Latest Cannes News – Page 193
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NewsThe Match Factory befriends Garbarski's Vijay, starring Bleibtrau, Arquette
EXCLUSIVE: The Match Factory has picked up rights to Sam Garbarski’s comedy My Friend Vijay, starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Patricia Arquette.
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Hong Kong’s Sundream eats up Dead Sushi
Japan’s Office Walker has sold Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi to Hong Kong’s Sundream Motion Pictures.
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NewsPathe International racks up 100 deals on its Cannes slate
Top titles include Beauty and the Beast, An Enemy, What’s in a Name and Happiness Never Comes Alone.
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Metrodome takes five in Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome adds to The Guillotines acquisition with five more pick-ups in Cannes.
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NewsCannes Deals Roundup: Freaky Deaky, Frost, Winter Nomads
The latest deals from Cannes include eOne taking North America on Freaky Deaky.
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NewsFortissimo takes on Serbian debut Redemption Street
Fortisimmo Films has acquired Serbian director Miroslav Terzic’s debut feature Redemption Street.
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NewsKino Lorber moves into Hong Sang-soo's In Another Country
Isabelle Huppert stars in Cannes Competition title.
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NewsMarco van Geffen's In Your Name wins Arte's Cannes Atelier prize
Picture is second installment of van Geffen’s Vinex Trilogy revolving around the theme of the happy family.
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NewsMedia Luna picks up Student, Kid
Midway through the market, Media Luna has taken international rights to three new films.
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NewsIFC wins bidding war for Wheatley’s Sightseers
In a deal concluded late last night Cannes time IFC took US rights to Ben Wheatley’s dark comedy Sightseers from Protagonist Pictures.
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NewsCannes titles Rust & Bone top opener at French box office
Jacques Audiard’s competition title Rust & Bone was the topo pening film at the French box office in it first five days on release starting May 16.
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NewsProtagonist books The Sweeney into eOne for US
EXCLUSIVE: eOne continues to ramp its US distribution slate with the acquisition of Protagonist’s The Sweeney, which the distributor had previously picked up for UK and Canada; deals flow for Nick Love’s crime-drama and Vertigo’s Viking epic Hammer of the Gods.
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NewsLee Daniels chooses Minka Kelly for Jackie Kennedy, talks The Butler
EXCLUSIVE: Lee Daniels talks to Screen about why he connected with The Butler and discloses that he wants Minka Kelly to play Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Klockworx drives off with Media Asia’s Motorway
Hong Kong’s Media Asia has sold Soi Cheang’s upcoming action title Motorway to Klockworx for Japan.
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DAR gets ugly with Kashyap, Phantom
India’s DAR Motion Pictures is partnering with Phantom Films to produce Ugly, the next project from Anurag Kashyap, whose Gangs Of Wasseypur is screening in Directors Fortnight.
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Endorphine, Augustus wake up for Sunrise
EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Endorphine Production and Dutch production company Augustus Film have boarded Indian filmmaker Partho Sen-Gupta’s Sunrise (Arunoday), alongside India’s Independent Movies and the National Film Development Corp (NFDC).
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Isn’t Anyone Alive? sells to the UK’s Third Window
The UK’s Third Window Films has snapped up Isn’t Anyone Alive?, directed by Gakuryu Ishii, which is being handled internationally by Japan’s Phantom Film Co.
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NewsThe Documentary Company on board for Green Prince
The Documentary Company, launched by Sheryl Crown and Maggie Monteith last year to back feature docs with EIS funding, is expanding its slate.
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Jiang Wen to shoot Gone With The Bullets
Leading Chinese filmmaker Jiang Wen is likely to reunite with Gong Li in his latest directorial project, Gone With The Bullets, according to Marco Ma, who co-owns Beijing-based Buyilehu Films with the director.
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NewsFilm4 goes monster mad with Ben Wheatley
EXCLUSIVE: Film4 is in discussions with potential co-financiers here on Kill List and Sightseers director Ben Wheatley’s planned cops-and-monsters film Freakshift.