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All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 1066
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NewsFilm Depot snaps up Exorcism, Pyramids doc
Sergei Yershov’s Los Angeles-based Film Depot, which specialises in distribution in Russia and the CIS states, has snapped up rights to a raft of films at EFM.
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Strand snaps up US rights from Visit to Picture Me
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Visit Films to Ole Schell and Sara Ziff’s documentary Picture Me and has scheduled a summer theatrical release.
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Montreal's ID Communications boards two for EFM
Montreal-based ID Communications has bulked up its EFM slate with worldwide rights to Julian Starks’ documentary Journey To Sundance and Volker Wischnowski’s The Way Of St-James.
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Second Doha Tribeca Film Festival to offer $400,000 in new prize money
The second edition of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival will take place form October 26-30 in Doha, Qatar.
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NewsIFC Takes North American rights to Boogie Woogie
IFC Films has acquired North American rights from The Works International to Duncan Ward’s black comedy Boogie Woogie.
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Kao joins Jackman in Wang’s Snow Flower And The Secret Fan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation star Archie Kao has signed on as the male lead in Wayne Wang’s adaptation of Lisa See’s bestseller Snow Flower And The Secret Fan.
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NewsSummit Crownes key sales
Summit International has closed key territories on its Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts comedy Larry Crowne as buyers responded to the prospect of the pair’s first match-up since Charlie Wilson’s War.
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Shoreline sells Sympathy to US, latest Chopper saga to Germany
Shoreline has announced a pair of deals, selling North American rights to the horror film Sympathy to Breaking Glass Pictures, and German rights to Fat Belly — Chopper (Unchopped) to WVG.
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NewsHyde Park closes sales on Cianfrance's Blue Valentine
Mimi Steinbauer’s Hyde Park International has closed a raft of deals on Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, which The Weinstein Company acquired for North America and France following its world premiere in Sundance.
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Brazilian films snag p&a windfall
Film export agency Cinema Do Brasil is set to launch the first of two distribution grant schemes providing around $20,000 in p&a funds for the release of Brazilian films.
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Arrow takes on Somali pirates
Arrow Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights, excluding Nordic territories, to Finnish documentary Pirates Of Somalia from Helsinki-based Hakalax Production Oy.
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Yelchin scores royal appointment
Anton Yelchin, riding high on the global success of Star Trek, has been cast opposite Milla Jovovich in Seven Arts Pictures’ period thriller The Winter Queen.
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NewsHrebejk, Menemsha pair up again
The prolific Jan Hrebejk whose Shameless was in Toronto and Kawasaki’s Rose opened the Panorama Special here, is set to begin his next film Innocence in Prague in the summer.
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Arclight harnesses Beresford's Zebras
Arclight Films is in discussions with EFM buyers on the Bruce Beresford project Zebras after picking up international sales rights.
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NewsIM Global and Reliance Big forge sales alliance
Stuart Ford’s aggressive US-based sales powerhouse IM Global has struck an alliance with Reliance Big to handle international sales on its films.
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NewsAvatar stays top overseas as $59m boosts it to $1.69bn
Avatar stayed top of the international arena for the ninth consecutive weekend as Fox International reported an estimated $59m weekend that raised the running total to $1.69bn.
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NewsArrow hears Calling, takes Journey
Toronto-based Arrow Entertainment principal Steve Arroyave has added drama The Calling and documentary Mythic Journeys to his EFM slate.
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XYZ Films closes deals with MPI, Cinemavault on The Last Lovecraft
MPI Media Group has acquired all North American rights to and Cinemavault has boarded international sales on The Last Lovecraft: Relic Of Cthulhu.
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Santa Barbara Festival announces winners
Klaus Haro’s Finnish entry Letters To Father Jaakob (Postia Pappi Jaakobille) was named best international film as the Santa Barbara International Film Festival came to a close.
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NewsValentine's Day rules the North American box office on $52.4m
Warner Bros’ ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day led the pack as it opened top on an estimated $52.4m over three days leading into the Presidents’ Day holiday.