All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 141
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Oscilloscope goes Bananas for Gertten
Oscilloscope has snapped up US rights to Bananas!*, directed by Sweden’s Fredrik Gertten, who also executive produced.
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NewsContentFilm snares The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits
ContentFilm International has taken worldwide rights to The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits Of Nottingham, Texas from director Jess Manafort and writer Michael Tabb.
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NewsWe Distribution closes deals on Bodyguards And Assassins
World sales outfit We Distribution has closed deals for the $23 million budget Peter Chan produced Bodyguards And Assassins. Metropolitan took France and TMC took Turkey.
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NewsMetrodome joins industry spoof
On the opening day of the 2010 European Film Market, UK distributor Metrdome picked up film industry mockumentary Just For The Record
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NewsKaurismaki to make new movie in France
Finnish maverick Aki Kaurismaki is hatching a new movie in France called Le Havre. The film, a dramatic comedy about “a shoeblack who tries to save a refugee” has received script development funding from The Finnish Film Foundation.
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NewsLars von Trier readies Melancholia as pre-sales close to Russia, Poland
Lars Von Trier’s next feature Melancholia is set to start shooting in Sweden in June with Meta Foldager (Antichrist) again producing.
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NewsF&ME embarks on biggest project yet
Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), the London-based feature film production outfit led by Mike Downey and Sam Taylor, is embarking on its biggest project yet.
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NewsNimbus reveals upcoming slate
Prolific Danish outfit Nimbus, in Berlin with competition titles Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino and Alice de Champfleury Sun Shine (Sol Skin), has announced details of its upcoming films.
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NewsWild Bunch Benelux kicks off EFm with spending spree
Wild Bunch Benelux has been on a mini-acquisition spree, company boss Pim Hermeling has confirmed three new pick-ups.
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NewsProtagonist takes on Monsters
UK sales outfit Protagonist is commencing sales on sci-fi pic Monsters, which it has just added to its EFM sale.
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NewsJinga scares up US deal horror Finale
UK-based production and sales outfit Jinga has closed a North American deal on its supernatural horror film Finale with Image Entertainment. It is scheduled for May 2010 release.
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NewsIntramovies chooses Life
Intramovies, the Rome-based sales outfit, has picked up world sales rights on Berlinale Panorama selection One Life Maybe Two by Alessandro Aronadi.
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NewsContent Extracts UK deal with Paramont on Mike Judge comedy
London and LA-based ContentFilm has snagged a UK deal with Paramount for new Mike Judge comedy, Extract.
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NewsGaumont closes sales on The Round Up
French powerhouse Gaumont has announced key sales on its $29 million Holocaust drama, The Round Up.
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NewsWide closes wave of sales on Godard doc
Tale of friendship and enstrangement between French cinema masters Godard and Truffat proves hot seller.
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NewsRevolver falls for Pascal Chaumeil’s Heartbreaker
Revolver Entertainment has acquired Pascal Chaumeil’s directorial debut Heartbreaker from Gregoire Melin’s French sales company Kinology.
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NewsHigh Point takes on Cardiff doc
High Point Films, the theatrical sales arm for Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group has just snapped up world rights to feature documentary, Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff. It will be handled by the company’s recently launched feature doc arm, Horizons.
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NewsClose, Garcia bring Nobbs to the screen
Multi Oscar nominee Glenn Close is to reprise one of her most famous stage roles on screen.
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NewsSpain's Imagina unfolds Paper Birds at EFM
Madrid-based outfit Imagina will be introducing buyers to Spanish buzz title Paper Birds (Pájaros de Papel) during the EFM.
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NewsHaut et Court picks up Williams film
French distributor takes rights for France and French-speaking Europe to Paul Andrew Williams’ third feature.