Latest Cannes News – Page 216
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Buyers take HanWay's Expectations, Psychopaths
UK sales outfit HanWay Films has been doing a roaring trade on its Cannes slate.
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NewsTom Hooper joins BFI board
At a reception tonight in Cannes, BFI Chair Greg Dyke announced that The King’s Speech director Tom Hooper has been appointed to the BFI’s Board of Governors.
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NewsRoeg's Independent lines up films with Michael Mann, Saul Dibb
UK production/finance/sales company Independent - riding high in Cannes with We Need To Talk About Kevin - has confirmed that Michael Mann will direct its adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Agincourt.
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NewsSwedes plan huge Long Ships franchise
“Ultimate Viking movie” to comprise two features and a TV series
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NewsAndy Vajna unveils further details of Hungarian funding overhaul
Previous deals struck with Hungary’s MMKA will not all be honoured
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NewsRavensbourne, Skillset, WFTV to host Cannes panel on 3D storytelling
London-based Ravensbourne, Skillset and the UK’s Women in Film and TV are hosting a 3D panel here in Cannes today (at 10:30 at the UK Film Centre).
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NewsBankside's Kelliher elected as chair of Film Export UK
EXCLUSIVE: New directors are Clare Crean and Andrew Orr.
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NewsSwinton, Fassbender and Wasikowska line up for Jarmusch's vampire story
EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Thomas and Reinhard Brundig producing; HanWay to handle sales.
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Lall Brothers launch arthouse label with Chittagong drama
EXCLUSIVE: Bhuvan and Akshay Lall have launched an arthouse label, Lall Brothers Filmworks, to produce and distribute a slate of high-quality Indian films.
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Buyers eat up Golden Network's Seefood
Hong Kong-based Golden Network Asia has pre-sold Malaysian animation Seefood to a string of territories including Wild Side for France and Splendid for Germany.
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Korea’s 9ers sells Ronin Pop and Try To Remember
Korea’s 9ers Entertainment has scored a string of deals on sci-fi action title Ronin Pop and romantic drama Try To Remember.
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Tianjin’s Rabbit hops over to Italy
EXCLUSIVE: China’s Tianjin Film Studio has sold 3D animated feature film Legend Of A Rabbit to Italian distributor CDF Pictures.
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Finecut sells Un Certain Regard pair to Taiwan’s Catchplay
Korea’s Finecut has sold Arirang, Kim Ki-duk’s controversial self-portrait, and Hong Sang-soo’s The Day He Arrives to Taiwan’s Catchplay.
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NewsNumber 9's slate includes new Neil Jordan vampire film
Number 9 Films, the production company run by Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen, is set to have three films in production by the end of the year including a Dickens adaptation, a new Neil Jordan vampire picture, and a British gangster movie.
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NewsHallstrom leaves The Danish Girl, casts Persbrandt for The Hypnotist
EXCLUSIVE: Lasse Hallstrom leaves Nicole Kidman sex change feature but ramps up plans for The Hypnotist.
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Kumar’s Monsoon set to hit India
EXCLUSIVE: Amit Kumar, director of award-winning short The Bypass, is gearing up to shoot his debut feature, The Monsoon Shootout, as a co-production between the UK, India, Netherlands and France.
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Le Pacte travels to Amazonia with Ragobert
EXCLUSIVE: White Planet director Thierry Ragobert will commence the 3D nature extravaganza Amazonia beginning in September with Jean Labadie’s Le Pacte handling world sales and French distribution.