Latest Cannes News – Page 198
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DFI unveils first funding round of 2012
The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has unveiled the 23 features, documentaries and short films that will receive funding as part of its 2012 grants programme.
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NewsWenders to stay with 3D for next feature project starring Sarah Polley
Director Wim Wenders is to stay with the 3D format for his next feature film project Every Thing Will Be Fine.
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NewsWeide plans Vonnegut doc
EXCLUSIVE: Robert B. Weide, whose Woody Allen: A Documentary is in official selection) is looking to revive his long-gestating feature doc on sci-fi author Kurt Vonnegut.
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Iris and Rezo prep Rainer bio-pic
Luxembourgish Iris Group has unveiled a ten-picture slate of films due to be distributed in France and sold worldwide by its Paris-based partner Rezo.
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Film Base Berlin turns lens on Cambodia
German production house Film Base Berlin is developing a Cambodia-themed drama Game Park, to be directed by French-Cambodian filmmaker Vanessa Ly.
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Rabarts to head development for India’s NFDC
Marten Rabarts, currently artistic director of Binger Filmlab, will step down at the end of May to take up the role of head of development with India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
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Buyers wake up for Five Star’s 3AM
Thailand’s Five Star Production is lining up a second 3D horror, 3AM, following the Asian box office success of its first such production, Dark Flight 3D.
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NewsuCarmen team plans La Boheme film
EXCLUSIVE: The South Africa theatre project is one of 16 projects on packed slate from UK’s F&ME.
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NewsNetwork picks up Larrain’s No for UK
Network Releasing has inked a deal for all UK rights to Pablo Larrain’s No.
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Iron Sky getting prequel and sequel
On the eve of Cannes, Blind Spot Pictures’ Tero Kaukomaa, the producer of cult Third Reich in space movie Iron Sky, has confirmed that he is plotting not one but two sequels.
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NewsBuyers run on eOne's Bank
eOne Films International has seen strong demand for its new slate and has secured a number of deals on upcoming thriller Cut Bank starring Armie Hammer.
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NewsLes Films du Losange fetes 50 years
As Haneke’s Amour premieres, MD Margaret Ménégoz talks about the company’s storied history.
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Les Arcs adds Bourdon, Kaludjercic
EXCLUSIVE: Former ACE general manager Sophie Bourdon and Paris Project organizer Vanya Kaludjercic join Les Arcs festival.
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Shoreline picks up Winter’s Sex
Shoreline Entertainment has acquired all international rights to John Winter’s self-financed Black & White & Sex, in which eight actors play one sex worker being interviewed by a filmmaker.
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Metrodome keen for Once Upon a Time in Essex
EXCLUSIVE: Metrodome has picked up UK rights to crime-thriller Once Upon a Time in Essex, based on the iconic ‘Range Rover’ killings.
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NewsMUBI reformats, partners with Weerasethakul, Sony Google TV, Nordisk Fund
VOD service MUBI is in Cannes with 2010 Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul to launch 20-minute short Ashes.
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NewsSophie Dulac goes with Wind
EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Dulac Distribution has picked up French rights to Directors’ Fortnight entry Le Repentiand Bence Fliegauf’s Just The Wind.
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NewsAnnila, Kaukomaa, Giddings partner for babysitter thriller
EXCLUSIVE: English-language project to shoot in 2013 in Finland and Sweden.
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NewsMexico unveils revamped Cineteca
Here in Cannes, the Mexican Film Institute unveiled the restoration and redevelopment plans for the Cineteca Nacional, the world’s biggest cinematheque.
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NewsCoppola at the Mercy of Highsmith
Bruno Coppola and Joseph Pierson have acquired the film rights to Patricia Highsmith’s A Suspension of Mercy.