All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 51
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NewsWestEnd takes worldwide rights to Talya Lavie’s ‘Honeymood’ (exclusive)
Lavie is best known for her first feature, Tribeca prize winner Zero Motivation.
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NewsMetro International takes sales on Robert Graves drama ’The Laureate’ (exclusive)
Tom Hughes stars as Graves alongside Dianna Agron and Laura Haddock.
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NewsOdin’s Eye takes worldwide rights to Danish hit ‘Into The Darkness’ (exclusive)
Project directed by Danish director and editor Anders Refn who has collaborated with Lars Von Trier.
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NewsPiece Of Magic unveils ‘King Otto’ documentary about Greece’s shock Euro 2004 victory (exclusive)
The film will centre on maverick coach ‘King’ Otto Rehhagel.
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NewsFilms Boutique boards Mohammad Rasoulof’s Berlin competition title ‘There Is No Evil’ (exclusive)
It’s unclear if the Iranian auteur will be allowed to attend the film’s premiere.
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NewsGeorge MacKay, Lily-Rose Depp to star in Nathalie Biancheri’s ’Wolf’ for Bankside (exclusive)
Shooting is due to begin in Ireland this April.
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NewsKSM International unveils ‘Lena And Snowball’ for EFM (exclusive)
The family feature is the German company’s first US production.
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FeaturesWhy explicit arthouse drama ‘Fidelity’ is dividing opinion in Russia
Director Nigina Sayfullaeva stresses that the film is about a liberated woman in charge of her own decisions.
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NewsRichard Eyre pays tribute to ‘Iris’ screenwriter Charles Wood
Wood also wrote ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ and Beatles movie ‘Help!’.
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NewsBeta boards Berlin competition title ‘My Little Sister’ starring Nina Hoss (exclusive)
The film is directed by Swiss duo Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond.
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FeaturesHow a hospital stay inspired the new film from Belgium director Marion Hansel
The prolific filmmaker was the subject of a career retrospective at IFFR.
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NewsAutlook Film Sales snaps up Polaroid doc ‘An Impossible Project’ at Rotterdam (exclusive)
The film is about a charismatic Austrian figure who saved Polaroid from oblivion.
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NewsÁgnes Kocsis readies biopic about Hungarian superstar Pál Szécsi (exclusive)
Kocsis was in Rotterdam with her third film ‘Eden’.
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Features“There is no subject more unpleasant than mine”: Belgium’s Patrice Toye on her Rotterdam title ‘Tench’
The film is about a reluctant paedophile.
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NewsScreen Scotland’s Isabel Davis calls for UK to rejoin Eurimages as Brexit looms
Davis was talking in Rotterdam where a contingent of Scotland-based writers were in attendance.
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NewsTributes paid to UK film marketing veteran Gerry Lewis, who has died aged 91
Two other senior figures in UK distribution and marketing, John Mahony and Peter Scott, also passed away this month.
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NewsAndrew Hulme to direct ‘Art, Sex, Music’ about UK performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti (exclusive)
The biopic will blend dramatic elements with Cosey’s art and music.
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NewsBreaker backs Rotterdam favourite ‘La Fortaleza’, reveals new projects (exclusive)
La Fortaleza’s sales agent is using Breaker’s blockchain technology to track its revenues.
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NewsNine Film picks up Panorama title ‘Black Milk’ (exclusive)
The project is written and directed by German-based Mongolian director Uisenma Borchu.
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NewsFilmmakers behind Rotterdam title ‘Los Fantasmas’ talk filming in Guatemala, next projects
‘Los Fantasmas’ is screening in Bright Future at IFFR.