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  • News

    Weinsteins take world rights to John Crowley's Boy A

    2007-09-08T16:25:00Z

    The Weinstein Company (TWC) made the first big play of the festival as it announced on Friday it had swooped on worldwide rights excluding UK TV for Boy A. John Crowley's UK drama centres a young ex-con after he is released from prison for committing a murder as ...

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    Redacted goes worldwide with HDNet

    2007-09-08T16:08:00Z

    HDNet Films sealed most territorial deals on Brian De Palma's Iraq war drama Redacted ahead of its Venice world premiere.The film, which screens here on Monday and goes on to play the New York Film Festival, sold to TFM in France, New Select in Japan, AE/Eagle Pictures in Italy, On ...

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    Memento strikes Venice deals for Under The Bombs

    2007-09-08T15:16:00Z

    Since receiving an emotional standing ovation in Venice, Philippe Aractingi's Under The Bombs has sealed two distribution deals just as Toronto gets underway.Memento Films, which is handling world rights to the film, has sold it to the UK's Channel 4 and Italy's Fandango. Memento's Tanja Meissner says she is also ...

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    IFC takes North America for Kormakur's Jar City

    2007-09-08T15:10:00Z

    IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baltasar Kormakur's crime thriller Jar City, which started screening here on Thursday. Vice president of acquisitions and production Arianna Bocco and director of acquisitions and production Lizzie Nastro did the deal with ICM and Trust Films' sales executive Natja Noviani Rosner at ...

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    Voltage electrifies buyers with Diary Of The Dead

    2007-09-08T14:56:00Z

    Zombie film George A Romero's Diary Of The Dead has already proved a major draw to international buyers ahead of its world premiere in Midnight Madness tonight.Voltage Pictures has sold rights to the UK (Optimum), Japan (Presidio), Germany (Legend), France (Bac), Twister (Russia), Italy (Sharada), Brazil (Imagem), and Argentina (Pachamama).Further ...

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    Content on board for Liebesman's Manbreak starring Sevigny

    2007-09-08T08:00:00Z

    ContentFilm International has taken on foreign sales for suspense thriller Manbreak, directed by Jonathan Liebesman. CAA has domestic sales rights.Liebesman previously directed 2006 hit The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.Chloe Sevigny is attached to star and further casting will be announced soon.Manbreak is about four people who sign up for ...

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    Telepool works on new comedy from Lives Of Others producer

    2007-09-08T06:00:00Z

    Munich-based Telepool has boarded U-900, the third feature by The Lives Of Others producer Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, as a sales agent and co-financier.The comedy about a submarine on the run in 1944 Germany is being directed by Sven Unterwaldt (7 Zwerge) and features Atze Schroeder, Oliver K. Wnuk, Yvonne ...

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    Equinoxe joins Future Films and Arcadia on Purple America

    2007-09-07T19:56:00Z

    Jorge Torregrossa's Purple America is now going ahead with a Canadian co-producer, Equinoxe Productions. The $6.3m (Euros 4.5m) production was developed by Spain's Arcadia Films with the help of El Deseo and London-based Future Films. Future's Stephen Margolis has led the financial arrangements. The project is set to go ahead ...

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    Lives Of Others producer finds funds and sales agent for comedy

    2007-09-07T16:45:00Z

    Munich-based Telepool has boarded U-900, the third feature film by The Lives Of Others producer Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, as a sales agent and co-financier. The comedy about a submarine on the run in 1944 Germany is directed by Sven Unterwaldt (7 Zwerge)starring German sitcom star Atze Schroeder, Oliver K. ...

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    IM Global takes world rights to 44 Inch Chest with Winstone

    2007-09-07T06:00:24Z

    Los Angeles-based IM Global has acquired worldwide rights to Anonymous Content's $8m ensemble UK kidnap drama 44 Inch Chest.IM Global managing director Stuart Ford will commence pre-sales here on the project, which reunites Ray Winstone with his Sexy Beast co-star Ian McShane and also stars John Hurt.Steve Golin is producing ...

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    Fiennes and Pearce join cast of Iraq drama The Hurt Locker

    2007-09-07T06:00:00Z

    Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, Jeremy Renner and David Morse have boarded Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, which is currently filming in Jordan.Brian Geraghty and Anthony Mackie also star in the ensemble drama, Bigelow's first feature since 2002's Russian submarine thriller K-19: The Widowmaker.The Hurt Locker follows the ...

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    Revolver takes UK rights to Big River Man, Savage Grace

    2007-09-07T06:00:00Z

    UK distributor Revolver Entertainment has added four new projects to its release slate.They are John Maringouin's documentary Big River Man, about an eccentric Slovenian man who tries to swim the world's longest rivers. Maria Florio, Molly Hassell and Molly Lynch produced for Self Pictures/Earthworks, and Mickey Cottrell executive produced. 'Martin ...

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    Bannenberg steps up acquisitions role for Lumiere

    2007-09-07T06:00:00Z

    Jan Declercq and Alexander Vandeputte of distributor Lumiere are strengthening ties with Esther Bannenberg, and the three will jointly handle Benelux acquisitions for Lumiere.Bannenberg will continue to do outside work with festivals, markets and training bodies through TOTO, but will now have more focus on being an acquisitions executive at ...

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    Pyramide takes on salse for Zanasi's Don't Think About It

    2007-09-07T06:00:00Z

    Pyramide International has acquired world rights, excluding Italy, for Venice Days title Don't Think About It (Non pensarci) - a generational comedy by Italian directorGianni Zanasi.Pyramide confirmed that sales have been completed in Venice with Hopscotch for Australia, Audiovisual for Greece, and Xenix for Switzerland. A Benelux deal has also ...

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    TF1 takes on Suso's Tower and Mutum

    2007-09-07T06:00:00Z

    France's TF1 International has acquired Suso's Tower heading into festival season. The film is in selection at San Sebastian and is directed by Tom Fernandez with Javier Camara, Gonzalo De Castro, Cesar Vea and Jose Luis Alcobendas making up the cast. Produced by Mediapro, the film tells the story of ...

  • Reviews

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    2007-09-07T00:01:00Z

    Dir: Sidney Lumet, 2007 , US , 123mins.Sidney Lumet is back on familiar territory with this caper gone awry. This time it's a plot by two desperate adult brothers, Andy and Hank (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke), to rob their parents' suburban jewellery store, which ends up killing their ...

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    Goldwyn acquires Lelouch's thriller Roman De Gare

    2007-09-06T19:36:00Z

    Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights for Claude Lelouch's new thriller Roman De Gare, which premiered in Cannes and opened in August in France.Dominique Pinon and Fanny Ardant star in the story of a popular novelist who does unusual research to find new characters. Lelouch wrote, directed and produced. ...

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    NFDC launches co-production market at Goa fest

    2007-09-06T09:40:00Z

    India's National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) is launching a co-production market for Indian projects to take place during the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa from November 24-26. The three-day event will be held at Goa's Marriott Resort as part of IFFI's Film Bazaar, which was launched last ...

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    Maximum and Fortissimo strike Canadian-Asian partnership

    2007-09-06T06:41:00Z

    Robert Lantos' new Toronto-based distribution and sales company Maximum Films has created an unusual partnership with Hong Kong-based Fortissimo Films whereby Maximum will distribute Fortissimo's films in Canada and Fortissimo will represent the sale of Maximum's projects in Asia. The deal, for an initial term of two years, was unveiled ...

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    Loach's Free World lands more buyers in Venice

    2007-09-06T05:00:00Z

    In advance of its Toronto screening, Ken Loach's It's A Free World has closed several more deals for Pathe Pictures International in Venice.The immigration-themed film has gone to Japan (Cinequanon), Portugal (Lusomundo), and Greece (Audiovisuel).Pathe's Mike Runagall is also reporting strong US interest in the film. 'Venice was very positive ...