All EFM articles – Page 145
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NewsIrvine Welsh to direct The Magnificant Eleven
Trainspotting novelist Irvine Welsh will direct gritty UK comedy The Magnificent Eleven, a modern-day version of the classic 1960 western The Magnificent Seven in which the Cowboys are a local amateur soccer team, the Indians run a nearby Tandoori restaurant and the bandits are a group of menacing thugs run ...
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NewsMetrodome joins industry spoof
On the opening day of the 2010 European Film Market, UK distributor Metrdome picked up film industry mockumentary Just For The Record
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Peace Arch adopts Offspring
Peace Arch has acquired international sales rights to Moderncine’s Offspring: The Woman based on Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee’s upcoming horror novel.
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NewsKaurismaki to make new movie in France
Finnish maverick Aki Kaurismaki is hatching a new movie in France called Le Havre. The film, a dramatic comedy about “a shoeblack who tries to save a refugee” has received script development funding from The Finnish Film Foundation.
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NewsGenz plots Terribly Happy English language remake
Henrik Ruben Genz is in talks to direct a $10-15m English language remake of his award winning Danish Oscar submission Terribly Happy.
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NewsLars von Trier readies Melancholia as pre-sales close to Russia, Poland
Lars Von Trier’s next feature Melancholia is set to start shooting in Sweden in June with Meta Foldager (Antichrist) again producing.
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NewsWild Bunch pitches Pancho, sells Zhang’s Noodle Shop
Wild Bunch is set to reteam with Emir Kusturica for his upcoming Pancho Villa biopic, which it is rumoured will star Johnny Depp.
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NewsBodrov in town to outline plans for Mongol sequel
Russian writer-director-producer Sergei Bodrov will be in Berlin on Sunday to unveil his upcoming directing and production slate, including The Great Khan, the anticipated sequel to his Oscar-nominated 2007 film, Mongol.
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NewsSingapore’s MDA takes Bait
Arclight Films has slotted financing into place on its upcoming shark-attack film Bait 3D, in the first official Australia-Singapore project since the countries signed a co-production treaty in 2007.
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Madman takes Australian rights to Banksy documentary
Cinetic International chief Shebnem Askin has sold the Banksy documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop to Madman in Australia.
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Magnet attracted to XYZ's Indonesian thriller Merantau
Magnet Releasing has acquired North American rights from XYZ Films to Welsh film-maker Gareth Huw Evans’ Indonesian martial arts action-thriller Merantau.
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Perrier launches sales for Stonebrook International
Former Paramount Vantage and Odd Lot sales executive Delphine Perrier is in Berlin with a trio of projects in her new guise as president of sales at fledgling Stonebrook International.
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NewsE1 takes three from H20 for Canada
E1 Entertainment has closed a deal for Canadian rights to three films from Andras Hamori and Mark Horowitz’s H20 Motion Pictures.
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NewsNimbus reveals upcoming slate
Prolific Danish outfit Nimbus, in Berlin with competition titles Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino and Alice de Champfleury Sun Shine (Sol Skin), has announced details of its upcoming films.
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Rezo entices buyers with The Game Of Death
Rezo Films is launching sales on its new documentary The Game Of Death from directors Thomas Bornot, Alain-Michel Blanc and Gilles Amado.
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NewsNeumann praises Berlinale’s ‘bridge building’
Germany’s Culture Minister Bernd Neumann has praised the Berlinale’s for building cultural bridges
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NewsLe Danse sets rhythm for Doc & Film
Paris-based Doc & Film International has closed further sales on the Cesar-nominated documentary La Danse,The Paris Opera Ballet.
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NewsWild Bunch Benelux kicks off EFm with spending spree
Wild Bunch Benelux has been on a mini-acquisition spree, company boss Pim Hermeling has confirmed three new pick-ups.
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NewsCinesavvy lines up p&a spend on Frankie & Alice, Cell 213
Toronto-based sales company Cinesavvy says it has secured “considerable” p&a funding for two of its EFM premieres, Frankie & Alice and Cell 213 from LA-based company Checkmark Films.
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NewsProtagonist takes on Monsters
UK sales outfit Protagonist is commencing sales on sci-fi pic Monsters, which it has just added to its EFM sale.








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