Goodfellas president Vincent Maraval says industry “needs new distributors”
Maraval was speaking at the San Sebastian International Film Festival’s (SSIFF) Creative Investors Conference.
MPX takes sales rights on horror title ‘Easter Bloody Easter’ (exclusive)
Holiday-themed horror outing to be introduced at American Film Market.
606 Distribution makes two UK-Ireland pickups including Venice title ‘Monica’ (exclusive)
‘Monica’ is a first US title buy for 606.
Polish arthouse cinemas refuse to show propaganda spot before screenings of Agnieszka Holland’s 'The Green Border'
Deputy interior minister announced last week that 30-second spot would be shown before ‘The Green Border’, describing the Venice prize winning film as a ‘disgusting lampoon’
Deepfake documentary ‘Another Body’ secures UK-Ireland, Canada theatrical deals (exclusive)
The film won the special jury award at this year’s SXSW film festival.
Isabel Coixet’s ‘Un Amor’, Lone Scherfig’s ‘The Movie Teller’ to bookend Evolution Mallorca Film Festival
The 12th edition of the Spanish festival runs October 18-24
Mubi acquires ‘The Last Year Of Darkness’ (exclusive)
The film will stream on Mubi from February 2024, with select screenings in the US.
Netflix, Obamas’ Higher Ground acquire Matthew Heineman Telluride doc ‘American Symphony’
Film will release globally later this year.
Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ set for Middle East release
Studio Ghibli animation opened Toronto International Film Festival.
BFI’s Open Cinemas to offer regular free screenings of indie films throughout the UK (exclusive)
London and Manchester-based marketing and brand partnerships agency, elevenfiftyfive is partnering on the initiative.
First Arabic-language musical film ‘Sukkar’ to be released in Middle East cinemas
MBC Group produced the feature, which will be released by Empire Entertainment.
Netflix acquires Richard Linklater’s Venice, TIFF dark comedy ‘Hit Man’
Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) stars, co-wrote, and produced alongside Linklater.
‘A Haunting In Venice’ leads UK-Ire box office on £2.2m; ‘Past Lives’ tops £1m
Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation is ahead of ’Death On The Nile’.
Lionsgate takes over UK-Ireland rights to Palme d’Or winner ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ from Picturehouse (exclusive)
Picturehouse Entertainment had previously acquired the title at Cannes.
Five talking points from the 2023 Toronto film festival
’Dumb Money’, ’Woman Of The Hour’, Nickelback, ’Stop Making Sense’ among highlights.
Aberdeen’s Belmont Filmhouse wins approval to reopen as Belmont Community Cinema
The cinema has been closed since parent charity the Centre for the Moving Image (CM), went into administration in October.
TrustNordisk secures deals on WWII drama ‘Before It Ends’; ‘Birthday Girl’ for UK (exclusive)
Pilou Asbaek stars in ‘Before It Ends’ as a headmaster whose high school is turned into a refugee camp.
Netflix buys Lucy Walker’s TIFF doc ‘Mountain Queen’ as heat builds on handful of acquisition titles
Wicked Little Letters, Hit Man, Knox Goes Away also generating interest.
Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ lands UK-Ireland distribution
The Studio Ghibli animation proved a box office hit in Japan and opened this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Netflix pounces on US, remaining international rights at TIFF to Anna Kendrick’s ‘Woman Of The Hour’
France, Italy, Japan also sell.
