All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 852
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NewsMiami unveils Encuentros
Organisers at the 30th Miami International Film Festival announced the five selections on Wednesday [13].
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NewsQED boards Ayer’s Fury
The preemptive move is based on a speculative script by David Ayer, with whom QED International collaborates on the upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger action thriller Ten.
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NewsFilm Movement buys Name
Film Movement has acquired Małgośka Szumowska’s Berlinale entry In The Name Of. Separately, O-Scope, Submarine Deluxe, Wolfe Releasing and National Geographic Cinema Ventures have all been in acquisitive mood.
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NewsLincoln honour for Streisand
President Bill Clinton will present the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 40th Chaplin Award to Barbra Streisand on Apr 22 in New York.
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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.