All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 79
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NewsGrace goes global, US uncertain
The US release of Olivier Dahan’s Cannes opening film Grace of Monaco may be uncertain, amid rumours that Harvey Weinstein is still unhappy with the cut, but its business as usual in the rest of the world.
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FeaturesCANNES: The French collection
Despite increasing pressures on the funding of French film, local producers are bringing an exciting selection of projects to Cannes. Interviews by Melanie Goodfellow.
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FeaturesPierre-Ange Le Pogam, Grace of Monaco
When veteran producer Pierre-Ange Le Pogam first came to Cannes in the 1970s, he slept in a tent. Some 40 years later, the former Gaumont and EuropaCorp exec is on the Croisette with his fledgling company Stone Angels and opening night film Grace Of Monaco. Melanie Goodfellow reports.
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FeaturesIs France still a cinephile nation?
France has long been a model of cinema-going culture. But with a box-office drop in 2013, a dip in local production and cinema audiences getting older, Melanie Goodfellow looks at the future of film culture in the digital age.
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NewsWTFilms launches doc strand
New non-fiction slate from the genre specialist also features Korea by Yann Moix and Why Horror?.
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NewsMK2 sells Clouds of Sils Maria
EXCLUSIVE: Palme d’Or contender starring Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz sells to 20 territories.
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NewsSND boards A Perfect Man
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based SND is reuniting with Yves Saint Laurent producer Wassim Béji and star Pierre Niney on Yann Gozlan’s psychological thriller A Perfect Man, about a writer who rips off a dead soldier’s diary as his own work.
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NewsWide takes on The Bitch
Cannes slate includes trio of classics as well as slew of new films, including pictures from Arto Halonen and Tala Hadid.
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NewsLes Films du Losange takes Wang's Fantasia
EXCLUSIVE: Wang Chao’s feature to premiere in Un Certain Regard.
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NewsAlfama hires former Le Pacte exec
Cannes slate includes Michael Sturminger’s Casanova Variations.
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NewsFilms Distribution gets Housebound
Films Distribution has picked up international sales on horror comedy Housebound, which premiered to critical acclaim at SXSW this year.
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NewsFilms Distribution takes Magical Girl
Second film from one of Spain’s hottest up and coming filmmakers.
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NewsWild Bunch unveils Cannes slate
EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch to launch new films from Verhoeven, Noé, Kechiche as well as Spring Breakers 2, Maniac Cop remake and market premiere Welcome to New York.
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NewsDoc & Film taps Silvered Water
EXCLUSIVE: Documentary captures life in besieged Syrian city of Homs through work of rebel female video reporter.
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NewsWild Bunch boards Little Prince
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales powerhouse heads to Cannes with American director Mark Osborne’s anticipated feature-length animation The Little Prince, as well as Strangerland, Gentlemen and Red Army.
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NewsOther Angle acquires Argento’s Incompresa
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company to hit Croisette with a trio of Official Selection titles, which also includes Keren Yedaya’s That Lovely Girl and The Go-Go Boys.
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NewsCANNES: Wide House takes Magicarena
Doc specialist has also taken on sales of Before You Know It about group of trailblazing gay seniors.
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NewsBig World takes 'Heart' for US
Film by Texas-based Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini recently screened in Lincoln Center and MOMA’s New Directors/New Films season.
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NewsPamela Leu launches Be for Films
French sales agent heads to Belgium to set up new company. First slate includes Belgian Hans Herbots’ crime thriller The Treatment.