All Distribution articles – Page 497
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Freestyle acquires Julia Dyer’s The Playroom
Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media have taken theatrical and all DVD and VOD rights to the drama and have set a Feb 8 day-and-date release.
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NewsNew distribution fund set to boost Flemish films
EXCLUSIVE: Flanders Image is preparing to launch a financial support scheme that will award funds to international distributors of Flemish films.
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NewsNetwork Distributing acquires rights to 450 films from StudioCanal library
EXCLUSIVE: British classics include On The Fiddle starring Sean Connery [pictured].
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NewsMonaliza heads to Marrakech
Distributor and exhibitor Marrakech Spectacles has picked up Moroccan rights for Jordanian director Fadi G. Haddad’s romantic comedy When MonaLiza Smiled, which is screening in DIFF’s Muhr Arab Feature competition.
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NewsNew Wim Wenders Foundation to acquire director's films held by third parties
Rights to all of Wim Wenders’ films still held by third parties – such as Hamburg producer Peter Schwarzkopff - are to be acquired by the newly founded Wim Wenders Foundation (WWF) in Düsseldorf by the end of this year.
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Gravitas Ventures, Variance Films find End Of Love
The companies will partner on the widely admired Sundance 2012 drama by Mark Webber.
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Boehm moves to Icon Australia
Susan Boehm will take up a new Sydney-based role as head of acquisitions and development at Icon Film Distribution in January.
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NewsDistribution round-up: Anchor Bay, RADiUS-TWC strike pact
Anchor Bay will distribute the RADiUS-TWC slate on DVD and Blu-ray. Also in action on Tuesday: BAM and Well Go USA; Zeitgeist; Kaleidescape and Warner Bros Digital Distribution; and BoPaul Media Worldwide.
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NewsTurkey’s Sinema TV strikes James Bond deal
The Medyavizyon affiliate announced the distribution agreement with MGM this week [11].
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Tribeca Film, Focus World take Greetings From Tim Buckley
The partners have acquired US rights to Dan Algrant’s film, which chronicles two generations of musicians – Tim and Jeff Buckley. Separately, The Cinema Guild has taken select rights to An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty.
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Euromed spearheads launch of MENA distributors network
A consortium of around 20 distributors from across the Middle East has launched a new regional network, provisionally called MEDIS.
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NewsFront Row hunts down Bloodsport, Reykjavik
Front Row Entertainment, the Dubai-based distributor that is among the world’s most prolific pre-buyers of independent films, has added several more titles to its brimming release slate.
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NewsImpossible sinks Titanic record in Spain
Tsunami drama has also started strongly in France and Thailand, where the film is set.
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NewsTwilight, Skyfall, Guardians set to rule again in international
With The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Skyfall and Rise of the Guardians still dominant, and the big holiday releases yet to come, there are only a handful of major-territory openings in the international marketplace this weekend.
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NewsTribeca takes two from Karpovsky
Tribeca Film has acquired North American rights to multi-hyphenate Alex Karpovsky’s Rubberneck and Red Flag.
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NewsShout! Factory takes two from EuropaCorp
In a deal with French studio EuropaCorp, Shout! Factory has acquired US home entertainment, digital and broadcast rights to CG animated feature A Monster In Paris and Luc Besson’s adventure film The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec.
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NewsXLrator takes American Mary for US
XLrator Media has acquired all US rights to horror thriller American Mary and plans to release the film on its new Screamfest label next autumn.
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Aldamisa takes international on Sundance premiere Inevitable Defeat
Aldamisa International has acquired director George Tillman’s The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, set for its world premiere at next month’s Sundance festival, for international sales.
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NewsMetrodome promotes Simon Weavers
Metrodome Distribution has promoted Simon Weavers to head of DVD sales.
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NewsjOBS acquired by Canada’s Remstar
Montreal-based Remstar Films is to distribute the Steve Jobs biopic in Canada; Entertainment One will handle rights in all media for the film outside Quebec.









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