All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 24
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NewsMichaël R. Roskam to reunite with Matthias Schoenaerts for ‘Le Faux Soir’ (exclusive)
Duo previously collaborated on ’Bullhead’ and ’Racer And The Jailbird’.
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NewsBuyers get animated for Dutch family features (exclusive)
Incredible Film and SKOOP Media are enjoying a busy EFM.
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News‘Stella.A.Life’ starring Paula Beer racks up sales for Global Screen (exclusive)
Second World War drama directed by Kilian Riedhof.
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News‘To Leslie’, ‘Jeanne DuBarry’ head to Paradiso (exclusive)
Leading Benelux distributor is busying buying at the EFM.
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FeaturesEFM 2023: The buzz titles from Spain, Italy, Germany and the Nordics
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2023 European Film Market (EFM).
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NewsOdin’s Eye tackles family troll animation ‘Trolgar & Me’ (exclusive)
The film joins Odin’s Eye’s EFM slate that also includes ’Shimmy: The First Monkey King’.
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NewsBenelux’s September Films goes on buying spree of international festival films (exclusive)
September has snapped up films from Sundance and Berlin and some Cannes contenders.
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NewsEuropean sellers divided on dealing with Russia: “I can lose money, I don’t care”
A year on from the invasion, some European sales agents are refusing to do business with Russian buyers while others are beginning to do so.
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NewsGlobal Screen’s ‘Lassie - A New Adventure’ finds buyers ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The first film, ‘Lassie Come Home’, grossed $2.4m in 2020.
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NewsEpic Pictures acquires US rights to Dutch WWII drama ‘Betrayal’ from DFW International (exclusive)
Dutch sales outfit also agrees South Korean and German deals.
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FeaturesProducer Alexander Rodnyansky on building a fresh, high-profile slate since fleeing Russia
Includes projects with Russian exiles Andrey Zvyagintsev, Kantemir Balagov and Kira Kovalenko.
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NewsM-Appeal picks up steamy Argentinian title ‘Vera And The Pleasure Of Others’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The film is the debut feature by Argentinian directors Romina Tamburello and Federico Actis.
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Features“Anything but drama”: What are UK film financiers looking for in a post-Covid world?
Genre and concept are king in the new landscape; dramas are not.
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NewsMedia Luna boards Mexican narco thriller, German concentration camp drama and Austrian crime movie (exclusive)
Cologne-based sales house will bring three new titles to EFM.
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Features“I am genuinely excited”: European sales agents look ahead to 2023 European Film Market
After a quiet American Film Market in November, the expectation is for Berlin to be buzzing.
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FeaturesHow a new think tank aims to tackle unconscious racism in the European film industry
Eave, the European training, project development and networking organisation, held its first anti-racism think tank last month.
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NewsFour new projects chosen for Netherlands, South Africa co-development fund, Thuthuka
Each project will now receive €40,000 toward further script development.
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NewsBero Beyer temporarily steps down from Netherlands Film Fund for health reasons
Peter Schrurs has taken over as interim director for at least three months.
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NewsFortissimo boards Jacqueline van Vugt’s ‘Crossing’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
This is van Vugt’s feature fiction debut after several award-winning documentaries.
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NewsBeta acquires Tromso audience winner ‘Let The River Flow’ (exclusive)
The film about the Sámi minority is now screening in competition at Goteborg.