Buyers flock to Sierra/Affinity’s virtual Cannes titles ‘Billie Holiday’, ‘Arthur The King’, ‘Greatest Days’ (exclusive)
Jonathan Kier hails indie buyer response during ”incredibly productive” market.
Focus Features circling Cannes market package ‘Armageddon Time’
Project introduced to buyers at Cannes virtual market.
Cannes selection ‘Earwig And The Witch’ finds US home
GKIDS plans to release Earwig And The Witch in early 2021.
mk2 reveals deals on Cannes 2020 titles ‘The Big Hit’ and ‘Here We Are’ (exclusive)
Both films screened in Cannes virtual market at the end of June.
Curzon jumps on New Europe’s Cannes selection ‘Sweat’ for UK and Ireland (exclusive)
New Europe also closes deals in Australia, Spain, Baltics, ex-Yugoslavia, Hungary, Norway.
Showbox scores multiple sales on disaster drama ‘Sinkhole’ (exclusive)
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, the film has sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) among other territories.
US sellers deliver appraisal of virtual Cannes, look to future
Deals were done, buzz was built, and the tech could create a new future for markets.
Focus Features snaps up ‘Blue Bayou’ from Cannes virtual market
Sierra/Affinity handled international sales on deportation drama.
Paramount snaps up US rights to Lee Daniels’ virtual Cannes Billie Holiday project
Drama to chronicle celebrated jazz singer’s struggles with fame, addiction, love.
Parkland Pictures strikes double deal for UK titles with Shogun Films (exclusive)
The company will sell ‘Nemesis’ and ‘Little Mary’ worldwide.
Jérôme Paillard reveals his first impressions of the Virtual Cannes market
“Some screenings attracted 300 spectators, equal to two or three market screenings.”
Buyers order ‘Another Round’ of Thomas Vinterberg’s Cannes selection (exclusive)
TrustNordisk secures sales in Spain, Italy, Israel, and Romania.
Apple wins bidding war for Will Smith runaway slave thriller ‘Emancipation’
FilmNation and CAA Media Finance introduced project at US-led A Demain virtual Cannes last week.
Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Peninsula’ clocks up sales to 185 countries
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia will release the film around the same time as South Korea in July.
