All Distribution articles – Page 565
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NewsWolfe picks up North American rights to Mosquita y Mari
Theatrical launch planned for 2012; VOD/DVD release in 2013.
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NewsRaven Banner acquires Manborg ahead of EFM
Toronto-based genre sales company Raven Banner Entertainment has picked up world rights to Steve Kostanski’s Manborg.
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NewsSoda's New British Cinema Quarterly gets BFI investment, launches 2012 slate
BFI’s P&A fund backs the programme with £50,000.
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NewsChronicle flies into top spot at UK box office
Fox’s sci-fi takes the reins from War Horse, which drops to 4th, over a snow-affected weekend in the UK; StudioCanal has DVD hit with Tinker Tailor.
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NewsPeccadillo to release North Sea Texas in UK
Peccadillo Pictures is to handle UK and Ireland distribution of Bavo Defurne’s directorial debut North Sea Texas, about two teenage boys who fall in love.
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NewsNew Toronto-based sales and distribution company launches
108 Media’s first acquisition is the Korean hit animation Leafie: A Hen Into The Wild.
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NewsJinga adds horror Rites of Spring to EFM slate
US horror already sold to IFC for US and Mongrel for Canada.
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NewsID takes on 1940s-set Hamlet
Montreal-based ID Communications has taken worldwide rights to Hamlet, a feature film adaptation written and directed by Bruce Ramsay.
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CommentIndie Shakedown
The news – not entirely unexpected – that Lionsgate had bought Summit Entertainment comes as good news in that the two companies will together create an independent powerhouse and as depressing news in that the business loses another buyer of material and movies and a key supplier to the international ...
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NewsSPC swoops on Jacques Audiard’s Rust & Bone
The distributor negotiated terms with Hengameh Panahi of Celluloid Dreams to North America, Latin America and East European rights to the filmmaker’s follow-up to his acclaimed 2009 Cannes world premiere A Prophet.
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NewsNetherlands Film Fund overhauls model in wake of funding cuts
The Netherlands Film Fund today published its proposals for a new streamlined film policy for 2013 to 2016, introducing three funds.
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NewsFernando Ojeda to head Universal Pictures Benelux
He currently holds the title of managing director Universal Pictures Brazil.
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NewsPaladin acquires Otter 501 before Santa Barbara world premiere
Mark Urman negotiated the deal with producers Sea Studios Foundation. The film is set to receive its first public screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday (2).
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NewsEYZ moves into sales with Berlinale title Karaman
Berlin-based distribution company EYZ Media is branching out into the international sales business.
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NewsPeli, Spielberg's The River to launch in UK on iTunes
US paranormal thriller series The River will debut on iTunes in the UK just one day after its US premiere.
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NewsSony streamlines global commercial activities under Matt Brown
As evp of worldwide commercial for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Brown [pictured] will oversee all commercial efforts at the studio. He previously served as evp of North American and international.
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NewsHong Kong cinema squeezed out by high rents
One of Hong Kong exhibitor UA Cinemas’ flagship multiplexes closed its doors yesterday (Jan 31) after losing its rental lease on the ground floor of the busy Times Square shopping mall.
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NewsPretty Pictures acquires French rights to Compliance
Craig Zobel’s sophomore feature caused a stir among audiences and critics when it premiered at Sundance due to the inflammatory story about a fast food worker subjected to a humiliating investigation by a man who claims to be a police officer.
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NewsAvengers to get IMAX treatment for summer
The highly anticipated Marvel Studios production is set to be released through Disney on May 4 and will now be digitally remastered into IMAX 3D format for a worldwide day-and-date release.
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NewsMyriad acquires international rights to Nobody Walks
Ry Russo-Young’s Sundance entry will be presented to international buyers at the EFM in Berlin next week. Magnolia previously acquired US rights in Park City and plans a significant theatrical release.