Latest Cannes News – Page 185
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NewsBac bolsters line-up and sales team
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Bac Films is kicking off Cannes with a reinforced international sales team this year following the arrival of Clémentine Hugot on the eve of the market.
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NewsFilms Boutique visits the Louvre with Sokurov
Berlin-based sales outfit Films Boutique is back in business with celebrated Russian auteur and Golden Lion winner Alexander Sokurov [pictured].
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Hong Kong’s Pegasus ramps up slate
Hong Kong-based Pegasus Motion Pictures is unveiling four new features as it ramps up production under company founder Raymond Wong and CEO John Chong.
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Woo to make Crossing in two parts
Beijing Galloping Horse (BGH) has announced that John Woo’s upcoming Chinese-language romantic epic has been titled The Crossing and will be made as a two-part feature.
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NewsShowbox clinches French deal on Hwayi
Korea’s Showbox/Mediaplex has clinched a pre-sale on action thriller Hwayi, which has gone to Wild Side Films for French-speaking Europe.
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NewsFinecut unwraps Moebius, Fake
Seoul-based sales company Finecut is unveiling four new projects in Cannes, including the next feature from Kim Ki-duk, entitled Moebius.
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NewsEurimages to study itself
Research will be carried out on Eurimages’ behalf by London based media consultants Olsberg SPI.
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NewsEye on Films goes global in Cannes
A total of 25 EoF titles will screen as part of the initiative, kicking off with the Israeli-Palestinian film Water [pictured].
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NewsExclusive Media rocks to Metallica
Exclusive Media is launching sales in Cannes and will screen Nimród Antal’s Metallica Through The Never starring the band and Dane DeHaan from breakout hit Chronicle.
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NewsMagnet drawn to Big Bad Wolves
Magnet Releasing has acquired all North American rights from XYZ Films to Big Bad Wolves.
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NewsWaltz enters Candy Store
Christoph Waltz has come on board Good Universe and Lionsgate’s crime thriller Candy Store. Good Universe launches sales on the Croisette this week and Lionsgate will distribute in North America.
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NewsBankside acquires Event 15 for Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Claustrophobic thriller to make its market premiere; first trailer released.
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NewsFilm Sales brisk on eve of Cannes
Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company has sold German rights to Rapid-Eye for Room 237, which premiered last year in Directors Fortnight.
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NewsLionsgate takes Quiet Ones
Distributor Lionsgate has picked up North American rights to Hammer’s The Quiet Ones
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NewsTrio sets Taiwan Ablaze
Former Edko Films’ sales chief June Wu has launched a Taiwan-based sales company, Ablaze Image, which has picked up Jay Chou’s kung-fu musical The Rooftop.
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NewsIFT acquires Jerry Lewis' Max Rose
International Film Trust will launch sales on the Croisette on the Jerry Lewis drama Max Rose. ICM Partners represents US rights.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Hartley’s Ned Rifle
Fortissimo Films has picked up global sales rights to Hal Hartley’s upcoming Ned Rifle, set to star Gemma Arterton, Parker Posey and Thomas J Ryan.
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NewsMedia Luna, ARRI ready market debuts
German sales companies Media Luna New Films and ARRI Worldsales have unveiled a raft of new titles being premiered at Cannes’ Marché du Film,
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NewsWild Bunch promotes Carole Baraton
Long-serving Wild Bunch executive takes on additional responsibilities.