Vue Lumière acquires ‘The Thing With Feathers’ for UK-Ireland distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Sundance title will release across UK-Ireland later this year.
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The President’s Cake’ acquired for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film follows a young girl selected to make a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein.
Focus Features sets awards corridor US release for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’
Limited release on November 27 prior to wide expansion on December 12.
Israeli Cannes Official Selection title ‘Mama’ secures sales representation
EXCLUSIVE: The film is the only Israeli film in Cannes Official Selection this year.
Myriad launching Cannes sales on ‘Queen Of The Ring’ with Emily Bett Rickards, Josh Lucas, Walton Goggins
EXCLUSIVE: Kirk D’Amico will screen the film in the market.
Focus Features schedules summer release for Ethan Coen’s Cannes entry ‘Honey Don’t!’
On the day Cannes added Ethan Coen’s dark comedy Honey Don’t! to Midnight Screenings, Focus Features has dated the film for an August 22 wide US release.
Focus dates Neil Diamond tribute band drama ‘Song Sung Blue’
Film is based on Greg Kohs’ 2008 documentary of the same name.
Kino Lorber acquires Sundance, Tribeca selection ‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’
Documentary to open in US on June 20.
Cannes title ‘Once Upon A Time In Gaza’ signs sales representation, French distribution
EXCLUSIVE: The film tells the story of a student and a restaurant owner forced to battle a corrupt cop.
Berlin premiere ‘That Summer In Paris’ woos global buyers for Urban Sales
EXCLUSIVE: The film shot in Paris last summer during the Olympic Games.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions takes international rights to ‘Spinal Tap’ sequel, original
EXCLUSIVE: News comes one month after Bleecker Street acquired US rights.
‘Thunderbolts*’, ‘Looney Tunes’ ready China release amid US tariff war
Whether these will be the last US films to secure a theatrical release in China for the foreseeable future remains unclear.
Bleecker Street acquires Josh O’Connor Sundance drama ‘Rebuilding’, mk2 boards sales
Film will open San Francisco International Film Festival on April 17.
Lionsgate lines up international buyers for ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’
EXCLUSIVE: Partners board psychological thriller in Australia, Germany, France.
A24, Jesse Eisenberg reunite on all-star untitled comedy
Production began this month in New Jersey.
Apple acquires Sundance Festival Favorite ‘Come See Me In The Good Light’
Documentary will debut on platform in autumn.
IndiePix Films acquires Norwegian Amanda Award winner, TIFF entry ‘The Tundra Within Me’
Limited theatrical release for Arctic-set tale.
Akinola Davies Jr’s Un Certain Regard title ‘My Father’s Shadow’ scores key French deal
Nigeria-set tale is sold by The Match Factory.
Briarcliff acquires Benedict Cumberbatch Sundance, Berlin selection ‘The Thing With Feathers’
Wide release set for October
Netflix, BFI, ScreenSkills react to sweeping recommendations from UK MPs
British Film Commission, Banijay and Bectu have also spoken out.
