All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 88
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NewsMajor travels to France, Greece
EXCLUSIVE: German M-Appeal has sold Russian Yury Bykov’s Critics’ Week title The Major to French distributors Zootrope and Greek firm Ama Films for theatrical release.
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NewsRezo selects SVoD for President
EXCLUSIVE: Deal indicates growing importance of digital players in the market.
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NewsGillibert, Aja In a Perfect World
EXCLUSIVE: Adaptation rights taken for Laura Kasischke’s bestseller.
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NewsBac fires for Dagur Kari’s Fúsi
EXCLUSIVE: Bac reunites with Kormakur’s BlueEyes Productions for sale of Kari’s Fusi (formerly working titled Rocketman).
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NewsCifola’s Lion unveils Terzani biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Former Rai Sesto Cifola [pictured] touches down in Cannes with new company Lion Pictures International.
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NewsCampbell Bower, Fimmel join Overdrive
EXCLUSIVE: Star of upcoming The Mortal Instruments confirmed for long-gestated Pierre Morel-produced Overdrive. Kinology is selling.
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NewsElle Driver to sell covert Iranian film
EXCLUSIVE: Pictures revolves around author secretly writing memoirs about his time in Iranian jail.
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NewsScorsese funds Varda digitisation
Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation is financing the digitisation of all French filmmaker Agnes Varda’s American films, including Lions Love, Mur, murs and Documenteur, her daughter Rosalie Varda has revealed.
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NewsThe Past sales heat-up for Memento
EXCLUSIVE: Intense drama [pictured] starring Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim and Ali Mosaffa premieres in Cannes on Friday.
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NewsWTF picks up Hidden in the Woods remake
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based genre and horror boutique out WTFilms has picked up sales on Chilean director Patricio Valladares’ English remake of his Hidden in the Woods which is due to shoot in the US later this year.
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NewsElle Driver unleashes French Women
EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Paradis, Isabelle Adjani, Laetitia Casta, Sylvie Testud, Geraldine Nakache, Julie Ferrier, Marina Hands, Alice Taglioni, Alice Belaidi, Melanie Doutey, Audrey Dana [pictured] make-up biggest and starriest French female cast ever.
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NewsNicolas Eschbach launches Indie Sales
EXCLUSIVE : Former TF1 sales chief plans annual 12-picture slate.
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NewsMarché launches Cross Media Corner
Filmmaker Jan Kounen to discuss upcoming multiplatform work Windwalkers [pictured].
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NewsMoretz, Butterfield join White Circus
First feature from creative duo Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski will be executive produced by Terry Gilliam. Kinology launching sales in Cannes.
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NewsBac bolsters line-up and sales team
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Bac Films is kicking off Cannes with a reinforced international sales team this year following the arrival of Clémentine Hugot on the eve of the market.
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NewsWild Bunch takes Braff Kickstarter film
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes slate also includes latest films from Abel Ferrara, Larry Clark, Xavier Beauvois, Ken Loach, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Laurent Tirard, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Nicole Garcia.
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NewsEye on Films goes global in Cannes
A total of 25 EoF titles will screen as part of the initiative, kicking off with the Israeli-Palestinian film Water [pictured].
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NewsWild Bunch promotes Carole Baraton
Long-serving Wild Bunch executive takes on additional responsibilities.