All Cannes Market articles – Page 127
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NewsCinecoup first Telefilm Canada private partner
Telefilm Canada is promoting Vancouver’s CineCoup Film Accelerator, a reality show-style competition to provide $1m to fund a new feature and guarantee theatrical distribution in Canada.
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NewsPhase 4 takes Free Ride
Phase 4 Films has moved on North American rights to Shana Betz’s feature directorial debut Free Ride starring Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet and Drea De Matteo. Cargo Entertainment handles international sales in Cannes.
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NewsSundance Selects Two Days, One Night
Sundance Selects has acquired US rights to the Dardenne brothers’ upcoming drama Two Days, One Night starring Marion Cotillard.
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NewsWrekin Hill gets Siberian Education
The distributor has picked up US rights to Gabriele Salvatores’ Siberian Education starring John Malkovich in the tale of members of a gang of exiled Siberians who adhere to a strict code.
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DIFF to host Cinematic Innovation Summit
The inaugural Cinematic Innovation Summit will be held December 5-6 in conjunction with the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
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NewsTWC takes Suite Francaise US rights
Entertainment One and TF1 have confirmed they are partnering with The Weinstein Company (TWC) on World War Two drama Suite Francaise.
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NewsFFI reports Black Sea sales surge
Focus Features International has reported a strong response to Kevin Macdonald’s thriller starring Jude Law, led by a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisition.
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NewsKapadia, IM Global team on love story
Senna director Asif Kapadia has signed on to direct love story Ali and Nino, which IM Global will begin sales on in Cannes.
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NewsDreamWorks inks Euro output deals
DreamWorks, through their licensing collaboration with David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment, has inked multiple distribution output deals at Cannes, including with Samuel and Victor Hadida’s Metropolitan FilmExport in France.
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NewsCohen Media Group buys Tycoon
Cohen Media Group chairman and CEO Charles S Cohen announced in Cannes that the company has acquired National Book Award winner Edward Ball’s recently published The Inventor And The Tycoon.
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NewsMongrel acquires The Great Beauty
The buyer has acquired all Canadian rights to Paolo Sorrentino’s latest offering, set to premiere in competition here tomorrow [21].
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NewsRADiUS-TWC acquires Blue Ruin
RADiUS-TWC concluded an on-site buy of a festival film on Saturday night [18] as it acquired North American rights to Blue Ruin.
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NewsQED, Huayi strikes China alliance
In the latest US-China pact to take root in Hollywood, QED International and Huayi Brothers Media Company have formed a strategic distribution and co-production partnership.
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NewsColt 45 writer options Stark
EXCLUSIVE: Colt 45 writer Fathi Beddiar to direct Edward Bunker crime-thriller.
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NewsFinns pact for US alliance
Helsinki-based Bronson Club and New York-based Uncorked Productions have started a new collaboration, Start To Finnish, to develop English-language international projects for six top Finnish directors.
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NewsSonet launches TV production arm
Swedish film production outfit Sonet Film has launched a new production arm, Sonet Television, complete with a slate of crime dramas.
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NewsMoviehouse launches production arm
EXCLUSIVE: London-based sales outfit launches production slate.
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NewsPinewood backs thriller Take Down
EXCLUSIVE: Pinewood’s first US production commitment is on Radiant’s Jim Gillespie thriller from Ransom writer Alexander Ignon.
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NewsBackup signs up Lorna Tee
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong-based Tee is a well-known figure in the Asian film industry.
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NewsClio Barnard in talks for Tusk
EXCLUSIVE: British director Clio Barnard is in talks to direct Tusk for Origin Pictures.