All Distribution articles – Page 285
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News'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' highlights programming dilemma
Disney juggernaut is set to play in a host of UK independent cinemas but some venues are resisting.
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NewsWeinsteins unveil 'Hateful Eight' roadshow plans
Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight will launch in 70mm on December 25 for a one-week tour of 100 nationwide theatres in which Tarantino and cast members will make surprise appearances.
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NewsDIFF: Front Row, VOX team on Very Big Shot
Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and regional exhibitor VOX Cinemas have co-acquired Lebanese thriller Very Big Shot (Kteer Kbeer) for a Gulf release.
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NewsStrand acquires US rights to 'Closet Monster'
Stephen Dunn’s drama starring Connor Jessup and featuring the voice of Isabella Rossellini premiered in Toronto where it won Best Canadian Feature Film.
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NewsDIFF: US studios eye Iranian market
Iran could become a major market for the US studios, surpassing even the UAE, if sanctions are lifted as planned under a long-negotiated nuclear deal between the country and major world powers, according to 20th Century Fox executive vice president, EMEA, Paul Higginson.
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NewsUS Briefs: Latest buys from FilmRise, Gravitas Ventures
Plus: STX Entertainment dates three films for 2016
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NewsScreen Film Summit: marketing 'Legend', '45 Years', 'Beyond Clueless'
Insight was given into three of the year’s standout British film campaigns.
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NewsSPC sets 'The Bronze' release
Sony Pictures Classics will open the Sundance comedy in select cities starting on March 18, 2016.
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NewsFrench court cancels 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' classification
Ruling over Palme d’Or winner fuels growing fears of conservative backlash in France.
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NewsDIFF: MAD ahead of The Curve, Summer Crowds
MAD Solutions has acquired pan-Arab rights to seven films in this year’s DIFF line-up, including The Curve and Before The Summer Crowds, which receive their world premieres in the Muhr feature competition today.
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NewsDIFF: VOX unlocks Rattle The Cage
Regional exhibitor and distributor VOX Cinemas has acquired Arabic-language rights to Emirati film-maker Majid Al Ansari’s Rattle The Cage (Zinzana) ahead of its gala screening at DIFF today.
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NewsNorth America: Telefilm Canada chief lauds Sundance presence
Plus: Kirk Douglas in $15M care home donation; The Boston Globe announces $100,000 Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship; and more…
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NewsKino Lorber acquires 'Rabin, The Last Day'
Israeli director Amos Gitai’s latest film chronicles events surrounding the final days of the assassinated Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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NewsEC unveils controversial content portability plans
Plans to implement cross-border portability of content spark industry concern.
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NewsGillian Armstrong’s Orry-Kelly docu-feature gets US deal
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Classics inks deal with Wolfe Releasing.
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NewsFilm Republic signs San Sebastian title 'Pikadero'
EXCLUSIVE: San Sebastian and Zurich comedy-drama gets UK sales company.
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NewsToronto title 'Land Of Mine' gets UK deal
EXCLUSIVE: K5 inks deal with Metrodome for war thriller.
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NewsBill Lee steps down at Alchemy
In a sudden leadership shuffle on Monday that caught insiders by surprise, the board of the fast-rising distributor has appointed Kelly Summers and Scott Guthrie as co-presidents.
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NewsMagnet acquires 'High-Rise' for US
The genre distributor has acquired US rights to Ben Wheatley’s latest film and plans a 2016 release.
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NewsUS Briefs: 'Chelsea Does' gets Netflix launch date
Plus: Relativity Studios sets 2016 release dates for five films and France’s Webedia expands US footprint