All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 131
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NewsBuyers blow into PTZ’s Headwinds
Universal is handling Headwinds in France while Cineart will be releasing the film in Benelux (on behalf of Movies Benelux).
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NewsJulien Temple, F&ME head to Brazil for rockumentary
UK-based Film & Music Entertainment teams with Julien Temple for rock doc.
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NewsHuppert Captured by Brillante Mendoza’s next film
French sales outfit Film Distribution is to handle sales on new Brillante Mendoza project Captured.
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NewsIsabelle Huppert Captured by Mendoza project
French sales outfit Film Distribution will handle sales on the new Brillante Mendoza project Captured, which stars French acting legend Isabelle Huppert. The film is being produced through Swift Productions.
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NewsLumiere takes Benelux rights to Fjållabacka Murders
Underlining its appetite for Scandinavian crime fare, Benelux distributor Lumiere has snapped up the rights to writer Camilla Läckberg’s bestselling The Fjållabacka Murders.
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NewsIcon takes UK rights to The Devil's Double
Icon Film Distribution has snapped up UK rights to €15 million The Devil’s Double , the Lee Tamahori film that proved one of the stand out hits in Sundance last month.
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NewsHopscotch strikes double deal with WestEnd
London-based WestEnd Films has secured high-profile sales to Hopscotch in Australia for two of its main EFM titles, Albert Nobbs and the recently announced A Late Quartet.
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NewsK5 takes on Nattiv's prizewinner Mabul
K5 International, the worldwide sales company based in Munich, London and LA, has picked up the rights for Israeli helmer Guy Nattiv’s second feature Mabul (The Flood).
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NewsBuyers ride with Goldcrest’s Dark Horse
Todd Solondz’s latest finds suitors in Scandinavia and Australia; Goldcrest readies A Thousand Kisses.
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NewsTrustNordisk takes on Christiansen’s ID: A
Danish sales outfit is handling Christian E. Christiansen’s thriller.
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NewsTrustNordisk closes French deal for Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense
French outfit Pretty Pictures attracted to David Mackenzie’s romance-drama.
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NewsMetropolis’ sales for The Guard include Optimum for UK
UK based sales company Metropolis International Sales has closed multiple deals on John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard (screening in Panorama.)
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NewsEpic Pictures takes on Julian Richards' Shiver
Here at the EFM, Epic Pictures Group, headed by Patrick Ewald and Shaked Berensen, is handling foreign sales on Shiver, the new “woman in jeopardy” thriller from Julian Richards (The Last Horror Movie).
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Atrix takes on Remembrance
Munich based Atrix has taken on all international rights for Anna Justice’s drama Remembrance starring Alice Dwyer, Mateusz Damiecki, Dagamar Manzel and David Rasche among others.
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NewsOptimum takes UK rights to Beyond The border from NonStop
Optimum swoops on Swedish WWII drama.
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NewsFunny Balloons sells Sundance hit Circumstance to France
Hit Sundance title Circumstance (handled in the EFM by Funny Balloons) is continuing to generate buyer buzz following its successful premiere in Park City.
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NewsCelluloid Dreams takes on Panorama title Bullhead
Celluloid Dreams has snapped up international rights to Panorama entry and critical/box-office hit Bullhead, from debut Belgian director Michael R. Roskam.
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NewsReel Suspects checks into Club Zeus
Reel Suspects, the new Paris-based sales and coproduction company set up by Matteo Lovadina, has picked up international rights to David Verbeek’s Club Zeus.
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NewsWestEnd tunes up Late Quartet with Hoffman, Walken
London-based sales outfit WestEnd is introducing new project A Late Quartet to buyers at the EFM.