All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 79
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NewsMK2 boards Naomi Kawase’s An
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based company adds trio of Japanese titles to slate.
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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.