All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 118
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NewsNorwegian South Film Fund to encourage co-productions
The new fund, modelled on Rotterdam’s Huber Bals Fund and Berlin’s World Cinema Fund, will invest in film-makers from developing countries,
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NewsBFI restores silent Hitchcock films
Here in Berlin, the British Film Institute (BFI) has revealed further details of its major Alfred Hitchcock restoration project, which is being mounted for the London 2012 Festival (part of the Cultural Olympiad to tie in with the Olympic Games.)
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NewsCall Girl double booked
EXCLUSIVE: TrustNordisk’s political thriller Call Girl, shown here on a three-minute promo, has sold to Benelux (Lumiere) and Korea (Sonamu).
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NewsMemento strikes with Cannibals, Sister
Midway through the market, leading arthouse sales agent Memento Films International has reported brisk sales on its EFM titles.
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NewsLucky Red mans up with Man Down
EXCLUSIVE: Italian producer/distributor Lucky Red is back in the buying groove, closing deals on four major new films during EFM.
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NewsStudioCanal thrills with Serena sales
Pan-European powerhouse StudioCanal is reporting an “incredible response” to Serena, its $25 million thriller/romance starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.
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NewsBerlin sellers roundup: Deals from Delphis, Locomotive, Jinga, Stealth and more
The latest sales news from the European Film Market.
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Urban's Love spreads
French sales and production outfit Urban Distribution International has sold One Love (Un Amor) by Paula Hernandez to a number of territories early in the EFM.Deals done include Switzerland, Austria (Trigon), Finland (Cinema Mondo), Sweden (Triart Film), Uruguay and Argentina (DCA).The Argentinian film tells the story of two childhood friends ...
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FeaturesJan Troell
The Swedish film-maker talks to Screen about his first digital film, Truth & Consequence, and how he has no plans to retire at age 80
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NewsBettany eyes 3D film by Popogrebsky
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Bettany is in advanced negotiations to star in the new film from Alexei Popogrebsky, Lost Rooms.
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NewsRussian Film Commission coming to LA
Roskino/SEF is to create a Russian Film Commission in Los Angeles to build relationships with American distributors and producers.
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NewsTrue life cow story comes to big screen
US producer Max Howard and Munich based Papa Löwe Filmproduktion are partnering with Torsten Poeck and UK-based writer/producer Kirsty Peart on the development of the partly animated family feature film, Cow On The Run, in collaboration with Gut Aiderbichl.The true story of Yvonne, the bovine bandit from Bavaria, is to ...
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NewsLevelK climbs Devil’s Staircase
Synchronicity Films and Macgwoan Films, in association with Del Rio Films, have announced they are co-producing psychological thriller The Devil’s Staircase.
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NewsPellegrino, Myller revisit The Robbers
Roland Pellegrino, producer of more than 35 international films (among them Enemy At The Gates) and writer-director Hagen Myller, are teaming up to make an adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s classic play, The Robbers.
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NewsOther Angle takes on hot buddy comedy
EXCLUSIVE: French sales outfit Other Angle Pictures has picked up French buddy comedy The Other Side Of The Tracks (De l’autre côté du périph).
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NewsBuyers fall for TrustNordisk's Fjallbacka
TV series and features adapted from Camilla Lackberg [pictured] bestsellers.
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NewsBachelorette party spreads for Elle Driver
EXCLUSIVE: Deals include Icon for UK and Telepool for Germany.
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NewsBackup's draws Crowd for Heysel drama
EXCLUSIVE: The story of the Heysel Stadium football disaster, when 39 Juventus fans died just prior to the 1985 European Cup Final against Liverpool, is to be told in an ambitious new €7 million feature film.