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NewsSignature inks three during EFM
UK distribution outfit Signature has picked up three titles for home entertainment release during the EFM.
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NewsHollywood heads to Germany
After a lacklustre year in 2012, Germany is now overwhelmed with Hollywood stars working on films shooting here from George Clooney and Bill Murray to Emma Watson and Michael Douglas.
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Zykov pushes Russian doc series
Veteran producer Eugene Zykov is handling sales on Old Russian Cities, a series of documentaries designed to present a positive image of Russia abroad.
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NewsDogwoof reels in Blackfish rights
Dogwoof secures UK and international rights to Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s doc Blackfish
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NewsBFI earmarks $1.6m for co-pros
Isabel Davis, the British Film Institute’s head of international, is in Berlin spreading the word about the BFI Film Fund’s increased commitment to funding co-productions.
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NewsMezey talks up Cinereach
New York-based independent producer Paul Mezey of Journeyman Pictures has revealed further details of his work with Cinereach - the non-profit organisation with which he worked on the Oscar-nominated Beasts Of The Southern Wild.
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NewsTLA takes Five Dances
TLA Releasing has acquired the US, UK and French-speaking Europe to Alan Brown’s contemporary drama.
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NewsWide slate lures copious buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Doc sales specialist Wide House is reporting a roaring trade on its EFM titles.
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NewsJadoo duo reunites on UK comedy
EXCLUSIVE: Jadoo producer Richard Holmes is to executive-produce a new comedy produced by Farhana Bhula.
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NewsThe East to close SXSW
Zal Batmanglij’s The East will close the event in Austin, Texas, on Mar 16.
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NewsRival YSL films wage fierce battle
French Designer Yves Saint Laurent died nearly four years ago, but rival film companies are battling it out over who has the right to shoot his biography and who is allowed to portray the clothes that set the fashion agenda for a generation.
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NewsJadoo producer readies Keeping Rosy
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Holmes, producer of Culinary Cinema selection Jadoo, is planning a March 4 start date for his next production, Keeping Rosy.
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NewsNun on the run to UK
EXCLUSIVE: Le Pacte’s in-demand Berlinale Competition entry The Nun has sold to Metrodome for the UK.
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GE, Cinelan team with Solve
GE and Cinelan have partnered with Solve For X, a collaborative forum for modern day film-making, in support of the latter’s new website.
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NewsGloria racks up raft of sales
EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria, the buzz film in this year’s Berlinale Competition, has provoked a mini-stampede among buyers.
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NewsParticipant, DFI in $100m fund
Participant Media and Doha Film Institute (DFI) announced a $100m revolving fund on Wednesday [13] to back what is expected to be 12-16 features over five years.
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NewsSlim pickings for EFM buyers
A slow EFM punctuated by just a handful of commercial must-haves and a subdued reaction to the festival selection turned hopeful thoughts to France and the promise of Cannes.
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NewsMyriad sells Inescapable
Myriad Pictures has closed key sales at the EFM on Ruba Nadda’s thriller Inescapable, which IFC will distribute in the US in March.
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Cathleen Summers heads to Chapman
Producer Cathleen Summers has been named the Spring 2013 Marion Knott Filmmaker-in-Residence at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
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Industry seeks audio rules
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and the Union Internationale Des Cinémas (UNIC) issued on Tuesday [12] two proposals to deliver immersive sound to exhibitors.