All Screen articles in 26 May 2011 – Page 9
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NewsVisit tempts Cannes buyers with Toomelah, Heat Wave, Bellflower
EXCLUSIVE: New York-based Visit Films has acquired international rights to a trio of market titles here, including Ivan Sen’s Aboriginal drama Toomelah which premieres in Un Certain Regard today [13].
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NewsDoha Tribeca to host world premiere of Black Gold
Quinta Communications’ Arabian epic Black Gold will make its world premiere at the 2011 Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), which is scheduled to run October 25-29 at Katara Cultural Village.
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NewsEx Inferis heats up for Opus as Cannes buyers circle
EXCLUSIVE: Ken DuBow’s LA-based Opus Distribution will be introducing buyers on the Croisette to the horror film Ex Inferis from director Leonardo Araneo.
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NewsJapan’s Free Stone launches with Heaven’s Story, Kokuei package
Japanese sales company Free Stone Production is making its Cannes debut with award-winning Berlin title Heaven’s Story and a special package of avant-garde pinku (aka erotic) movies from Japanese production house Kokuei.
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NewsTrevor Wright joins Unified Pictures in consultancy role
The international sales veteran will attend Cannes with Unified founder Keith Kjarval and president of distribution and acquisitions Ann Dubinet.
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NewsC Sky, twofour54 Abu Dhabi strike development deal
EXCLUSIVE: Kuwaiti filmmaker Walid Al Awadi’s C Sky Pictures has signed a three-year development deal with twofour54 Abu Dhabi to develop and produce a slate of Arabic film and TV projects.
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NewseOne reports deals on competition entry Sleeping Beauty
EXCLUSIVE: eOne Films International reports strong interest here on Julia Leigh’s psycho-sexual drama Sleeping Beauty, which premiered in competition last night [12].
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NewsUma Thurman in talks to join Clive Owen on Foresight's Blind
EXCLUSIVE: Clive Owen is confirmed and Cannes competition juror Uma Thurman is in talks to star in the romance Blind, which Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited is selling here.
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CommentGifted celebrities
In the name of investigative journalism we head to the freebie suite in Cannes.
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NewsMalik, Parker launch new production company Pari Passu
EXCLUSIVE: The first feature on the slate will be January, a co-production with Face Films.
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CommentDown and dirty
Israeli actress Hagar Ben Asher’s feature directing debut The Slut is screening in Critics’ Week.
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CommentThe Outback insiders
The young stars of Ivan Sen’s Toomelah will be hitting the red carpet in Cannes tonight.
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NewsFilmNation adds Heroes Of Nanking to Cannes slate
Glen Basner’s sales, production and financing company has boarded the bulk of international sales on Zhang Yimou and producer Zhang Weiping’s epic starring Christian Bale.
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Annapurna moves on Terminator as market heats up
Annapurna Films has paid in the region of $20m to make at least two Terminator films following a victorious auction that parachutes another white-hot title into an already bullish Cannes market.
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UTV's Heroine starring Aishwarya Rai unveiled at Cannes
UTV Motion Pictures unveiled its upcoming production Heroine, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, at Cannes on Friday (May 13).
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CommentFestival affair
Frederic Boyer yesterday hosted a Cannes lunch for festival directors and programmers
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NewsLocation Flanders launches $36,000 grant
Once every year, thegrant will go to a foreign film or television series that extensively puts Flanders in the spotlight
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NewsSPC takes US on Palme d'Or hopeful Footnote
Sony Pictures Classics tales North and Latin American rights for Joseph’s Cedar’s Palme d’Or contender from WesEnd Films
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Doha Film Institute unveils slate of 25 grant recipients
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the slate of 25 projects in various stages of production that will receive grants in its second funding round.