All articles by Rebecca Leffler – Page 18
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EFM 2024: The buzz titles from France
Screen highlights the buzz titles ready to entice international buyers at the 2024 European Film Market (EFM), which runs February 15-21.
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The Party boards Belfast-set documentary ‘The Flats’ ahead of CPH: DOX premiere (exclusive)
Alessandra Celesia directs the film about a man looking back on his youth growing up during the Troubles.
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French lottery comedy ‘Lucky Winners’ comes up trumps with buyers for Charades (exclusive)
The dark comedy is about a group of friends who win big but then quickly lose hard.
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Isabelle Huppert to take on multiple roles in Tonino de Bernardi’s ‘Close-Up’ (exclusive)
Paris-based Loco Films is on board for international sales and is launching the film at the EFM.
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Best Friend Forever moves in on Belgian family drama ‘Milano’ (exclusive)
Film is debut feature from Belgian director Christina Vandekerckhove.
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In profile: the 2024 Bafta casting director contenders
Screen speaks to the casting directors behind ‘The Holdovers’, ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’, ‘All Of Us Strangers’, ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ and ‘How To Have Sex’.
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Justine Triet breaks down four key scenes from ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’: “‘P.I.M.P.’ wasn’t our first choice for the song”
Anatomy Of A Fall puts a family under the courtroom microscope after a woman is accused of murdering her husband. Director Justine Triet takes the stand to tell Screen about the creation of four crucial sequences.
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Bruno Dumont to direct Riviera-set Romeo and Juliet-style love story ‘Red Rocks’ (exclusive)
Bruno Dumont is first in Berlin Competition with supernatural drama ‘The Empire’.
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Urban Sales boards Konstantin Bojanov’s Indian forbidden romance drama ‘The Shameless’ (exclusive)
The love story follows two women who must wrestle with an oppressive society rooted in centuries-old patriarchal traditions.
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Coproduction Office acquires the catalogue of German filmmaker Konrad Wolf (exclusive)
The deal is part of a committment by Philippe Bober’s Coproduction Office to help preserve cinematic history.
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Elle Driver lands on Alanté Kavaité’s ‘The Islanders’ ahead of EFM (exclusive)
The third film by the France-based director stars Nadia Tereszkiewic and Dali Bensallah.
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SND to launch “French Indiana Jones” pic ‘Treasure Hunters: On the Tracks Of Khufu’ at EFM (exclusive)
The film is being produced by French actress-turned-director Barbara Schulz.
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Charades unveils thriller ‘Little Jaffna’ and Finnish action comedy ‘Heavier Trip’ for EFM (exclusive)
The company is also handling buzzy feature animations including ‘Hypergalatic’ and ’Memoir Of A Snail’.
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Loco Films boards Eva Trobisch’s ‘Ivo’ ahead of Berlin Encounters premiere (exclusive)
The German filmmaker’s second feature is a drama about tough end-of-life decisions told through the story of a palliative home-care nurse.
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Series Mania to open with Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’, unveils 2024 line-up
AI will be front and centre at both the festival and its industry-focused Forum both in terms of series selected and panel sessions
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Studiocanal sets big screen adaptation of historical epic ‘Les Misérables’
Fred Cavayé is directing this non-musical version of Victor Hugo’s epic novel.
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Veerle Baetens and daughter Billie Vlegels to star in ‘Come Back’ for Indie Sales (exclusive)
‘Come Back’ is the buzzy directorial debut of Flemish brothers Jan and Raf Roosens.
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Bruno Dumont’s Berlin title ‘The Empire’ seals key pre-sales; English-language trailer unveiled (exclusive)
The film stars Anamaria Vartolomei, Lyna Khoudri, Camille Cottin, Fabrice Luchini and Brandon Vlieghe.