All News articles – Page 2701
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NewsFuture of Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund secured
This year’s Berlinale programme features two WCF-funded films: Harmony Lessons and Workers.
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NewsEvokative Films evolves into international sales consultancy
EXCLUSIVE: Company’s founder Stephanie Trepanier [pictured] is at the EFM repping SXSW title Rewind This! and two new projects.
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NewsNew Czech film fund launched
The new Fund is expected have approximately €8m ($11m a year) at its disposal; this year’s EFM contains screenings of several Czech productions and coproductions, including IFFR Tiger winner My Dog Killer [pictured].
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NewsOpen Reel debuts at EFM
Italian sales company was founded last November by Cosimo Santoro and has already built up a catalogue of more than 25 titles.
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NewsContent stirs up interest on The Pact 2
Content has commenced international pre-sales on horror title The Pact 2.
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NewsCinedigm buys US rights to Berlin Job
Arclight Films has licensed US digital, DVD and VoD rights on Berlin Job to Cinedigm.
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NewsFanning, Macdonald join Every Secret Thing
Dakota Fanning and Danielle Macdonald have joined Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks on Amy Berg’s Every Secret Thing. Hyde Park International in talks with EFM buyers.
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NewsStrand Releasing acquires US rights to Zaytoun
Stephen Dorff stars in Eran Riklis’ story of an unlikely alliance between a 12-year-old Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982.
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NewsSycamore Pictures lines up Christmas Miracle
The Way, Way Back producers Sycamore Pictures will produce and finance the dysfunctional holiday comedy A Friggin’ Christmas Miracle. Hyde Park International will introduce to buyers at EFM.
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Image takes US rights to The Colony
Image Entertainment has picked up US rights to the $16m sci-fi thriller The Colony. Sierra / Affinity handles international sales and screens the film on Sunday [10].
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NewsKino Lorber snaps up Computer Chess
The distributor has acquired all US rights to Andrew Bujalski’s comedy following its world premiere at Sundance last month.
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NewsHot projects on Screenbase
Among the many updates and new projects already announced in Berlin are Belly Dancing For Beginners starring Sheridan Smith and Liv Ullmann’s Miss Julie.
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NewsMyriad circles Jessica Alba for Weightless
Kirk D’Amico has begun pre-sales at EFM and announced on Friday [8] that Jessica Alba is in final negotiations to star.
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NewsFinecut sells Hong's Daughter to France, Brazil
Korea’s Finecut has sold Hong Sangsoo’s Berlin competition title Nobody’s Daughter Haewon to France’s Les Acacias and California Filmes for Brazil.
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NewsFortissimo picks up Linsanity
Fortissimo Films has acquired all rights outside of North America and China to feature documentary, Linsanity, which recently screened at Sundance.
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NewsEllen Page to direct Anna Faris
Ellen Page will make her feature directorial debut on Miss Stevens with Anna Faris attached to star in the title role.
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NewsYoung Ones sells for 6 Sales, The Exchange
Tristan Orpen Lynch of Ireland’s Subotica and Michael Auret of Spier Films have commenced production in South Africa on Jake Paltrow’s Young Ones.
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NewsExclusive sells key territories on Quiet Ones
Sales chief Alex Walton has licensed multiple territory rights to the Hammer supernatural thriller to star Jared Harris [pictured] and Sam Claflin.
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NewsBeta reports Physician, Devil’s Violinist sales
Beta has closed pre-sales on Philip Stoelzl’s adventure epic The Physician with Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgard and Tom Payne, as well as Bernard Rose’s mystical biopic The Devil’s Violinist.
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NewsFocus reunites with Mike Leigh on Turner biopic
EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features International (FFI) will handle worldwide sales on the film about the celebrated English landscape painter J M W Turner to star Timothy Spall and will co-finance with BFI and Film4.