All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 144
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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.
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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.