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NewsAutlook to sell 'Songs of Lahore'
EXCLUSIVE: Vienna based Autlook Filmsales has snapped up international sales rights to Songs Of Lahore, the new feature doc from Sharmeen Obey - the first Pakistani ever to win an Oscar - and Andy Schocken.
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NewsCinephil takes controversial 'Among The Believers'
EXCLUSIVE: Tribeca title explores radical Islamic school.
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NewsNew Dutch fund backs 'Code M', 'Playboy Priest'
Details have emerged of the new regional film fund being set up in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.
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'Battle For Sevastopol' sold into Asia
EXCLUSIVE: Female sniper movie marks first Russia-Ukraine co-production in years.
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NewsWanda scares up 'Ghouls' sales across Asia
China’s Wanda Pictures has sold a string of Asian territories on Wuershan’s The Ghouls, includingTaiwan (CMC), the Philippines (MVP) and Singapore (Shaw).
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NewsWeinsteins acquire US on ‘Hands Of Stone’
The Weinstein Company closed a US deal at 6am on Thursday morning for boxing drama Hands of Stone starring Edgar Ramirez and Robert De Niro.
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NewsFinecut seals deals on Treacherous, Revivre
Korea’s Finecut has pre-sold Min Kyu-dong’s erotic period drama The Treacherous, starring Ju Ji-hoon, to Pretty Pictures for France and French-speaking Swiss pay-TV.
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NewsFox Searchlight acquires Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Youth’
The studio has snapped up rights from Pathé to Paolo Sorrentino’s drama ahead of its world premiere in Competition on May 20.
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NewsRoadside, Lionsgate snap up ‘The Sea Of Trees’
The Competition entry starring Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts and Ken Watanabe has found its US home.
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NewsChristopher Woodrow launches Vendian
EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Woodrow flies into Cannes with a new finance and production venture that has raised $100m in equity and got behind six of the biggest titles to hit the market in the last two years.
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NewsGaumont, Wild Bunch sell The Neon Demon wide
CANNES: French sales companies Gaumont and Wild Bunch have announced a raft of sales on Nicolas Winding Refn’s horror picture The Neon Demon, which is on the verge of wrapping in Los Angeles.
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NewsEuropaCorp adds ‘Escobar’ to Cannes slate
Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz will star in the biopic about the drug lord, which the company has introduced to buyers on the Croisette.
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NewsFortitude International boards ‘State Like Sleep’
Rebecca Hall, Michael Shannon and Ben Foster will star in the mystery that Fortitude International is selling in Cannes.
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NewseOne to sell 'Life On The Road'
eOne in association with BBC Films has come on board to finance Ricky Gervais’ upcoming Life On The Road featuring David Brent, the character he immortalised in The Office.
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NewsRachel Weisz to star in Pete Travis kidnap thriller 'Snatchback'
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Weisz to star in and produce true story; Protagonist launches in Cannes.
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NewsNicole Kidman set to join See-Saw's 'Parties'
EXCLUSIVE: Cast rounds on John Cameron Mitchell’s “punks and aliens” feature adapted from a Neil Gaiman story; HanWay boards sales.
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NewsGillian Anderson, Kodi Smit-McPhee set to 'Croak'
EXCLUSIVE: Cornerstone to sell comedy from ParaNorman director.
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NewsSearch Engine acquires 'Standing Tall'
Search Engine Films has acquired Canadian rights from Elle Driver to Cannes festival opener Standing Tall (La Tête Haute).
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NewsRichard Armitage, Naomie Harris get 'Clearance'
EXCLUSIVE: Umedia boards rights to action-drama set to shoot in South Africa.
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NewsGaumont launches 'Odd Job', 'Pattaya' at Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Other new titles on slate include Pattaya and Critics’ Week screener Learn by Heart.