All Screen articles in 7 November 2013 – Page 3
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Double Dutch boards 6 Figures
Jason and Ron Moring’s Double Dutch International will handle international sales on the Fishbowl Films thriller.
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NewsFilm finance partner joins Lee & Thompson
New hiring hoped to significantly boost the team’s film finance offering.
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Tapped sells for Screen Media
Screen Media has licensed Latin America and Brazil to Sato Company and Benelux to Three Lines on Canadian MMA thriller Tapped.
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NewsPartners launch US-UK Unlimited
EXCLUSIVE: London-based producer Diana Phillips has teamed up with LA’s talent agency Claire Best & Associates and Peter Lang’s Production Company Pictures In A Row to form Unlimited Pictures.
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NewsHighland picks up Mind
EXCLUSIVE: Highland Film Group has picked up international sales on Your Right Mind starring Katherine Heigl and Ben Barnes and will introduce to buyers here. CAA represents North American rights.
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NewsFilmSharks picks up Of Horses
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks International has picked up sales rights to Iceland’s foreign-language Oscar submission Of Horses And Men.
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NewsRed Sea flies with Eighth
EXCLUSIVE: Red Sea Media has come on to handle international sales at AFM on WWII film The Mighty Eighth, which David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of The Fighter are on board to produce.
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NewsImage revs up with Drive Hard
EXCLUSIVE: Image Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the action film Drive Hard starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane. Voltage Pictures handles international sales at AFM.
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NewsAFM rocked by FFI closure
Market attendees woke up to the grim reality of Hollywood on Thursday after it emerged that Focus Features International (FFI) is to close at the end of December.
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FeaturesTerritory Focus: China
Browse Screen’s focus on China including features on distribution, setting up in the territory and the hottest new titles.
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FeaturesChina: Journey to the East
Independent film companies are increasingly setting up shop in China, and using their ability to distribute Chinese films overseas to open doors in the territory.
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FeaturesChina: Battle for independents
Non-studio foreign films can gross big numbers in China, but the business is getting tougher as risks increase alongside the rewards.
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FeaturesChina: a digital domain
Digital marketing has become critical in China’s increasingly competitive movie market, but it’s a battle in which local films currently hold an advantage.
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FeaturesSet report: Wolf Totem
French director Jean-Jacques Annaud takes on one of China’s most beloved novels — while raising his own pack of wolves.
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FeaturesContent Media: Crossover traffic
Content Media Corporation’s John Schmidt and Jamie Carmichael talk to Jeremy Kay about their multi-platform strategies, the importance of sequels and building lasting relationships
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FeaturesUmedia’s moment of Grace
The fast-growing production, financing and distribution company has rebranded its multiple operations under one name and is ramping up its production slate. Michael Rosser reports
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NewsNoble Family debuts in US
Mexican social satire The Noble Family (Nosotros Los Nobles) has grossed approximately $200,000 through Cinelatino in its first weekend in the US.
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NewsKatselas, I-Bankers Direct line up Somewhat Dead
BAFTA-nominated producer Lisa Katselas is using a pioneering equity investment crowdfunding model to finance her next production, Somewhat Dead.
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NewsBlanchett in SBIFF honour
Cate Blanchett will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2014’s Outstanding Performer Of The Year Award.
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NewsWeinsteins pick up Regression
Bob and Harvey Weinstein have signed on to distribute Alejandro Amenabar’s upcoming thriller Regression in 2015 in the US through their fledgling TWC-Dimension label. Separately, Sundance Selects has acquired the German Oscar entry Two Lives.