All Cannes articles – Page 323
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NewsScorsese and Schoonmaker return to British cinema doc
Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker will resume work on their long-gestating feature documentary about the history of British cinema.
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NewsDabis to focus on Middle East through new production vehicle
Cherien Dabis, whose Amreeka screened in Directors’ Fortnight last night (May 19), has teamed up with a US-based private investor to form the development, financing and production company Levantine Entertainment.
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NewsMPower close deals on The Stoning of Soraya M.
US-based MPower International has sold The Stoning Of Soraya M. to Scanbox in Scandinavia, Nu Metro in South Africa and Independent Distributors in Israel.
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NewsAsia’s Fox Star to develop Tamil films with Murugadoss
Fox Star Studios, the pan-Asian joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and broadcaster Star, has signed a two-picture deal with Tamil filmmaker AR Murugadoss, director of recent blockbuster Ghajini.
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NewsSola continues on its journey with Turtle
Sola Media is continuing to do business on Turtle: The Incredible Journey and closed deals after the second screening for Greece (PAS Distribution) and Korea (Line Tree) and is about to sign on further for Middle East and South East Asia.
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Content Republic takes digital rights to Conspiracy Of Silence
Digital distribution company Content Republic has taken worldwide digital rights to Conspiracy Of Silence from Flick Features.
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NewsFilm Distribution closes deals on Happy Ever Afters at busy market
Films Distribution has reported a busy market concluding sales on Happy Ever Afters in Australia (Hopscotch) and Germany (Telepool) with US negotiations currently underway for the film, which stars Sally Hawkins.
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NewsChang and Woo unveil 3D fantasy epic Magic Bell
Terence Chang and John Woo’s Lion Rock Productions has unveiled details of upcoming 3D fantasy epic LegendOf The Magic Bell, to be directed by renowned Korean TV director Kim Jonghak.
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NewsHugh Hudson to adapt George Orwell's Homage To Catalonia
Director Hugh Hudson (Chariots Of Fire) is to direct Catalonia, an adaptation of George Orwell’s book Homage To Catalonia by Australian screenwriter Bob Ellis.
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NewsSingapore's MDA appoints Distribution Workshop to handle first IFF titles
Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) has appointed Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop as the international sales agent for the first batch of films produced under its International Film Fund (IFF).
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NewsGreggory, Depardieu and Garrel cast In Four Winds
Globetrotting Portuguese producer Paulo Branco has announced casting on the new Jacques Doillon feature, the Bergman-style drama In Four Winds.
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NewsQuebec producers unite to stimulate coproduction
Seven Quebec-based independent film producers are uniting to push the cause of Quebec as an international coproduction partner and lobby the Canada government to lower the barriers to potential foreign co-production partners.
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NewsStrand Releasing to Drool all over US
Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Nancy Kissam’s Slamdance romantic comedy Drool starring Laura Harring.
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NewsRussian distributors hit US sellers with ultimatum
Russian distributors have issued a stark warning to US sales agents – renegotiate deals on films acquired before the economic crisis or else they will stop buying altogether.
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NewsE1 and DeaPlaneta beam up Astro Boy
E1 has taken UK and DeaPlaneta has acquired Spanish rights to Astro Boy following a work-in-progress screening and marketing presentation by Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios here.