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Regent/Here take North America on The Art Of Being Straight
Regent Releasing and Here Media have acquired North American rights from Great Graffiti Films to Jesse Rosen’s comedy The Art Of Being Straight.
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NewsTribeca awaits first major deal as festival enters final week
As the first weekend of Tribeca drew to a close no major deals had been signed although sellers claimed several titles were in play and HBO was understood to be poised to announce an acquisition early this week.
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MK2 picks up Dogtooth, The Misfortunates, Rien De Personnel
MK2 has announced pick-ups of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth and Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates.
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Ocean Films takes French rights to Kore-eda's Air Doll
France’s Ocean Films has snapped up all French rights to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll from Fortissimo Films. The film has secureda berth in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes film festival.
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Huayi Brothers' Tracing Shadow sells across Asia
Beijing-based Huayi Brothers has tied up a slew of Asian sales on Hong Kong actor Francis Ng’s martial arts comedy Tracing Shadow, which is proving to be a hot seller in the run-up to Cannes.The $3m action comedy has been sold to Scorpio East for Singapore and Malaysia, New Action ...
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UK's Intandem boards Humpty Dumpty
Intandem Films has secured worldwide sales rights to Humpty Dumpty, a sci-fi horror film featuring a 3D half-human, half-alien creature.The horror flick is the debut film from new writer Billy Majestic and it will be directed by David R Ellis (Snakes on a Plane).Former New Line Cinema executive, Mark Ordesky ...
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Coach 14 acquires international sales rights for Police, Adjective
French sales house Coach 14 has acquired Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective for internationalsales. The film is running in the Un Certain Regard section of next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Roissy closes sales deals for Singing Nun tale Soeur Sourire
Shortly after announcing it had acquired Soeur Sourire; Roissy Films has closed sales with Canada andSwitzerland.
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NewsFirst Run acquires US rights to Tribeca doc Defamation
First Run Features has acquired US rights to Israeli director Yoav Shamir’s anti-semitism documentary Defamation, following its US premiere at Tribeca on Thursday night [April 23].
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Market Report - Brazil
Brazil is one of the world’s fastest growing markets. It boasts a booming middle class with disposable income to spend in an ever-increasing number of multiplexes watching a wide variety of new releases. The total box office grew 2.1% in 2008 from the year before to $31.9m, with admissions up ...
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ESPN claims first Tribeca deal with The Lost Son Of Havana
In the first announced acquisition of Tribeca 2009, ESPN said it had taken TV rights for its ESPN Films division to the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival selection The Lost Son Of Havana, set to get its world premiere on Thursday evening [April 23].
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Lucky Monkey Pictures adds The Land Of Enchantment to slate
New York, London and Buenos Aires-based Lucky Monkey Pictures has lined up comedy The Land Of Enchantment to be directed by Hamlet 2’s Andy Fleming.
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Fantastic Films International, Silver Hills Pictures team up for Cannes
Roxane Barbat and Fred deWysocki’s Los Angeles-based Fantastic Films International has signed a multi-picture worldwide distribution deal with Indianan family entertainment producers Silver Hills Pictures.
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Summit launches four at Cannes including new Pattinson romance
Summit Entertainment is presenting four new titles to buyers at Cannes this year including two new Summit productions - a romantic drama starring Twilightsensation Robert Pattinson and a generational love story set in Italy starring Amanda Seyfried.
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Bleiberg takes international rights to The Vicious Kind
Bleiberg Entertainment has acquired international rights to Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic thriller The Vicious Kindand will launch the film at the Cannes market.
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Hot Docs extends screenings after strong advance sales
Hot Docs Toronto Documentary Film Festival is reporting strong advance box office sales on a number of titles and has scheduled extra screenings for the final day of the festival, which runs from April 30 to May 10.
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NewsSC Films picks up international rights to Awaydays
Simon Crowe’s new sales company SC Films International has picked up the rights to Awaydays.
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Evokative picks up South Korea’s Daytime Drinking for Canada
Montreal-based Evokative Films has picked up Canadian rights to Noh Young-seok’s Daytime Drinking. The deal was negotiated with Eleven Arts, which had North American rights, and sales agent Finecut.
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Icon takes UK rights to Sundance hit Black Dynamite
David Jourdan’s T&C Pictures International and Icon have struck a deal for UK rights to Scott Sanders’ Sundance hit Black Dynamite.
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Cinetic launches international arm under Shebnem Askin-Schreger
New York-based consulting and sales outfit Cinetic Media is launching Cinetic International, a new unit which will offer clients a range of services including foreign sales, consulting, financing and packaging capabilities.