All Distribution articles – Page 402
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      NewsTWC 'pays $12m' for Lion
The Weinstein Company (TWC) has paid what is believed to be in the region of $12m for world rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to Lion.
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      NewsPhase 4 Films takes Ask Me Anything
The distributor has taken North American distribution rights to writer-director Allison Burnett’s drama based on his own novel, Undiscovered Gyrl, which Lightning Entertainment is selling to international buyers in Cannes.
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      NewsSorrentino’s Youth scores sales
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch and StudioCanal take rights to the Italian director’s follow up to Oscar-winner The Great Beauty.
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Fiddlesticks flies high in Europe
EXCLUSIVE: German kids adventure Fiddlesticks has been snapped up buyers following its market premiere.
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      NewsArrow takes El Ardor for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Pablo Fendrik’s rainforest thriller premieres in a Special Screening.
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IFC Midnight takes Extraterrestrial
IFC Midnight has acquired US rights to The Vicious Brothers’ Tribeca sci-fi horror Extraterrestrial from Vicarious Entertainment, Twin Engine Films and Buffalo Films. Separately, Film Movement has picked up Belle And Sebastian.
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      NewsA24 checks into Room
A24 has ancquired US rights from UTA Independent Film Group to Room, the drama that will star Brie Larson and shoots this autumn.
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Rudderless sales on track
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has sold a raft of territories on William H Macy’s feature directorial debut Rudderless, which screens in the market today.
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      NewsKino Lorber enters Forgotten Kingdom
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Mudge’s drama is set for June 10 North American theatrical release.
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      NewsMAD, Front Row sign output deal
EXCLUSIVE: First title to be released under the deal is The Double.
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      NewsCurzon takes Cannes title Leviathan
EXCLUSIVE: Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Competition entry sells to UK.
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      NewsTF1's Weddings goes global
EXCLUSIVE: TF1 International has been racking up sales on French multicultural marriage comedy hit Serial (Bad) Weddings.
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      NewsSony takes UK on Last Showing
EXCLUSIVE: Phil Hawkins’ thriller stars Robert Englund, Finn Jones and Emily Berrington; SC Films handle sales.
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      NewsScanbox sets company record
EXCLUSIVE: Distributor picks up seven films in Cannes’ official selection.
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      NewsCJ sells Girl At My Door
EXCLUSIVE: Directorial debut of July Jung sells to French distributor Epicentre.
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      NewsSundance Selects enters Blue Room
Sundance Selects has picked up North American rights from producer Paolo Branco of Alfama Films to Mathieu Amalric’s UCR selection The Blue Room.
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      NewsCinemavault tastes Dark Blood
Cinemavault has licensed North American VOD rights to Lionsgate for Dark Blood, the film ended production abruptly in 1993 when River Phoenix died.
 








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