All Markets articles – Page 112
-
News
Mipcom attendance up 10% as mobile content plays bigger role
The annual Mipcom TV market drew to an official close Friday following a week that saw big increases in attendance.Numbers for buyers and exhibitors on site were up 10% to 4,237 and 1,801 respectively. The event continues to focus on traditional TV programming but the impact of digital and mobile ...
-
News
Eight new Polish films to be screened at Warsaw's third CentEast
Veteran Polish film director Andrzej Wajda's Katyn, actor-director Jerzy Stuhr's Twist Of Fate and Dariusz Jablonski's feature debut Strawberry Wine are among eight new Polish films being shown as part of the Warsaw's International Film Festival's third CentEast Market (Oct 17-21) showcasing the best of Central and Eastern European cinema ...
-
News
The match-makers - new co-production markets
It is a truth acknowledged universally that an international producer in possession of a good project must be in want of a backer. But as the international market adjusts to a new business reality, producers, particularly those with mid-level budgets, are struggling to find suitors. Not only is Hollywood awash ...
-
News
American World adds three horror films ahead of AFM
Los Angeles-based distribution and production company American World Pictures (AWP) has boarded the horror titles Crazy Eights, Grizzly Park and Triloquist ahead of the AFM.James K Jones's Crazy Eights stars Traci Lords, Frank Whaley and Gabrielle Anwar and follows a gang of friends who discover a time capsule they buried ...
-
News
Israeli film Foul Gesture claims first international buyers
Israeli revenge drama Foul Gesturehas soldto Barton Films for Spain, Portugal and AndorraTzahi Grad's$0.5m film proved a huge success at the San Sebastian film festival and has been a hit with critics.'We don't have a sales agent attached to the film yet, but [Bilbao based] Barton films have bought the ...
-
News
PUSAN: Cineclick sells package to Middle East
Seoul-based sales agent Cineclick Asia has announced a flurry of sales to three territories - the Middle East, Japan and Hungary - at the Asian Film Market, headlined by Kim Ki-duk's Breath, which looks set to be the first Korean film theatrically released in the Arab regions. Ghassan Production and ...
-
News
Odeon Sky Filmworks strikes UK deal for REC with Filmax
Odeon Sky Filmworks has taken the UK rights to Filmax's REC. The deal was negotiated during the Toronto International Film Festival between Filmax CEO Carlos Fernandez, managing director Carles Rojano, and head of international Vicente Canales and Tony Miller head of Odeon Sky Filmworks. The Spanish-language supernatural horror film is ...
-
News
PUSAN: Germany's Splendid snaps up Japanese duo
Germany 's Splendid Film is continuing its splurge on Asian titles at Pusan AFM by acquiring two Japanese titles - TBS' Crows: Episode 0 and Toei's X-Cross. The Crows deal was closed today by TBS International Content Business division's Miyuki Takamatsu and Splendid's Marko Moellers. Splendid acquired all German and ...
-
News
PUSAN: Nikkatsu sellsMegane to Korea's Sponge
Seoul-based distributor Sponge Entertainment has acquired all rights to Japanese studio Nikkatsu's indie hit Megane. The sale was closed during Pusan 's Asian Film Market by Shinako Matsuda of Nikkatsu's film business division and Sponge international business manager Eugene Song. A drama set at a remote island inn, Megane reunites ...
-
News
PUSAN: Mendoza titles score salesto UK, France
Foster Child and Slingshot, two films by Filipino director Brillante 'Dante' Mendoza which are currently playing at the Pusan International Film Festival, have been sold to the UK and France respectively. Pecadillo Pictures has taken on the UK rights to Foster Child in a deal concluded by the company's Tom ...
-
News
Match Factory seals raft of deals for Wang'sThousand Years
The Match Factory has sealed a number of deals for Wayne Wang's San Sebastian Golden Shell winner A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and the companion piece The Princess Of Nebraska with rights going to France (Diaphana), Spain (Karma Films), Switzerland (Cineworx), and Argentina (Primer Plano).A Thousand Years Of Good ...
-
News
Australia tries to ramp up Asian co-productions with new event
A search has begun in China, India, Korea and Singapore for films and television programmes that would be suitable co-productions with Australia. The projects will form the heart of an event, announced today, which will run alongside the annual conference of the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA). The conference ...
-
News
PUSAN: France's Les Films du Preau acquires Mukhsin
French children films specialist Les Films du Preau has acquired all rights to Yasmin Ahmad's Mukhsin, making it the first Malaysian film ever to be sold to France. The deal was concluded by the film's producer-distributor Grand Brilliance and Delphis Films from Canada. Korea 's Kim Media has also taken ...
-
News
PUSAN NEW SELLER: Taiwan's Joint moves into international sales
Taiwan's Joint Entertainment, founded by James Liu, has expanded from distribution into international sales. Heading the company's slate are Singing Chen's God Man Dog, which is screening in PIFF's New Currents section, and The Most Distant Course, which picked up an award in Critics' Week at this year's Venice. A ...
-
News
PUSAN NEW SELLER: Movie Plus sets sights on Asian production
Movie Plus Group, the international producer-distributor founded by French animation producer Jean Chalopin, is making its Asian market debut here in Pusan. Chalopin, who has credits including animation series Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff and Dennis The Menace, was one of the founders of animation studio DIC, which originated in France and ...
-
News
Icon's MIPCOM slates include GreeneStreet titles and Carrier
Icon Entertainment International is presenting a number of GreeneStreet Films' projects at MIPCOM, after the companies announced a new strategic alliance. Titles include Unknown starring Jim Caviezel, Slow Burn starring Ray Liotta and 2001 Maniacs starring Robert Englund. Icon is also starting sales on the Mel Gibson-produced TV series Carrier ...
-
News
Telepool adds seven new titles to line-up ahead of AFM
Telepool has added seven new titles to its line-up ahead of this year's American Film Market. Four market premieres will be Maggie Peren's male escort agency comedy Special Escort (Stellungswechsel) which was released this week on more than 250 prints in Germany by 20th Century Fox; Marcus H. Rosenmueller's new ...
-
News
Films and slates worth $500m to be pitched at new London market
A formidable list of delegates and producers has been announced for the inaugural Production Finance Market (PFM) being held in London later this month (Oct 22-23). An estimated $500 million worth of projects are being presented, both individually and as part of slates. Confirmed attendees include many major distributors and ...
-
News
PUSAN: Asian Film Market has quiet but steady opening
The second edition of the Asian Film Market kicked off in Pusan on Monday (Oct 8) with quiet corridors on the sales office floors, but a strong turn-out at concurrent seminars and projects markets. Around 1,100 participants had registered by the end of Monday, in addition to 400 guests at ...
-
News
InFrame rebrands as Altadena; picks up two before AFM
Hollywood Classics sister company InFrame has been rebranded as Altadena Films. The founders of Altadena are Ildi Toth Davy, Joe Dreier and Steven Mackler.The new sales outfit will officially launch at the forthcoming American Film Market with new acquisitions Bigga Than Ben and The Girl Next Door.Bigga Than Ben is ...