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Toronto Film Festival

All the news on the 35th TIFF (Sept 9-19).

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Music Box acquires US rights to Canadian Oscar submission Monsieur Lazhar

By Melanie Goodfellow

Paris-based sales company Films Distribution has secured a slew of sales on heart-warming tale about an Algerian refugee who lands himself ajob as a replacement teacher, including to US distributor Money Box.

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Soda to launch Gerhard Richter doc to coincide with Tate exhibition

By Wendy Mitchell

Soda Pictures is planning the UK launch of Corinna Belz’s Gerhard Richter Painting for Oct 3, just ahead of the opening of his retrospective at the Tate Modern (Oct 6-Jan 8).

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HanWay sells You're Next to more than 30 territories

By Wendy Mitchell

Deals include UK (Icon), Germany (Splendid), France and Benelux (French Connection), and Japan (Asmik Ace).

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A Monster In Paris

By Lisa Nesselson

Dir: Bibo Bergeron. France. 2010. 88mins

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Land Of Oblivion

By Mark Adams, chief film critic

Di/scr: Michale Boganim. France-Germany-Poland-Ukraine. 2011. 115mins

Among Us

Among Us

By Mike Goodridge

Dir: Marco van Geffen. 2011. Netherlands. 90mins

Wetlands

Wetlands

By Howard Feinstein

Dir/scr: Guy Edoin. Canada. 2011. 111mins

Bunohan

Bunohan

By David D'Arcy

Dir/scr:  Dain Said. Malaysia. 2011. 97mins

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