All articles by Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte – Page 14
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Memento to produce Glatzer and Westmoreland's Sunland
Quinceanara directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland will explore the dark side of the American dream in their next project, Sunland to be produced by France's Memento Films Production.The Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning duo will shoot the film in autumn 2007 in California. The film is slated to be ...
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Davis and Keener travel to Winterbottom's Genova
Hope Davis and Catherine Keener have been confirmed to join Colin Firth in Michael Winterbottom's next effort, Genova.Shooting will begin at the end of June in Genoa, Italy and Boston. Post-production will be done in the UK.Dreamachine is handling international sales and distribution on the film, which also stars relative ...
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Funny Balloons bats for Blue Eyelids
Paris-based sales agent Funny Balloons has announced the acquisition of Critics' Week title Parpados Azules (Blue Eyelids).The film, by Mexico's Ernesto Contreras, will be handled by Funny Balloons in all territories excluding Mexico.Eyelids has secured French distribution with Colifilms Diffusion. It was a top winner at the Guadalajara festival.
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Telepool books deals on Way To The Stars and Arn
Germany's Telepool has announced sales on several titles including the 3D feature animation Way To The Stars.That film, directed by Michael Hegner and Kari Juusonen, went to Turkey (Tiglon), while epic adventure Arn The Knight Templar by Peter Flinth went to Russia (Barnhill). Finally, Telepool has also sold the comedy ...
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Olivier Assayas springs Binoche for $6m drama
MK2 will produce the next effort from French director Olivier Assayas, Springtime Past. The $6m (Euros 4.5m) drama will star Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling and Jeremie Renier and will be ready for Berlin. Assayas is in competition at Cannes this year with Boarding Gate. ...
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'Without the auteurs there wouldn't be a festival'
Festival president Gilles Jacob (pictured right) and artistic director Thierry Fremaux talk about stars and auteurs, resisting pressure and staying relevant in the digital age. It is mid-April and with the 60th edition of the Cannes film festival less than a month away, festival president Gilles Jacob and artistic director ...
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Palme d'Or winner: Claude Lelouch
When A Man And A Woman scooped the Palme d'Or in 1966, its French director Claude Lelouch had already been hailed at festivals for such works as In The Affirmative and To Be A Crook. But the romance, starring Anouk Aimee, catapulted him to international fame and landed him not ...
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Wild Bunch continues Woody Allen relationship
Continuing a relationship begun last year with Cassandra's Dream, Wild Bunch is once again teaming up with Woody Allen.The Paris-based outfit will handle international sales on Allen's upcoming as-yet untitled project which is set to shoot in Barcelona and Oviedo, Spain beginning in July.The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Penelope ...
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Pyramide lands US deal on hot-selling Irina Palm
Pyramide International has concluded a US sale on Berlin competitor Irina Palm. Sam Gabarski's Marianne Faithfull vehicle has gone to Strand Releasing as well as having sold to nearly 40 other territories.Pyramide is in Cannes with seven films in selection including Catherine Breillat's competition debut An Old Mistress.Other titles include ...
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Films Distribution Cannes slate includes competitor Tehilim
In a nice twist of timing, Films Distribution comes to Cannes this year with a pair of past masterpieces and a companion piece from a current master.The company recently acquired Albert Lamorisse's classic The Red Balloon which won a Palme d'Or and an Oscar in 1956 and 1957 respectively. Alongside ...
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Frears doesn't expect any 'brutality' as he leads Cannes jury
Stephen Frears and his Cannes competition jury made their first public appearance in Cannes on Wednesday at the festival's opening day press conference.Frears was flanked by jury members Toni Collette, Maggie Cheung, Maria de Medeiros, Sarah Polley, Marco Bellocchio, Orhan Pamuk, Michel Piccoli and Abderrahmane Sissako.When asked whether any of ...
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Wide takes on sales for Bonnaire's Her Name Is Sabine
France's Wide Management will handle sales on actress Sandrine Bonnaire's directorial debut Her Name Is Sabine.The film is running in Directors Fortnight alongside another recently acquired Wide title, Counterparts by Jan Bonny.The company is also handling Critics Week special selection Ezra from director Newton I. Aduaka, which also played at ...
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Memento to handle sales on Assayas' competitor Boarding Gate
France 's Memento Films has acquired Olivier Assayas' Cannes competition entry Boarding Gate starring Asia Argento and Michael Madsen. The company will handle international sales on the thriller which is being released in France by ARP Selection on Aug 22. Memento is also handling world sales on Jia Zhang Ke's ...
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Pilger's Bush-probing documentary rides with Coach 14
Nascent sales outfit Coach 14 has taken on international sales on a new hot button documentary from John Pilger entitled The War On Democracy. The film,which is sure to spark controversy, examines the 'brutal reality of theBush notion of 'spreading democracy'' and the idea that the USpresident is actually conducting ...
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Films from Reygadas and Aguilera top Bac's Cannes slate
Continuing its move into international sales, Bac Films is coming to Cannes this year with Silent Light in competition, La Influencia in the Fortnight and a stream of new offerings. The sales arm of Bac Films will be selling Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light; a love story set in Mexico. Reygadas' ...
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Wild Bunch's new titles include $47m Mr. Nobody with Sarah Polley
With six films spread throughout the official selection, Critics Week and Un Certain Regard, Wild Bunch is also presenting a packed line-up at the Cannes Market. In selection are Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days in the main competition, Abel Ferrara's out-of-competition Go Go Tales, Juan Antonio ...
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Walter Salles to serve as patron for Cannes Europe Day
Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles will act as patron for the 2007 edition of Europe Day at this year's Cannes Film Festival.This year marks the fifth year that European Union culture and audio visual ministers will convene in Cannes to discuss issues currently facing the industry. The ministers will meet this ...
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Wild Bunch strikes exclusive Benelux partnership with A-Film
France's Wild Bunch and Benelux's A-Film have announced a distribution, acquisition and co-production partnership for Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. A-Film will now be the exclusive theatrical, video and television distributor in the Benelux region for new films acquired or co-produced by Wild Bunch.A-Film will also be responsible for handling ...
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Digital Rights - Territory report - France
France's union system differs greatly from the US. While there are lobby groups and associations, there are no guilds per se which resemble the Hollywood heavies such as the WGA, DGA and SAG. The closest thing to those organisations is the Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Sacd) which represents ...
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Cannes Directors Fortnight bookended by debuts from Corbijn, Kogut
This year's Directors Fortnight will open at Cannes with Anton Corbijn's Control, a biopic of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. The closing film is also a first film, Mutum, from Brazilian director Sandra Kogut.In total 23 films round out the main selection with nine first time features which are ...