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Ascot Elite takes German-speaking rights to This Is England
Swiss independent distributor Ascot Elite has taken all German-speaking European rights to Shane Meadows' This Is England from sales company The Works International. Meadows' somewhat autobiographical story of a young boy influenced by skinheads in 1980s England won the best film and best newcomer (Thomas Turgoose) awards at the British ...
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Ahead of Locarno premiere, Sejong takes on Nothing But Ghosts
South Korea's Sejong has picked up German director Martin Gypken's second feature Nothing But Ghosts (Nichts Als Gespenster) ahead of its world premiere screening on Locarno's Piazza Grande on Monday evening.Beta Cinema's head of sales Andreas Rothbauer confirmed to ScreenDaily.com in Locarno at the weekend that Sejong had acquired theatrical, ...
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HanWay and Celluloid Dreams brands revived as Dreamachine concentrates on library
Just three months after the splashy merger of HanWay Films and Celluloid Dreams, their joint venture company Dreamachine has now announced that the Celluloid and HanWay brands will be run as separate first-run sales and acquisition businesses in London and Paris, as they traditionally had been. The companies had sold ...
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Lionsgate UK to release Power's first feature Flood
UK production company Power has signed a deal with Lionsgate UK to handle the theatrical launch of Power's first feature film, Flood.Lionsgate will release the film at a central London cinema in August and may roll-out from there.The $30m project is directed by Tony Mitchell and stars Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn ...
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FUNimation acquires three live-action Shochiku titles
US-based FUNimation Entertainment has acquired three live-action titles produced by Japanese major Shochiku. The titles include Yoji Yamada's Love And Honour, Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Hana and Haruki Kadokawa-produced Genghis Khan. The deal signals FUNimation's further expansion into live-action Japanese features, as well as contents of a more serious nature. Released in ...
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Ahead of Locarno premiere, Vexille sells to 75 territories including US
As the androids in Japanese director Fumihiko Sori's animated sci-fi thriller Vexille invade the Piazza Grande for tonight's opening of the Locarno International Film Festival 2008, the $10m CGI feature has already been sold to 75 countries, including the US. According to vp international sales and licensing Aki Harimoto, of ...
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Korean film exports down by 57% in first six months
Korean film exports in the first half of the year dropped by 57% compared to the same period in 2006, according to figures from the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). In total, 148 films were sold to 45 countries for a total of $7.48m in the past six months. The decrease ...
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Asmik Ace takes on Japanese distribution for Shadow Of The Moon
Channel 4 International has brokered a deal for Asmik Ace Entertainment to handle the Japanese theatrical release for In The Shadow Of The Moon. Asmik Ace plans a 2008 launch for the Sundance hit documentary, which is being released by ThinkFilm in the US, Vertigo Films in the UK and ...
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Boll World Sales picks up English-language horror film Fear
Boll World Sales has picked up international distribution rights for Munich-based filmmaker Gerhard Hross' English-language horror film Fear which wraps principal photography in Berlin on July 30.Producer-director Uwe Boll is also serving as a co-financier for the low-budget production by Udo Bomnueter and Helmar Baum's Berlin-based Valerian Fear. Co-producers are ...
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Media Luna and Wide pick up Locarno competition films
Cologne-based sales company Media Luna Entertainment has picked up the world sales for Lugano-born Fulvio Bernasconi's feature debut Off The Ropes (Fuori Dalle Corde), which will have its world premiere in official competition at the Locarno International Film Festival next week.The story of a young Italian boxer from Trieste with ...
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Bavaria takes on Free To Leave ahead of Locarno premiere
Bavaria Film International (BFI) has picked up Austrian director Peter Payer's fourth feature Free To Leave (Freigesprochen) ahead of its world premiere in official competition at next month's Locarno International Film Festival. A co-production between Austria's Lotus-Film and Luxembourg's Iris Productions, Payer's universal tale of guilt, lies and obsession ...
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Bangkok Market closes with a whimper due to poor attendance
The fourth Bangkok Film Market quietly came to a close today (Wednesday) in much the same manner as it opened softly two days ago.As in past years, the market is still plagued by the poor attendance of buyers. The situation has worsened this year when no free flights were given ...
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Japan's Avex signs on for Korean comedy Highway Star
Korea 's Studio2.0 has sold musical comedy Highway Star to Avex Entertainment for Japan. A remake of Japanese film Enka No Hanamichi, the film tells the story of a wanna-be rocker who ends up singing Trot (Korean country-style music) behind a mask and becoming a star. Launched into pan-Asian popularity ...
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Fortissimo seduced by Lee's Help Me Eros
Fortissimo Films has picked up worldwide sales rights outside Taiwan and Malaysia to Help Me Eros, directed by Taiwanese actor-turned-filmmaker Lee Kang-sheng. The film tells the story of a stock-broker who finds comfort in marijuana, suicide hotline counsellor Chyi and local betelnut seller Shin after a market crash leaves him ...
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Medusa announces that Michael Clayton will have Venice gala
Italian film giant Medusa announced legal drama Michael Clayton starring George Clooney by screenwriter turned director Tony Gilroy will screen as a gala event at the 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival. Medusa VP and CEO Giampaolo Letta made up the announcement one week before the Venice Film Festival ...
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Peccadillo takes UK rights to XXY and Poltergay
UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures has acquired all UK and Ireland distribution rights to Lucia Puenzo's XXY as well as home entertainment rights for Eric Lavaine's Poltergay. XXY won the Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prix and Rail D'Or. Ines Efron and Martin Piroyansky star in the story of a young hermaphrodite ...
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Diffusion takes UK rights to Von Trier's The Boss Of It All
UK distributor Diffusion Pictures has taken all UK rights to Lars Von Trier's comedy The Boss Of It All. The deal was struck with Trust Film Sales. The film is about an actor hired to play the boss of an IT firm to negotiate with business partners. Jono Stevens, one ...
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Trust takes on sales of Szumowska's 33 Scenes Of Life
Denmark's Trust Film Sales will handle international sales of Polish director Malgosia Szumowska's 33 Scenes of Life, currently shooting at Krakow, Poland. Denmark's Zentropa Entertainments is co-producing. 'I worked with Szumowska on Visions of Europe-25 Countries 1 Film, where she delivered the Polish entry, and we agreed we would continue ...
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Ascot Elite picks up five titles including Love In The Time Of Cholera
Leading Swiss independent film distributor Ascot Elite Entertainment has announced the acquisition of the rights to five new titles for its 2007/08 slate. The five new titles acquired are: Mike Newell's Gabriel Garcia Marquez adaptation Love In The Time Of Cholera, with John Leguizamo and Hector Elizondo, acquired from Summit; ...
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Bangkok Film Market set to open for business next week
The Bangkok Film Market (July 23-25) is all set to open its doors for business with about 60 confirmed exhibiting companies and 800 pre-registered buyers, according to Surasak Sunpituksaree, secretary-general of the Federation of National Film Association. The federation has been assigned by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) as ...