Latest Berlin news – Page 166
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NewsBeta firms Berlin slate
Market screening for The Physician, two competition titles among slate.
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NewsWild Side walks into Dead Lands
EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has licensed French rights to Wild Side on its upcoming Maori combat project heading into the EFM.
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NewsContent enters The Trust
The company will commence pre-sales at the EFM on the supernatural heist thriller from Culmination Productions and Redwire Pictures.
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NewsThe Exchange boards Obvious Child
SUNDANCE: CEO Brian O’Shea and his team are Berlin-bound with international rights to the acclaimed Park City selection.
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NewsLove Steaks wins Berlin slot
Slamdance winner won the Max Ophüls Prize at the weekend, granting it a slot in the Berlinale.
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NewsFortissimo acquires Black Coal, Thin Ice
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights outside mainland China to Berlin competition title Black Coal, Thin Ice, directed by Diao Yinan.
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NewsEastWest takes six including Whispers
Vienna-based sales agent EastWest Distribution has picked up six new titles including Rotterdam premiere Whispers Behind The Wall.
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NewsNew Europe takes Thou Wast Mild
Warsaw-based company acquires Josephine Decker’s Berlinale Forum selection.
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NewsMyriad to sell You’re Not You
Kirk D’Amico and his team will commence sales at the EFM next month on the inspirational drama starring Hilary Swank.
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NewsKevin Smith’s Tusk hooks EFM agent
XYZ Films has partnered with Demarest Films and A24 on the filmmaker’s new horror film and will commence international sales in Berlin.
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NewsDolphin Films to launch sales arm
The freshly minted Dolphin Films International will launch at the EFM next month and kick off sales on the Mattel property through its new multi-year partnership with IM Global.
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NewsBerlinale name First Feature jury
Nancy Buirski [pictured], Valeria Golino and Hernán Musaluppi to decide on the Best First Feature Award; 18 films are in contention.
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NewsFilms Distribution takes Dark Valley
Austrian western starring Sam Riley to premiere out of competition at the Berlinale.
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NewsBerlinale Talents programme announced
Greta Gerwig, Michel Gondry and Neil Jordan among confirmed industry experts at this year’s Berlinale Talents.
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NewsBerlin adds Snowpiercer to line-up
Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi action thriller helps complete the Forum section of the Berlinale.
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NewsMarc Butan joins Sierra/Affinity
The traditional pre-market shuffle intensified as it emerged that the Panorama co-founder was leaving to become co-president of Sierra/Affinity, signalling a major move into production for Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg’s company.
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NewsA24 takes US on Violent Year
The busy distributor announced from Park City it has picked up US rights to Participant Media’s thriller A Most Violent Year, JC Chandor’s follow-up to All Is Lost.
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NewsCMG boards Ratchet & Clank for EFM
Cinema Management Group (CMG) will bring the 3D animation to Berlin on behalf of Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment of LA.
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NewsBerlin completes Panorama Dok line-up
Selection opens with a documentary about what motivates Somali pirates and includes the European premiere of 20,000 Days on Earth, starring Nick Cave, and 10 world premieres.
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NewsEFM director talks 2014 market
EXCLUSIVE: Beki Probst, market director at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM), talks about the debut of South African filmmakers at the market and how the figures compare to last year’s event.