jeremy Renner thriller at the EFM. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:15 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/metrodome-takes-on-the-liability-as-revolver-falters/5051861.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/metrodome-takes-on-the-liability-as-revolver-falters/5051861.article Sales outfits and producers look for new buyers for films on Revolver’s slate. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:20 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/dogwoof-closes-efm-deals/5051858.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/dogwoof-closes-efm-deals/5051858.article UK sales outfit Dogwoof Global has closed all-rights deals for The Ridge with Domma Inc. Japan, and deals for Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In with Madman for Australia, Tour de Force for Norway and The Culture Business for Italy. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:15 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/oneill-fastnet-launch-distrib-wildcard/5051853.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/oneill-fastnet-launch-distrib-wildcard/5051853.article EXCLUSIVE: O’Neill departs IFB to launch theatrical distribution outfit; strikes partnerships, deals at the EFM. andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:25 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/studiocanal-secures-traitor-sales/5051828.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/studiocanal-secures-traitor-sales/5051828.article EXCLUSIVE: Bucking the trend in a tough Berlin market, StudioCanal has closed significant pre-sales on new John Le Carré adaptation Our Kind Of Traitor. geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/premiere-sells-the-outsider/5051831.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/premiere-sells-the-outsider/5051831.article EXCLUSIVE: Premiere Entertainment Group has received plenty of attention on action thriller The Outsider starring Jason Patric, James Caan, Craig Fairbrass and Shannon Elizabeth. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/lightning-gets-chills-for-freezer/5051832.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/lightning-gets-chills-for-freezer/5051832.article EXCLUSIVE: Santa Monica-based Lightning Entertainment has bulked up its EFM portfolio with international sales rights to the thriller Freezer starring Dylan McDermott and Peter Facinelli. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/basner-promotes-filmnation-four/5051833.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/basner-promotes-filmnation-four/5051833.article FilmNation CEO Glen Basner has announced four key promotions. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/mmg-boards-law-and-disorder/5051834.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/mmg-boards-law-and-disorder/5051834.article Meyers Media Group has been in the thick of talks with buyers on Law & Disorder and holds worldwide rights. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/freestyle-buys-love-sick-love/5051835.article?referrer=RSS http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/european-film-market/freestyle-buys-love-sick-love/5051835.article Ellen Wander of Los Angeles-based Film Bridge International and producer Anne Estonilo MouseRoar Productions have confirmed that Freestyle Releasing has acquired US rights to Love Sick Love. jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:00 GMT