Latest Cannes News – Page 195
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Jinga’s Timer clocks up buys
UK sales outfit Jinga Films is selling out on Jac Schaeffer’s romantic-comedy Timer.
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MVP's Naked Soldier storms into France
Hong Kong’s Mega-Vision Project (MVP) has sold Marco Mak’s action title Naked Soldier to a slew of territories including France, where it was jointly acquired by AB Groupe and AAA.
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Scottish companies CinéFile and Distrify partner up
Edinburgh based boutique distributor CinéFile has teamed up with Scottish film promotion and distribution service Distrify, to allow its content to become more accessible on the internet.
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Scottish features Accelerated
Creative Scotland’s inaugural Accelerator feature development programme has selected seven Scottish features
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NewsVinterberg moves into The Commune; Hunt sales heat up for TrustNordisk
Thomas Vinterberg is poised to make a feature film version of his play, The Commune, which he staged successfully at the Burgtheater Vienna.
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Baltic Bridge East by West announces co-production slate
Producers include Amour Fou, Aurora Films, CTB Film Company; Bakur Bakuradze among directors.
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NewsStealth's Marble City goes to Japan
Parco and Klockworx pick up Ryuhei Kitamura’s noir action thriller.
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Kaas investigates TrustNordisk's Causes
TrustNordisk is handling sales on The Keeper of Lost Causes; Mikkel Norgaard directs from a screenplay by Nikolaj Arcel.
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NewsWide House docs in demand
EXCLUSIVE: Wide’s doc arm Wide House has closed deals on documentary biopic Bergman and Magnani, Sam Peckinpah: A Portrait and Milos Forman, What Doesn’t Kill You…
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NewsFilm Collaborative launches LGBT initiative for distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The Film Collaborative has launched a new distribution initiative for LGBT films, FestSelects.
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NewsVOD platform Sanona launches, locks Yash Raj deal
VOD service Sanona, a specialist in South Asian cinema, is launching its service in Cannes and has already locked a deal with Indian studio Yash Raj Films.
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NewsAyres plans Marilyn Monroe doc
Writer-filmmaker has already spoken to and filmed many Monroe associates.
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NewsLoznitsa plans project about Nazi massacre
Project is one of five story ideas that the director is currently developing.
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NewsPer Fly shooting Monica Zetterlund
Swedish singer Edda Magnason [pictured] plays the leading role.
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NewsFilm I Vast welcomes projects including new Moodysson
As-yet-untitled feature from Lukas Moodysson [pictured] is one of five titles set to do post-production at Film I Vast’s base in Trollhättan.
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NewsNorway boosts new Jo Nesbo adaptation
Two high profile new Norwegian features are being fast-tracked - Morten Tyldum’s historical drama Tordenskjold, and Arild Fröhlich’s family feature Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder. They will receive $20 million and $17 million state funding, respectively.
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UK's 011 Productions to co-produce Bettinga's feature debut
UK producer Zorana Piggott’s 011 Productions is to co-produce the feature debut of German filmmaker Eicke Bettinga who is competing in Cannes’ Short Films Competition this year with Gasp which has its world premiere on May 26.
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NewsWarp Australia goes Shopping
Warp Films Australia, here last year with Snowtown, is currently shooting Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland’s New Zealand feature Shopping. Set in 1981, the story is about a teenage boy seduced by a career criminal.
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City Screen adds Bath venue
The Little Theatre Cinema and City Screen are teaming for a screen within live entertainment Komedia venue on Westgate Street.