All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 140
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NewsBuyers still falling for Guadagnino's I Am Love
Buyers are continuing to lap up Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love, starring Berlinale favourite Tilda Swinton, which is being sold by The Works.
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NewsWide closes further sales on Beginning To End, Gigola
French sales outfit Wide Management has closed yet more deals on its Berlinale slate.
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San Fu Maltha slate headed up by Westerling, Nadra, Portable Life
Prolific producer/distributor San Fu Maltha, whose Amphibious 3D is a hot seller for Celsius at EFM, has revealed details of his packed production slate.
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Slippery streets of Berlin claim Star victim
The icy streets of the German capital have claimed their first victim.
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Asian buyers lift Sheets with Kevin Williams Associates
Asians buyers are getting into bed with Madrid-based sales outfit Kevin Williams Associates.
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NewsHaneke abandons 'old age' project
Oscar-nominated Austrian director Michael Haneke has abandoned his planned film about “humiliation and the physical deterioration of the aged” after seeing a Canadian project on a similar subject.
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NewsMK2 signs distribution deal with Israel's Orlando
MK2 has signed a distribution output deal with Israeli distributor Orlando Films.
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ContentFilm dances off with Every Little Step
ContentFilm has picked up international rights to Endgame Entertainment’s feature documentary Every Little Step, the critically acclaimed look behind the scenes at the Broadway smash A Chorus Line.
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High Point warms to third London Microwave title
High Point Films, the international theatrical sales arm of Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group, has snapped up world rights to Freestyle, the third feature to emerge from Film London’s Microwave stable.
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Cineart swoops on top arthouse pics
Benelux distributor Cineart has snapped up many of the most high-profile arthouse titles on offer at the EFM over the past few days
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The Manipulators hatch first plot
Waiting For Azrael, the first live-action feature from Persepolis directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, will be the first project from new European production powerhouse The Manipulators.
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NewsMillennium trilogy continues to entice buyers
International buyers’ love affair with Stieg Larsson shows no sign of abating, with Zodiak Entertainment Distribution closing a further nine territories on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (aka Men Who Hate Women).
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Peace Arch takes Spungen doc for US
Peace Arch has swooped on North American rights to Who Killed Nancy?, the feature doc about the deaths of punk icons Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious.
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NewsWide seals deals on End, Room
French production and sales outfit Wide Management has confirmed a wave of deals on Portuguese-language drama From Beginning To End (Do Comeco Ao), Enrique Buchichio’s Leo’s Room (El Cuarto De Leo) and Laurence Charpentier’s Gigola.
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NewsThomsen reveals Embryonic directing career
Danish star Ulrich Thomsen is moving behind the camera and is presenting his directorial debut, In Embryo, at Berlin’s Co-Production Market.
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Buyers to meet Hoff's Ninja
CJ Entertainment will be introducing buyers to Dancing Ninja, starring David Hasselhoff and HIgh School Musical’s Luke Grabeel.
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NewsAV sells Shank for France, Germany
AV Pictures has closed two major territory deals on urban action title Shank, with Wild Side taking France and Ascot Elite handling Germany. Further sales have also been closed with Benelux (Moviebank) and the Middle East (Falcon).
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NewsCampanella’s Eyes still attractive
Spanish sales agency Latido has sold Juan Jose Campanella’s The Secret In Their Eyes to Filmware International for Taiwan and is in advanced negotiations for Japan, Germany and Switzerland.
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NewsRome on collision course with AFM
The fifth edition of the International Rome Film Festival is set to clash with the American Film Market.
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Imagina takes on Leon de Aranoa’s Amador
Imagina is handling international sales on Amador, the new film from critics’ darling Fernando Leon de Aranoa.