All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 57
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NewsCinephil scores UK, France deals for Alexander Nanau’s award-winning doc ‘Collective’ (exclusive)
Collective is one of the buzziest projects screening at IDFA this week.
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NewsDutch distributor Periscoop snaps up four high-profile documentaries (exclusive)
Periscoop Film has taken Beleux rights to For Sama, White Riot, Citizen K and Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson And The Band.
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NewsCinetic Media to handle sales on Greta Thunberg doc (exclusive)
Directed by Nathan Grossman, the film has been stirring up huge interest among buyers.
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NewsDogwoof closes deals on IDFA slate (exclusive)
UK-based documentary specialists announce sales on The Kingmaker, Sing Me A Song, The Cave, and Cunningham.
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NewsChaotic scenes as European Documentary Network votes to dissolve itself
The decision was made during a stormy annual general meeting held in the middle of IDFA.
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NewsInternational producers look to Estonia as local sector soars
The Estonia 100 project ignites local production and cinema-going.
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NewsKim Longinotto filming documentary about ‘X Factor’ winner Dalton Harris (exclusive)
Feature will follow reality show star Dalton Harris.
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NewsIranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf criticises “shameful” UK government over passport row
The wife and daughter of the London-based filmmaker have been denied passports.
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NewsIDFA gets off to a powerful start with Mehrdad Oskouei’s ‘Sunless Shadows’
Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia talks female representation, Edward Snowden event, the future of the EDN and Saudi Arabia.
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NewsTrilogy planned around horror feature ‘Lair’ (exclusive)
Prequel ‘The Bone Harvest’ set to be shot in summer 2020.
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FeaturesHalina Reijn on Netherlands Oscar entry ‘Instinct’: “It’s an abstract experiment about sex and power”
Reijn is one of her country’s leading stage and screen actresses.
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NewsMars Media secures key territories for ‘Unknown Battle’ (exclusive)
Deals closed in Europe, North America and Asia for Second World War action film.
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FeaturesCsaba Kael, the new Hungarian Film Commissioner, on taking over from Andy Vajna
Kael confirms Agnes Havas has stepped down as Hungarian Film Fund CEO.
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NewsChina’s Phoenix bites for Luna’s ‘Sweeties’ (exclusive)
The sales agency’s AFM slate also includes UK post-apocalyptic drama ‘Nuclear’.
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NewsParkland Entertainment acquires doc ‘Camino Skies’ for UK & Ireland
The company will release the film in April 2020.
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NewsRussia launches 40% rebate for international productions
The law came into effect this week, designed to make Russia a filmmaking hub.
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NewsRussia’s Central Partnership lights up action film ‘Fire’ at AFM
Directed by Aleksey Nuzhny, the film is produced by the heavyweight trio of Leonid Vereschagin, Anton Zlatopolskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov.
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NewsEvolutionary closes North America for Royd Tolkien doc (exclusive)
Virgil Films will release There’s A Hole In My Bucket day and date in early 2020.
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NewsHarvey Keitel talks new role in ‘Just Noise’ at AFM
The film is scripted by Jean-Pierre Magro and directed by Davide Ferrario.
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NewsAndrew Brown joins Parkland Pictures as head of sales
At AFM, the company is selling Charles Dance’s ‘The Inn At The Edge Of The World’.