All articles by Nancy Tartaglione – Page 10
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NewsCoach 14 to sell Castro’s Daughter from Moresco
Coach 14 has picked up foreign sales rights to Bobby Moresco’s Castro’s Daughter. The film is the true story of Alina Fernandez, who was the product of a love affair between Fidel Castro and Cuban socialite Naty Revuelta.
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NewsMedem's Room In Rome finds US home with IFC
IFC has acquired US rights to Julio Medem’s Room In Rome from Wild Bunch. The film is a remake of Chilean film En La Cama which was that country’s foreign language Oscar submission for 2007.
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NewsOther Angle brings Five Brothers to buyers
After a strong start earlier this year, newcomer Other Angle has announced three fresh projects for the AFM. The first is a thriller directed and produced by Alexandre Arcady, Five Brothers.
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NewsCelluloid Dreams boards films from Gansel, Wiseman
Celluloid Dreams is entering the AFM with a pair of sexy new films. We Are The Night comes from The Wave director Dennis Gansel and Rat Pack Filmproduktion. The Berlin-based female vampire drama stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.
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NewsAlain Goldman mounts French Holocaust epic with Gaumont
Producer Alain Goldman has reteamed with Gaumont for his latest production, La Rafle (The Roundup). The $29.5m (€20m) film, directed by Roselyne Bosch, is what Goldman calls “the French Schindler’s List.”
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NewsWild Bunch AFM roster boasts Tetro, Zhang Yimou, Gregg Araki
Wild Bunch is announcing three new projects heading into this week’s AFM as well as international sales for Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro.
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NewsTF1 makes market debut selling merged slate
TFI International will make its market debut selling titles from both its own slate and UGC’s at next week’s AFM. The slate includes new projects such as Redheads, the first film from Costa Gavras’ son, Romain.
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NewsPetit Nicolas sets sights on becoming biggest French hit of 2009
Laurent Tirard’s Petit Nicolas is poised to become the most successful French film of 2009.
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NewsClint Eastwood wins first Prix Lumiere
The inaugural Grand Lyon Film Festival closed this weekend following the presentation of the first Prix Lumiere to Clint Eastwood, who was in town for the event ahead of shooting part of his latest film in Lyon and Paris.
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Pathe appoints Olivier Cottet-Puinel as senior VP of business affairs
Pathe has announced the appointment of Olivier Cottet-Puinel to the post of senior vice president business affairs for its production and distribution divisions.
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NewsSix film-makers selected for latest Cannes Residence
The Cannes Residence has announced participants for its autumn session, which runs from October 1 to February 15.
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FeaturesFrance at Mipcom
Screen International brings you the profiles of French broadcasters Canal Plus, France 2 and 3, M6 and TF1.
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NewsWild Bunch pulls Chanel from Zurich after Polanski arrest
French sales company Wild Bunch has pulled Jan Kounen’s Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky out of the Zurich Film Festival in protest against Roman Polanski’s arrest en route to the festival last Saturday (September 26).
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NewsLabadie's Le Pacte opens library sales division
Jean Labadie’s Paris-based sales and distribution outfit Le Pacte is launching a library sales division.
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NewsLeading film-makers join calls for Polanski's release
Pedro Almodovar, Walter Salles, Bertrand Tavernier and Fatih Akin are among the film-makers that have joined Harvey Weinstein in signing the petition calling for the release of Roman Polanski.
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NewsMK2 picks up Gondry's Thorn and Siddon's Turn It Loose
MK2 has announced a deal with Michel Gondry’s Partizan Films to acquire international sales rights to Alastair Siddons’ breakdance documentary Turn It Loose and Gondry’s documentary The Thorn in the Heart.
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NewsFrance sends Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet to the Oscars
Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet will represent France as its submission for the foreign language Oscar this year.
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NewsMK2 acquires Pedro Gonzalez Rubio's To The Sea
MK2 has acquired rights to Pedro Gonzalez Rubio’s To The Sea, which will premiere in the Toronto Vision section later this week.
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NewsThe Messenger takes grand prize at Deauville
Oren Moverman’s The Messenger was awarded the grand prize at the Deauville Festival of American Film which wrapped Sunday night. Moverman’s war drama also picked up the critics prize.