All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 154
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FeaturesTheatres of opportunity
The UK’s ambitious exhibition sector is pioneering new release concepts to defy the credit crunch and harness the territory’s cinema-going boom.
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FeaturesThe market paradox
What does the growing conservatism among even specialist distributors mean for smaller sales agents with no obvious commercial fare and untested film-makers trying to break through?
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NewsMeridiana closes European deals on Altiplano
Cannes Critics’ Week entry Altiplano has been racking up sales since its premiere on the Riviera last month.
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NewsOppostion grows to the sale of Ingmar Bergman's Faro home
There is growing disquiet over plans to auction off Ingmar Bergman’s iconic home on the Baltic island of Fårö.
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NewsPaul Schrader to attend Nottingham's first ScreenLit fest
Writer-director Paul Schrader is to attend the inaugural ScreenLit, Film, TV & Writing Festival at Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema (29 June to 5 July).
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NewsArtificial Eye snaps up Cannes prize winners
UK distributor Artificial Eye has taken UK rights to Mia Hansen-Love’s Father Of My Children (Le Pere De Mes Enfants).
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NewsBjorkman’s Ingmar Bergman short to get British premiere next month
Stig Bjorkman’s Images From The Playground: Ingmar Bergman At Work will receive its British premiere at the Barbican next month.
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NewsBuena Onda, Orient Group collaborate on Latin American features
Buena Onda producer Donald K Ranvaud has formed a partnership with Syrian company The Orient Group, headed by humanitarian and Unesco award winner Nabil Toumeh.
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NewsTrustNordisk signs deals on Antichrist despite mixed reviews
Days after the stormy screening of Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, a film that fiercely divided critics, two major deals have been concluded on the film.
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NewsSouth Africa’s DV8 kicks off football projects
DV8, the South African production and financing project, is planning to harness the football mania already descending on the country in advance of the 2010 World Cup.
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NewsItalian cinema bodies combine to create film industry super agency
Italian national cinema has moved into a new era with the merger between two of Italy’s most venerable cinema organisations, Cinecitta Holdings and Instituto Luce.
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NewsNonStop sells Magic Silver ahead of first screening
NonStop Sales has closed a deal on Nowegian family drama Magic Silver despite not yet screening the film. The deal has been signed with Korean buyer Rich Entertainment.
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NewsScorsese and Schoonmaker return to British cinema doc
Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker will resume work on their long-gestating feature documentary about the history of British cinema.
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NewsLatido lures buyers with Sex, Party & Lies
Spanish sales outfit Latido has been racking up yet more sales on its Cannes titles.
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Zentropa recruits trio of Norwegian directors
Norwegian film directors Unni Straume, Petter Næss and Jens Lien have joined Zentropa International Norway, it was announced in Cannes yesterday (May 20).
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NewsAlejandro Jodorowsky plans October shoot for King Shot
UJ Budapest FilmStudio’s Laszlo Kantor has revealed further details of one of the more colourful projects currently being hatched in the market, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s King Shot.
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NewsEFP elects Eva Vezer as president
European Film Promotion, the EU-funded film marketing body, has elected a new president and vice president at its General Assembly meeting at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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NewsSola continues on its journey with Turtle
Sola Media is continuing to do business on Turtle: The Incredible Journey and closed deals after the second screening for Greece (PAS Distribution) and Korea (Line Tree) and is about to sign on further for Middle East and South East Asia.
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NewsThe Match Factory acquires three Christian Wagner titles
Further ramping up its library, German outfit The Match Factory acquired three films by German writer-director Christian Wagner.
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NewsMatch Factory sells Ajami in UK and France
Match Factory has concluded two major deals on Ajami, the film that will close this year’s Cannes Quinzaine later this week.