All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 104
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NewsClio Barnard plans Trespass
EXCLUSIVE: Fast-rising UK director Clio Barnard [pictured], who has been earning rave reviews for her Quinzaine entry The Selfish Giant, is to direct The Trespass, an adaptation of the novel by Rose Tremain.
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NewsTautou lends voice to Phantom Boy
EXCLUSIVE: French actress (and star of Amelie) Audrey Tautou has come on board Phantom Boy, the new animated feature by Oscar-nominated directors Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (A Cat In Paris).
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NewsReel Suspects books deals
Early in the market, sales outfit Reel Suspects has already announced multiple deals on its Cannes slate.
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NewsM-Appeal sign Two Mothers deals
EXCLUSIVE: German sales outfit M-Appeal has closed some eyecatching details on its new Cannes slate.
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NewsBeta sells Berlinale winner Child's Pose
German sales powerhouse Beta has reported a roaring start to the market. Distribution rights for Berlinale-winner Child’s Pose [pictured] and German box-office hit Oh Boy are almost sold out.
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Attraction drawn to Dragon Girls
EXCLUSIVE: Canadian sales outfit Attraction Distribution (formerly Delphis Films) has gobbled up world sales rights to much hyped doc Dragon Girls [pictured], winner of the Best International Feature Documentary at Hot Docs in Toronto earlier this month.
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NewsEntre Chien & Loup picks up Betancourt memoirs
EXCLUSIVE: Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt is to executive produce a major new film based on her memoir Even Silence Has An End.
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NewsLevel K blasts off with US deal for The Rocket
EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber acquires Tribeca winner [pictured].
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Werner launches new sales company
Veteran Scandinavian sales agent Michael Werner [pictured], formerly at NonStop Sales, has launched a new outfit called Eyewell which is in Cannes with its debut slate.
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NewsPeter Greenaway returning to UK
Director’s adaptation of Thomas Mann’s Death In Venice to shoot in early 2014.
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NewsWiley launches film finance application
London-based former Woody Allen producer Gareth Wiley [pictured] (Match Point, Scoop) is in Cannes this week to launch Screen Advantage, the new online tool for financiers and producers.
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NewsCelluloid, uConnect start with Genesis
EXCLUSIVE: Early in the market, new partners Celluloid Dreams and uConnect have picked up James Napier Robertson’s Genesis, currently shooting in New Zealand and starring Cliff Curtis.
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NewsGhent to honour Scorsese
To mark its 40th anniversary edition, Film Fest Ghent (Oct 8-19) is staging a major Martin Scorsese exhibition and retrospective.
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NewsNymphomaniac gets Christmas launch
First part of Lars von Trier’s anticipated feature to receive its world premiere in Copenhagen.
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NewsAutlook punches with Ali doc
EXCLUSIVE: Company acquires world rights to Bill Siegel’s The Trials of Mohammad Ali [pictured].
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NewsBuyers dig for Films Boutique's Oro
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin based sales company Films Boutique had closed its first deals on new feature La Jaula De Oro [pictured] by Diego Quemada-Diez.
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NewsSilver Reel pacts with Firth's Raindog
EXCLUSIVE: Increasingly ambitious Zurich-based film financier and producer Silver Reel Partners is to join forces with Raindog Films, the new production company set up by Oscar winning actor Colin Firth and former Sony UK Chairman Ged Doherty.
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NewsCineart gets buying early in Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Benelux distributor Cineart has revealed details of its early Cannes acquisitions, including Only God Forgives [pictured].
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NewsImagina's Flowers spread to UK, Germany
Deals closed on the UK independent feature [pictured] with Metrodome and X-Verleih AG.