Latest Cannes News – Page 44
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NewsBankside Films boards Irish comedy ‘West The Road’ starring Imelda Staunton, Hannah Waddingham (exclusive)
Siobhán McSweeney and Eileen Walsh are also attached.
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NewsJohn Maclean survival thriller ‘Tornado’ swept up by HanWay
Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Kōki star.
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NewsFilm Seekers acquires US thriller ‘Wake’ with Fivel Stewart (exclusive)
The film stars Fivel Stewart from Netflix’s ‘Atypical’ and ‘The Recruit’.
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NewsSignature swoops for romantic comedy ‘Cupid & Me’ starring Brittany Snow, Cobie Smulders (exclusive)
Project is written and directed by UK filmmaker Jamie Adams.
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NewsGaumont unveils eclectic Cannes slate including Gilles de Maistre, Stéphane Brizé projects (exclusive)
Lucas Bernard’s romantic comedy ’In The Sub For Love’ is another new acquisition for French studio.
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NewsWorking Title, Independent set Frankie Goes to Hollywood biopic ‘Relax’ starring Callum Scott Howells
The film was written and will be directed by Bernard Rose, the director of the original ’Relax’ music video.
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NewsThe Match Factory racks up multiple sales for Aki Kaurismäki’s Cannes Competition film ‘Fallen Leaves’
Finnish director’s latest secures sales to key territories in Europe and Asia.
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NewsBlue Fox to launch Cannes sales on ‘Maximum Truth’ starring Ike Barinholtz, Dylan O’Brien (exclusive)
Momentum Pictures previously acquired North American rights.
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News‘Chuck Chuck Baby’, ‘Starve Acre’, ‘Layla’ among UK’s Great 8 showcase at Cannes 2023
The buyers’ event is organised by the BFI and British Council.
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NewsMister Smith takes on Emma Roberts comedy ‘Hot Mess’
Mister Smith will launch international sales on the title
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NewsHanWay Films acquires erotic horror ‘The One’; Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor, Nicholas Hoult star
WME Independent and UTA co-rep for North America.
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NewsAndrew Garfield, Daisy Edgar-Jones to star in Sebastian Lelio’s Carl Sagan love story ‘Voyagers’ for FilmNation
Film will depict Sagan’s relationship with fellow astronomer Ann Druyan.
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NewsWestEnd Films boards Eran Riklis’ ‘Reading Lolita In Tehran’ starring Golshifteh Farahani
The film was shot in Italy and is now in post-production.
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NewsSaudi Arabia’s Red Sea film festival teams with Cannes market on rising talent platform
The Cannes Makers programme has a focus on international sales.
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NewsGoodfellas unveils Cannes 2023 slate, includes starry period drama ‘The Flood’, ‘Inside’ with Guy Pearce (exclusive)
Other titles include Dea Kulumbegashvili’s new film and ’Like A Son’ starring Vincent Lindon.
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NewsDirector Mohammad Rasoulof prevented from leaving Iran to join Cannes’ Un Certain Regard jury
Iranian director was released from jail in February.
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NewsJulia Ducournau, Damian Szifron, Brie Larson among eight to join Ruben Ostlund on 2023 Cannes jury
Paul Dano, Maryam Touzani, Denis Menochet, Rungano Nyoni, Atiq Rahimi round out jurors.
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NewsSphere Films Cannes-bound with new sales titles ‘Queen Tut’, ‘Red Rooms’ (exclusive)
Montreal-based company represents worldwide rights excluding Canada on both titles.
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NewsLuxbox bolsters library with 13 films from Portuguese master Manoel de Oliveira (exclusive)
The director’s 1993 film Abraham’s Valley will have a special screening in Directors’ Fortnight this year.
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NewsPyramide seals deals on Cannes Competition title ‘Last Summer’; boards Wang Bing trilogy (exclusive)
Catherine Breillat’s erotic drama is a remake of May el-Toukhy’s Queen Of Hearts.
