Latest Berlin news – Page 218
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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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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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NewsBadge holders breathe sigh of relief as screenings ban is lifted
EFM non-buyer badge holders were relieved yesterday after a stressful couple of days in which they found themselves barred from the competition press screenings.
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NewsHaneke abandons 'old age' project
Oscar-nominated Austrian director Michael Haneke has abandoned his planned film about “humiliation and the physical deterioration of the aged” after seeing a Canadian project on a similar subject.
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NewsMK2 signs distribution deal with Israel's Orlando
MK2 has signed a distribution output deal with Israeli distributor Orlando Films.
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ContentFilm dances off with Every Little Step
ContentFilm has picked up international rights to Endgame Entertainment’s feature documentary Every Little Step, the critically acclaimed look behind the scenes at the Broadway smash A Chorus Line.
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Generation faces 2011 premiere rule
From 2011, films seeking selection for the Berlinale’s Generation sidebar, which focuses on children’s and youth titles, must be European premieres.
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Cineart swoops on top arthouse pics
Benelux distributor Cineart has snapped up many of the most high-profile arthouse titles on offer at the EFM over the past few days
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High Point warms to third London Microwave title
High Point Films, the international theatrical sales arm of Carey Fitzgerald’s High Point Media Group, has snapped up world rights to Freestyle, the third feature to emerge from Film London’s Microwave stable.
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Serkis, Cave plan motion-capture Opera
Andy Serkis, famous for pioneering motion-capture performance in The Lord Of The Rings, King Kong and the upcoming Tintin films, has revealed he will collaborate with musician Nick Cave on a motion-capture movie of The Threepenny Opera. The Brecht and Weill musical play was first performed in 1928 in Berlin.“It’s ...
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Greek Summer warms up Other Angle
France’s Other Angle Pictures has picked up Greek Summer, a new project to be directed by Olivier Horlait.
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Peace Arch takes Spungen doc for US
Peace Arch has swooped on North American rights to Who Killed Nancy?, the feature doc about the deaths of punk icons Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious.
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NewsMillennium trilogy continues to entice buyers
International buyers’ love affair with Stieg Larsson shows no sign of abating, with Zodiak Entertainment Distribution closing a further nine territories on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (aka Men Who Hate Women).
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Cinema Chile to push country’s films as a brand
Chilean producers have launched a cinema brand at the EFM in a bid to raise the profile of Chilean films internationally.
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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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The Manipulators hatch first plot
Waiting For Azrael, the first live-action feature from Persepolis directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, will be the first project from new European production powerhouse The Manipulators.
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Lungulov to build Monument To Michael Jackson
Serbian director Darko Lungulov is reuniting with Penrose Films, the co-producer of his debut Here And There, on his next project, Monument To Michael Jackson (working title).
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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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Wolf picks up Italian indie David's Birthday for the US
US distributor Wolfe has snapped up North American rights for Italian indie David’s Birthday (Il Compleanno),a psychological drama set in the south of Italy.
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NewsWide seals deals on End, Room
French production and sales outfit Wide Management has confirmed a wave of deals on Portuguese-language drama From Beginning To End (Do Comeco Ao), Enrique Buchichio’s Leo’s Room (El Cuarto De Leo) and Laurence Charpentier’s Gigola.