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News
Anchor Bay takes US rights to The Open Road
Anchor Bay Films has acquired theatrical and DVD rights to Odd Lot Entertainment and Perfect Weekend’s The Open Road from executive producer Wim Wenders.
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NewsOdd Lot International adds B-Girl to Cannes slate
Brian O’Shea’s Odd Lot International will commence worldwide sales in Cannes this week on the break-dancing underdog story B-Girl.
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NewsStar Trek rules international roost with $35.5m overseas launch
Star Trek, J J Abrams’ franchise reboot from Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment, coaxed a sturdy $35.5m from more than 5,000 sites across 54 territories in its maiden voyage according to PPI estimates, ranking number one in 23 markets.
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NewsNorth America falls under shadow of USS Enterprise
Paramount/Spyglass Entertainment’s Star Trek scored the second biggest North American launch of the year-to-date as it towered over the charts on an estimated $72.5m to ensure box office maintained its record breaking trajectory.
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NewsElle Driver adds Women Are Heroes to Cannes slate
Elle Driver, the Paris-based sales and acquisition outfit, has added a new project with the working title Women Are Heroes to its Cannes slate.
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NewsKatapult picks up Women In Trouble for Cannes
Paris-based sales company Katapult Film Sales has acquired international rights to the comedy Women In Trouble by writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez.The film, which stars Carla Gugino, Simon Baker and Josh Brolin, follows one day in the lives of ten seemingly disparate women, including a porn star, a psychiatrist and a bartender, ...
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NewsWild Bunch takes international rights on Ghobadi's Persian Cats
Wild Bunch will handle international sales on Bahman Ghobadi’s No One Knows About Persian Cats.
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NewsOne Man Village, Invisible City take top prizes at Hot Docs
Lebanese documentary The One Man Village won the Best International Feature Award and Hubert Davis’ Invisible City won the Best Canadian Feature prize as the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival wrapped in Toronto over the weekend.
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Features
Secret Reunion
A South Korean agent and a North Korean spy living in South Korea end up creating a tense but unusual friendship in the midst of betrayals and intrigue.
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NewsGlen quits as CEO of animation producer Imagi
Imagi International Holdings, the Hong Kong and Los Angeles-based CG animation producer, has announced that Douglas E. Glen has resigned his position as CEO and executive director of the company.
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NewsPrincipal photography of Invasion Of Privacy to start later this month
Invasion Of Privacy (aka The Resident), will start shooting later this month in New Mexico.London-based Exclusive Media Group is fully financing the project, which sees Antti J. Jokinen make his directorial debut. Exclusive Film Distribution will be handling international sales at Cannes.Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will lead the ...
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NewsMultiVisionnaire finds Mr. Right
MultiVisionnaire Pictures has picked up Jacqui Morris’ Mr. Right ahead of Cannes.
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NewsUK’s HanWay tempts buyers with Thirteen Assassins
HanWay Films will be introducing buyers to Takashi Miike’s next film Thirteen Assassins at the Cannes film festival.
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NewsFilmax takes Spanish rights to Magic Africa
Filmax, the Spanish producer/distributor, has picked up the Spanish distribution rights to distribute Jordi Llompart’s 3D film Magic Journey To Africa.
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NewsGlawogger's Contact High to premiere at Cannes Market
Austrian director Michael Glawogger’s latest feature film Contact High will receive its market premiere through The Match Factory at Cannes this week.
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NewsJeonju marks 10th anniversary with record attendance
Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea’s second biggest festival, celebrated its 10th anniversary edition with a record-breaking attendance and the launch of a new market.
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NewsSwedish Film Institute backs three features with $1.5m
Fast Cash (Snabba Cash), the first part of Swedish lawyer-author Jens Lapidus’ best-selling Stockholm Noir trilogy, is on the way to the big screen.
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NewsMatch Factory adds The Light to Cannes line-up
The Match Factory has added Kyrgyz filmmaker Aktan Arym Kubat’s next feature The Light to its sales line-up.
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NewsJapan's Wise Policy closes its doors
Japanese foreign film distributor Wise Policy has closed its doors after filing for bankruptcy last month.