All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 144
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NewsLUFF to host premieres including Cherry Tree Lane, Ways To Live Forever
The next edition of the British export event will feature a raft of high profile premieres including Paul Andrew Williams’ Cherry Tree Lane.
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NewsKusturica to produce mafia comedy
The award-winning director will produce dark comedy Mozzarella Stories by debut director Edoardo De Angelis.
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NewsJinga strikes deals for Finale, Disappeared
The sales and production company has closed a number of deals as the Cannes Market gets underway.
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NewsLuke and Lucy travel for Delphis
Delphis has closed a number of home entertainments rights deals on the Belgian CG animated feature.
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NewsTennant, MacDonald, Eve walk down the aisle with Decoy Bride
Ecosse Films, CinemaNX, Scottish Screen and HanWay Films announced the project today in Cannes.
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NewsThe Works takes international rights to Carney's Zonad
Once’s John Carney co-write and co-directed the Tribeca hit with his brother Kieran.
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NewsCast fires up for Gens' The Divide
Cast has been confirmed for the new Xavier Gens project The Divide (previously titled The Fallout), which has just started principal photography in Winnipeg.
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NewsWestEnd finds love with Meirelles, Jim Sheridan
Cities of Love series, sold by WestEnd, will next travel to Shanghai, Rio and Jerusalem.
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NewsCoproduction Office signs on for Play, Meteora
Cannes slate grows with new feature films by Ruben Östlund (pictured) and Spiros Stathoulopoulos (PVC-1).
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Mary J Blige sings as Ealing's Nina Simone
William Morris Endeavor’s Global Finance & Distribution Group brought the film to Ealing Studios to finance, produce and sell internationally.
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FeaturesThe buzz from Europe
3D family movies are all the rage in the market but there are also new horror, comedy and drama titles being introduced by Europe-based sellers at Cannes. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
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FeaturesFunny Business
A string of French comedies, led by Dany Boon’s Welcome To The Sticks, have scored recent hits overseas bucking the widely accepted trend that local comedies don’t travel. Geoffrey MacNab reports.
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NewsAV Pictures closes key deals on Josh Reed's Primal
AV Pictures kicks off Cannes Market with key deals on Josh Reed’s Primal.
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Hubert Bals Fund gives $570,000 in latest round
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund supports 29 films from 22 countries.
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NewsWestEnd takes on sales for Lohan's Lovelace project, Inferno
London-based WestEnd Films has taken on worldwide sales on Inferno, the story of notorious porn actress and Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace.
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Bankside slate adds Peter Greenaway, Famke Janssen, Antonia Bird films
UK sales and film financing outfit Bankside Films has struck a first-look deal with Dutch producer Kees Kasander and will be handling worldwide sales on Peter Greenaway’s new feature.
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Revamped, rebranded uMedia backs Stassen’s World
Motion Investment Group is metamorphosing into a fully integrated financing, production and distribution company.
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Sola Media launches Freddie Frogface
The German sales outfit has taken on world sales for the animated 3D feature, currently in production.