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DAY 8
Dieter Kosslick extends Berlinale contract till 2013
Wild Bunch swims in Oceans of Berlin deals
Match Factory floats with Vinterberg’s Submarino
Media Asia closes slew of saleson The Sniper
Rapid Eye picks up Phantom’sLove Exposure
Universum Film developing Tractors bestseller with UK’s Trijbits
Eurimages plans contribution systemrestructure
Latido closes number of deals on Sex, Party & Lies
DAY 7
IM Global sets sales for Hill, Miller movies
Cannes selectors face deluge of auteurs
Intra’s Tobruklands in UK with Hi-Fliers
Uchitel to hunt Lions with Sokolovsky
Sinclair in Berlin with Feet In The Clouds
Doc Alliance launches online distribution portal
Winter booked for Gate remake by H20, MMC
Asmik Ace picks up Kore-eda’s Air Doll
Magnolia kicks up US rights to Ong Bak 2
DAY 6
Independents must consolidate, says Waisbren
Elephant Eye scores precious Icon deal on Push
Ghost deals materialize for Summit
Germany’s Ascot Elite chews up Chaw
Fireball deals snowball for Golden Network
Buyers get Sympathy for Kimmel
Lionsgate UK gets Heartless from Omega
Mother Of Christ does business for Media 8
Locarno’s Open Doors to focus on Greater China
Verma in Berlin to finance Sinyor’s Bollywood pic
M-Line seals European, Japan deals on Flower
DAY 5
Festival titles find sales berths midway through Berlinale
Match Factory joins Tanovic’s Cirkus
Centurion strides out for Pathe
Protagonist seals deals on Loop, Beds
Depp to narrate Strange for DiCillo
EU’s MEDIA International funding increased by$3m for 2009
Bleiberg picks up AIDS drama Pedro
Wellcam welcomes Taras Bulba to Korea
Noble picks up two from Vantage
Coach 14 to remake Proyecto Dos with Rosa Entertainment
Mangold to direct thriller for Bold Films
Schmidtz Katze lines up English language thriller slate
Media Luna picks up Memory, Jennifer
Sophie goes to Turkey for Atlas
Negativ gets animated with Alois Nebel
Wintour doc a hot issue for Elle Driver
DAY 4
US sellers get tough on bad buyers
Bank of Ireland shuts film divisions in London and LA
Costa gets into Brazilian rhythm with Anderson, Barreto
Match Factory waltzes again with Folman
White Lightnin’ team sign with WMA for worldwide
WestEnd strikes key deals on Mother And Child
K5 brings Size, World to buyers
Noble snaps up Nine, Expendables
The Works seals deals on Loft, Wire
Bleiberg Entertainment closes raft of territories on Adam Resurrected
Filmmuseum ramps up acquisition business
Films Boutique picks up Rots, Jude titles
Arrow Cuts Loose with Verheyen
Shoreline is ata forkin the road
Dragon Tattooset for European rollout, English version
High Point takes on Haﴩ Cherie
Pierpoline, Lormand see Red with Mei
Will Machin joins Ealing Studios
Jinga sells The Disappeared and Summer Scars
DAY 3
The Greatestsells strongly for Kimmel
Momentum takes UK rights to thriller Burning Bright
Thoretton plots YSL art auction doc
Cineart goes on pre-Berlin buying spree
Content opens doors to Strange
MPI Media chews off North American rights to Jinga’s Gnaw
GrandHotel to make gay footballer story
BBC Films, HanWay groom teen spies with Cherub
Noel Clarke has signed on to star in Centurion
Wavelength Pictures launches North Korean film slate at EFM
Umedia has Double Take, enlists Rachel
UK producer in Berlin with Bad Day
Fallon partners on ambitious Auteurs
Magnolia Pictures picks up US rights to John Hindman’s Arlen Faber
UK’s Hudson launches Cologne-based production outfit
Cinemavault picks up Canadian, sales on Lovely, Still
DAY 2
Tom Tykwer teams up with the Wachowskis
Wild Bunch arrives in Berlin with auteur-packed sales slate
Sundance winners team for Second Child
Cast lines up for Werner Herzog andDavid Lynch horror
Aniston and Bateman to star in The Baster
T&C Pictures Internationalpacks Black Dynamite
Rotterdam and Berlin could overlap in 2010
IM Global Acclaim seals 26 presales on Miller’s Pippa Lee
Loveridge launches Meridiana with first slate
Memento closes on Larrieu brothers’ This Is The End
Korea’s Fine Cut wraps up pre-EFM sales
Reliance seals deals with Julia Roberts and Brett Ratner
Dean Spanleygoes to US with Miramax
High-Fliers acquires UK rights to New Town Killers
Wide gives Handto Strand for US
Autlook takes world on Panorama doc War + Love
Atrix boards Murnberger’s Bone Man
Thai master Weerasethakul lines up Uncle Boonmee
Kinowelt’s Ziannis sets up new sales shop Aktis
Echo Bridge sells far and wide on Ruins, InhaleAlien goes international with Little
DAY 1
Robert Redford and Terry Gilliam projects spark up at Voltage Pictures
Wild Bunch launches 3D label kicking off with Oceans
Vantage International gets lucky with 13 sales
Baker Street to launch international sales division under Lansley
Fortissimo rounds out Berlin slate with Asian auteurs
NonStop Entertainment picks up Berlinale Forum selected Burrowing
Kites flies on Reliance Big Pictures’ debut slate
AV Pictures sells Lesbian Vampire Killers in Germany and Australia
Content acquires The Technician and 20 titles from Nick Broomfield.
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