All articles by Melanie Goodfellow – Page 95
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NewsTF1's Wolves strike in Germany, Japan, Russia, Middle East
EXCLUSIVE: Other buzz titles on TF1 International’s AFM slate include The Brass Teapot and Before The Winter Chills.
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NewsElle Driver nabs The Late Bloomer ahead of AFM
Comedy stars Elijah Wood as sex therapist who goes through puberty at 30-years-old.
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NewsTIDE Experiment plans four “day-and-date” releases in 2013
France’s cinema industry guild L’ARP has joined forces with European sales agents Fandango, Goldcrest, Urban Distribution and WIDE and more than 30 members of Europa Distribution.
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NewsStudioCanal to show first footage of Ben Stassen’s Thunder at AFM
Other StudioCanal AFM buzz titles include Jaume Collet-Serra’s air-flight action thriller Non-Stop reuniting the director with Liam Neeson [pictured].
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NewsWild Bunch boards Simon Brand’s hijacking thriller Default ahead of AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Slate also features new films from Patrice Leconte, Arnaud Desplechin, Santiago Zannou and Philippe Godeau and 11-minute Blood Ties promo.
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NewsEuropa Distribution mulls Creative Europe plan in Lyon
“No reason to implement revolutionary changes” to existing Media programme says Jakub Duszynksi, co-president of independent distributors body Europa Distribution.
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NewsEuropa Distribution AGM opens in Lyon with film heritage debate
Body representing 125 independent distributors across Europe will also discuss future of the Media Programme and examine cinema-on-demand distribution schemes.
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FeaturesCité of light
Recently opened in Paris, Luc Besson’s ambitious Cité du Cinéma combines a new home for EuropaCorp and a major new studio development.
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NewsMIPCOM reports biggest market ever
Cinema-television crossover trend strengthens; digital players take on greater content financing role; sales buoyant despite gloomy economic backdrop.
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NewsMIPCOM: Angry Birds set for autumn migration to small screen
Rovio Entertainment head of strategic partnerships Andrew Stalbow [pictured] premieres extracts of 52 Angry Birds shorts at MIPCOM, says company has long-format ambitions.
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NewsMIPCOM CREATIVE TALKS: Jane Campion on Top Of The Lake
Haunting six-part detective mystery set in remote part of southern New Zealand due to hit screens later this year and early 2013.
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NewsMIPCOM: Harvey Weinstein talks TV
Upcoming TWC television productions include big budget Marco Polo, reality show Supermarket Superstar hosted by Stacey Keibler and Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden.
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NewsMIPCOM: Harvey Weinstein launches World Dance Awards
Weinstein was joined by Michael Flatley in making the announcement and said the event would be in the vein of the Grammy Awards and would take place around April or May.
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NewsMIPCOM Day 1: Canadian co-production talk; big Hitler project announced
MIPCOM kicked off on Monday with the conference programme focused on this year’s honorary country Canada as well as digital developments and Russian period drama “18*12” opening the screenings.
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NewsFCCE’s user-generated movie format Entertainment Experience heads to China
Amsterdam-based crossmedia company FCCE debuted user-generated movie format with Paul Verhoeven last year to make thriller Tricked. Format also optioned for Sweden and the Middle East.
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NewsMIPCOM: YouTube kick-starts 60 European channels
Google/YouTube global head of content Robert Kyncl delineates content “catalyser” strategy in MIPCOM keynote speech.
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NewsSoda Pictures acquires Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours for UK
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales company MPM reports a flurry of post-Toronto deals for picture which is due to screen in the BFI London Film Festival.
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CommentAsterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D -- Catherine Deneuve massacres the French language, à l’anglaise
The high-profile cast of Laurent Tirard’s highly anticipated Asterix and Obelix: in Britain 3D — led by Gérard Depardieu, Edouard Baer and Catherine Deneuve — were out in force on Sunday afternoon for a packed, first public preview of the film at Paris’ iconic, 2,800-seat Grand Rex cinema.
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NewsFrench austerity budget hits CNC and broadcasters
National Cinema Centre hit with €150m levy, state broadcaster funding cut by €85m as French government unveils austerity budget.
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NewsFrench court fines five film pirates €1.1m
Landmark ruling comes as future of existing Hadopi anti-piracy measure is under debate.