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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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Scottish features Accelerated
Creative Scotland’s inaugural Accelerator feature development programme has selected seven Scottish features
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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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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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NewsPaolo Sorrentino to direct The Great Beauty
Pathe International will handle worldwide sales on the Italian-French co-production which is Sorrentino’s first film set and entirely filmed in Rome.
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NewsFilmNation boards Lava Bear, Porchlight's The Rover
FilmNation has acquired the majority of worldwide sales rights to David Michôd’s follow-up to Animal Kingdom, and will jointly represent US sales with UTA.
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NewsRoskino announces projects with Brody, Uchitel, Dvortsevoy
Roskino yesterday announced seven new co-productions in development and pre-production, including projects with Adrien Brody, Alexei Uchitel and Tulpan director Sergei Dvortsevoy.
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NewsKingsley, Payne, Skarsgard line up for Beta's Physician
International stars including Ben Kingsley, Tom Payne and Stellan Skarsgård have joined the cast of Beta Cinema’s film adaptation of Noah Gordon’s bestseller The Physician.
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Stein and Marlind, K5 board horror ensemble Paris, I’ll Kill You
EXCLUSIVE: Underworld: Awakening directors Bjorn Stein and Mans Marlind complete the lineup of ten directors on horror-themed ensemble; K5 boards sales.
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NewsFrench Connection links with Korean Dream Capture
French Connection is partnering with Korean Dream Capture Studios to develop an English-language adaptation of Peter May’s thriller The Killing Room, the third tome in his so-called China thrillers.
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NewsIron Sky director revives Hitler in 3D
EXCLUSIVE: Adolf Hitler is to be recreated in digital 3D in I Killed Adolf Hitler, the new live action sci-fi feature from the team behind hit Iron Sky.
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Digital Domain to open studio in Abu Dhabi
US-based Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) is collaborating with twofour54 to establish a media school and purpose-built studio in Abu Dhabi, with the aim of driving development of the production industry in the Middle East.
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Korea’s Daisy & Cinergy cues up Cannes duo
Korea’s Daisy & Cinergy is producing and selling two upcoming projects from Im Sang-soo, whose The Taste Of Money is screening in competition, and Hur Jin-ho, whose Dangerous Liaisons has been selected for Directors’ Fortnight.
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NewsRobert Jones to produce A Patch Of Fog
The film is the winning project to come out of Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme for local writers.
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NewsPower to the Pixel announces new prizes
ARTE’s £6,000 Pixel Pitch Prize joined by new beActive Comedy Prize, Cinekid Prize & Mozilla Prize for non-fiction.
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Garance Capital to launch second fund
French film investment group Garance Capital is planning to launch a new €5-€10m institution-backed fund to compliment its existing fund aimed at individual investors.
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Alamode Film boards two German projects
Munich-based distributor Alamode Film is already lining up its next projects after making its first foray into production by serving as the German co-producer on Alain Resnais’ competition title You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Vous N’Avez Encore Rien Vu).