All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 123
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NewsTaika Waititi’s Piki Films signs indigenous writers for three projects about colonisation (exclusive)
Company will develop two features and a detective series.
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NewsRepublic acquires Iranian refugee doc ‘Love Child’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
Has played festival circuit at Toronto, IDFA, CPH:DOX.
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NewsParkland picks up Mika Kaurismäki’s ‘Master Cheng’ for UK & Ireland (exclusive)
The film won the audience award at Nordic Days.
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NewsOdeon unveils “safer cinema” plans for UK & Ireland
It will reopen its first venues from July 4.
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NewsNew Zealand Film Festival unveils 2020 programme including physical screenings
The festival is Marten Rabarts first edition since taking over in October 2019.
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NewsUtopia boards ‘And She Could Be Next’, exec produced by Ava DuVernay
Documentary miniseries follows women of colour transforming US politics.
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NewsUK’s FrightFest launches digital edition for August Bank Holiday
The event will include 25 films plus live events.
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NewsIndie producers in “desperate need of cash flow”, Cannes panel hears
Advertising revenue slump has also hurt broadcasters.
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NewsSolstice unveils new deals on Russell Crowe thriller ‘Unhinged’ ahead of summer release
Distributors on board include Leonine for Germany, SND for France and Nordisk for Scandinavia.
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NewsFirst sales and trailer for LevelK’s Moomins creator biopic ‘Tove’ (exclusive)
Alma Pösti plays the Finnish painter Tove Jansson.
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NewsScreen Scotland appoints three to executive team
Kieran Hannigan, Dani Carlaw and Steven Little join the screen agency.
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NewsDevilworks takes world rights on UK summer solstice horror ‘Sacrilege’ (exclusive)
David Creed wrote and directed the feature.
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NewsParkland Pictures seals deals on pilgrimage doc ‘Camino Skies’ (exclusive)
Sales include France, Brazil, and German-speaking Europe.
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NewsDogwoof scores sales across virtual Cannes slate (exclusive)
‘The Mole Agent’, ‘Max Richter’s Sleep’ and ‘Laurel Canyon’ have all sold.
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NewsKaleidoscope, ‘Mulan’ writers launch climate change animation ‘Danger Island’ (exclusive)
The film centres on a 16-year-old climate activist named Hanna.
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FeaturesCannes virtual market: UK buzz titles
Projects starring Andrea Riseborough, Maggie Smith, Emma Mackey, and Lily James are on UK sellers’ Cannes market slates.
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News‘Rams’: first international trailer for English-language remake of Icelandic hit (exclusive)
Sam Neill and Michael Caton star.
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NewsKaleidoscope launches doc ‘Owen’ about tragic wrestling star Owen Hart (exclusive)
Hart died in an accident in a live televised wrestling stunt.
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NewsNeuchâtel launches programme for 2020 online edition
Titles include Neasa Hardiman’s ‘Sea Fever’.
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News101 Films International adds ‘Take Back’ with Mickey Rourke to Cannes online slate (exclusive)
The company has also picked up ‘The Complex – Lockdown’.