All articles by Andreas Wiseman – Page 139
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NewsMemento closes deals on Foxfire, Sister, We Are What We Are, Under the Rainbow
EXCLUSIVE: French sales company Memento saw strong demand for its slate at the EFM and has tied up further deals on Competition entry Sister and the next films from Laurent Cantet, Agnes Jaoui and Jim Mickle.
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NewsMartina Ternstrom joins Revolver
Martina Ternstrom has joined UK distributor Revolver as acquisitions executive; Panizzo promoted; Lucy Taylor gets new role.
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NewsArrow strikes for five at EFM, including A Simple Life
UK distributor Arrow Films has picked up Ann Hui’s Venice and Toronto drama A Simple Life.
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NewsPathe UK signs first-look deal with Damian Jones
Pathe inks first look deal with The Iron Lady producer who is currently working on period-drama Belle from writer-director Amma Asante.
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NewsAdopt takes on Cafe de Flore
Adopt Films has acquired US rights to Jean-Marc Vallée’s drama Café de Flore.
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NewsWoody Allen, Alexander Payne among WGA winners
Woody Allen won Best Original Screenplay at the WGA Awards on Sunday night for Midnight in Paris; Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon won for Best Adapted Screenplay
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NewsPlush, V/H/S among Momentum’s Berlin and Sundance buying spree
EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Hardwicke’s Plush, Francois Ozon’s In the House, starry portmanteau The Players, romance Populaire with Romain Duris, Deborah Francois and Berenice Bejo, and Sundance buzzer V/H/S are among Momentum’s impressive recent shopping spree.
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NewsSylvain Auzou boards Russian festival
EXCLUSIVE: Venice Days deputy director Sylvain Auzou will be the artistic director of the sixth International Independent Film Festival Zavtra/2morrow, which takes place in Moscow between 24- 30 September 2012.
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FeaturesThe Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Producer James Wilson talks about high-concept documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, directed by Sophie Fiennes and starring the inimitable philosopher and film critic Slavoj Zizek.
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NewsRafi Pitts teams with Radulescu, Karathanos on Soy Negro
EXCLUSIVE: Rafi Pitts is co-writing his next film with Romanian writer Radvan Radulescu (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 days, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu).
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FeaturesBuoyant, but not booming, Berlin market points to busier Cannes
Hottest sellers include 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington [pictured] for Foresight and Steven Soderbergh’s Bitter Pill for FilmNation.
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NewsRooks Nest takes off
Julia Godzinskaya and Michael Sackler of new UK production outfit Rooks Nest Entertainment come to Berlin with Panorama entry My Brother the Devil, Sally El Hosaini’s well-received debut which premiered at Sundance.
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NewsUrban 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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NewsSony 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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NewsWestEnd 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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NewsRevolver and Picturehouse have Electrick Children
UK distributors Revolver and Picturehouse have swooped on Generation entry Elektrick Children, acquiring from M-Appeal.
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Metrodome picks up Piggy
Metrodome has picked up UK & Eire rights for thriller Piggy starring Paul Anderson and Martin Compston.
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NewsBerlin sellers roundup: Deals from Delphis, Locomotive, Jinga, Stealth and more
The latest sales news from the European Film Market.
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EoF closes deals, adds partners, films
Wide’s indie distribution collective Eye On Films (EoF) continues to see healthy growth of its slate, distribution activity and number of partners.