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News'Montenegro' team plan Berlin TV series
EXCLUSIVE: Alex Holdridge and Linea Saasen, the writer/directors in Toronto with Meet Me in Montenegro, are now writing an ambitious TV series to be set in 1945 post-war Berlin.
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NewsTIFF starved of domestic deals
As the second week of Toronto got underway, A24 pounced on While We’re Young and the hope remained that a deal for Top Five would inject life into what has been a muted event thus far.
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NewsCassavetes to direct Corsan's Expiration
Thriller centres on a poisoned former CIA agent turned assassin who has 20 hours to discover who wants him dead.
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NewsVSC, Kino Lorber ink distribution deal
Companies sign three-year multi-platform Canadian home entertainment distribution deal, launching with Man of the West [pictured] DVD/BR release in November.
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NewsRaven Banner meets Todd
Feature-length version of Canadian TV series is currently in production.
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NewsZübert set for English-language debut
EXCLUSIVE: Tour de Force director to adapt TC Boyle’s cult novel Water Music.
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NewsBuyers bow to Tamahori's Emperor
EXCLUSIVE: Deals for Corsan action-adventure, starring Sophie Cookson [pictured], Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann, now shooting in Europe.
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NewsRai secures US double
Viva La Liberta [pictured] and The Mafia Only Kills in the Summer secure US deals.
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NewsHighland to sell Boswell For The Defence
Steve Coogan will play the title role of James Boswell in an adaptation of the West End play Boswell For The Defence. Highland Film Group is in Toronto handling international sales.
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NewsNimbus scares up ghost story
EXCLUSIVE: Producer Lars Bredo Rahbek of Copenhagen’s Nimbus Film, whose Itsi Bitsi screened premiered at TIFF last night, is now developing a big-screen adaptation of In Search of a Distant Voice by author Taichi Yamada.
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NewsBuyers hello to Farewell
Venice Days BNL People’s Choice award winner sells to Benelux, Germany and Australia/New Zealand, among others.
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NewsSoda takes UK/Canada for Angel
EXCLUSIVE: Distributor acquires UK/Ireland and Canadian rights to Michal Winterbottom’s Toronto premiere.
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NewsUnifrance eyes growth
Boom in French films at Toronto complements the expansion plans of French promotion agency Unifrance.
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NewsWeaving in talks for Gandhi’s Bird Eclipse
EXCLUSIVE: Hugo Weaving is in talks to star in fantasy period drama Bird Eclipse, the next project from Ship Of Theseus director Anand Gandhi.
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NewsStampfer and Vogelbacher launch IFP
IFP will advise international film and TV productions “in the areas of film financing and the provision of technical services with a special focus on Germany”.
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NewsPartners travel down Hyena Road
EXCLUSIVE: Rhombus Media, WTFilms and Canada Company are teaming up on the Afghanistan war film, set to begin shooting in Manitoba in late September before relocating to Jordan.
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NewsToronto deals: Content pre-sells The Nightmare
Deals for The Nightmare, Nabat; plus news on Drive Productions and Petersburg Carousel.
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NewsLouis C.K. joins Trumbo
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian latest addition to anticipated drama as John Goodman signs.