All articles by Geoffrey Macnab – Page 84
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NewsIranian animation faces censorship challenge
Film features its female protagonist not wearing her hijab, which has fallen foul of Iranian censors.
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NewsPark Circus to sell Handmade Films library
EXCLUSIVE: Library features more than 100 titles including The Long Good Friday and Withnail And I.
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NewsNew Sochi film festival to showcase Russian, international talent
EXCLUSIVE: Inaugural December event announced in Cannes by Roskino.
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NewsLady Gaga to play Cilla Black in Dionne Warwick biopic
LaToya Luckett will play Warwick in the forthcoming film from the writer of The Doors.
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NewsEx-con Francois Troukens to co-direct 'Above The Law'
EXCLUSIVE: Former gangster Francois Troukens will co-direct the $7m crime thriller.
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NewsDoc specialist Autlook moves into narrative features
Documentary specialists launches new label with Fly Away Home [pictured].
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NewsCentral Partnership strikes 'The Crew' deals
EXCLUSIVE: IMAX-shot disaster movie has sold to multiple territories.
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NewsAdam Driver set to star in Terry Gilliam’s 'Don Quixote'
The Force Awakens actor is circling the passion project alongside Monty Python’s Michael Palin.
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News'Handmaiden' heads to Benelux with Cineart
EXCLUSIVE: Distribution outfit has picked up Park Chan-Wook’s latest, which is in Competition at Cannes.
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NewsRussian Revolution feature to mark centenary
EXCLUSIVE: Portmanteau film will feature segments from young Russian directors.
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NewsMatch Factory orders Jim Jarmusch’s 'Coffee And Cigarettes'
EXCLUSIVE: Film becomes the seventh Jarmusch title in the company’s classic collection.
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NewsSPC swoops on Paul Verhoeven's 'Elle'
Early in the market, in one of the first major deals for a competition title, Sony Pictures Classics has swooped to acquire Paul Verhoeven’s Elle.
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NewsNetflix acquires four from Dutch Features
EXCLUSIVE: Acquisitions by SVOD giant include Ivona Juka’s You Carry Me.
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NewsFX drama 'Snowfall' signs Belgian directors of 'Black'
EXCLUSIVE: Hard-hitting TV drama will recount the crack cocaine epidemic of 1980s LA.
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NewsBeta launches Ruzowitzky, Holland, Dresen, Netzer films
EXCLUSIVE: Titles on Beta’s slate include films from Agnieszka Holland and Stefan Ruzowitzky.
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FeaturesPaul Verhoeven talks returning to Cannes with 'Elle'
The Dutch director, whose Basic Instinct opened the Cannes Film Festival in 1992, discusses his Competition title Elle.
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NewsWizart's 'Sheep And Wolves' secures China release
Flame Node to handle Chinese release of animation.
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NewsPaul Verhoeven, 'Elle' producer runite for French resistance movie
EXCLUSIVE: Verohoeven’s next film will be a Second World War French resistance movie.
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NewsSplendid opens Benelux distribution arm
Former A-Fim exec Erik Engelen will head the new company.
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FeaturesUK Private Financiers: Adventure Capital
Investor confidence in the UK film industry is growing thanks to the country’s embedded tax credit and the efforts of an increasing number of dynamic private financers. Geoffrey Macnab reports