All Screen articles in 23 Feb 2012 – Page 11
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Urban goes to Guimaraes
Urban Distribution International is to handle international rights on Fundacao Cidade de Guimaraes, the new portmanteau co-directed by Manoel De Oliveira, Aki Kaurismaki, Victor Erice and Pedro Costa.
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Buyers hail Caesar for Rai Trade
Caesar Must Die, the Taviani brothers’ Competition entry and early critics’ favourite has US buyers circling.
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Kevin Macdonald travels to Black Sea and Eastern Europe
Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald is working with writer Dennis Kelly, writer of Matilda The Musical, on a project called Black Sea.
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Sony inks multi-territory deal with The Exchange for Higher Ground
EXCLUSIVE: The Exchange sells key markets on Vera Farmiga’s debut Higher Ground, which SPC had already picked up for US last year.
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Bin Laden zombie-action marches for Highland
Highland Film Group has closed key territories on zombie-action Osombie. Deals include North America (eOne), UK (Signature) and Germany (Splendid).
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WestEnd sells Invisible Woman in UK, Australia
EXCLUSIVE: UK sales outfit WestEnd Films has closed “substantial” EFM deals on Ralph Fiennes’ in-demand sophomore drama to Lionsgate for UK and E1 for Australia. Fiennes stars as Charles Dickens alongside Felicity Jones and Kristin Scott Thomas.
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Buyers shoot for Lotte’s Arrows
Korea’s Lotte Entertainment has sealed a string of deals on local box office hit The War Of The Arrows, including a Japanese sale to Showgate.
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Toei’s Admiral conquers UK, Germany
Japanese studio Toei has closed several deals on its big-budget war epic Admiral Yamamoto, including a sale to Germany’s Pandastorm Pictures.
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Summit confirms Garrett departure
Summit Entertainment has confirmed that David Garrett, its London-based president of international sales, is to leave the company.
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Hot Docs launches crowd-funding service
Hot Docs is launching Doc Ignite, an online crowd-funding service designed to help independent Canadian film makers.
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Breaking Dawn 1 makes big DVD debut
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 sold an estimated 3.2 m DVD and Blu-ray units during its first weekend of release in the US.
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ASC award goes to Lubezki
Emmanuel Lubezki has won the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) feature film award for his work on The Tree of Life.
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Mundruczó to head Sarajevo jury
The Sarajevo Film Festival has named Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó president of the jury for its feature film competition programme.