All articles by Patrick Frater – Page 8
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Fortissimo's Overture sings to Toho Towa
On the eve its Sept 11international premiere in Toronto, Thai drama The Overture put in placea key piece in its distribution jigsaw. Handled by Fortissimo Film Sales, thefilm was sold to Toho Towa of Japan. The Overture, directed and produced by Itthisoontorn Vichailak, is a period drama about a peasantxylophone ...
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First Look picks up When Will I Be Loved
US sales and productionoutfit First Look Media has picked up international rights to James Toback's When Will I Be Loved, which worldpremieres at the festival today (Sept 9). Sister-company First LookInternational will begin sales in Toronto this week; IFC Films has domesticrights to the film and opens it in the ...
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Private is a public hit with buyers
Private, the film by Saviero Costanza that shines anunusually humanist light on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has been a hitwith buyers and a glittering start for Scalpel, the new sales company launchedat Toronto by Pierre Menahem. "After thefirst industry screening we had great feedback, especially from Latin America.In some territories we ...
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Beyond sells Cold & Dark to US
British horror film Cold& Dark found itself a US distribution berth with First Look Features.The deal was brokered by Hilary Davis of the London-based sales arm ofAustralia's Beyond Films. Previous sales included those to Japan's GagaCommunications, Mexico's Cine, Video Y Television and Russia's BelivenEnterprises.Directed by Andrew Goth andstarring former boy ...
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A Film adds to acquisition firepower
On the eve of Toronto TheNetherlands' leading independent distributor A-Film has beefed up its firepowerwith a $12m (Euros10m) working capital facility. The cash will be used to expand the company's film acquisitionprogramme and to enable it to enlarge its p&a commitment to the films itreleases in the Benelux region. "The ...
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Sony Classics swings for 3-Iron
Sony PicturesClassics picked up North American rights to Kim Ki-Duk's 3 Iron this weekend as the Korean film grabbed a total of fourprizes in Venice including the best director and the FIPRESCI prize for bestfilm.Cineclick, headed by Suh Young-joo,also closed deals in the UK with Optimum Releasing, Australia and New ...
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Luce picks up Italian rights to Venice first film winner
Le Grand Voyage, which won its director Ismael Ferroukhi the prize for best firstfilm at Venice last week, also found itself a home in Italy. In a deal arrangedby sales house Flach Pyramide International (FPI), the Franco-Moroccan financedfilm Italian distribution rights were picked up by Istituto Luce. The film is ...
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First Look takes on Cold & Dark horror
British horror film Cold& Dark has found itself a USdistribution berth with First Look.The deal was brokered byHilary Davis of the London-based sales arm of Australia's Beyond Films.Previous sales included those to Japan's Gaga Communications, Mexico'sCine, Video Y Television and Russia's Beliven Enterprises.Directed by Andrew Goth andstarring former boy band ...
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Element X take on international sales to Clara Law doc
UK sales company Element Xhas picked up international rights to Letters To Ali, the first documentary by Australian-Chinese directorClara Law.The film is a personalisedexamination of Australia's uniquely brutal policy of mandatory prison-campdetention for political asylum seekers a policy which extends to children. Itfollows the letters sent between an Afghani ...
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Fall, Clark, Pereira join Fortissimo's sales canon
Jim Fall, director of Trick and The LizzieMaguire Movie, has signed on to direct the English-language remake of1999 Thai comedy 6IXTYNIN9. International sales are handled by FortissimoFilm Sales, which has also boarded the next pictures by Larry Clark and Spain's Manuel Gomez Pereira.The $10m film is to be produced by ...
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Latido sells key territories on Cabrera thriller
Massimo Saidel'sMadrid-based sales outfit Latido has sold sexy Columbian-Spanish thriller TheArt Of Losing (Perder Es Questo De Metodo) to a slew of territories as a result of its world premiere as a midnightscreening in Venice and an official competition entry at the Montreal festival.The film by Sergio Cabrera,which stars Martina ...
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Alzheimer named as Belgian Oscar contender
Flemish-languagethriller The Alzheimer Case (De Zaak Alzheimer) has been selected to represent Belgium in the foreign-languageOscar category.Directed by Erikvan Looy, the film follows an aging contract killer who turns on his politicalmasters when he discovers that he is being manipulated. Alzheimer was a huge local hit in its nativeBelgium, selling ...
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First Look to sell Toronto's When Will I Be Loved
USsales and production outfit First Look Media has picked up international rightsto James Toback's When Will I Be Loved, which plays at the festivaltoday (Sept 9) and tomorrow. Sister-company First Look International will beginsales in Toronto this week.Thefilm stars Neve Cambell as a woman who sets out to explore the ...
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First Look asks When Will I Be Loved
USsales and production outfit First Look Media has picked up international rightsto James Toback's When Will I Be Loved, which plays at the festivaltoday (Sept 9) and tomorrow. Sister-company First Look International will beginsales in Toronto this week.Thefilm stars Neve Cambell as a woman who sets out to explore the ...
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Spacey's TriggerStreet launches digital offshoot
Kevin Spacey, who will be inToronto this weekend for the premiere of his Bobby Darin biopic Beyond The Sea,is adding to his producer credentials.Spacey and Dana Brunetti'sTriggerStreet Productions has hatched a new digital production label TriggerStreet Independent (TSI) in association with film-making brothers Adam and MarkKassen.The new company expects toproduce ...
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Cruise stirs up French industry with finance minister talks
Tom Cruise was the talk of Paris on Monday. Not just becausehe was in town for the gala premiere of Michael Mann's Collateral, butbecause of a meeting he took earlier in the day.To the slight bemusement of many in the industry, Cruisedrew up on a riverboat and spent an hour ...
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Soda snaps up Untold Scandal for UK
UK distributor Soda Pictureshas closed a deal with CJ Entertainment to pick up UK and Ireland rights tosumptuous Korean drama Untold Scandal. The film had previously been selected for the ongoing Edinburghfestival, but was recently upgraded to become the closing film. It will closethe festival on Sunday (29 Aug).Directed by ...
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Celebrated cinematographer joins Verhoeven's Book
Celebrated cinematographer Theo van de Sande has been set asdirector of photography on the forthcoming BlackBook, the new period drama by Dutch master Paul Verhoeven.Van de Sande is a Dutch national who has worked extensivelyon both sides of the Atlantic. His Hollywood credits include Wayne's World, Blade, Big Daddy and ...
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Video Island, ScreenSelect join forces
UKmail-order DVD rental firms Video Island and ScreenSelect are to merge,creating what they claim will be the clear leader in the emerging marketsector.Thecompany will be headed by Saul Klein, currently CEO of Video Island, whileWilliam Reeve and Alex Chesterman, founders of ScreenSelect, will take on theroles of Chief Operating Officer ...
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Wild Bunch takes most of Low Life rights
Frenchsales house Wild Bunch has picked up most international rights to Low Life(Haryu Insaeng) which appears in competition at next month's Venicefestival.The film,directed by Korea's "living legend" Im Kwan-taek, was previously handled byCinema Service and had been presented under the working title Raging Years.The film marks a return to the ...