All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 848
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NewsTLA takes Five Dances
TLA Releasing has acquired the US, UK and French-speaking Europe to Alan Brown’s contemporary drama.
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NewsThe East to close SXSW
Zal Batmanglij’s The East will close the event in Austin, Texas, on Mar 16.
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NewsParticipant, DFI in $100m fund
Participant Media and Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced a $100m revolving fund on Wednesday [13] to back what is expected to be 12-16 features over five years.
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NewsSlim pickings for EFM buyers
A slow EFM punctuated by just a handful of commercial must-haves and a subdued reaction to the festival selection turned hopeful thoughts to France and the promise of Cannes.
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NewsMyriad sells Inescapable
Myriad Pictures has closed key sales at the EFM on Ruba Nadda’s thriller Inescapable, which IFC will distribute in the US in March.
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Cathleen Summers heads to Chapman
Producer Cathleen Summers has been named the Spring 2013 Marion Knott Filmmaker-in-Residence at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
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NewsCinedigm, Tribeca buy Teacher
Cinedigm and Tribeca Film have teamed up to acquire US rights to Craig Zisk’s feature directorial debut The English Teacher.
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NewsMagnolia buys Nymphomaniac
Magnolia Pictures confirmed on Tuesday [12] that it has acquired US rights to Lars von Trier’s hotly anticipated Nymphomaniac after TrustNordisk screened footage at the EFM.
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NewsOctane to sell Green Dragons
IM Global’s genre label will fully finance Hong Kong director Andrew Lau’s Revenge Of The Green Dragons. Martin Scorsese will serve as executive producer.
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NewsLinklater wins Berlinale Camera
The festival presented the award to the Before Midnight director at the film’s international premiere on Monday [11].
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NewsBlack Bear promotes duo
Black Bear’s Ben Stillman and Amanda Greenblatt have been promoted to vp and creative executive at the New York-based production and financing company.
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NewsExchange Peaks invests in Swelter
Exchange Peaks Film Capital will finance its second film after selecting the Jean-Claude Van Damme action film Swelter.
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NewsXYZ launches int'l division
XYZ Films has launched an international sales arm to handle word sales on in-house and third party titles.
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First Run buys Paul Bowles
In a lively day of US acquisition announcements, Artsploitation has acquired three horror titles, Inception Media Group pounced on a trio of genre titles and there was activity from a consortium of Brainstorm Media and The Film Collective.
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Jacob goes to Horizon Movies for US
Kino Lorber’s Horizon Movies label has picked up North American rights to horror-thriller Jacob.
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NewsCohen Media Group acquires On My Way
Chairman and CEO Charles Cohen negotiated US rights with Adeline Fontan Tessaur of Elle Driver for Emmanuelle Bercot’s French-language road movie.
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XLrator finds faith in Apostles
XLrator Media has acquired all worldwide rights to the faith-based stand-up comedy feature Apostles Of Comedy: Onwards And Upwards.
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NewsBefore Midnight sells out at EFM
Richard Linklater’s Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy romance has sold out at the EFM ahead of Monday’s [11] international premiere at the Berlinale.
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NewseOne unveils Canadian leadership
In the wake of the formal conclusion of the Alliance Films acquisition in January, eOne’s global film business head Patrice Théroux has confirmed that David Reckziegel will continue to oversee all North American Film operations.
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NewsFocus sells out Messenger
Focus Features International (FFI) chief Alison Thompson’s team has virtually sold out the Jeremy Renner thriller at the EFM.