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NewsSixteen Films to 'Catch the Moon' with Le Pacte
The UK’s Sixteen Films is joining forces with French Le Pacte, German Pandora and Egyptian Film Clinic to co-produce Palestinian filmmaker’s Sameh Zoabi Gaza-set comedy Catch The Moon.
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NewsCelluloid Dreams takes Kurosawa’s 'Woman'
EXCLUSIVE: Kurosawa shoots first ever French-language film.
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NewsRussia's Central Partnership retuns to sales
EXCLUSIVE: Leading Russian distributor Central Partnership is returning to sales after several years away and is in Cannes with a slate of big budget genre movies including sci-thrillers and historical action fare.
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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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NewsOettinger throws down gauntlet to European cinema
EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his first visit to the Cannes Film Festival, European Commissioner Günther Oettinger has challenged the European film industry to deliver evidence supporting their calls for maintaining the territoriality principle.
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NewsSundance secures Killing Joke doc from KWA
Kevin Williams Associates has closed a multi-territory deal with the Sundance Channel for its music doc, Killing Joke - The Death & Resurrection Show.
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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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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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NewsTokyo film festival ready Terayama, Welles retrospectives
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is holding retrospectives of the work of Shuji Terayama and Orson Welles at this year’s edition of the festival (October 22-31).
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NewsJapan Day Project launching Cannes seminars
Japan’s new promotional initiative, Japan Day Project, is launching a seminar series, ‘New Gateways to the Japanese Industry’ (May 16-18), at this year’s Cannes film festival.
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NewsSMG enters Arclight's 'Stone Forest'
Shanghai Media Group Pictures will market and distribute Arclight Films’ The Stone Forest in China.
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NewsFortissimo adds 'Closet Monster' to Cannes slate
Fortissimo Films has acquired international rights to Canadian filmmaker Stephen Dunn’s directorial debut Closet Monster.
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News‘Mad Max’ rolls into 68 markets this week
Warner Bros has unveiled details of the action film’s international roll-out on more than 16,000 screens in the coming days.
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NewsDustin Hoffman joins MasterClass programe
The two-time Oscar winner will be among the first teachers on the online platform alongside Serena Williams and James Patterson.
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NewsAmPav unveils Cannes ‘Industry In Focus’ programme
Special guests at The American Pavilion during the festival will include Amy Poehler, Salma Hayek and John C Reilly.
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NewsAFI DOCS unveils opening, closing galas
Best Of Enemies, directed by Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville, will screen as the festival’s Opening Night Gala on June 17.
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NewsIFC Midnight picks up ‘One & Two’
ROUND-UP: The distributor has acquired US rights to the supernatural thriller following the premiere in Berlin’s Generation strand. Separately the comedy Balls Out has found buyers in North and Latin America.
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NewsDavid Lyle named first PactUS president
TV veteran David Lyle has been named inaugural president of the new television and content producers’ trade association.
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NewsStudioCanal unveils Aardman 'Early Man' footage
Buyers queue round the block for StudioCanal’s pre-Cannes promo event.
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NewsHFG to introduce ‘The Delivery Man’
Floria Sigismondi of The Runaways fame will direct the drama about broken lives and new beginnings in Las Vegas.