All Screen articles in 26 February 2010 – Page 19
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NewsNonStop seeks to capiltalise on Moomins mania
Finnish production company Oy Filmkompaniet and Bjork are collaborating on the 3D project Moomins And The Comet Chase based on the beloved Scandinavian animated characters.
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NewsCinesavvy lines up p&a spend on Frankie & Alice, Cell 213
Toronto-based sales company Cinesavvy says it has secured “considerable” p&a funding for two of its EFM premieres, Frankie & Alice and Cell 213 from LA-based company Checkmark Films.
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NewsTokyo enlists Thomas, Umehara
The Tokyo International Film Festival has enlisted celebrated producer Jeremy Thomas and seasoned Japanese buyer Ken Umehara to the film selection panel for its 23rd annual event which takes place Oct 23-31.
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Perrier launches sales for Stonebrook International
Former Paramount Vantage and Odd Lot sales executive Delphine Perrier is in Berlin with a trio of projects in her new guise as president of sales at fledgling Stonebrook International.
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Magnet attracted to XYZ's Indonesian thriller Merantau
Magnet Releasing has acquired North American rights from XYZ Films to Welsh film-maker Gareth Huw Evans’ Indonesian martial arts action-thriller Merantau.
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Madman takes Australian rights to Banksy documentary
Cinetic International chief Shebnem Askin has sold the Banksy documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop to Madman in Australia.
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NewsGenz plots Terribly Happy English language remake
Henrik Ruben Genz is in talks to direct a $10-15m English language remake of his award winning Danish Oscar submission Terribly Happy.
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NewsMetrodome joins industry spoof
On the opening day of the 2010 European Film Market, UK distributor Metrdome picked up film industry mockumentary Just For The Record
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ReviewsPortrait Of The Fighter As A Young Man (Portretul Luptatorului La Tinerete)
Dir/scr: Constantin Popescu. Romania. 2010. 163mins.
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NewsIrvine Welsh to direct The Magnificant Eleven
Trainspotting novelist Irvine Welsh will direct gritty UK comedy The Magnificent Eleven, a modern-day version of the classic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven in which the Cowboys are a local amateur soccer team, the Indians run a nearby Tandoori restaurant and the bandits are a group of menacing thugs run ...
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ReviewsIf I Want To Whistle, I Whistle (Eu Cand Vreau Sa Fluier, Fluier)
Dir. Florin Serban. Romania-Sweden. 2010. 94mins.
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Oscilloscope goes Bananas for Gertten
Oscilloscope has snapped up US rights to Bananas!*, directed by Sweden’s Fredrik Gertten, who also executive produced.
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NewsI Phone You engages Kohlhaase
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (Summer In Berlin), winner of this year’s honorary Golden Bear, is attached as screenwriter to the Chinese-German culture-clash comedy I Phone You (working title).
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NewsForward Motion pitches Midgets Vs Mascots
Toronto-based Forward Motion has acquired international sales on the Gary Coleman (pictured) comedy Midgets Vs Mascots, one of several new titles on its slate.
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Imagina takes on Leon de Aranoa’s Amador
Imagina is handling international sales on Amador, the new film from critics’ darling Fernando Leon de Aranoa.
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NewsEasternlight cuts deals on 14 Blades
Easternlight Films has closed key territories on the Chinese revenge tale 14 Blades, which has raced to more than $8.7m in its first four days at the Chinese box office.