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NewsTrustNordisk sells Ragnarok to US
US distributor Magnolia has acquired Mikkel Sandemose’s Ragnarok from TrustNordisk, after a three-minute promo was shown during Berlin’s EFM.
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NewsThe Deep leads Iceland's Eddas
Baltasar Kormákur’s The Deep took a big haul of 11 Icelandic Film and Television Awards (Eddas) at the awards ceremony in Reykjavik on Saturday.
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NewsParis locations tout for film business
Exhibition follows recent hikes in France’s film tax incentives.
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NewsBlancanieves sweeps Spanish Goyas
Pablo Berger’s twist on the Snow White fairytale won best picture at the Spanish Film Academy’s Goya Awards where Juan Antonio Bayona won best director for tsunami drama The Impossible.
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NewsPark Circus expands into France
New Paris offshoot to be run by Van Papadopoulos (pictured), who formerly headed Cannes Classics.
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NewsFinnish cinema hits 30-year high
Cinema admissions in Finland reached 8.5 million in 2012, the best result since 1983.
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NewsSenator, Silver Reel sign output deal
Senator Entertainment, the German distributor that scored a hit with Intouchables, has secured a three-year output deal with Silver Reel.
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Nymphomanic sold to Canada, Hungary
TrustNordisk has pre-sold Lars von Trier’s upcoming erotic feature to Canada and Hungary, following major deals in the UK and US.
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NewsHollywood heads to Germany
After a lacklustre year in 2012, Germany is now overwhelmed with Hollywood stars working on films shooting here from George Clooney and Bill Murray to Emma Watson and Michael Douglas.
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NewsWide slate lures copious buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Doc sales specialist Wide House is reporting a roaring trade on its EFM titles.
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NewsRival YSL films wage fierce battle
French Designer Yves Saint Laurent died nearly four years ago, but rival film companies are battling it out over who has the right to shoot his biography and who is allowed to portray the clothes that set the fashion agenda for a generation.
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NewsNun on the run to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Le Pacte’s in-demand Berlinale Competition entry The Nun has sold to Metrodome for the UK.
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NewsReel Suspects sells Lose Your Head
Reel Suspects’ Berlin Panorama title Lose Your Head has been snapped up by Open Reel for Italy.
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NewsMemento records S-VHS sales
Paris-based Memento Films International (MFI) has been racking up sales on footage horror picture S-VHS , the sequel to cult hit V/H/S.
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NewsLe Pacte makes sales of The Nun
Le Pacte is racking up sales on Berlinale Competition entry The Nun, the period drama directed by Guillaume Nicloux and starring Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert and Louise Bourgoin.
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NewsPolish producer builds on double Berlin selection
Agnieszka Kurzydło is now working on forthcoming projects including Marcin Koszalka’s Red Spider and Grzegorz Jaroszuk’s Kebab & Horoscope.
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NewsMade In Germany winner with Youth’s One Two
The $6.7m (€5m) story about the lives of “Rubble Ladies” in post-war Germany is scheduled to shoot in 2015.
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NewsConstantin acquires Status Quo film; sequel greenlit
First major territory deal secured for the upcoming UK action comedy; greenlight for a sequel in India.
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NewsGerman Shooting Star Saskia Rosendahl in Qurbani’s second feature
Principal photography on the teamWorx Ludwigsburg production will begin on April 22.
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NewsFranco-German co-pro treaty extended
Since its founding in 2001, the “mini-traité” has been financed by the FFA and CNC with €1.5m annually, backing more than 90 Franco-German co-productions.