All Distribution articles – Page 517
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NewsNovember Films takes UK rights to The Punk Syndrome
November Films has taken all UK rights to Finnish documentary The Punk Syndrome.
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NewsDogme director Kragh-Jacobsen to shoot thriller starring The Killing's Sofie Grabol
The Hunt and Submarino writer Tobias Lindholm has written thriller with Jonas T Bengtsson; principal photography on $3.7m project to get underway in late summer; The Match Factory handles sales.
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NewsUPI checks in for French transatlantic flight romcom Amour et Turbulences
Alexandre Castagnetti’s Amour et Turbulences is among three French productions boarded by Universal Pictures International for 2013 slate.
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Distribution round-up: The Babymakers, General Education
Millennium Entertainment has teamed up with Tugg on the upcoming release of its Jay Chandrasekhar comedy The Babymakers.
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Film Festival Flix set for September launch
MouseTrap Films CEO Benjamin Oberman has unveiled plans to launch a monthly film series in September through his distribution platform Film Festival Flix (FFF).
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NewsTortoise in Love gets £30,000 rural release boost from BFI
UK crowd-funded comedy featuring a cameo from culture minister Ed Vaizey gets a £30,000 P&A boost from BFI.
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Fever Productions craft multi-channel launch for Smiley
The filmmakers have set a day-and-date theatrical and streaming release for Oct 11 that utilises Tugg and the horror-thriller’s online fanbase.
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Film Movement takes domestic rights to Lucky
Avie Luthra’s South African drama follows an orphaned 10-year-old struggling to make something of his life in the big city.
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Jiaflix signs streaming deal with China Movie Channel
The US-Chinese venture has partnered exclusively with M1905, the official internet subsidiary of China Movie Channel/CCTV6, to stream US, Chinese and international films on a subscription and transactional basis throughout China.
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GoDigital acquires supernatural comedy The Selling
Emily Lou directed from an original screenplay by Gabriel Diani about an estate agent who tries to sell a haunted house.
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NewsStrand Releasing takes US rights to My Worst Nightmare
Anne Fontaine’s comedy stars Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Poelvoorde and Andre Dussollier and will open this autumn.
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BBC unveils download to own project proposals
The BBC is circulating a business plan for Project Barcelona as it looks to launch its premium download-to-own portal this year.
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NewsRealD denies waning interest in 3D, plans rollout of lighter glasses
RealD CEO Michael Lewis expects “more and more people to pay the premium” for a bigger cinematic experience; addresses dip in share price.
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NewseOne Films US to partner with Tugg on Iron Sky
Timo Vuorensola’s genre tale will open through Tugg’s grassroots support network in in select cities in July.
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FeaturesChina faces up to Hollywood competition
There was much hand-wringing at last week’s Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) about how local films are suffering following the widening of China’s import quotas for foreign films.
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NewsLightning, Paladin strike US deal over The Revenant
Lightning Entertainment has licensed US theatrical distribution rights on D Kerry Prior’s award winning horror-comedy to Mark Urman’s Paladin, while Lightning Media will handle the day-and-date VoD launch.
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Ofcom issues UK anti-piracy measures
Ofcom unveils draft code in which ISPs will be required to send warning letters to alleged illegal downloaders of film, TV or music.
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Factory 25 takes world rights to Pavilion, signs O-Scope pact
Tim Sutton’s feature directorial debut screened at BAMcinemaFest, SXSW and the Munich Film Festival.
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NewsI Want You becomes year's best local film at Spanish box office
Sequel to Three Steps Above Heaven has already been sold by Imagina to Russia, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.
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Freestyle Digital Media takes DVD, digital rights to Munger Road
CEO Susan Jackson brokered the deal with executive producer Jeffery Smith of Insomnia Productions.