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NewsMPM sells Workers
EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning picture was a co-production between Mexico’s Zensky Cine, Imcine Foprocine, Ceuc and Berlin-based Autentika Films.
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NewsShochiku to restore Ozu quartet
Shochiku took advice from Japan’s National Film Centre on which Ozu classics to restore.
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NewsSchlöndorff returning to US
EXCLUSIVE: Montauk, which will be loosely based on Max Frisch’s eponymous novel, will also see Schlöndorff [pictured] reunited with the Swiss author’s work for the first time since 1992.
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NewseOne falls for Naomi Watts' Diana
The trademark late cascade of US deals emerged on Thursday [23] as Cannes neared the finish line, led by eOne’s acquisition of US rights to hot market title Diana.
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NewsOdessa to honour Winterbottom
Ukranian festival, which runs July 12-20, has also announced it will screen Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer.
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NewsTodd Haynes to direct Carol
EXCLUSIVE: Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon board Number 9’s drama starring Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska.
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NewsAFI DOCS to honour Errol Morris
The US premiere of AJ Schnack’s Caucus will close AFI DOCS and Errol Morris will be honoured at the festival’s Charles Guggenheim Symposium for his contributions to the documentary genre.
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NewsContreras lines up Language
Mexican director Ernesto Contreras is to direct I dream In Another Language based on an original story by his brother Carlos Contreras.
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NewsProvincetown adds 2013 honourees
Matt Dillon will receive the Excellence In Acting Award and Cinematographer Ed Lachman will collect the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF).
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NewsCinedigm acquires TIFF premiere Visitors
Cinedigm has taken North American rights to Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors, set to receive its world premiere on Sept 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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NewsVertical finds The Snow Queen
Vertical Entertainment has acquired all US rights to the Russian 3D animated feature The Snow Queen. Wizart Distribution’s Diana Yurinova handled international sales in Cannes.
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NewsFilm London, France renew deal
The partnership has so far seen 22 French projects presented at the Film London Production Finance Market.
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NewsMandela biopic scores major sales
Pathe International and Distant Horizon have done roaring business on an upcoming Nelson Mandela biopic.
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NewsMusic Box takes Oh Boy for US
Beta has closed a US deal with Music Box for German box office hit Oh Boy.
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NewsUK's Arrow targets thriller Pioneer
UK distributor Arrow has bought Erik Skjoldbjærg’s 1980s set thriller Pioneer, set at the height of Norwegian “oil boom”, from TrustNordisk.
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NewsLionsgate acquires US on Blood Ties
In what the parties claimed to be the biggest US buy of the festival, Lionsgate/Roadside announced on Wednesday [23] they had acquired Cannes Competition entry Blood Ties.
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NewsFrench Film Festival UK to pay tribute to de Funès, Pialat
The 21st edition to run Nov 7-30 at venues across the UK and is set to screen a restored version of Jacques Demy’s Lola [pictured].
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Primeridian lines up Future
Primeridian Entertainment has hired Roger L Simon to write its second feature project, tentatively titled The Future Is Now.
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NewsSundance Selects gets Blue
Sundance Selects announced out of Cannes it is acquiring rights to Abdellatif Kechiche’s competition entry Blue Is The Warmest Color from Wild Bunch.